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Today, on this latest edition of Rock & Roll Geography, we take a stroll down to California to check out The Whisky A Go Go, one of LA's most historic music landmarks.  Still in business today, this venerable club is…

It was on June 27, 1970, that the Transcontinental Pop Festival began its journey in Toronto, Canada. This festival was part of a series of concerts in Canada that became known as The Festival Express which is also the title…

LIVE @ THE MUSIC BOX 1978

Mmm! Mmm! Mmm! 1978!  Looking back, I remember that it was a very hard year for the band.  After migrating to Long Island from Dayton, Ohio, we had begun to make some inroads across…

This blog post is dedicated to my dear friend,

Jeff Goldstein

who spent many happy hours @ The Fillmore East

The Story of the Fillmore East begins here...

Located at the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Sixth Street was…

Prince

Zapp (featuring Roger)

The Time

Rockford Metro Centre

Rockford, IL

Spring Fest '82

Ramones

David Johansen

Jim Carroll

Peter Dayton

Lines

Thunderbird Country Club

Tyngsboro, MA

Diary of a Madman Tour

Ozzy Osbourne

Starfighters

Notre Dame A.C.C.

South Bend,…

The Kinks

Taj Mahal

Sha Na Na

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

The Move

Cold Blood

Albert King

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

Grateful Dead

AUM

Flying Burrito Bros.

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

Spirit

Nazz

James Cotton Blues Band

…

The Beatles

The Cyrkle

The Ronettes

The Remains

Candlestick Park

San Francisco, CA

Bob Dylan & The Hawks

Manchester Free Trade Hall

Manchester, UK

The Beach Boys

Lovin' Spoonful

Chad & Jeremy, Percy Sledge

The Outsiders, The Leaves

Sir Douglas…

ALIVE AS YESTERDAY:

1968 Concerts

THE BYRDS

SONNY & CHER

MAHALIA JACKSON

ROOSEVELT GRIERE

Benefit For RFK

Los Angeles Sports Arena

Los Angeles, CA

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

THE SOFT MACHINE

Stony Brook University

Campus Center (Gym)

Stony Brook, NY

THELONIOUS…

RAISING HELL TOUR '86 

RUN DMC 

WHODINI 

LL COOL J 

Municipal Auditorium 

Nashville, TN

"All Hell Breaks Loose at a Run-D.M.C. 'Raising Hell' Rap Concert in California: 'I am great--get it straight--that`s what I say--my name is Run--I`m number…

British Invasion Concerts NYC

The Dave Clark Five

Harry Deal & The Galaxies, The Six Keys

The Knaves

Greensboro Coliseum

Greensboro, NC

Rolling Stones

Dave Berry & The Cruisers, The Konrads

The Checkmates, Johnny Ball, The Hollies

ABC Theatre  Romford,…

Today on the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog, we celebrate the 54th anniversary of what many regard as one of  the very first rock festivals...Monterey International Pop Festival June 16th / 17th / 18th 1967! 

While…

The Beatles First Concert In America!

The Beatles’ first US concert was watched 

by a crowd of 8,092 fans

at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC.

The Beatles

Washington Sports Arena

Washington, D.C.

The Rolling Stones First Concert In America!

…

License To Ill Tour '87

Beastie Boys

Fishbone

Murphy's LaW

Many people's first taste of the Beasties was in 1985, when they opened for none other than Madonna during the pop star's first headlining tour. They then toured in 1986…

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Bottom Line

NYC

SET LIST

Pump It Up

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

Waiting for the End of the World

No Action

Less Than Zero

The Beat

Living in Paradise

Blame It…

Summer of '74

Charlton Athletic F.C.

The Who

Lou Reed

Humble Pie

Bad Company

Lindisfarne

Dave Mason

"The Doom Tour" 1974

CSNY

The Day Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Launched Their 'Doom Tour' In the summer of 1974, the concept…

Led Zeppelin

L.S.U. Assembly Center

Baton Rouge, LA

Led Zeppelin

Earl's Court

London, UK

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Keystone Hall

Kutztown State College

Kutztown, PA

Ramones

CBGB's

NYC

John Cale & The Only Ones

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Allman Brothers Band

Wet Willie

Charlotte Coliseum

Charlotte, NC

Little Feat

12th Gate

Atlanta, GA

Stephen Stills

Crazy Horse

Boston Garden

Boston, MA

SET LIST

Rock & Roll Woman

Questions

Helplessly Holding

Fishes and Scorpions

Go Back Home

Love The…

JERRY LEE LEWIS

The Casuals, Bobby One, Alan Marlo

State Theatre

Niagra Falls, NY

HOWLIN WOLF & HIS ORCHESTRA

Rosewood Club

Memphis, TN

BROOK BENTON

Ruth Brown, The Falcons,

The Pips, The Delloes

James Moody & His Orchestra with Eddie…

The Year Rock Went to Pieces (Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado) 

“In 1978, rock music resembled a combat zone more than a community. The divisions had been visible for most of the decade, with the fraying of any notion that the…

The Cramps

Eldorado

Paris, France

SETLIST

TV Set

Zombie Dance

Goo Goo Muck

(Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads cover)

Rockin' Bones

(Ronnie Dawson cover)

Strychnine

(The Sonics cover)

NOTE: SET LIST INCOMPLETE

Back In Black Tour '80

…

“Some people say the 1970s New York rock scene started in the 1960s with the Velvet Underground. Others insist that it began around 1968 with the Stooges and MC5 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Or with Lou Reed’s reconfigured Velvet Underground…

David Bowie

Station To Station Solar Tour 1976

David Bowie

Public Hall

Cleveland, OH

David Bowie

Pavillon de Paris Porte de Pantin

Paris, France

The Ramones

The Poppers

The Fast

CBGB

NYC

Television

City Lights

CBGB

NYC

New York Dolls

…

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Palladium

NYC

Damn The Torpedo Tour '79

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, TN

The Specials

Tiffany's Late Bar Disco

Edinburgh, Scotland

Iggy Pop

The Human League

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Plasmatics

…