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[steve B]

Originally Posted by BobC

That is a great story Steve, and rivals some of the ones I remember and have already posted about from shows I'd seen at the original Cleveland Agora. Sounds like you had a heck of a time at the show, and I'm guessing it is one those things that you'll always be able to fondly look back upon and remember, and never regret having gone to. LOL

I think shows in small, more intimate venues like the Agora's of the world are way better than most of the huge stadium shows. Don't get me wrong, being able to see the likes of Zeppelin or the Stones, regardless of the venue size, is great. But seeing some of these groups in the smaller, night club/bar like venues before they become too big for them, takes you back to the real roots of what rock was all about, and how it was supposed to be performed, heard, seen, and truly enjoyed.

What's even funnier is the person I went with was more an acquaintance, kid my brother knew from scouts or something who had complained a couple months before that his friends had taken his money and ditched him or simply never shown up to pick him up three straight concerts. "Oh yeah, we'll leave a ticket for you at the will call window" So I offered to drive to pretty much any concert as long as he bought the tickets.

And there's a card collecting angle, he worked for McDonalds, and at the end of the football card promotion got me a trash bag full of that weeks leftover cards. Ended up with 100+ sets.

Later on, he cracked a bat playing in the yard with a few guys. My brother said it was pretty old, I ended up swapping a store bought bat I had for what I'm almost positive is a Fred Parent gamer, plus a few other old bats that were pretty beat, a D+M and a Batrite both I think store models.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by steve B

What's even funnier is the person I went with was more an acquaintance, kid my brother knew from scouts or something who had complained a couple months before that his friends had taken his money and ditched him or simply never shown up to pick him up three straight concerts. "Oh yeah, we'll leave a ticket for you at the will call window" So I offered to drive to pretty much any concert as long as he bought the tickets.

And there's a card collecting angle, he worked for McDonalds, and at the end of the football card promotion got me a trash bag full of that weeks leftover cards. Ended up with 100+ sets.

Later on, he cracked a bat playing in the yard with a few guys. My brother said it was pretty old, I ended up swapping a store bought bat I had for what I'm almost positive is a Fred Parent gamer, plus a few other old bats that were pretty beat, a D+M and a Batrite both I think store models.

Steve,

That is a fantastic story, and great baseball connection as well. It is hard to really explain and convey to others the full experience from seeing some of these outright famous groups appearing in a venue like the old Agora. It all comes down to the old saying, "You had to be there!". Got to love the memories, right?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by BobC

Steve,

That is a fantastic story, and great baseball connection as well. It is hard to really explain and convey to others the full experience from seeing some of these outright famous groups appearing in a venue like the old Agora. It all comes down to the old saying, "You had to be there!". Got to love the memories, right?

Yes, although the one in Hartford was closer to an arena than a club. Sort of a small arena sized club.


Now seeing the Ramones in Toads place in Waterbury...that was really amazing.
Toads Waterbury was tiny, maybe 500 capacity?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by steve B

Yes, although the one in Hartford was closer to an arena than a club. Sort of a small arena sized club.


Now seeing the Ramones in Toads place in Waterbury...that was really amazing.
Toads Waterbury was tiny, maybe 500 capacity?

Never saw the Ramones live, that would have been a great show, especially in a small, intimate venue like that.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by BobC

Never saw the Ramones live, that would have been a great show, especially in a small, intimate venue like that.

That would have been awesome. One club show I was just a bit too young to go to but some of my older friends told me about decades later was here in LA with three of our best punk bands: X, Los Lobos and The Blasters. That would have been epic. I also wish I'd seen this tour in 1987:



How fun would that have been, the Beasties opening for Run DMC?

https://youtu.be/b4teHlgW0vg

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

That would have been awesome. One club show I was just a bit too young to go to but some of my older friends told me about decades later was here in LA with three of our best punk bands: X, Los Lobos and The Blasters. That would have been epic. I also wish I'd seen this tour in 1987:



How fun would that have been, the Beasties opening for Run DMC?

https://youtu.be/b4teHlgW0vg

The one show I most regret not seeing was the Black and Blue tour back in 1980 with co-headliners Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult. But I decided no after hearing Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio as lead singer, after replacing Ozzie. They just weren't the same. Would have loved seeing them both together, with their original lineups.

Otherwise, aside from Ozzfest, maybe the best combo of acts I ever saw in concert together was a toss-up between a couple tri-bills. The Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent AND Meatloaf), Billy Preston, and Deep Purple headlining, or Foghat, Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott AND Peter Frampton), and The J. Giels Band headlining (before they went full-out commercial with their music). Having been able to see lineups like those, or the one you missed out on, in a club type venue would have been beyond believable.

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[steve B]

Originally Posted by BobC

The one show I most regret not seeing was the Black and Blue tour back in 1980 with co-headliners Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult. But I decided no after hearing Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio as lead singer, after replacing Ozzie. They just weren't the same. Would have loved seeing them both together, with their original lineups.

Otherwise, aside from Ozzfest, maybe the best combo of acts I ever saw in concert together was a toss-up between a couple tri-bills. The Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent AND Meatloaf), Billy Preston, and Deep Purple headlining, or Foghat, Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott AND Peter Frampton), and The J. Giels Band headlining (before they went full-out commercial with their music). Having been able to see lineups like those, or the one you missed out on, in a club type venue would have been beyond believable.

Black Sabbath with Dio was odd. The albums were great, but live?
Very strange, I saw the movie from the Black and Blue tour, and BOC was way better mostly because dio just didn't do well, everything sort of clipped at the end of the words.
Went to the tour for Mob Rules, and it was the same. Plus, when he band came out for an encore it was a spinal tap sort of moment. Lights down, you can see people walk out in the dark, then questioning gestures and shrugs, they leave.... and like 10 minutes later with fans starting to get a bit annoyed... they come out again, with Dio sort of half out of the elflike outfit he had on. I think he was halfway to the limo when they went back and got him.