So, One Month In 1973...

[Jim G.]

Peter Frampton opened for John Mayall, Billy Joel opened for Loggins & Messina & ELO opened for Sha Na Na.






Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or whatever!

[CentralMass]

1. Now that's a lineup.

[Skittles]

2. I saw ELO in 1974

I think they opened for Deep Purple

[Jim G.]

3. That's Funny...

I saw Journey & Golden Earring open for ELO & Buddy Miles & Uriah Heep open for Deep Purple around the same time - maybe a year or so later.

[Skittles]

5. this is kind of cool

a while back I was searching for when I saw Uriah Heep and I found actual pictures of the concert!

http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/gigs/chicago_july_1974/


Bar none there was NO BETTER TIME to be a teenager than in the suburbs of a big city in the 70's!

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. My husband was a teenager then

Thanks for the pictures.

[Jim G.]

13. Very Cool Pics!

[monkeyman1]

4. now that's cool ! saw some at woodstock !

[LittleGirl]

6. We really had some amazing music back then. eom

[Mister Ed]

7. And there's Linda Ronstadt, opening for...

...New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Jessie Colin Young.

[CentralMass]

23. Wow.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Wow!

I've probably seen The Beach Boys in concert more than I've seen anyone else since my brother was a big fan so I used to go with him. We both had our favorites, his was Carl and mine was Dennis. *sigh* I don't think Brian was playing with them back then and now he's on his own.

And I also saw Sha Na Na live in concert. I went with an older friend of mine who insisted that we all had to dress up like it was the '50s - and we were the only ones there who did...

[Jim G.]

10. I Saw Sha Na Na Do A Show In A Gym At Wash. U...

With Richie Havens the winter after Woodstock. Not long after I saw The Allman Brothers open a show for Elton John in Denver. So many great different styles of music back then.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I really loved Sha Na Na, I almost got called up by Santini (in the gold suit) but I looked away

And he picked somebody else. I missed my chance!

But speaking of gyms - I actually saw Bruce Springsteen in the gym at The University of Vermont! My brother was a student there at the time and he invited me. And he sure put on a show! He did numerous encores - and because it wasn't a big venue, I was hard of hearing for the nest couple of days!

[underpants]

16. Sha Na Na played at Woodstock

🤯

Merry Christmas 🎄

[PJMcK]

21. Bethel Woods, NY

This is where the Woodstock Festival actually took place because the town of Woodstock withdrew the permits to keep the hippies away. There’s a wonderful museum and concert venue in Bethel now and they have Sha Na Na’s Wurlitzer electric piano on display. Lots of other cool memorabilia and history, too.

Merry Christmas!

[underpants]

25. Merry Christmas 🎄

[kentuck]

11. Wow!

I was fortunate to have seen a few of those.

[abqtommy]

14. Thanks. Those were sure the daze of haze! nt

[EYESORE 9001]

15. I remember reading about a concert

where Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees.

[underpants]

17. Yes he was their open on their first tour

Merry Christmas 🎄

[EYESORE 9001]

19. Merry Christmas to you 🎄

[underpants]

18. Joe Walsh and Skynyrd??? Oh man

That would have been epic

Merry Christmas 🎄

[onethatcares]

20. Was at the Quaker City Rock Festival

Oct 31/Nov 1 1969. Tickets were $7.00 and I lost my ticket for the second day. I told someone with the venue about it, he handed me a pile of programs, said, "Hand these out and then pick a seat".

I ended up in a balcony box above the stage on the left side facing the stage and had Janis Joplin sing "Ball & Chain" to me (or at least it felt that way ).

Google the concert, the groups were absolutely fantastic.

[PJMcK]

22. Those were the days (n/t)

[highplainsdem]

24. Wow. Especially Allman Brothers, with Marshall Tucker opening.

[Mr.Bill]

26. Winterland was great back then.

I went there dozens of times in the 70s. Bill Graham was an excellent promoter. His shows started on time, and were well run. He also like to expose people to different kinds of music by pairing acts you wouldn't normally see together. It's amazing how much fun we had without alcohol. Except maybe a bottle of cheap wine while waiting in line. I was there the night when some of Frampton's live album was recorded. I saw ZZTop there before they grew their beards long.

A good movie of the goings on at that venue is The Last Waltz with the Band and many other artists.