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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Live Double and Triple Bills |
| Date | Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:13:28 -0700 |
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I don't know how many Bay Areans (Bay Aryans?) are out there, or if the
similar events happened in other metro areas, but Bill Graham put on
these "Day On The Green" concerts, which were all-day events, usually
with 4 solid bands. I went to many of these shows and they were
guaranteed to include sunburns and burnouts...
Here's a Wikipedia listing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_on_the_Green
Those were the days...
Marty
Donmand@aol.com wrote:
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>This thread is Great Fun! Really jogged my memory coming up with bands:
>Joe Walsh & Barnstorm with The Eagles opening - July 1974 Civic Center - St.
>Paul, MN
>Edgar Winter Group (w/Rick Derringer), Aerosmith (2nd) and Sensational Alex
>Harvey Band opening - Nov 1974 Civic Center – St. Paul, MN
>Deep Purple with ELO opening – Dec. 1974 Met Center – Bloomington, MN
>Rod Stewart and Faces (Last US Tour) with Atlanta Rhythm Section opening
>June 1975 – Minneapolis, Auditorium – Mpls, MN
>The Sweet with Eric Carmen opening March 1976 – Civic Theatre – St. Paul,
>MN
>Beach Boys, ARS (2nd), Jay Ferguson – Aug. 1980 Midway Stadium – St. Paul,
>MN
>Graham Parker, John Hiatt opening – May 1983 Orpheum Theatre – Mpls, MN
>Blondie, Elvis Costello (2nd) Greg Kihn opening – July 1983 Parade Stadium
>– Mpls, MN
>Warren Zevon with X opening – Oct. 1987 Orpheum Theatre – Mpls, MN
>Don
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