Showing posts with label Badfinger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Badfinger. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

Atlanta Municipal Auditorium

  • 30 Courtland Street SE (at Gilmer Street), Atlanta GA
  • Capacity: 5000
  • Note: The building, built 1909, was sold to Georgia State University in 1979.
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium
Photo: Special Collections Department,
Pullen Library, Georgia State University
1970 
  • Steppenwolf - January 10
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - January 17
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, The Strangers - March 14
  • James Brown - March 16-17
  • Santana, Allman Brothers Band, Insect Trust - March 19
  • Allman Brothers Band - March 26
  • B.B. King, Judy Clay, Wild Man Steve & His Revue - April 6
  • Johnny Winter - April 12
  • Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Norman Greenbaum - April 30 (D&B refused to play, blaming sound system; Norman Greenbaum performed for small crowd, for free)
  • Pink Floyd, The Guess Who - May 12
  • Van Morrison, Sabudi, Shelly Isaacs - May 14 (partial benefit for Community Center bail fund)
  • The Who - June 22
  • Steppenwolf, Chakra - August 3
  • Fleetwood Mac, Hampton Grease Band - August 20
  • Jefferson Airplane, Radar, Glen McKay's Head Lights - August 24
  • Mountain, Mylon LeFevre, Joel Osner - October 8
  • Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Chakra, David Kennedy & Fire Power - October 22
  • Bloodrock, Hydra, Rusha - October 31
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Sonny James & his Country Gentlemen, Ray Price & his Cherokee Cowboys, Compton Brothers - November 28
  • Ten Years After, Stonehenge - December 1
  • The Band - December 10
  • The Temptations, Carla Thomas, The Bar-Kays - December 19
  • The Amboy Dukes, Bob Seger System, MC-5 - December 29
1971
  • Allman Brothers Band, Hampton Grease Band - January 16
  • James Taylor, Carole King, Jo Mama - March 2
  • Eric Burdon & War - March 11
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Conway Twitty, Bill Anderson, Tom T. Hall, Bobby Bare, Jan Howard, Bobby Johnson & The Swinging Gentlemen - March 13
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears - March 25
  • Small Faces "featuring Rod Stewart," Savoy Brown, The Grease Band - March 30
  • Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station - April 1
  • Jethro Tull, Brethren, Younguns - April 13
  • Judy Collins - April 17
  • Mountain, Procol Harum, Hydra - April 29
  • Johnny Winter, Booger - May 15
  • "Super Heavy Blues Express" - Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Al Hibbler - May 16
  • Elton John, Mark-Almond - June 8
  • Edgar Winter's White Trash, Mott The Hoople, J. Geils Band - June 17
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Conway Twitty & The Twitty Birds, Loretta Lynn & The Nashville Tennesseans, Dave Dudley & The Roadrunners, Anthony Armstrong Jones - June 26
  • Melanie, Janey & Dennis - June 30
  • Black Sabbath, Blues Project - July 7
  • Allman Brothers Band, Cowboy (7:30pm), Hampton Grease Band (2:30pm) - July 17 (2 shows)
  • Bloodrock, Savage Grace, Robert Savage Group - July 22
  • Mother Earth, Doobie Brothers - August 2
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Humble Pie - August 4
  • Faces "featuring Rod Stewart," Southern Comfort - August 5
  • Ten Years After - August 11
  • John Sebastian, Savage Grace - August 12
  • James Gang, Mylon, Smoo's Barn Dance - August 17
  • Leon Russell, Freddie King - August 18
  • Savoy Brown - September 2
  • Alice Cooper, Lee Michaels - September 11
  • Long John Baldry, Cactus, Savoy Brown - September 23
  • It's A Beautiful Day, Boz Scaggs - October 16
  • Traffic, Fairport Convention - October 18
  • Mountain, J. Geils Band, Stray Dog - October 27
  • Cat Stevens, Mimi & Tom - November 10
  • Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage - November 11
  • David Cassidy - November 13
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Yes - November 22
  • The Who - November 23
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Sonny James & The Country Gentlemen, Freddy Weller - November 27
  • Canned Heat, Gary Wright, REO Speedwagon - December 15
  • Bloodrock, Spirit, Crabby Appleton - December 20
1972
  • Alice Cooper, Redbone, White Witch - January 8
  • Smokey Robinson, Georgia Prophets - January 20
  • Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Malo featuring David Santana - January 24
  • Allman Brothers Band, Alex Taylor - January 25
  • Traffic, J.J. Cale - January 31
  • Melanie - February 16
  • Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Wet Willie - February 19
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Waylon Jennings & The Waylors, Freddie Hart, Jim Ed Brown & The Gems, Stonewall Jackson & The Minutemen, Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrells - March 11
  • Joe Cocker - March 21
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer - March 28
  • The Guess Who - April 5
  • Humble Pie, Alexis Corner, Edgar Winter - April 6
  • Jethro Tull, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - April 27
  • Jackson 5 - May 8
  • Chicago - May 15
  • Black Sabbath - June 19
  • The Staple Singers, Joe Simon, Stylistics- July 13
  • "Rock & Roll Revival" - Bill Haley & The Comets, The Coasters, Chubby Checker, Gary U.S. Bonds, Freddie Cannon, Bobby Comstock & The Comstock Ltd - July 15
  • Rare Earth - July 18
  • Leon Russell - July 20
  • Black Sabbath - July 22
  • Badfinger, Bloodrock, Kindred - August 3
  • Jackson 5 - August 7
  • James Gang, Captain Beyond - August 14
  • Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Silverhead - August 28-29
  • Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie (8/30), Eric Quincy Tate (8/31) - August 30-31
  • The Al Green Review, The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, Herb Jubrit - September 16
  • T. Rex, Doobie Brothers - September 23
  • Yes, Eagles - September 30
  • Brother Bait, performing "Tommy" - October 10
  • Ten Years After - October 12
  • B.B. King, Bobby Womack with Peace, Eric Quincy Tate - November 6
  • The Hollies, Raspberries, Danny O'Keefe - November 8
  • New Riders of The Purple Sage, Eric Quincy Tate - November 14
  • "Bluegrass Music Spectacular" - Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Lewis Family, Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Reno-Harrell, James Monroe, Clyde Moody, Curly Seckler - November 18 (12 hours!)
  • The Supremes, Jackson 5 - December 1
  • Humble Pie - December 14
  • Edgar Winter, Wild Turkey - December 16
1973
  • Rare Earth - January 20
  • Charley Pride, Freddie Hart - January 27
  • The Delfonics - February 10
  • Traffic, John Martyn, Free - February 14
  • Johnny Rivers, Brewer & Shipley - February 15
  • Stephen Stills & Manassas - February 17
  • Uriah Heep, Silverhead, Spooky Tooth - February 22
  • Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - February 26
  • "WPLO Shower of Stars" - George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings - March 10
  • Pink Floyd - March 24
  • Loggins & Messina, Doobie Brothers - March 29
  • Stephen Stills & Manassas - April 2
  • Wishbone Ash, Vinegar Joe, Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - April 26
  • Chi-Lites, The O-Jays, The Main Ingredient, Detroit Emeralds, Moments, Millie Jackson - May 2
  • David Gates & Bread - May 3
  • Waylon Jennings - May 12
  • Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - May 28
  • George Carlin - June 21
  • Ike & Tina Turner - July 12
  • Black Oak Arkansas, Jo Jo Gunne - July 14
  • Beck, Bogert & Appice; Dr John - July 16
  • Curtis Mayfield - July 19
  • "CTI Summer Festival" - Esther Phillips, Milt Jackson, Hubert Laws, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Eric Gale, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Bob James, Ralph McDonald, CTI Strings, Frankie Crocker MC - July 21
  • Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Speck Rhodes & The Wagonmasters - July 28
  • Cactus - August 3
  • Kool and The Gang, Ebony - August 5
  • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - August 11
  • Roger McGuinn - August 22
  • Sha Na Na, Wet Willie - August 23
  • Roy Buchanan - September 6
  • Al Green, Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - September
  • ZZ Top, Albert King - September 29
  • Yes, Eagles - September 30
  • Mott The Hoople, Aerosmith, New York Dolls - October 4
  • Pat Boone - October 9
  • Ten Years After - October 10
  • Joe Walsh, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, REO Speedwagon - October 11
  • Steve Miller Band - October 17
  • Arlo Guthrie - October 21
  • John Denver - October 25
  • Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn - October 27
  • John Mayall, Ballin' Jack - November 1
  • Freddie King, Tower of Power, Sylvester & The Hot Band - November 14
  • John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Argent, Papa John Creech - November 21
  • "Shower of Stars" - Hank Williams, Barbara Mandrell, Tom T. Hall, Johnny Rodriguez - November 24
  • David Crosby & Graham Nash, David Blue - November 28
1974
  • Slade, Brownsville Station - January 16
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer - January 24
  • Billy Preston - February 14
  • Dave Mason, James Gang - February 21
  • B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Ann Peebles - February 25
  • Foghat, Maggie Bell, Frampton's Camel - March 27 
  • Beach Boys - April 11
  • King Crimson, Grin - April 13
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Climax Blues Band - May 6
  • Procol Harum, Renaissance - May 8
  • Slade, 10cc, Brownsville Station - June 5
  • "Guitar Battle of the Century" - Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Cactus featuring Mike Pinera - July 26
  • Foghat, Brownsville Station - August 5
  • Choice, Stories, Brother Louie - August 19
  • Mountain - August 21
  • New York Dolls, White Witch - September 7
  • Joe Cocker - September 9
  • Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt - October 31
  • Lou Reed - November 7
  • Dave Mason, Poco - November 16

Friday, December 5, 2014

Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom

  • 663 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta GA
  • (in The Georgian Terrace ballroom, across from the Fox Theatre)
  • Owners: Alex Cooley, Mark Golob 
  • Capacity: 1100
  • Opened: Wednesday, March 13, 1974
1974
  • Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (with Rory Gallagher, March 15) - March 13-16
  • Badfinger - March 20-23
  • Aerosmith - March 27-30
  • Dr John - April 3-6
  • Steely Dan - April 8-9
  • Graham Central Station (special guest James Cotton Blues Band, April 11) - April 10-13 
  • Electric Light Orchestra - April 22-23
  • Freddie King, The Night Crawlers - April 24-27
  • Tim Buckley, Albatross, Fat Chance Band - May 8-11
  • Charlie Daniels, Bruce Springsteen, Aim - May 13-18
  • Argent - May 20-21
  • Ballin' Jack, Brother - May 23-25
  • NRBQ, Henry Gross, New Days Ahead - May 27-June 1
  • El Roacho, Heartsfield - June 3-4
  • Slade, 10cc - June 5
  • Roy Buchanan - June 6-8
  • Mary McCrary - June 10-12
  • REO Speedwagon, Elder - June 13-15
  • Papa Doc, Outlaw - June 17-18
  • Kiss, Outlaw - June 19-22
  • Isis, Minnie Riperton - June 24-29
  • Cowboy, Michael Urbaniak & Fusion - July 1-6
  • Kansas, Fresh Start - July 8-12
  • Kansas, Cisco - July 13
  • Nazareth - July 15
  • Kiss - July 17-18
  • Sugarloaf - July 19-20
  • Atlanta Rhythm Section, Birnam Wood - July 22-27
  • Trapeze, Leviathan - July 29-30
  • Parliament Funkadelic, Leviathan - July 31-August 1
  • Ashford & Simpson, Leviathan - August 2-3
  • REO Speedwagon, Mose Jones - August 5-6
  • Mose Jones - August 7-8
  • Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Mose Jones - August 9
  • The Stampeders, Mose Jones - August 10
  • Orphan, Mercury - August 12-13
  • Locomotiv GT, Mercury - August 14
  • Mercury, Metroplex - August 15-17
  • Hudson & Ford, Outlaws - August 19-24
  • Rory Gallagher, Status Quo - August 26-28
  • Locomotiv GT, Mike Greene Band - August 29-31
  • Mayson, Borealis - September 2-3
  • Martha Reeves with Nicky Hopkins, Borealis - September 4-7
  • Charlie Daniels, Tate Blues Band - September 9-10
  • Freddie King, Fat Chance - September 11-14
  • Suzy Quatro - September 12
  • Fat Chance - September 16-17
  • Kiss, Rush, Fat Chance - September 18-20
  • Kiss, Outlaws, Fat Chance - September 21
  • Mike Quatro, Mother's Finest - September 23-25
  • Aerosmith, Mother's Finest, Muscadine Blues Band - September 26-27
  • Mother's Finest, Muscadine Blues Band - September 28
  • Roy Wood's Wizzard, Rockets - September 30-October 1
  • Nektar, Rockets - October 2
  • Caravan, Rockets - October 3-5
  • Muscadine Blues Band - October -9
  • Blue Tail Fly, Warm - October 10-12
  • Harvey Mandell, Mercury - October 14-17
  • Harvey Mandell, Cunningham Corner - October 18-19
  • Sailcat - October 21-23
  • Fanny, Sailcat - October 24-26
  • Canned Heat, Brother - October 28-30
  • Parliament Funkadelic, Brother - October 31-November 2
  • Kansas, UFO - November 4-5
  • Kansas, Mahogany Rush - November 6-9
  • James Cotton Blues Band, Rich Mountain Tower - November 11-14
  • James Cotton Blues Band, Carrie Nation - November 15-16
  • Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Don Preston - November 19-23
  • Ross, Outlaws - November 25-27
  • Ross, Michael Murphy - November 28-30
  • Fancy, Sailcat - December 2-3
  • Alex Harvey Band, Sailcat - December 4
  • Renaissance, Alex Harvey Band - December 5-7
  • Cactus, Lightning - December 10-14
  • The Roger McGuinn Band, Navasota - December 16-21
  • Mother's Finest, Fat Chance - December 23-24, 26-28
  • Freddie King, Fat Chance - December 31