The 12th Gate

• 36 10th Street NW, Atlanta GA
• Founder: Robin Feld, in conjunction with Methodist church (non-profit)
• Capacity: 150
• Opened: 1968
• Closed: January 1974 

1971

• Eric Quincy Tate - January 1
• Radar - January 2
• Avenue of Happiness - January 3
• Eric Quincy Tate - January 7-8
• Younguns - January 9-10
• Little Feat, Stump Brothers - January 11-13
• Fox Watson, Stump Brothers - January 15
• Fox Watson, Jim Rhyne - January 16
• Shayde - January 17
• Stillbrooke - January 21
• Shayde - January 22-23
• Doc Fields & Friends - January 24
• Radar - January 28-29
• Eastside Blues Band - January 30-31
• Captain Beefheart, Ry Cooder, Booger (12th Gate benefit at Sports Arena) - February 4
• Avenue of Happiness - February 5
• Wet Willie - February 6-7
• Younguns - February 11-12
• Booger - February 13-14
• Rev. Pearly Brown, Anne Romaine - February 17
• What Brothers - February 18-19
• Wet Willie - February 20
• Stump Brothers - February 21
• Hampton Grease Band - February 25-27
• Henley Walton's John - February 28
• East Side Blues Band - March 4-5
• Scald Cats - March 6
• Leonda - March 7
• Robin Conant - March 11
• Radar - March 12-13
• Fox Watson - March 14
• Scald Cats - March 18
• Wet Willie - March 19-21
• South - March 25
• Booger - March 26
• Milkweed - March 27-28
• Sylvia & Bart, Deborah Emerson, Foxes, Jim Rhyne - April 2
• David & Judy Doke, Dan English, Pan Handle - April 3
• Buddy Moss, Jimmy Hartz - April 4
• David & Judy Doke - April8
• Radar - April 9-10
• Uncle Lumpy - April 15
• Booger - April 16-17
• Foxes - April 18 
• Dan English - April 22
• East Side Blues Band - April 23
• Hansen & Alger - April 24
• Avenue of Happiness - April 25
• Hampton Grease Band - April 29-May 2
• Goose Creek Symphony - May 6
• Hansen & Alger - May 7
• Fox Watson - May 8
• Vince Quinn - May 9
• Little Feat - May 11-13
• Ever Wind - May 14
• Buddy Moss - May 15
• Frank Luther - May 16
• Archie; Michael & Kevin - May 20
• Scald Cats - May 21-22
• Doris Abrahams - May 23
• Steve Dempsey - May 27
• Booger - May 28-29
• David & Judy Doke - May 30
• Henley Walton's John - June 3
• Wet Willie - June 4-6
• Milkweed - June 10-12
• Avenue of Happiness - June 13
• East Side Blues Band [J Geils dropped in & played a set June 18] - June 17-18
• Buddy Moss - June 19
• Frank Luther - June 20
• David & Judy Doke - June 24
• Doris Abrahams, Vince Quinn - June 25-27
• Jeff Espina - July 1-3
• Bull - July 4
• Binoogah - July 8
• Foxes, Legal Tender - July 9-11
• Milkweed - July 15-17
• Bull - July 18
• Hampton Grease Band - July 22-25
• Legal Tender - July 29
• East Side Blues Band - July 30-31
• Bull - August 1
• Salmon & Dale - August 5
• Vince Quinn - August 6-7
• Rhino Country - August 8
• Perpetual Motion - August 12-13
• Foxes - August 14
• Bull - August 15
• Wet Willie - August 19-21
• Sunday Morning - August 22
• Jeff Espina - August 26-28
• Bull - August 29
• Sundance - September 2-3
• Scald Cats - September 4
• Doke - September 5
• East Side Blues Band - September 9-11
• Dan English - September 12
• Hampton Grease Band - September 16-18
• Dawn Workshop - September 19
• Radar - September 23-26
• Bull - October 3
• Prometheus Unbound - October 7
• East Side Blues Band - October 8
• Hampton Grease Band - October 9-10
• Sundance - October 14
• Gershon Freidlin, Pat Alger - October 15-16
• Gershon Freidlin, John Young - October 17
• Doris Abrahams - October 21-23
• Vince Quinn - October 24
• Milkweed - October 28-31
• Lawton Singh, Iskon - November 1
• Radar - November 4-6
• Bull, Frank Luther - November 7
• East Side Blues Band - November 12-13
• Foxes - November 14
• Salmon & Dale, Summerwhisk - November 18-19
• Robin Conant - November 20
• Bull - November 21
• Hampton Grease Band - November 25-27
• Buddy Moss - November 28
• Jeff Espina - December 2-4
• Bull - December 3
• Milkweed - December 9-11
• Suggins County String Band - December 12
• Salmon & Dale - December 16-17
• Doke - December 18-19
• Eric Quincy Tate - December 21
• Radar - December 22-24
• East Side Blues Band - December 25-26
• Silverman - December 28-29
• The Avenue of Happiness - December 30
• Robin Conant & Pat Alger - December 31

1972

• Suggins County String Band - January 1
• Bull - January 2
• Salmon & Dale - January 6
• Milkweed - January 7-8
• Prometheus Unbound - January 9
• Suggins County String Band - January 1
• Bull - January 2
• Hampton Grease Band - January 13
• East Side Blues Band - January 20-22
• Jazz with Bull - January 23
• Suggins County String Band - January 27-28
• Radar - January 29-30
• Doke Family - February 3
• Salmon & Dale - February 4
• Jeff Espina - February 5-6
• Silverman - February 10-11
• Milkweed - February 12-13
• Hampton Grease Band - February 24-26
• Rick Anderson - February 27
• Wet Willie - March 2-4
• Stonehenge - March 5
• David Olney - March 9-11
• The Motion - March 11
• Forty Fingers - March 16
• Radar - March 17-19
• New Avenue of Happiness - March 23
• Hampton Grease Band - March 24-25
• Sherry King & The American Beauty Rose Band - March 26
• Forty Fingers - March 30
• David Olney - March 31-April 1
• Solid Senders - April 6-7
• Rev. Pearly Brown - April 8
• Buddy Moss - April 9
• Gershon Freidlin & Matty O'Hare - April 13-16
• Jeff Espina - April 20-22
• The Starving Braineaters - April 23
• Flood - April 27
• Suggins County String Band - April 28-30
• Vince Quinn - May 4
• Milkweed - May 5-6
• American Beauty Rose Band - May 11-13
• Bull - May 14
• The Starving Braineaters - May 18-19
• Radar - May 20-21
• Wet Willie - May 25
• Hampton Grease Band - May 26-27
• Leon Bass & John D. Young - May 28
• Solid Senders  June 1-2
• Forty Fingers - June 3-4
• The Atlanta Electric Farm Band - June 8
• Robin Conant, David Olney - June 9
• Stump Brothers - June 10
• Bull - June 11
• The Starving Braineaters - June 15-16
• Jeff Espina - June 17-18
• Millard Archibald - June 22
• Zoot Cooter - June 23-25
• Faith Illusion - June 27
• Radar - June 29-July 1
• Bull - July 2
• Pat Alger - July 6
• Pat Alger, Robin Conant - July 7
• Silverman - July 8-9
• Hampton Grease Band - July 14-15
• Bull - July 16
• Chappaqua - July 20-22
• Albert & Newman - July 23
• Shuffling Hungarians - July 27
• Susan Miller - July 28-29
• The Dokes, Geiger Rock - July 30
• David Olney - August 3-4
• Suggins County String Band - August 5-6
• Forty Fingers - August 10-11
• East Side Blues Band - August 12
• Hampton Grease Band - August 18-20
• Starving Braineaters - August 24-26
• Bull - August 27
• Pat Alger - August 31-September 1
• Buddy Moss - September 2-3
• Stump Brothers - September 7-8
• Jeff Espina - September 9-10
• Stillwood - September 14-15
• Suggins County String Band - September 16-17
• Larry Coryell - September 26-October 1
• Hampton Grease Band - October 6-7
• Bull - October 8
• Zoot Cooter - October 12-15
• Fletcher & The Piedmonts - October 19
• Buddy Moss - October 20-21
• Starving Braineaters - October 22
• Fred Cale - October 26
• Jeff Espina - October 27-29
• Leg Of Otis, Snat Brothers - November 3-4
• Bull - November 5
• Arc - November 9
• Pat Alger - November 10-12
• Suggins County String Band - November 16-17
• Joe da Roach - November 18-19
• Hampton Grease Band - November 24-25
• Doris Abrahams - November 26, November 30-December 2
• Element - December 3
• David Ezell - December 7
• Leg Of Otis - December 8-9
• David Olney - December 10
• Nancy & Jeremiah - December 14
• David Olney - December 15-16
• Leg of Otis - December 21
• Starving Braineaters - December 22-23
• Weather Report - December 26-28

1973

• Hampton Grease Band - January 4-6
• Bull - January 7
• Forty Fingers - January 11-12
• Flood - January 13-14
• East Side Blues Band - January 25-28
• Weather Report - January 29-31
• Ellen McIlwaine, Bill Sheffield - February 1-2
• Ellen McIlwaine, Pat Alger - February 3-4
• Stump Brothers - February 8
• Buddy Moss - February 9-10
• Bull - January 11
• Jim Ryne - February 15
• Jeff Espina - February 16-18
• Leg of Otis - February 22-24
• Bull - February 25
• Breakfast Special - March 1-4
• Smith & Scrapper - March 8-9
• Starving Braineaters - March 10-11
• East Side Blues Band - March 15-18
• The Cummings Brothers - March 22-24
• Bull - March 25
• Big Mama Thornton, George "Harmonica" Smith, East Side Blues Band - March 27-April 21
• (closed for remodeling) 
• McCoy Tyner Quartet ("Grand Reopening") - May 1-5
• John Herald & The Honkies - May 7-12
• Bill Evans Trio - May 14-19
• The Elvin Jones Ensemble - May 21-26
• Pat Alger, Will Boulware, Mike Holbrook, Al Nicholson - May 28
• Buddy Moss, Sparky Rucker - May 29-June 2
• East Side Blues Band - June 4-9
• Pat Alger, Jeff Espina - June 12-16
• Townes Van Zandt - June 18-23
• Bill Braynon & The Soundsationals, Wahoo - June 25-30
• Silverman - July 2-7
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society - July 9-12
• Time - July 13-14, 16-21
• Keith Sykes, Pritchard Avenue Band - July 23-28
• Gary Bartz, NTU Troop - July 30-August 4
• Pat Alger, Robin Conant - August 7-11
• Lifeforce - August 13-18
• Silverman - August 20-23, 25
• Friends & Neighbors - August 24
• Elements - August 27
• Mose Allison - August 28-September 1
• Big Mama Thornton, George "Harmonica" Smith - September 3-9
• Breakfast Special - September 15-18
• Oregon - October 4-7
• Taylor & Francisco - October 8-13
• Pharoah Sanders - October 16-21
• Silverman - October 22-27
• Mad Mountain Mime Troupe - October 30, November 1-3
• Protrudamus - November 6-11
• John Hammond - November 12-18
• McCoy Tyner Quartet - November 20-25
• Malombo - November 26-December 1
• Ellen McIlwaine - December 4-9
• Oregon - December 11-16
• Gary Bartz, NTU Troop - December 18-23
• Mike Greene Band - December 27-30

The Great Southeast Music Hall

The Great Southeast Music Hall, Emporium & Performing Arts Exchange Inc.

• Broadview Plaza Shopping Center, 2581 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta GA
• Owners: Bob Dulong, Maurice "Mo" Ehrlich
• Capacity: 530
• Opened: Monday, October 30, 1972
• Note: The Great Southeast Music Hall is probably most remembered for hosting the very first American performance of the Sex Pistols, January 5, 1978.

1972

• Jeff Espina, Pat Alger, Silverman - October 28 (preview)
• Jonathan Edwards, Pat Alger - October 30-November 5
• Tim Hardin - November 7-12
• Harry Chapin, Jeubal - November 14-19
• New York Rock Ensemble, Suggins County String Band - November 21-26
• Johnny Nash, Rogue's Gallery - November 30, December 2-3
• Al Kooper, Rogue's Gallery - December 1
• Joe Walsh, The Barnstormers, Doris Abrahams - December 5-10
• Hampton Grease Band, Jeff Espina - December 12-17
• Arthur, Hurley & Gottlieb; Alan Beck - December 19-24
• Silverman, Ray Whitley - December 26-31

1973

• Edmonds & Curley, Joe da Roach - January 2-7
• The Earl Scruggs Review, Pat Alger - January 9-14 
• Odetta - January 16-21
• Radar, Fletcher & The Piedmonts - January 19-20 (at midnight)
• Len Chandler, Morris Dudley - January 23-28
• Flood, Sweet Rye - January 26-27 (at midnight)
• Townes Van Zandt, Banks & Shane - January 30-February 4
• Roadapple, Doke House Blues Band - February 2-3 (at midnight)
• Dion, Steve Ferguson - February 6-11
• Hydra, East Side Blues Band - February 9-10 (at midnight)
• Oliver, Tunesmith - February 13-18
• Eric Quincy Tate, Maelstrom - February 16-17 (at midnight)
• Buddy Moss, Joab, Jeff Espina - February 22-25
• Fletcher & The Piedmonts, Starving Braineaters - February 23-24  (at midnight)
• Danny Cox, Doris Abrahams - March 2-5
• Hampton Grease Band - March 2-3 (at midnight)
• John Hartford - March 6-11
• Atlanta Rhythm Section, Devil's Advocate - March 9-10 (at midnight)
• Odetta, Smith & Scrapper - March 12-18
• Brother Bait, Caliban - March 16-18 (at midnight)
• Doc Watson, Breakfast Special - March 20-25
• Scald Cats, Sweet Rye - March 23-24 (at midnight)
• Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - March 27-April 1
• Mose Jones, Protrudamus - March 30-April 1 (at midnight)
• Lily Tomlin - April 3-7
• Kudzu, Stump Brothers - April 6-8 (at midnight)
• James Cotton Blues Band, Ellen McIlwaine - April 12-15
• Harry Chapin, John Herald & The Honkies - April 17-22
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, Traktor - April 20-21 (at midnight)
• Looking Glass - April 24-28
• Howdy Doody Revival with Buffalo Bob, Tom Waits - May 1-6
• Atlanta Rhythm Section, Mason - May 4-6 (at midnight)
• Charles Lloyd - May 10-13
• Eric Quincy Tate, Elements - May 11-13 (at midnight)
• Goose Creek Symphony - May 15-18
• Will Boulware, Mike Holbrook, Al Nicholson - May 19
• Wheatridge - May 19-20
• Leo Kottke, Jimmie Spheeris - May 22-27
• Eric Weissberg & The Dueling Banjoes - June 8-10
• The Dillards, Silverman - June 12-17
• The Earl Scruggs Revue - June 19-24
• John Prine - June 28-30
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - July 1-2
• Tom Rush - July 3-8
• Pat Paulsen - July 10-15
• Al Kooper - July 12
• Phil Ochs, The New Grass Band - July 17-22
• The Great Speckled Bird Benefit Concert: Al Kooper, Mose Jones, Birtha, Phil Ochs, Bill Sheffield, Small Drink, Corrinne Smith, Pat Alger, Robin Conant - July 23
• Doug Kershaw - July 24-29
• Procter & Goodman - July 31-August 5
• Jim Croce - August 8-11
• Al Kooper - August 12 (benefit for friends of James and Julian Bond)
• Albert Hammond, Lori Jacobs - August 14-18
• Steve Goodman - August 19
• Chuck Mangione - August 21-26
• Melissa Manchester - August 29-September 2
• Eric Anderson - September 5-9
• Kinky Friedman - September 11-12
• Goose Creek Symphony - September 13-16
• Linda Ronstadt - September 18-23
• John Stewart, Wheatridge - September 25-30
• Red, White & Blue(grass) - October 2-4 
• Red, White & Blue(grass); Heartwood - October 5-7
• Lightnin' Hopkins - October 9-13
• Commander Cody - October 15
• Doc & Merle Watson - October 16-21
• Harry Chapin - October 23-28
• New Riders Of The Purple Sage - October 29
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - October 30-November 4
• The Dillards - November 6-11
• Procter & Bergman - November 12
• Mason Williams - November 13-18
• Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Sherman Hayes - November 20-25
• Taj Mahal - November 26
• Doug Kershaw, Lee Clayton - November 27-December 2
• Jerry Jeff Walker - December 4-9
• Loudon Wainwright III, Lori Lieberman - December 11-16
• Silverman - December 18-23
• The Country Gentlemen - December 26-30
• Bluegrass Jamboree - December 31

1974

• The Committee - January 2-6
• Sopwith Camel, Franklin Ajaye - January 10-13
• Waylon Jennings - January 15-20
• Earl Scruggs Revue - January 21-23
• Cheech & Chong - January 24-27
• Goose Creek Symphony - January 31-February 3
• Oliver - February 6-10
• Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffet - February 12-17
• Jonathan Edwards - February 19-24
• John Hartford - February 27-March 3
• Tom Rush - March 5-10
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steve Martin - March 12-17
• David Bromberg, Aztec Twostep - March 19-24
• Doc & Merle Watson - March 26-31
• Roger McGuinn, Pillmore & Hatcher - April 2-7
• Brewer & Shipley - April 8
• Henry Gross, The Talbot Brothers - April 9-14
• BW Stevenson - April 8
• Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, "special guest Barry Manilow" - April 16-21
• The Committee - April 23-28
• Ry Cooder - April 29
• Buffy St Marie - April 30-May 5
• Tim Weisberg - May 6
• Ace Trucking Company, Orphan - May 7-12
• Goose Creek Symphony - May 13
• Eric Weissberg & Deliverance - May 14-19
• Melissa Manchester, Martin Mull - May 21-25
• Martin Mull; Travis Shook & The Club Wow - May 28-June 2
• Doug Kershaw - June 3-5
• Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - June 6-9
• Uncle Josh Graves - June 11-16
• Hampton Geese Band, Buddy Moss - June 17
• Rick Cunha, Wendy Waldman - June 18-23
• Mad Mountain Mime Troupe - June 24
• The New Grass Revival & David Allan Coe - June 25-30
• Mike Greene Band, Pat Alger - July 1-3
• Paul Davis, Pyramid, Pat Alger - July 4-7
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - July 8-9
• Lightnin' Hopkins, Murray McLauchlan - July 10-14
• Wendy Waldman - July 15-17
• Weather Report, Steven Grossman - July 18-20
• Janis Ian, Larry Gatlin - July 22
• Earl Scruggs Revue, Larry Gatlin - July 23-28
• Doc & Merle Watson, Sammy Walker - July 29
• Esther Phillips; Barbara Barrow & Mike Smith - July 30-August 4
• The Incredible String Band - August 5-7
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk, David Pomeranz - August 8-11
• Steve Martin, Mimi Farina - August 15-August 18
• John Hammond, Muledeer & Moondog Medicine Show - August 20-25
• Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth, Norman Blake - August 27-31
• Josh Graves, Norman Blake - September 2-4
• Josh Graves, Rainmaker - September 5-7
• Leo Kottke, Madhouse Company of London - September 9-11
• Madhouse Company of London, Leon Redbone - September 12-15
• JJ Cale - September 16
• Oregon - September 17-18
• Jimmy Buffett - September 19-22
• Jonathan Edwards, Mad Mountain Mime Troupe - September 23-24
• Charlie Byrd, Mad Mountain Mime Troupe - September 25-29
• Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea - September 30
• Goose Creek Symphony, Michael Collins - October 1-5
• Tom Rush, Orphan - October 7
• Paul Davis, Pyramid - October 8-12
• John Hartford; Red, White & Blue(grass) - October 14-16
• Red, White & Blue(grass) - October 17-20
• Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Gallagher & Lyle - October 21-23
• Sammi Smith, Claire Hamill- October 24-27
• John Fahey, Sam Parsons - October 28
• Tim Weisberg, Sam Parsons - October 29-30
• Dr Hook & The Medicine Show, Sam Parsons - October 31-November 3
• Don Everly, Willis Allen Ramsey - November 4-7
• Taj Mahal, Ron Douglas - November 8-9
• Chuck Mangione - November 11-13
• Robert Klein, Tom Waits - November 14-17
• Dan Fogelberg - November 18
• Doc & Merle Watson, Dick Feller -November 19-24
• Gino Vanelli - November 25
• Doug Kershaw, Gove - November 26-30
• Darius Brubeck Ensemble, Ed Begley Jr - December 2-4
• David Bromberg - December 5-8
• The Dillards, Sam Leopold - December 9-11
• McCoy Tyner - December 12-15
• Ramsey Lewis Trio - December 16
• Severin Brown - December 17-22
• Tim Weisberg, Mike Williams - December 31-January 4

spellcheck: Richards, Richards', or Richard's?

The name of the fabled Atlanta rock club which opened its doors at 931 Monroe Drive NE on February 1, 1973, has endured decades of spelling variations. Information searches are often confounded by the varied data entries of Richards, Richards', or Richard's. In May 1974, a Billboard article indicated the plural possessive as its correct spelling. My personal experience, in context of creation of promo material during the time, was a first-hand explanation by the club's PR rep that the name was simply the non-possessive plural, "Richards," reflecting the shared name of the two owners, both Richards: Rich Floyd and Richard Bryan.

Rich Floyd (L) and Richard Bryan in front of the club's entrance

One could argue that the logo of the club indicates either Richards' or Richards, depending on the implication or not of an apostrophe. I will continue to use the basic plural, as instructed back in the day.

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

Seal Place

Seal Place is a small non-through street in midtown Atlanta that runs a short, straight line from Monroe Drive to Monroe Circle. Near Monroe Drive's intersections with Virginia Avenue, 8th and 10th Streets, it is an easy walk to Piedmont Park. In the early 1970s, the small neighborhood was home to numerous creative individuals representative of the counterculture of the time: artists, musicians, journalists, photographers, actors, architects, designers, and others. The rock club Richards was just around the corner, as was the homecooking of The Silver Grill. Arlan's, a 24-hour supermarket fronting Ponce de Leon Avenue, was easily reached via a rear cut-through off Monroe Circle at Greenwood. It was a unique place in a unique time.