Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Betty Carter @ UMASS Amherst, MA

Performers: Betty Carter
Date: November 30, 1978
Venue: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
Cost of ticket: N/A

Now I am involved with the student run production team bringing in concerts to the campus. So I am working this one - setting up/taking down the house and running the aisles.


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Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Carillo

Performers: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Carillo
Date: October 22, 1978
Venue: Univerity of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
Cost of ticket: $6.00

I remember taking a younger friend of mine; a girl I used to baby sit for to this concert while she was still in high school. It was a tremendous concert for her, because towards the end of the show, Southside dragged her up on the stage and sang to her, just like the Boss would do. She was in heaven all the way home.

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Van Morrison, Rockpile @ Wesleyan College Middletown CT

Performers: Van Morrison, Rockpile
Date: October 12, 1978
Venue: Wesleyan College, Middletown CT
Cost of ticket: $8.00


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Patti Smith @ UMASS Amherst, MA

Performers: Patti Smith
Date: October 6, 1978
Venue: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
Cost of ticket: $5.00

If I recall correctly, she played the entire concert with her fly unzipped.

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B.B. King @ UMASS Amherst MA

Performers: B. B. King
Date: September 25, 1978
Venue: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
Cost of ticket: $4.00

Back at school, taking in the tunes. I appreciate blues, but they are not my real thing.

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Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Shenandoah

Performers: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Shenandoah
Date: September 16, 1978
Venue: Music Inn, Lenox MA
Cost of ticket: N/A

Ok, so now I am going to Music Inn because I can see stuff for free and I am totally in love with an older married man who is way too beautiful to stay away from . . . oh yeah, the concert; it was folky. Pete is very sincere, and I met Arlo walking around the grounds the next day - he lives just down the road at this point.

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Outlaws @ Music Inn Lenox MA

Performers: Outlaws
Date: September 2, 1978
Venue: Music Inn, Lenox MA
Cost of ticket: N/A

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Bonnie Raitt @ Music Inn Lenox MA

Performers: Bonnie Raitt
Date: August 27, 1978
Venue: Music Inn, Lenox MA
Cost of ticket: $7.50

I think this is the concert I stay after to help clean up - the place looked like a refugee camp the next morning; quite extraordinary!

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David Bromberg, Commander Cody, Muddy Waters

Performers: David Bromberg Band, Commander Cody, Muddy Waters
Date: August 19, 1978
Venue: Music Inn, Lenox MA
Cost of ticket: N/A

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Jackson Browne @ Tanglewood, Lenox MA

Performers: Jackson Browne
Date: August 15, 1978
Venue: Tanglewood, Lenox MA
Cost of ticket: $5.00

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New Riders of the Purple Sage, Richy Furay @ Music Inn

Performers: New Riders of the Purple Sage, Richie Furay Band, Tracy Nelson
Date: July 30, 1978
Venue: Music Inn, Lenox MA
Cost of ticket: N/A

Don't remember much about this concert, but I used to love to see anything at Music Inn. My friend lived there in a converted horse stable into tiny inadequate apartments. It was insane, but everyone managed to get along with no running water in the room and a shared bathroom. We sat in her window to watch the concert.

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Johnney Winter @ The Rusty Nail

Performers: Johnney Winter
Date: July 26, 1978
Venue: Rusty Nail, Sunderland MA
Cost of ticket: N/A

Johnny is a legend. I remember dragging my boyfriend to see this concert. It was the summer I worked on a commercial vegetable farm putting in 11 hour days, 7 days a week. So I never had much time to hang out, see concerts and spend money.

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Kansas, Les Dudek @ New Haven CC

Performers: Kansas, Les Dudek
Date: June 27, 1978
Venue: New Haven Coliseum
Cost of ticket: N/A

Holy Cow I love early Kansas!

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