A two-day event, the band lineup included Van Halen,. That was the first year of the Texas Music Festival at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The summer of 2022 is ringing in a few shows. You see on that hot day in August, 1978, Bianchino was everywhere. Business in front, party in the back. BY the end of the 1978 season the total had risen to 2,255,294. 2/26/1973 Neil Young/Municipal Auditorium -w/Linda Ronstadt, 3/4/1973 Chuck Berry /Memorial Hall -KUDL, 3/9/1973 Brewer & Shipley /Cowtown -w/Louden Wainwright III, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 3/10/1973 Brewer & Shipley /Cowtown -w/Louden Wainwright III, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 3/15/1973 Paul Butterfield /Cowtown -w/Foghat, Mark Almond, Ted Anderson, 3/17/1973 Ted Nugent & Amboy Dukes /MemorialHall -w/REO Speedwagon & Brownsville Station, 3/19/1973 BB King /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Malo, 3/23/1973 Sha Na Na/Memorial Hall -w/Mason Profit, 3/24/1973 Humble Pie /Municipal Auditorium w/Black Oak Arkansas, 3/25/1973 Savoy Brown /Memorial Hall -w/ Captain Beyond, 3/31/1973 Dr. Hook & Medicine Show /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide, 4/4/1973 Arlo Guthrie /Memorial Hall -KUDL, 4/6/1973 Blue Oyster Cult /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Focus & Barnstorm, 4/7/1973 It's A Beautiful Day /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Bloodrock & Sylvestar & Hot Band, 4/11/1973 Focus /Memorial Hall -w/Blue Oyster Cult & Barnstorm, 4/13/1973 Wishbone Ash /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Finnegan & Wood/Vinegar Joe, 4/15/1973 Alice Cooper /Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence -w/Flo & Eddie, 4/23/1973 King Crimson/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Gentle Giant & Charles Lloyd, 4/27/1973 Slade/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Fanny, 4/28/1973 The Beach Boys /Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, 5/2/1973 Lou Reed /Memorial Hall -w/Garland Jefferies, 5/7/1973 Ten Years After /Memorial Hall -w/Foghat & The Strawbs, 5/11/1973 Poco /Cowtown Ballroom -w/John David Souther, 5/13/1973 Canned Heat /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Hookfoot, 5/20/1973 Jo Jo Gunne/Memorial Hall -w/Cold Blood & Sons of Champlin, 5/26/1973 Commander Cody /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Earl Scruggs, 6/2/1973 Jimmie Spheeris /Memorial Hall w/Jane Getz, 6/16/1973 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL, 6/17/1973 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL, 7/3/1973 Charlie Daniels /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Garland Jefferies, Hot Ice, 7/4/1973 Jethro Tull /Municipal Auditorium -w/Steeleye Span -KUDL, 7/18/1973 Doobie Brothers /Memorial Hall -w/Styx, 7/29/1973 Carney Rock/Fairyland Park -w/REO Speedwagon, Dr. Hook, BTO, Joe Walsh, 8/1/1973 New Riders of Purple Sage /Music Hall -w/Commander Cody -KUDL, 8/2/1973 Three Dog Night/ Royals Stadium -w/T.Rex , Leslie West, Ruben & The Jets, 8/19/1973 Elton John /Arrowhead Stadium -w/Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, 9/16/1973 Carney Rock II /Fairyland Park -w/Quicksilver, Flo&Eddy, 9/21/1973 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Billy Spears Band, 9/26/1973 J. Geils Band /Memorial Hall -w/Mark-Almond, 9/29/1973 John Mayall /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 10/7/1973 Charlie Daniels Band /Memorial Hall -w/Marshall Tucker Band, 10/13/1973 ZZ Top /Memorial Hall -w/Bachman Turner Overdrive, 10/21/1973 Arlo Gutherie /Cowtown Ballroom -KUDL, 10/31/1973 Mike Quatro Jam Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Bryan Bowers, 11/2/1973 Mott the Hoople /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Kinky Friedman - KUDL, 11/3/1973 Ted Nugent & Amboy Dukes/Memorial Hall -w/Bob Seger, Captain Beyond, 11/10/1973 Robin Trower /Cowtown Ballroom -KUDL, 11/14/1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Danny Cox, 11/14/1973 The Eagles/ Memorial Hall -w/Dan Fogelberg, 11/16/1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Danny Cox - KUDL, 12/9/1973 Jesse Colin Young /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Leo Kottke, 12/13/1973 REO Speedwagon/Municipal Auditorium, 12/14/1973 Randy Meisner /Memorial Hall -w/Maria Muldaur, 12/28/1973 Blue Oyster Cult /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Charlie Daniels, 12/31/1973 Sugarloaf /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Pilgrimage, Stone Wall, One Thing at a Time, 1/9/1974 Climax Blues Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Speakeasy, 1/17/1974 Van Morrison /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Caledonia Soul Orchestra, 2/2/1974 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL, 2/3/1974 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin -KUDL, 2/8/1974 Commander Cody/Cowtown Ballroom -w/Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 2/9/1974 Jackson Browne/Memorial Hall -w/Linda Ronstadt, 2/13/1974 Kris Kristofferson/Memorial Hall, 2/15/1974 Brownsville Station/Memorial Hall -w/Stonewall & Dynaflo, 2/23/1974 The Strawbs /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Morningstar. See, for instance, A Star is Born now being made a third time. Audio Bootleg Quality: Van Halen live on 8/6/1978 at the Oklahoma Jam. Royals Stadium debuts the evening of Tuesday April 10, 1973 when the Royals host the Texas Rangers. After all, the Hells Angels were hired by the Rolling Stones at the Altamont Speedway in December, 1969. 11/14/1975 Todd Rundgren & Utopia /Free State Opera House, Lawrence Ks. . The tour covered mainly North America with 124 shows in the United States and two shows in Canada, 39 shows in Europe, and nine shows in Japan. . Saturday, May 27, 1978 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Bob Welch Foreigner Head East Toby Beau Uriah Heep Add Setlist 2/24/1974 Rory Gallagher /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide, 2/24/1974 Dave Mason/Memorial Hall -w/Jim Stafford, 2/27/1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/NRBQ, 3/1/1974 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Steve Martin, 3/8/1974 Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention/Memorial Hall -w/Johnny Barnett, Tom Waits, 3/16/1974 Redbone /Cowtown Ballroom -w/Pilgrimage, 3/23/1974 Sha Na Na and Mason Profit /Memorial Hall, 3/24/1974 Rory Gallagher/ Cowtown Ballroom -w/Tide, 3/30/1974 Doobie Brothers/Memorial Hall - 2 Shows 7 & 10pm, 4/6/1974 Bill Quitman, Hoyt Axton, J. The preparations included 24 portable rest-rooms, 10,000 gallons of drinking water, 15 concession stands, medical staff and 13 pay phones. A quick internet search shows that a band named Missouri opened the show and I briefly remember them. metaljim kcdave42 whtrabbit StephenMonaco SnowDude AllanGDog PfluegerStevens spinachawk KCRockmama1 Ratchett shoegazer Yun001 MAXX62 sginestra KRISTYFOX DVassalli woodylaura The stadium hosted one last Summer Jam in July of 1978 headlined by Kansas, the Steve Miller Band, Eddie Money and Van Halen. 9/28/1979 Waylon Jennings/Municipal Auditorium -w/Hank Williams Jr. 9/30/1979 Kiss/Municipal Auditorium -w/Judas Priest, 11/24/1979 Sammy Hagar /Memorial Hall -w/Scorpions, The Hounds, 12/5/1979 Ramsey Lewis/Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, 12/5/1979 The Buzzcocks/Lawrence Opera House -w/Ultravox, 12/6/1979 Bob Marley & the Wailers /Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, 12/8/1979 Styx /Municipal Auditorium -w/April Wine, 12/10/1979 The Grateful Dead /Memorial Hall, 12/11/1979 The Grateful Dead /Memorial Hall, 12/12/1979 Rory Gallagher /Memorial Hall, 9/23/1967 Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder/Municipal Auditoriu, w/Marian Love, Bunky Green Orchestra (Stevie Wonder didn't appear), 4/22/1974 Captain Beefheart /Cowtown Ballroom, 6/6/1975 The Rolling Stones /Arrowhead Stadium, 7/29/1978 The Ramones / GranadaTheater, K.C. 4/23/1979 Jethro Tull /Kemper Arena -w/U.K. The Royals clinch their third consecutive American League Western Division Championship with a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday September 26, 1978 at Royals Stadium. Runnin' With The Van Halen playing at The Whisky on New Year's Eve 1977 to ring in the new year. I slept through Heart, which would be repeated two years later when I saw them open for the Rolling Stones at Folsom Field. This is a pretty solid bootleg. Bianchino, a Great Bend High School 1978 graduate, had the good fortune of having a father who was a mailman, and therefore, knew everyone and everything going on in Great Bend. Audio Bootleg Quality: Start Date: 3/25/1979End Date: 10/7/1979Locations: North America, Europe, JapanVan Halen's 1979 World Vacation Tour was the band's first headline tour taking them Start Date: Mar 19, 1980 End Date: Nov 15, 1980 July 15th, 1978 - Summer Jam '78 (Kansas . Yet it happened. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). 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The Tribunes opinion page that day noted that at least some residents were predicting Summer Jam would resemble something akin to what Peter Venkman warned in Ghostbusters human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. The guys from Head East were a hoot and their roadies/semi driver were funny too. Herbie Herbert, the manager for Journey at the time, recalled bringing guitarist Neal Schon of Journey along with him to go see the band in New York to a sold out audience of 3,500 people. Festivals Report festival Recent visitors 34 festival people went. Summer Rock 1978 Summer Rock 1978 Setlists May 27 1978 Date Saturday, May 27, 1978 Venue Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 6 gigs. Solid A quality on this audio. 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The period is 1960's thru 1979 and includes some Lawrence concerts.. 7/12/1964 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium, 9/17/1964 The Beatles/Municipal Stadium -Charlie Finley paid them $150,000, 11/20/1965 The Beach Boys /Municipal Auditorium-w/The Gentrys, The Strangeloves, 7/10/1966 Herman's Hermits / Memorial Hall w/ The Animals, 7/9/1967 KUDL Night/Memorial Hall w/ Dionne Warwick, Bo Street Runners, The Four Darlings, Tony Burke, Del Montes, Jumpin' Jacks Orchestra, 9/23/1967 Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder/Municipal Auditoriumw/Marian Love, Bunky Green Orchestra (Stevie Wonder didn't appear), 11/17/1967 The Who /Shawnee Misssion South H.S. Royal's Stadium, Kansas City, MO, July 15th, 1978 - Summer Jam '78 (Kansas headlining). I didnt love the 90s that much, but Im sure a good time will be had by all. 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