Who Shouldn't Have Been The Headliner? - Page 2

SINCASTER · July 9th, 2008, 02:43 PM

From ancient times :

Zep opening for Vanilla Fudge.

Capperdan · July 9th, 2008, 02:58 PM

I saw fresh-faced and powerful Loggins and Messina open for a mellowed out Youngbloods show. L&M had the whole crowd on their feet in a college gym,
a couple encores, as I remember, Jesse was good, too, but everyone sat down.

ehren · July 9th, 2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk

+1...

-10

In bad taste, not funny to generalize an audience especially about something as serious as drugs; which we are not supposed to talk about here in the first place.

elmerbumpkin · July 9th, 2008, 03:16 PM

I saw Nirvana open for Dinosaur Jr in Denver in 1991.

59TweedVibrolux · July 9th, 2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dougpc

I think ZZ Top currently opening for Barnes & Noble or whoever they are country duo is pretty hideous. Elvis Costello opening for The Police is even more unjust.

ZZ-Top as openers !!!..... If I were Billy and the Boys I wouldn't even
get outa bed. 40th Anniversary in 2009 and they're an opening act

All too Spinal Tap....... ah the Tap...1976 Tap sues Megaphone Records for
back Royalties....Megaphone Counter sues for Lack of Talent.

1984... Venus de Milo goes Bronze......One Million Copies Returned

Ah Rock n Roll.

ralphie · July 10th, 2008, 01:57 AM

1989 (or so) saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers open for Oingo Boingo.

Wasn't even close, as you can imagine...

winny pooh · July 10th, 2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by D.K. Buchanon

Curtis Mayfield opening for 3 Dog Night

Ian Hunter for Cheap Trick

and my personal all time fave: The Mahavishnu Orchestra ( original line up ) opening for Uriah Heep...ass whoopin' deluxe !

Dang! Could ANY band follow that Mahavishnu line up? Maybe only Zeppelin at their peak, even then....

D.K. Buchanon · July 10th, 2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by winny pooh

Dang! Could ANY band follow that Mahavishnu line up? Maybe only Zeppelin at their peak, even then....

Hmmm...I don't think, IMO, that Zep would have been able to rally against the MO...Uriah Heep seemed like a garage band comparatively ...and we went to the show to see Heep, the opening act had yet to be announced day of show !

Yoni · July 10th, 2008, 03:37 PM

Bob Dylan opening for Phil Lesh and friends.

Robert H. · July 10th, 2008, 04:09 PM

Sincaster--
Funny you mention Johnny Winter.
I saw the Allman Bros. open for Winter at the Fillmore East the weekend the ABB recorded their historic album. Winter and Derringer sounded thin and weak after the ABB were through. No disrespect to Johnny either...but the ABB were stunning. I'm told Winter went on ahead Of the ABB after a night or two.

tonewoods · July 10th, 2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert H.

Sincaster--
Funny you mention Johnny Winter.
I saw the Allman Bros. open for Winter at the Fillmore East the weekend the ABB recorded their historic album. Winter and Derringer sounded thin and weak after the ABB were through. No disrespect to Johnny either...but the ABB were stunning. I'm told Winter went on ahead Of the ABB after a night or two.

Did you see the night the ABB played with a horn section?? It was the first night of that run....

Love to hear about it if "yes".....

Fendrcaster · July 10th, 2008, 04:54 PM

Mountain opening for Arllo Guthrie back in '68 or '69. Huh?

Paul in Colorado · July 10th, 2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk

Yeah I get that... Was Mike Stern playing guitar for him at the time?

I don't remember a guitar player even being there. It would have been more likely to be John McLaughlin if there was, but I doubt it. I remember it as a trio, bass, drums and Miles going over to a Rhodes once in a while. But it was 1970 and some of those synapses don't fire so well.

I saw NRPS and the C. Cody band a bunch of times together and always felt they complimented each other. The New Riders were a cool little live band.

Paul in Colorado · July 10th, 2008, 06:15 PM

Here's one I just read about (didn't see it myself). 1969, James Taylor opened, Led Zeppelin played next, followed by Three Dog Night.

gionnio · July 11th, 2008, 12:10 AM

Rockpile opening for Blondie.

Graham Parker and the Rumor opening for Journey.

Bob Dylan opening for Van Morrison.

Van Morrison opening for Bob Dylan.

I suppose the latter two were down to the spirit of friendly competition...

My brother attended a late show once that began in a club after Prince had finished a show at the local indoor arena. The purple one was in the audience that had come to see James Brown and was sitting at a front row table with Bootsy Collins. JB played for several hours and blew the walls out of the place.

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Fendrcaster Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Milledgeville, Georgia by way of Md. Age: 58 Posts: 399	Mountain opening for Arllo Guthrie back in '68 or '69. Huh? __________________ I did a Google search of the letter "e". The whole internet froze up.

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Paul in Colorado Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 55 Posts: 4,123 3 Photos	Here's one I just read about (didn't see it myself). 1969, James Taylor opened, Led Zeppelin played next, followed by Three Dog Night. __________________ www.tuatha.net

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Capperdan Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Morro Bay, California Age: 57 Posts: 182	I saw fresh-faced and powerful Loggins and Messina open for a mellowed out Youngbloods show. L&M had the whole crowd on their feet in a college gym, a couple encores, as I remember, Jesse was good, too, but everyone sat down.

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elmerbumpkin Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: A-TX Posts: 261 2 Photos	I saw Nirvana open for Dinosaur Jr in Denver in 1991.

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Robert H. Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Age: 54 Posts: 743 7 Photos	Sincaster-- Funny you mention Johnny Winter. I saw the Allman Bros. open for Winter at the Fillmore East the weekend the ABB recorded their historic album. Winter and Derringer sounded thin and weak after the ABB were through. No disrespect to Johnny either...but the ABB were stunning. I'm told Winter went on ahead Of the ABB after a night or two.

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gionnio TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Baja Rockridge Posts: 45	Rockpile opening for Blondie. Graham Parker and the Rumor opening for Journey. Bob Dylan opening for Van Morrison. Van Morrison opening for Bob Dylan. I suppose the latter two were down to the spirit of friendly competition... My brother attended a late show once that began in a club after Prince had finished a show at the local indoor arena. The purple one was in the audience that had come to see James Brown and was sitting at a front row table with Bootsy Collins. JB played for several hours and blew the walls out of the place.