Alive As Yesterday: 1970 Concerts

 

ALIVE AS YESTERDAY: 1970 CONCERTS

The Kinks

Young Bloods

Ritchie Coliseum

University of Maryland

College Mark, MD

 

Grateful Dead, Carousel Ballroom, June 1 or June 8, 1968 : r/grateful_dead

Grateful Dead

Carousel Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Grateful Dead

Panther Hall

Fort Worth, TX

 

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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

 

 

 

FESTIVAL EXPRESS

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. 

 

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FREELANCE VANDALS ALBUMS

 

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.

 

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FREELANCE VANDALS ALBUMS

 

 

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FREELANCE VANDALS GIG LIST



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