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Was picking a band that is still functioning, otherwise would agree with urfan1 about the Beatles. Face it, any band, that can keep going strong with the lead singer being born in 1943 is a great encouragement. Saw the Stones in 2006 when they came to Scott Stadium in Charlottesville and it was right up there with seeing the Temptations in Virginia Beach in the 1960's. Plus like the fact they enjoy performing in outdoor stadiums, which as Mick says, gives them "room to roam."
And I had you down for BMW - Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Fleetwood Mac for me. Extremely versatile band.
KE, Fleetwood Mac reunion concert on PBS tonight at 10 here in Va Beach. Won’t be watching as Stevie Nicks voice to me is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
My personal choices:
British Invasion: Dave Clark 5, Hollies.
US 1960s: Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Doors, CCR; Beach Boys pre-1970.
US 1970s: Eagles, Allman Brothers, E Street Band.
US 1980s: Los Lobos, BoDeans, Bob Seeger.
Country: Delbert McClinton, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell.
Britain post-invasion: Pretenders, Police, Rockpile, Elton John (yes, he had a band).
Canadian: Guess Who.
Favorite obscure band: The Brandos (Gettysburg), Aztec Two Step.
Solo: Gram Parsons, John Prine, Steve Forbert, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Gordon Lightfoot, Bonnie Raitt (Green Light and before).
Band that makes me think of UR: Doobie Brothers. Every band at every frat/Greek Theater/end of rush block party/Millhiser/auxiliary gym party played "China Grove," "Listen to the Music," "Eyes of Silver" or "Long Train Runnin" at least once.
Haven't really bought any current music in the last 20-30 years. Hip-hop? Forget about it.
British Invasion: Dave Clark 5, Hollies.
US 1960s: Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Doors, CCR; Beach Boys pre-1970.
US 1970s: Eagles, Allman Brothers, E Street Band.
US 1980s: Los Lobos, BoDeans, Bob Seeger.
Country: Delbert McClinton, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell.
Britain post-invasion: Pretenders, Police, Rockpile, Elton John (yes, he had a band).
Canadian: Guess Who.
Favorite obscure band: The Brandos (Gettysburg), Aztec Two Step.
Solo: Gram Parsons, John Prine, Steve Forbert, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Gordon Lightfoot, Bonnie Raitt (Green Light and before).
Band that makes me think of UR: Doobie Brothers. Every band at every frat/Greek Theater/end of rush block party/Millhiser/auxiliary gym party played "China Grove," "Listen to the Music," "Eyes of Silver" or "Long Train Runnin" at least once.
Haven't really bought any current music in the last 20-30 years. Hip-hop? Forget about it.
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Partied with a CCR cover band in a dive bar on Broad Street many years ago. Partied with The Hooters in Thomas Hall a few years before that. a They’re a band kids. Look them up.
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Spider Days - Bill Deal and the Rhondels.
Rhondels are still together after Bill's untimely death in 2003.
Just read that Ammon Tharp died in Sept 2017 so not certain if Rhondels still together now. Last heard them in person in 2014.
Rhondels are still together after Bill's untimely death in 2003.
Just read that Ammon Tharp died in Sept 2017 so not certain if Rhondels still together now. Last heard them in person in 2014.
Curious is any of our older posters were in attendance at the Cherry Blossom Festival of 74?
https://www.richmond.com/from-the-a..._23606bca-6364-5389-9f64-085801048a21.html#20
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Marley had a great idea. Off Topic posts need not be confined to political bickering.
Lets have some fun, relight this thread, and rediscover what most have in common, a love of good music.
Lets have some fun, relight this thread, and rediscover what most have in common, a love of good music.
My car has a CD player (yes, it's old). This morning I listened to Steve Forbert's "Alive on Arrival" on the way to the park where I take my dog. On the way home I fired up a Bob Seger's greatest hits CD, the one that begins with "Roll Me Away."
Saw so many good bands at the Coliseum when I was at UR: Elton John, Doobies, Allman Brothers ... and Springsteen at the Mosque and at the Memorial Gym at UVa in Nov. 1974. Grinderswitch and Doc Watson and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Robins Center and the New York Dolls at the Keller Hall Gym my freshman year.
Plus Dan and Van and Oldy Be Goldy at the Tempo Room on Patterson Avenue. There were some great cover bands at parties at the Greek Theatre and Millhiser Gym, at rush parties throughout fraternity row and at the old block party up on new fraternity row that ended rush. One of my Pika frat brothers played sax in a band named "Cadilac" that was outstanding.
And some good bands at the Pass, our go-to place in the Fan the last year or two once we got wheels and it was easier to get off campus.
There was even outstanding music at the mixers we went to at Longwood and at Mary Washington, a great college tradition that has undoubtedly gone by the wayside. Nothing more fun that road-tripping to Farmville or Fredericksburg to meet ladies who were much more interested in us than Westhampton coeds of my era ever seemed to be.
Saw so many good bands at the Coliseum when I was at UR: Elton John, Doobies, Allman Brothers ... and Springsteen at the Mosque and at the Memorial Gym at UVa in Nov. 1974. Grinderswitch and Doc Watson and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Robins Center and the New York Dolls at the Keller Hall Gym my freshman year.
Plus Dan and Van and Oldy Be Goldy at the Tempo Room on Patterson Avenue. There were some great cover bands at parties at the Greek Theatre and Millhiser Gym, at rush parties throughout fraternity row and at the old block party up on new fraternity row that ended rush. One of my Pika frat brothers played sax in a band named "Cadilac" that was outstanding.
And some good bands at the Pass, our go-to place in the Fan the last year or two once we got wheels and it was easier to get off campus.
There was even outstanding music at the mixers we went to at Longwood and at Mary Washington, a great college tradition that has undoubtedly gone by the wayside. Nothing more fun that road-tripping to Farmville or Fredericksburg to meet ladies who were much more interested in us than Westhampton coeds of my era ever seemed to be.
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Anyone in here around for when the Grateful Dead got banned from the Richmond Colosseum in 1985? Before my time, but love to hear the stories of those there.
The Dead concert I went to was in 1984, I was a sophomore. I went with a group of friends from UR. I drove separately and I wore docksiders, with no socks, and a button down shirt and khakis. I was stone cold sober the entire time and I must say it was cultural. I had a lot of fun watching people. I saw one of my friends come up to me during the concert, his eyes were rolling so much, I could see the whites of his eyes. His head was swaying one way and his body the other. He told me some girl he didn’t know had given a few squares of acid, he took one and offered the other to me, which I declined. I had never seen acid before. The air was full of Marijuana smoke. I heard the song Spoonful. Jerry Garcia sounded rough. We laughed about it in the dining hall on the following Monday. It was a life event.
The guys I went with led the great panty raid of 84 on Lora Robins dorm. One was a journalism major and worked for a local TV station. He was a guy's guy.
He recently died of cancer.
I went as a preppy. The parking lot outside before the concert in 84 was just as wild as the concert inside. It was a drug infused pregame event. The smell of Marijuana was everywhere. The Dead had a following, people traveled around the country to go to their concerts. It was a Bohemian, nomadic lifestyle for some of their fans. Some of the fans were Uber rich kids, others were hangers-on. It was the 14th concert for my UR friend who organized our trip. I know a girl who went to upwards of 50.
I am surprised the cops didn't make arrests. They could have disrupted the drug trade in a third of the country.
I told my kids I went, they thought I was cool. I also told them who I went with, they were shocked
I am surprised the cops didn't make arrests. They could have disrupted the drug trade in a third of the country.
I told my kids I went, they thought I was cool. I also told them who I went with, they were shocked
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I read some stories from the rtd. Dead played two nights. Aubrey Davis the CA was at the doors both nights as arrests were made. Reading the articles and the names of the city officials reminded me how blatantly red neck certain strata of Richmond hierarchy was during that time.
The Dead tried to return to the fairgrounds the next year or two and a bunch of suburban forerunners of today’s Karen’s shut it down. The Dead continued to come to Va but played at the Mother Ship in Hampton.
The wife of the accountant of one of my first clients after I graduated, wrote the national newsletter for the dead in the late 80s.
Interesting couple, he looked like Orville Redenbacher and she looked like Mama Cass…
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