Aerosmith did the master set with "The Train Kept A Rollin'" in a concert at Xavier University in which what little was left of the auditorium after the first sets they completely blew to the ground. Lotho and I were there for that one but I'm not sure which other wastrels were in the crew.
Opening the show that night was Rush on their first "Working Man" tour. It's your taste as to whether it was their best tour but it was damn sure their first and they were out to make a name for themselves. They did and they left us thinking how will anyone top that.
Styx came up after Rush and immediately took command. They have a large vocal with big harmonies and wider instrumentation so they have an inherently larger presence and they were hammering.
Opening the show that night was Rush on their first "Working Man" tour. It's your taste as to whether it was their best tour but it was damn sure their first and they were out to make a name for themselves. They did and they left us thinking how will anyone top that.
Styx came up after Rush and immediately took command. They have a large vocal with big harmonies and wider instrumentation so they have an inherently larger presence and they were hammering.
Styx left the place smoking and the same thought comes as after Rush, how is Aerosmith going to top this. We have seen them multiple times before as that was one hard-working band and they were touring all the time. We knew they kicked but that night they were exceptionally exceptional.
I have never found a rendition of "A Train Kept A Rollin'" which approached the way Aerosmith did it that night ... but ... this one brings out a whole herd of guitar masters and they kill the song all over again.
Unknown if rock will ever die but it sure won't happen before they do.
And, just because we love you, here's what may be the coolest rocket explosion ever (zero injuries, amazingly). That big splash in the air ... well ... that's just the start of it!
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Awesome concert in a smaller auditorium.
Many first tour bands back then.
Like seeing Queen at Reflections
maybe held 1000 people. But it was full that night opening either Frank Marino or zcoconut Joe
Laughing Gecko might remember as I think he was the driving force to attending that one
There were some concerts of such immensity at times. There doesn't seem to be much getting any kind of attention now except extravaganza acts and a whole lot of it seems so processed in that world. The rawness of first tours makes a whole lot of excitement all by itself.
I do remember Frank Marino at Reflections doing things with a guitar which didn't seem like anyone should be able to do. It was definitely a time of wizards.
I dont go to many concerts anymore because they are mostly festival style.
Gone are the days I fight for space. I prefer just to cruise in, have space and it be a small venue. So I miss alot but retro shows are close to that. Saw Styx a couple of months ago. Picked up a 3rd ticket the day of the show.
Just happened to see a sign when stopping for lunch on a road trip.
Very cool show. They were the first band I took my kids to.,Styx and Kansas. I think then were 12 and 9 respectively
Yep, same here. The smaller venue is much more intimate and the Stones said that, in fact, it was much their preference to play a small venue for that reason.
Kansas is another we saw multiple times and it was odd how that worked with some bands being around a lot and others being more rare. I'm sure the thing which hit me about Kansas the most was how tight they were. Still amazes me!
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