Best. Concert.Ever.@The Hump. Go.......
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Will be 66 on Mother's Day. Hard to believe. Graduated Spring 1970 in Aerospace Engineering. RocketCityDawg is a couple years older. We have known each other since the early '70s. And you?
Will be 66 on Mother's Day. Hard to believe. Graduated Spring 1970 in Aerospace Engineering. RocketCityDawg is a couple years older. We have known each other since the early '70s. And you?
1979 - Jimmy Buffett
I was still in junior high but went to the show with my sister who was an MSU student at the time & her then-boyfriend.
I was still in junior high but went to the show with my sister who was an MSU student at the time & her then-boyfriend.
Now if we are talking anywhere on campus....
....I will take there 99 show in the amphitheater over any others
....I will take there 99 show in the amphitheater over any others
Since this is a music themed thread and I did not want to start a new one...Heartless Bastards will be in Memphis 5/4 and ATL 5/5..they are awesome live... saw them last summer at the Thirsty Hippo in H'burg.
Y'all had good people trying to get good concerts back then
I came from Oxford for Night Ranger. Very good show. Saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt on Mud Island while Bon Jovi was still building their rep. Ole Miss had an arrangement with a booking agent who did absolutely no work to get concerts and they had no contacts. It was pretty clear somebody was getting kickbacks to employ those jokers.
Best I recall hitting Oxford back then was Psychedelic Furs...well, BB King was pretty damn awesome but that was in the Grove and not a "regular" tour stop kind of thing.
VERY much superior concert booking at the Hump back then (may still be, I'm just not in a position to notice). I was jealous.
I came from Oxford for Night Ranger. Very good show. Saw Bon Jovi open for Ratt on Mud Island while Bon Jovi was still building their rep. Ole Miss had an arrangement with a booking agent who did absolutely no work to get concerts and they had no contacts. It was pretty clear somebody was getting kickbacks to employ those jokers.
Best I recall hitting Oxford back then was Psychedelic Furs...well, BB King was pretty damn awesome but that was in the Grove and not a "regular" tour stop kind of thing.
VERY much superior concert booking at the Hump back then (may still be, I'm just not in a position to notice). I was jealous.
I saw Night Ranger at the Asheville Civic Center in 1987. I thought they weren't all that good. Opening act was the Outfield. Like what Indndawg said, was trying to impress a girl. Dudes in the audience were trying to goose her when I put her on my shoulders.
think your Joel date is wrong.
Billy Joel had to be 77-78 school year. I got there 78-79 and the vets all talked about Billy Joel being there the previous year, and maybe even another time the year before. Being from NY I was hoping to see him when he came again, and he never did.
Billy Joel had to be 77-78 school year. I got there 78-79 and the vets all talked about Billy Joel being there the previous year, and maybe even another time the year before. Being from NY I was hoping to see him when he came again, and he never did.
Hard to pick the best one. Kansas was my first with Sniff and the Tears opening.
Pat Benatar was awesome. So was Huey Lewis and .38 Special, Whitesnake, Tim McGraw and Joe Walsh who opened for a coked Stevie Nicks who was horrible.
The best shows I saw growing up were up in Memphis at the old Mid South. ZZTop, Molly Hatchet, Willie, Van Halen, Black Crowes, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, etc. Van Halen's Women and Children First Tour was the best show I have ever been to.
Tupelo is pretty good. Saw Brooks and Dunn, Gary Allen, Reba, Little Texas, Travis Tritt and Kiss there. Kiss was great and the protests outside were even better.
Pat Benatar was awesome. So was Huey Lewis and .38 Special, Whitesnake, Tim McGraw and Joe Walsh who opened for a coked Stevie Nicks who was horrible.
The best shows I saw growing up were up in Memphis at the old Mid South. ZZTop, Molly Hatchet, Willie, Van Halen, Black Crowes, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, etc. Van Halen's Women and Children First Tour was the best show I have ever been to.
Tupelo is pretty good. Saw Brooks and Dunn, Gary Allen, Reba, Little Texas, Travis Tritt and Kiss there. Kiss was great and the protests outside were even better.
Night Ranger in the spring semester of '86 and Joe Lynn Turner was the warm up
act. Still remember NR coming out on stage coming out of the top of a smoking Aladdin's lamp (it was the 7 wishes tour).
act. Still remember NR coming out on stage coming out of the top of a smoking Aladdin's lamp (it was the 7 wishes tour).
Mutt, I was at that Bon Jovi/Ratt concert at Mud Island. BJ was the opening act
for Ratt. At that time they had only released one, maybe two albums at the most. The concert was the summer of '85. I still have the ticket stub.
Hey don't diss Ole Miss concerts. They did have Al Jarreau there sometime in the mid 80's. Girl I was dating wanted to go.
for Ratt. At that time they had only released one, maybe two albums at the most. The concert was the summer of '85. I still have the ticket stub.
Hey don't diss Ole Miss concerts. They did have Al Jarreau there sometime in the mid 80's. Girl I was dating wanted to go.
Wasn't Buffett there in 1977 too? Brought Fingers Taylor with him? I was a kid, but it would have been before 1979. He may have done the Hump twice.
I'm 29. I realized after I posted that you said in your post you were at state in the sixties, so I could've estimated. I would've edited, but on mobile it pushes the reply/quote/edit buttons off the page when someone posts a pic or video that is larger than the mobile screen.
Anyway, I only asked because I figured you were older based on the panic/widespread panic thing.
Don't remember the years but ...
I don't remember which years they were but two of my favorites were:
Lynerd Skynerd (original cast) in the old gym over by Allen Hall. Freebird was amazing.
and
Z Z Top in the old Cow Barn. Never seen so much sound and such hard rocking coming out of just 3 guys. Billy Gibbons (lead guitar) and Dusty Rhodes (bass guitar) are legends and this was even before they had the beards. I don't remember the drummer's name.
Those were some dang good concerts (but I'm old). Why can't you ever find a good, used time travel machine when you need one?
I don't remember which years they were but two of my favorites were:
Lynerd Skynerd (original cast) in the old gym over by Allen Hall. Freebird was amazing.
and
Z Z Top in the old Cow Barn. Never seen so much sound and such hard rocking coming out of just 3 guys. Billy Gibbons (lead guitar) and Dusty Rhodes (bass guitar) are legends and this was even before they had the beards. I don't remember the drummer's name.
Those were some dang good concerts (but I'm old). Why can't you ever find a good, used time travel machine when you need one?
I saw Jimmy Buffet in the Hump in 79 and again in 1982. Very, very rowdy croud in 79 as I was on the floor and everyone had smuggled liquour in. I remember everyone chanting ******** ******** at the end because he only play about and hour and a half. Even worse, he went to Oxford the next night and an Ole Miss buddy told me he talked about the rednecks in Starkville. (talk about an oxymoron, Buffet calling anybody a redneck)
Seems like the concert in 82 was not as crazy.
Seems like the concert in 82 was not as crazy.
You know what? I went to most all of those concerts in the 80s and for the most part had forgotten about most all until reading this thread. All that crap about losing brain cells must have been true! Bon Jovi' s Slippery When Wet tour would get my vote for the best though!
The most memorable concert was probably Stevie Nicks, she came out so wasted and finally sat down in the middle of the stage petting an imaginary dog. It wasn't good but definitely memorable.
The most memorable concert was probably Stevie Nicks, she came out so wasted and finally sat down in the middle of the stage petting an imaginary dog. It wasn't good but definitely memorable.
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I saw them in Tunica a few months back and she's beginning to show her
age but make no mistakes about it, she is still a nice older lady. She's prolly 60 or so I would think.
age but make no mistakes about it, she is still a nice older lady. She's prolly 60 or so I would think.
That's the show where they had about 40 drug arrests in the parking lot, including some guy who just openly set up shop to sell whippets. The rumor at the time was that WSP was no longer welcome on campus.
The truly legendary Panic show was the one at the ampitheater circa '98.
The truly legendary Panic show was the one at the ampitheater circa '98.
Watched Great White and White Snake in 1988....
worst is a tie between Tanya Tucker ( first SWB weekend 87' and Alabama in 92' I think)
worst is a tie between Tanya Tucker ( first SWB weekend 87' and Alabama in 92' I think)
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Springsteen,
Earth, Wind and Fire
Willie and Waylon together
Bocephus
Frampton
Heart
Kansas
Alabama (as an opening act for Ronnie Milsap)
Commodores (Brick House era)
just to name a few
Earth, Wind and Fire
Willie and Waylon together
Bocephus
Frampton
Heart
Kansas
Alabama (as an opening act for Ronnie Milsap)
Commodores (Brick House era)
just to name a few
Linda Rhonstadt. 1980 or 81. She was great looking and wore the jersey of one of our offensive linemen who played in the usfl. 3rd row floor seats that night. A blast.