ALIVE AS YESTERDAY: 1970 CONCERTS
The Kinks
Young Bloods
Ritchie Coliseum
University of Maryland
College Mark, MD
Grateful Dead
Carousel Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Grateful Dead
Panther Hall
Fort Worth, TX
Frank Zappa
Alice Cooper
Berkeley Community Theatre
Berkeley, CA
Velvet Underground
Paramount Theatre
Springfield, MA
Jimi Hendrix
Cactus
Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys
Sick's Stadium
Seattle, WA
Sly & The Family Stone
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Rare Earth, 6IX
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Boz Scaggs, Commander Cody
Vinde Guaraldi
Steel Mill (early Bruce Springsteen band)
Sandy Bull
Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker
Matrix
San Francisco, CA
The Byrds
Flying Burrito Bros
Second Coming
Crabby Appleton
Dominion
Whisky A Go Go
Los Angeles, CA
New Riders of the Purple Sage
with Jerry Garcia, Marmaduke & Mickey Hart
Matrix
San Francisco, CA
Battle of the Blues
Howlin Wolf vs. Muddy Waters
Club Paradise
Memphis, TN
B.B. King
The Houserockers
V.F.W.
Greenville, MS
Grateful Dead
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Action House
Island Park, NY
Grateful Dead
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Rubber Duck Company
Euphoria
San Rafael, CA
The Byrds
Great Jones, Cactus
Iron Butterfly, Country Joe & The Fish
Young Bloods, Big Brother
Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane
Savoy Brown, Buddy Miles
Haystacks Balboa, Lee Michaels
Brooklyn Rock Palace
Brooklyn, NY
The Doors
Albert King
Flying Burrito Bros
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
Janis Joplin
Van Morrison
Cole Field House
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Paul Butterfield Band
Jo Jo Gunne
Selland Arena
Fresno, CA
New York Pop Festival
Randall's Island
NYC
Ike & Tina Revue
Seattle Center Arena
Seattle, WA
The Four Seasons
The Jam Factory
Cassell Coliseum
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Pink Floyd
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
The Byrds
Doug Kershaw
Boston Tea Party
Boston, MA
The Who
James Gang
Spectrum
Philadelphia, PA
Laura Nyro
The Band
Berkeley Community Center
Berkeley, CA
The Byrds, Poco
Commander Cody
Brotherhood of Light
Van Morrison
John Lee Hooker
Led Zeppelin
Albert King
Cold Blood, Mason Proffit
Iron Butterly, AUM
Black Oak Arkansas
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
The Beach Boys
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Keith Allison
Freddie Weller & Joe Jr.
Portland Civic Auditorium
Portland, OR
Youngbloods
Commander Cody & His Lost Airmen
Jeffrey Cain
Family Dog
San Francisco, CA
Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Santana, It's A Beautiful Day
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
Winterland
San Francisco, CA
Velvet Underground
Unicorn
Boston, MA
Class Reunion Picnic
Chuck Berry
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Fabian
The Shirelles
Little Anthony
Bo Diddley
Mary Wells
The Coasters
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA
Mountain
Blues Project 2
Dion
Boston Tea Party
Boston, MA
Free
Amazing Blondel, Suck
Marsupilami, Luther
Woolacombe
North Devon, UK
The Band
Miles Davis
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA
The Band
Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead
Delaney & Bonnie, Mashmakan
James & The Good Bros, Charlebois
Ian & Sylvia with Great Speckled BIrd
Buddy Guy, Eric Anderson, Mountain
Tom Rush, John Sebastian, Smith
THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL
The Doors, The Who, Jimi Hendrix
Jethro Tull, Joan Baez, Chicago
Ten Years After, Joni Mitchell
Sle & The Family Stone, Family, Taste
Procol Harum, Cat Mother, Leonard Cohen & The Army
Voices of East Harlem, John Sebastian, Richie Havens
Moody Blues, Pentangle, Arrival, Melanie
Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tony Jo White, Mungo Jerry
Cactus, Spirit, Miles Davis, Lighthouse
Ralph McTell, Good News
SUMMER JAM WEST
The Beach Boys
The Band
Joe Walsh & Barnstorm
Jesse Colin Young
Ontario Motor Speedway
Ontario, Canada
CONVENTION HALL ON THE BOARDWALK
Ten Yars After, Mott The Hoople
Jethro Tull, Cactus
The Association, Mouintain, David Ra
Grand Funk Railroad, Bloodrock
Johnny Mathis, The Temptations
Santana, Jefferson Airplane
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
The Guess Who, Rare Earth
Chicago, Delaney Bonnie & Friends
GOOSE LAKE ROCK FEST
Savoy Brown, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker
10 Years After, Savage Grace, Mountain
Chicago, Ram, Bob Seger
John Sebastian, Alice Cooper, Litter
SRC, James Gang, Stooges
John Drake Shake, Flock, 3rd Power
Mighty Quick, Brownsville Station
Flyring Burrito Bros., Suite Charity
Goose Lake Park
Jackson, MI
Fleetwood Mac
Munchen Deutsches Museum
Munich, Germany
Led Zeppelin
Baltimore Civic Center
Baltimore, MD
Fleetwood mac
James Gang
Boston Tea Party
Boston, MA
Stevie Wonder
Edwin Starr
Sue Rainey
William Bell
Macon Coliseum
Macon, GA
Junior Walker & The All-Stars
Arlene Smith & The Chantels
The Teenagers, Willie Winfield & The Harptones
Sav'oir
Warner Theatre
Washington D.C.
Leon Russell
Freddie King
Buddy Miles'
LA Forum
Los Angeles, CA
Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Kent State University
Student Ctr. Ballroom
Kent, OH
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Portland Coliseum
Portland, OR
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Fillmore East
NYC
Grateful Dead
Sopwith Camel
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
The Daily Flash
The Rising Songs
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
Savoy Brown, Sea Train
Ry Cooder, Humble Pie
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
Love with Arthur Lee
James Gang, Black Sabbath
Sha Na Na
Elvin Bishop, Tower of Power
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
Derek & The Dominoes
Toe Fat
Onondaga War Memoria
Syracuse, NY
The Who
University of Leeds
Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Alice Cooper
The Stooges, Jam Band
The Opera House
Chicago, IL
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Madison Square Garden
NYC
John Sinclair Freedom Rally
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Commander Cody
Ed Sanders, Bobby Seale, Teagarden & Van Winkle
Allen Ginsberg, Phil Ochs
Archie Shepp & Roswell Rudd, Jerry Rubin
The Up, Rennie Davis, Dave Dellinger, David Peel & Fr. James Groppi
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Derek & The Dominos
Bram Stoker & Adolphus Rebirth
Marquay Club
Torquay Town Hall
Torquay, UK
Rascals
Southwind, Cock Robin
Swing Auditorium
San Bernardino, CA
The Who
Anaheim Stadium
Anaheim, CA
The Doors
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento, CA
Van Morrison
Blodwyn Pig
Blues Image
Boston Tea Party
Boston, MA
MC5
Family
Stone The Crow
Boston Tea Party
Boston, MA
Jimi Hendrix & The Band of Gypsys
Voices of East Harlem
Fillmore East
NYC
Van Morrison
Doug Weston's Troubadour
West Hollywood, CA
Over the past 40 years, the Freelance Vandals have been one of the most legendary bands on the Long Island music scene. During the height of the band's popularity, they opened shows for such artists as NRBQ, Dr. John and John Hiatt and received positive reviews in such publications as Creem Magazine, Variety, The New York Times and Newsday.
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NEW RELEASE! It was a drizzly foggy night on Thanksgiving Eve 1979. The aura of tryptophan mixed with beer, cheap booze and hormones filled the Silver Dollar Saloon as the Freelance Vandals took the stage. WBAB, a popular radio station, was on hand to capture the band's first radio show. Rock & Roll sounds...down to the bone baby!
Recorded live @ The Right Track Inn (Freeport, NY) on Easter Sunday 1981. Featuring Billy "the Mountain" Cairns (Drums / Vocals), Mike Adams (Bass / Vocals), Chuck Ciany (Vocals / Sax / Guitar), Jack Finch (Keyboards), "Diamond" Ray Finch (Vocals / Lead Guitar) and Johnny Pierre (Vocals / Rhythm & Slide Guitar). Rock & Roll is a State of Mind!
Recorded Live 1983 @ The Right Track Inn (Freeport, NY) Billy Cairns - Drums / Vocals Mike Adams - Bass / Vocals Tommy Yamasaki - Tenor & Soprano Sax / Percussion "Diamond" Ray Finch - Lead Guitar / Vocals Johnny Pierre - Lead Vocals / Guitar Chuck Ciany - Guitar / Vocals / Percussion / Sax Al Speed - Keyboards / Vocals Jack Finch - Keyboards
It's 1978 and The Freelance Vandals are getting wild and crazy @ The Music Box in Bellmore, NY on New Year's Eve!
This live set captures the Freelance Vandals in action @ The Pastime Pub in Amityville circa 1980! Special Thanks To John C. Englehardt for his artwork and The Michael Tully Archive for providing a cassette of this show.
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