Thursday, November 20, 2014

Richards

  • 931 Monroe Drive NE (near 8th and Virginia Avenue), Atlanta GA 
  • Owners: Rich Floyd, Richard Bryan
  • Capacity: 800
  • Opened: Thursday, February 1, 1973
  • Closed: December 1974
1973
  • Elephant's Memory, Mose Jones - February 1-3
  • Wet Willie, Ned - February 5-10
  • Bo Diddley, Marshall Tucker Band - February 12-16
  • Bob Seger, Acrobat - February 19-24
  • Bonnie Bramlett, Little Feat, Elf - February 26-28
  • White Witch, Little Feat - March 1-3
  • Little Feat, Mother's Finest - March 5-10
  • Elephant's Memory, Roadapple - March 12-17
  • If, Warm - March 19-24
  • Hookfoot, Uncle Jam Band - March 26-31 
  • Nitzinger, Navasota - April 2-7 
  • Marshall Tucker Band, Hydra - April 9-14
  • Pure Food & Drug Act with Harvey Mandell, Charlie Daniels Band - April 16-21
  • Cold Blood - April 23-25 
  • Terry Reid - April 26-28
  • Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids - April 30-May 5
  • "Benefit for Wounded Knee" [Defense Fund] - May 6
  • Pretty Things - May 7-8
  • Cactus, Pretty Things - May 9-12
  • Cactus, Warm - May 14-18
  • McKendree, Warm - May 19
  • Spooky Tooth - May 22-24
  • Mose Jones, Jam Factory - May 28-June 2
  • Bonnie Bramlett, Little Feat, Target - June 5-9
  • Tim Buckley, Status Quo - June 11-16
  • Charlie Daniels Band, NRBQ - June 18-22
  • King Crimson, NRBQ - June 23
  • Terry Reid, Kudzu - June 25-27
  • Manfred Mann, Kudzu - June 28-30
  • Tower of Power, Brother Bait - July 2-7
  • Chambers Brothers, Stories - July 9-11
  • Stories, Mose Jones- July 12-14
  • Nitzinger, Warm - July 16-21
  • Cactus, Bachman-Turner Overdrive - July 23-28
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mose Jones (Al Kooper's Sounds of the South label press party) - July 29 
  • Mose Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd - July 30-August 4
  • Fanny, Navasota - August 6-8
  • Navasota, Dogwood - August 9-11
  • Country Joe McDonald & His All Star Band, Elijah - August 13-18
  • Freddie King, El Roacho - August 20-25
  • Spirit, Warm - August 27-29
  • Robin Trower, Warm - August 30-September 1
  • Bonnie Bramlett, Lynryd Skynyrd - September 3-5
  • Rory Gallagher, Sopwith Camel [One night someone paid Sopwith Camel to play "Hello, Hello" five times.] - September 10-15
  • Little Feat, Mother's Finest - September 17-20
  • Mother's Finest - September 21-22
  • Flo & Eddie, Dogwood - September 24-28
  • National Lampoon's Lemmings - September 29
  • If, Lynyrd Skynyrd - October 2-6
  • Iggy & The Stooges, Hydra [Elton John showed up in a gorilla costume one night.] - October 8-13
  • Teenage Lust, REO Speedwagon - October 15-17
  • Teenage Lust, Tucky Buzzard - October 18-20
  • Fanny, Hookfoot - October 22-25
  • Hookfoot - October 26-27
  • Cactus, Younguns - October 29-31
  • Elvin Bishop, Younguns - November 1-3
  • The New York Dolls, Public Foot - November 5-10
  • Tim Buckley, Warm - November 13-17
  • Chambers Brothers, Mother's Finest - November 19-21
  • Captain Beyond, Mother's Finest - November 23-24
  • Captain Beyond, Copper Hill - November 26-28
  • Buddy Miles, Copper Hill - November 29-December 1
  • Frampton's Camel, Law - December 3-5
  • Birtha, Law - December 6-8
  • Delaney Bramlett, Hall & Oates - December 10-15
  • Muddy Waters, Orleans - December 17-22
  • Lou Reed, Acrobat - December 26-29
  • Captain Beyond, Papa Doc - December 31
1974
  • Freddie King, Papa Doc - January 2-5
  • Buddy Miles, Steamboat - January 7-9
  • Bloodrock, Steamboat - January 10-12
  • Chambers Brothers - January 14-16
  • Stories, McKendree Spring - January 17-19
  • Canned Heat, Texas - January 21-23
  • Les Variations, Texas - January 24-26
  • Cactus, Mose Jones - January 28-February 2
  • Roosevelt Sikes, Big Walter Horton, Robert "Jr" Lockwood - February 4-6
  • NRBQ, Bruce Springsteen - February 7-9
  • Livingston Taylor, Mike Greene - February 11-13
  • If, Mike Greene - February 14-16
  • Spirit, 10cc - February 18-20
  • 10cc, Mother's Finest - February 21-23
  • Soft Machine, Painter - February 25-27
  • Charlie Daniels, Painter - February 28-March 2
  • Roy Buchanan, Silverhead - March 4-6
  • Elvin Bishop, Silverhead - March 7-9
  • Bonnie Bramlett, Warm - March 11-16
  • Muddy Waters, Average White Band - March 18-23
  • Quicksilver Messenger Service, Hall & Oates - March 25-28
  • Hall & Oates - March 29-30
  • John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon - April 1-6
  • Bob Seger, Kathi McDonald - April 8-10
  • Bob Seger, BJ Thomas, Kathi McDonald - April 11-13
  • Boz Scaggs, Outlaws - April 15-17
  • Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Outlaws - April 18-20
  • Robin Trower, Black Sheep, McKendree Spring - April 22-23
  • Grin, McKendree Spring - April 24
  • Grin, Law - April 25
  • Ballin' Jack, Law - April 26-27
  • Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Steve Ball Band - April 29-May 4 
  • Goose Creek Symphony, If, Grinderswitch (benefit for The Great Speckled Bird) - May 6
  • If - May 7-8
  • Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - May 9-11
  • Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny, Thunderhead - May 13-15
  • Ray Manzarek, Thunderhead - May 16-18
  • Cactus, Flying Saucers - May 20-24
  • Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Flying Saucers - May 25
  • Birtha, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - May 27-29
  • Fanny, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - May 31-June 1
  • Eric Burdon, Danny Kalb - June 3-8
  • McKendree Spring, Bob "Catfish" Hodge - June 10-15
  • Spencer Davis, Mose Jones - June 17-19
  • Raspberries, Mose Jones - June 20-22
  • Strawbs, Texas - June 24-26
  • Birtha, Texas - June 27-29
  • Elvin Bishop, Dion - July 1-5
  • Dion, Dogwood - July 6
  • Steeleye Span, Purlee - July 10-13 
  • Chris Jagger, Average White Band - July 15-17
  • James Montgomery Blues Band, Spencer Davis - July 18-20
  • Tony Joe White, Babe Ruth - July 22-27
  • Mike Greene Band - July 29-30
  • Jobriath - July 31-August 3
  • Richie Havens, Steve Barron - August 5-10
  • Waylon Jennings, Elf - August 15-17
  • Little Feat, Richard Torrance - August 22-24
  • Barkays, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - August 26-28
  • Barkays - August 29-31
  • Albert King, Bill Chinook - September 3-7
  • Howlin' Wolf, The Elders - September 9-14
  • Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Jett Black - September 16
  • Jett Black - September 17-18
  • Bob Seger, Jett Black - September 19-21
  • Birtha, Steve Barron - September 23-27
  • Montrose, Larry Raspberry & The High Steppers - September 30-October 2
  • Spencer Davis, Judd - October 3-5
  • Little Richard - October 7-12
  • Muddy Waters, Mighty Joe Young - October 14-19
  • Outlaws, Carmen - October 21-23
  • Liverpool, Outlaws - October 24-26
  • Larry Coryell, Michael Urbaniak - October 28-30
  • Wayne Cochran & CC Riders - October 31-November 2
  • Captain Beefheart - November 4-6
  • Frigid Pink - November 7-9
  • Willie Dixon, Bill Chinook - November 11-16
  • Grinderswitch, Warm - November 18-23
  • Spirit; Dino & Sembello - November 25-27, 29-30
  • Montrose, Judd, Stray Dogs - December 2-3
  • Average White Band, Judd - December 4-7
  • Quicksilver Messenger, Barnaby Bye - December 9-11
  • Chambers Brothers, Barnaby Bye - December 12-14
  • Bob Seger, Law - December 19-21