I just knew there were some Slade fans in this community.
Yea the early 70's to 1980 were the best IMHO.
I spent my teen yrs. near St.Louis,Mo. and we had a local promoter "Contemporary Productions" that brought in new groups all the time,along with the big groups.There were about 7-8 venues within 1/2 hr.drive.You could go to 4-5 concerts a week if you wanted to for between $3-$7.00 a ticket!:eek:
A small group of us went to every show we could.Saw a lot of groups that were just starting out and a lot of obscure groups.Went to hundreds between 1970-80 and have the ticket stubs to prove it.
Two of the best shows were Slade.Can't remember the 3rd show,but thats another story.The first one they were the opening act for another obscure group "Pavlovs Dog"(I will be surprised if anyone knows this group).Slade came on and did their set and blew everyone away!Pavlovs Dog came on and played a couple of songs(very mellow music compared to slade) and were booed off the stage by people shouting for more Slade.
The second show about 6 months later they were the headliner.Just after the first song there was a major power outage.It lasted for about 2 hours and and the party that went on in the theatre(Ambassador-held about 3-4000 people?) was memorable.But just as everyone was about to give up on seeing Slade the power came back on.They came out and played an extremely long concert and almost literally brought the house down.They seemed to be thoroughly enjoying themselves as was the crowd.Of course 2 hrs of partying will do that to you.
I was reading a site last week and they mentioned a "Legendary" Slade concert in St.Louis in the early 70's and this must be the one they are refering to.
Some of my Favorite tunes:
How does it feel
My OH My
Gudbye T' Jane
Good to hear they are still kicking around.
Anyone remember a group called "Nektar"?German or Dutch group from that era?
How about "Hawkwind?
Or "The Climax Blues Band"?
Frodo
