I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn open for the Moody Blues in Denver. I had never heard of SRV before that night, but I along with about 18000 people became fans that night. Everyone enjoyed the Moody Blues but two totally different performances, and when SRV left the stage the crowd clearly had not had enough, he came back out for 2 encores and played a couple songs a second time as he wasn’t prepared for the 2nd encore. Seeing that little 3 piece combo in the shadow of Graeme Edges drumset dwarfing them, and Stevie Rays guitar with gold hardware store SRV letters and the guitar looked like it had never been in a case...but the sound, wow the sound!!
Interesting/unusual concert pairings.
The Who as openers for Herman’s Hermits. Pretty much a failure. John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra opening for Zappa and the Mothers. Worked so well I attended in Milwaukee and Boston. McLaughlin and Zappa call and response noodling was spectacular. Roger Daltry did not join Peter Noone for a duet of, “Mrs. Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter “