Joe Walsh, David Crosby to headline Kent State's May 4, 1970 commemoration concert

[Ohiogal]

KENT, Ohio – Kent State University on Wednesday announced that Joe Walsh and David Crosby will headline a benefit concert as part of the 50th commemoration of the deadly shooting of protestors by National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970.

The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 2 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, KSU said in a news release. It is part of a series of events to commemorate the shootings, in which the Ohio National Guard killed four students and injured nine others when they opened fire on a crowd protesting the Vietnam War and bombing of Cambodia.

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[redstatebluegirl]

1. They need Neil Young to sing Ohio.

[Ohiogal]

2. Wouldn't that be great!

[redstatebluegirl]

5. Yep it would!

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Gonna try to get tickets, but they'll probably be scarce

I will go that week anyway for other events commemorating that horrific event.

[Ohiogal]

4. If you go

I hope you’ll share your experiences with us!

[marble falls]

6. Usta see Joe Walsh (James Gang) at Kent's Pirate's Cove in late '60's and early '70's for $2.50 ...

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and got a draft included. Saw Wild Butter, the Brambles, Lacewing ....

Wonderful times!

[Ohiogal]

7. Oh yeah, The Cove!

Kent alumni here from the 70s. Remember the Numbers Band?

[marble falls]

8. I know Chris Butler, who is also a member of Tin Huey and he owns Jeffrey Dahlmer's ...

childhood home where he claimed he took his fist victim, in Bath. He also formed the Waitresses

Know all the Hueys, Harvey Gold and I are still Friends. Devo recorded their first records in my basement.

[Ohiogal]

10. Wow that's very impressive!

Except I don’t think I’d want to own Dahmer’s house.

[marble falls]

11. He's had trouble reselling it. Now he knows why it was such a bargain. Its a nice house in the ...

woods and parks, I've seen it for decades, I always coveted it even before Jeffrey became known.



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[Crowman2009]

16. WHAT?!?!

You mean the tracks that wound up on the "Hardcore Devo" collection? That's awesome!

[marble falls]

17. Those were the days.

[Crowman2009]

18. BTW, did you check out the Hardcore Devo tour recently?

They finally played "Mechanical Man" live.

[marble falls]

19. Didn't even know they were on tour again. Thanks!

[Crowman2009]

20. It's on DVD and Blu-Ray in case you're interested.

Here's a video from one of their concerts:

[Ohiogal]

12. I love Joe. He's such an original.

[marble falls]

13. He hasn't changed all that much, he still seems working class NE Ohio to me.

[murielm99]

9. Fifty years.

Holy cats. I was in college when that happened.

[SergeStorms]

14. Same here.....

I was a Junior. We all gathered in the campus Rathskeller that evening to plan demonstrations. Time sure does fly. We certainly lived during interesting, and very, very strange, times.

[CaptYossarian]

15. They really need to add Neil. But,

they also need Jackson Browne, Rage Against the Machine, and especially have John Fogarty sing Deja Vu (All Over Again).

Hell, just bring together the surviving performers from Woodstock and the No Nukes shows.