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I saw the Sex Pistols when they were still playing dive bars in the UK. (Hey, it was the 70s, I'm lucky I remember this much, let alone dates and years LOL.)
I forgot to ask about this- did you ever see the movie Sid and Nancy? If so, were the dive bar scenes accurate in your opinion? (I think it was an awesome movie, BTW).
Led Zeppelin-Winter of 1968, opening act of a concert with the group Spirit, then the Vanilla Fudge. Their first U.S.A. concert IIRC.
Zephyr- Saw them in January of 1970 in a Denver 3.2. club. Tommy Bolin was with them at the time, he left the band before the 1972 lp Sunset Ride was released.
Sugarloaf- saw them at the same 3.2. bar in February 1970. a couple months later "Green Eyed lady" hit the charts.
Michael Stanley- Saw him at the Oxford Hotel in Denver in January of 1973, his first release just hit the stores.
Renaiisance- saw them at a small nightclub in Denver in early 1973.
Steeleye Span- warmup act to Jethro Tull, first and only Denver appearance in July 1973.
Oops, forgot the big one----Hendrix--at Regis College Fieldhouse--February of 1968. "Are You Experienced" lp had hit the stores a couple months ago.
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I never met his band but I was introduced to J. Frank Wilson by my supervisor at the Panther Drive-In Theater at Lufkin, Texas in the summer of 1964. This was the same summer Wilson and his band the Cavaliers released Last Kiss, a song originally written by Wayne Cochran. The song reached the number 10 spot in October of that year and was eventually awarded a gold record.
Apparently Wilson had at one time worked at the Drive-In which is where I was soda-jerking that evening. My supervisor, who was also the theater manager, remembered Wilson and just wanted me to meet him. Her name was Mrs. (or Miss?) Clark and she reigned over that drive-in property with a BIG flashlight. I was 15 years old.
J. Frank Wilson was a one-song wonder although the song Last Kiss has been recorded by several artists since including Taylor Swift and Pearl Jam.
All before they were signed when I lived in OC, CA.
Social Distortion a ton in 82-84.
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