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Roy Buchannan - That's What I Am Here For (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Jan 2021 OP
AMAZING entertainer! MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #1
I saw him at the Stanley twice. The Polack MSgt Jan 2021 #2
This was kinda' like the MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #3

MyOwnPeace

(17,609 posts)
1. AMAZING entertainer!
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 11:21 PM
Jan 2021

I was shocked to see that at some point in the late 70's/early 80's he played a concert at a stupid summer pool/picnic grove site just north of Pittsburgh. I was bummed - I didn't know he was there until after it had happened.
But wow, a stupid little "concert" area that probably only had less than 500 people there.

The Polack MSgt

(13,822 posts)
2. I saw him at the Stanley twice.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 11:38 PM
Jan 2021

Also at the Wheeling Fairgrounds, the West Alexander Hilltop Homecoming and a hall in Steubenville whose name is lost to me all these years later.

Between 76 and 81, if he was within a hundred miles of my little SW PA town and if I could beg borrow or steal a way - I went

I never had a chance after I left home, and then he passed way too soon.

Nice to meet another yinzer Roy fan M.O.P

MyOwnPeace

(17,609 posts)
3. This was kinda' like the
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 11:44 PM
Jan 2021

summer fair/fire company carnival gig! Hard to imagine someone that "big" ever doing small shows like that. This was just outside of New Kensington......

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