Concerts in Cameron

[ricks68]

What was the name of the small joint off campus where the Hot Nuts used to play in the 60's. That venue and group has 100% of my vote!😉😆

[Tom B.]

Not sure it's possible for a more 1993 concert to exist.

This was only a couple weeks after Hurley's Duke career ended... and now I'm thinking of how sad I was after that Duke-Cal game.

1992-93 was kind of a melancholy year all around at Duke. That was also the year of Ricky Lamont Coffin and Amy Geissinger.

[Turk]

I was there! I went to see the Flock of Seagulls but the Go-Go's were fun too.

The Pressure Boys opened for Billy Idol.

I also remember Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks playing in the the fall of '83.

I actually got paid to work the Go-Go's and the Dead shows in Cameron. My job was to keep people on the floor from going backstage. Completely forgot about Flock of Seagulls opening; my roommate at the time was a big Go-Go's fan. (we didn't last past the semester).

Everybody gave Neil a hard time back then for that rockabilly record, but that show was phenomenal. No one really came to hear the set with the Shocking Pinks, but those musicians were first-rate and they blew the roof off. Neil also played Carmichael the year before. I recall he said something like "I hear you have a pretty good basketball team here" and there was a chorus of boos from the Dukies and the State fans in attendance, which caught Neil by surprise. I had tapes of both shows, plus a handful of Dead shows on cassette that were in a travel case stolen from my car a few years later. (AOOGAH AOOGAH! GEEZER ALERT! GEEZER ALERT!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!) Alas, a couple of efforts to see what Neil shows can be found online were unsuccessful.

And others: Mike Cross, Lionel Hampton, Wynton Marsalis in "PaIge", Chick Corea in Duke Gardens...

[OldPhiKap]

I actually got paid to work the Go-Go's and the Dead shows in Cameron. My job was to keep people on the floor from going backstage. Completely forgot about Flock of Seagulls opening; my roommate at the time was a big Go-Go's fan. (we didn't last past the semester).

Everybody gave Neil a hard time back then for that rockabilly record, but that show was phenomenal. No one really came to hear the set with the Shocking Pinks, but those musicians were first-rate and they blew the roof off. Neil also played Carmichael the year before. I recall he said something like "I hear you have a pretty good basketball team here" and there was a chorus of boos from the Dukies and the State fans in attendance, which caught Neil by surprise. I had tapes of both shows, plus a handful of Dead shows on cassette that were in a travel case stolen from my car a few years later. (AOOGAH AOOGAH! GEEZER ALERT! GEEZER ALERT!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!) Alas, a couple of efforts to see what Neil shows can be found online were unsuccessful.

And others: Mike Cross, Lionel Hampton, Wynton Marsalis in "PaIge", Chick Corea in Duke Gardens...

I had a bootleg tape of that Neil show for years (probably still do I guess). Great show. Oddly, it was the night before I visited campus as a pre-youngphikap, looking at colleges. Read about the show in the Chronicle.

[Brian913]

As long as we're off topic, I had to jump in and say that Simon and Garfunkel's concert roughly fifty years ago (I'm fuzzy on the date too ) also is one of the most memorable concerts I ever attended.
What stands out to me to this day is when Simon said he wanted everyone to appreciate what a great voice Garfunkel had - and then Garfunkel did the next number a cappella.
You're correct in remembering the minimal accompaniment which was impressive enough, but that a cappella number was just amazing.
Thanks for reminding me

Parent's weekend the fall of 1968

[Brian913]

Janis Joplin on Carolina Weekend in 1969. Six inches of snow outside, and Cameron 3/4 emply.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

Some of my favorites from 90-94... Mostly in Page:

Lemonheads
Big Head Todd
Soul Asylum
Blues Traveler
Widespread Panic
the Samples
Dillon Fence (the coffee house and cats cradle numerous times)
DMB (cats cradle for maybe $10!)
The Connells (cats cradle)

[Tom B.]

Some of my favorites from 90-94... Mostly in Page:

Lemonheads
Big Head Todd
Soul Asylum
Blues Traveler
Widespread Panic
the Samples
Dillon Fence (the coffee house and cats cradle numerous times)
DMB (cats cradle for maybe $10!)
The Connells (cats cradle)

Heck, I remember seeing the Dave Matthews Band for free once on the West Campus quad, circa 1991. I think it was for some fraternity event -- maybe Kappa Sig's Schoonerfest?

I also recall a They Might Be Giants concert in Page during that time frame.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Janis Joplin on Carolina Weekend in 1969. Six inches of snow outside, and Cameron 3/4 emply.

Some tidbits about the poster for that show.

http://blog.postercentral.com/2013/1...orth-carolina/

[dball]

What was the name of the small joint off campus where the Hot Nuts used to play in the 60's. That venue and group has 100% of my vote!😉😆

Mustang Club?

[BigWayne]

I actually got paid to work the Go-Go's and the Dead shows in Cameron. My job was to keep people on the floor from going backstage.

I had the same job on the right side of the stage for the Dead show and a few others. Good old Student Labor. We also worked rolling out all those brown mats to cover the floor the night before.

BTW - You can find sort of a list of Duke concerts here based on the records of the Major Attractions committee:

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uaduuma/

Some of them are false alarms of records when they were trying to book a show. For example, there is apparently a folder on an attempt to get The Police to play in 1983, but they never made it to Duke.

[BigWayne]

What was the name of the small joint off campus where the Hot Nuts used to play in the 60's. That venue and group has 100% of my vote!😉😆

Saw the Hot Nuts at a formal at some motel in Raleigh in 1979. Doug Clark is no longer with us, but apparently you can still book the band for your party.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

I had the same job on the right side of the stage for the Dead show and a few others. Good old Student Labor. We also worked rolling out all those brown mats to cover the floor the night before.

BTW - You can find sort of a list of Duke concerts here based on the records of the Major Attractions committee:

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uaduuma/

Some of them are false alarms of records when they were trying to book a show. For example, there is apparently a folder on an attempt to get The Police to play in 1983, but they never made it to Duke.

I worked the Black Crowes concert at Cameron and could not hear for two days afterwards. They should have given me earplugs instead of the godawful teal green STAFF shirt I had to wear.