As a giant pot leaf banner hung behind them, they opened with a ferocious No Speak No Slave and ended the night with the big new song of moment, Remedy. We were levitating the whole time!
32 years ago today, Diamond Dave arrived at the Civic Center on the Skyscraper World Tour. This was his 5th and last appearance onstage at the CCCC counting 3 trips with Van Halen in '78 (opening for Sabbath), '79, and '81.
This was also the second Portland appearance by opener Def Leppard who had just released their breakthrough album Pyromania in January. What a night out!
It was 43 years ago today at the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston. The one and only Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band made their second trek to the Pine Tree State on March 19, 1977.
This was Zappa’s third concert at the CCCC. It will forever be in our memory as the time we heard the coolest cover ever of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven as the encore.
43 years ago today, the very first event happened at the Civic Center. And it is of course quite fitting that here in Blimpville, the first event was a rock concert.