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The best opening act you've ever seen & heard?

 

I have two:

 

In 1983 I went to see The Plimsouls (Peter Case’s pre-solo career band) at The Garage, a tiny little "club" on Ventura Blvd. The room had filled up (elbow-to-elbow tight), and the opening act started their set. My woman and I both looked at each other, our mouths agape. It was Los Lobos, and they were great! Their debut album How Will The Wolf Survive? had yet to be released, but I sure picked it up when it was.

 

I went to see John Hiatt at The Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. during his Perfectly Good Guitar tour, entering the room just as the opening act was starting her final song. The ads for the show listed her name, which was unfamiliar to me. As the song started and progressed, I was stunned; the song she and her band were performing was a great one, and I knew I had missed a quality set of music. It was Sheryl Crow, whose debut album had not yet been released. Damn it!

 

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johnnotkathi
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@simonmoon Unfamiliar with Magma, which LP would you recommend for starters?  THX!

richmon
252 posts
 

@larsman - yes indeedy, they were working out the material that would become Dark Side and handed out a pamplet call Eclipse 'a piece for assorted lunatics' which was their working title for dark side. Of course my pamplet fell by the wayside.

Fast forward 50 years, I'd loaned my spinclean to a friend who had bought a collection from a widow who's husband had passed and was cleaning them.

He holds up this pamplet he found in The Wall and says whats this? I almost fell down, it was the concert pamplet. I've got it framed in my music room.

richmon
252 posts
 

@larsman

1972 Pink Floyd Eclipse Tour Programme American Leg pg01

 

jettyfat2323
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Bob Welch era Fleetwood Mac. Warming up Blue Oyster Cult in the fall of 1973 ...

 

The band and Christy blew me away 

stilljd
162 posts
 

A friend had an extra ticket to Men At Work at the Kings Island amphitheater in Mason Ohio. I had never heard of them before but the opening act was INXS. The next day I bought their first album and have been a fan of their music ever since.

Jim S.

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