soulhealer
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| Member since | May 2, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autostad festival
on Autostade
This was a festival type concert. There were a few local acts performing throughout the afternoon including Jesse Winchester. At sunset Johnny Winter And came on and were on fire. Jethro Tull performed much of the material that would soon come out on Benefit. Van Morrison performed a solo show that was transcendent. It was a cool spring evening and fans gathered as much wood as they could find (vendor's booths, stadium seats, etc.) to burn for heat. During Van's set, there were warming fires all over the stadium. I left to take advantage of a ride home after Mountain played two songs. I wish I would have stayed. Leslie West made a beautiful sound. It was Hot Tuna, not Jefferson Airplane that played from about 1:00 am til sunrise. I wish I would have seen that. There was never another rock show at this venue, likely due to noise complaints, rioting outside the stadium, vandalism and fire damage. Still it provided some of my best concert memories.
Southern Fried Sunday indeed
on ZZ Top, 1981 Jul 5
A friend proivided complimentary tickets (see photo) to me and a few others to attend this event. The only other act that I remember was McLean And McLean who were a notoriously funny and foul comedy duo from Canada. It was a very hot sunny day and we had to walk down a long road to get to the racetrack site. I brought an acoustic guitar with me and played on the trek and between band sets. We all got pretty baked in the sun. I remember snoozing through a lot of the acts until the buzz came up that ZZ Top were ready. I made my way to the front where there was a chicken wire fence that seemed about 12 feet high. The crowd pressed behind me so that me and my guitar case were pinned to this fence and waving in the wind. The band came out in their mechanic suits and revved it up. They played a lot of that great greasy bluesy rock.
A great show!
on Led Zeppelin, 1970 Apr 13
Montreal did have some good "real" shows before this. The Doors, James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone and a few others.But this one set a new standard. There was a great vibe between the band and their audience even though Zep admonished the crowd twice for being noisy during the quieter parts of the music. Still they were rewarded with FOUR encores before it was all over. Nobody wanted to go home.