Duke concerts

duke79 said:
I don't if this was mentioned upthread, but the rock group "Boston" played at CIS on Feb. 13, 1977 (I had to look that up on the Boston concert tour history page), about six months after their self-titled first album came out in September 1976 and, I believe, went multi-platinum. I went to the concert and I just remember that it was LOUD!
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I was at this show also. Do you remember who opened up for them? I believe I've got it right as to who was the opening act and who was the headliner...REO Speedwagon opened up for them if I'm not mistaken.

Someone much earlier in the thread mentioned Yes and Loggins and Messina. Those were both great shows indeed. I was really into Yes and was pretty much spellbound by the virtuosity of those guys...and I'll never forget the image of a white spotlight on Rick Wakeman causing his glittery cape to sparkle at the beginning of the tune "Close to the Edge". To be honest, I enjoyed Loggins and Messina even more than I thought I would - talk about a pleasant surprise.

Speaking of excellent and versatile musicians - I don't believe anyone has mentioned Edgar Winter's White Trash playing at CIS in the early 70's. Whatever the case, (very adept) multi-instrumentalist Edgar Winter and his R&B/soul/blues band (w/horns) were a very hard act to follow for the very good J. Geils Band.
 
CameronBornAndBred said:
Bringing this nugget up from the past since I just bought tickets to see these two again! This time it's Jane's that's headlining with L&R opening. Not at Duke this time, either, but Red Hat in Raleigh. :D:D
It will be 37 years since their show in Page.
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We went to this show last night, and while it wasn't at Duke, it keeps up the rhythm of the thread. This is a review I wrote on FB.
To preface, wow, what a night. What made it even better was seeing people that I hadn't seen since high school. A couple I actually recognized, but more because they came up to me. (I'm an introvert but in this instance I guess it was good to stand out.) Besides being in the moment, I had a few floods of memories back to a great evening in Durham that literally changed my life. A great concert will do that, and that's the life changer I got in 1987 at Duke.

I've seen both JA and L&R LOTS. Like lots of lots. Only the Grateful Dead had me shelling out cash for shows more than these two. In fact, as I've stated, in 1987 they were both on the same bill of one of my very first concerts, with L&R headlining in Page auditorium at Duke.
Love and Rockets brought it. Three members make up the band, with drummer Kevin Haskins, bassist David J, and Daniel Ash on guitar (and keyboards & sax but those weren't in use). They pulled out a great spectrum of songs throughout their first four albums, which was fine given the time allowed. (They don't have a bad album in my book.) I love when a live show changes what's expected, and they did, with a few numbers being given the "it's live and we're updating it" treatment. Five stars out of four!
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Jane's Addiction has four members. Stephen Perkins on drums, Eric Avery on bass, Dave Navarro on guitar, and Perry Farrell behind the mic.
Three of those members showed up to play. Perry, whom I love, did not. He is a showman. 125%. One of the best frontmen ever.
Sadly, he was not on. I wondered to myself (and my wife wondered aloud to me later) asking if he was drunk. One of his schticks is his ranting between songs, but these only displayed that something wasn't there as it should be.
But, enough about drunk Perry, because the three other members?
OHMAHGAWD!!!!! Eric Avery reminded me why I don't want to see Jane's without him. (This is his 2nd tour since the early 90s as a founding member.) His bass playing is insane. It makes me want to say sorry for the all the bassist jokes I've ever made. The way he works with Perkins and Navarro is magic, and it drives everything. Stephen Perkins is a pristine drummer. Always flawless, and my neck has twisted to so many of his beats. Dave Navarro, finally back from long covid, as always made his guitar scream with melody. What he does has to be experienced, it's always a "you had to be there" thing.
Aside from Perry's faults, the Three Days the band played is one of THE BEST I've ever heard, and I'll give Mr. Farrell some credit for keeping up. The whole song is still thumping in my head. Literally, out of so many live shows, one of the best, and everything was worth it just for that one song.
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CameronBornAndBred said:
We went to this show last night, and while it wasn't at Duke, it keeps up the rhythm of the thread. This is a review I wrote on FB.
To preface, wow, what a night. What made it even better was seeing people that I hadn't seen since high school. A couple I actually recognized, but more because they came up to me. (I'm an introvert but in this instance I guess it was good to stand out.) Besides being in the moment, I had a few floods of memories back to a great evening in Durham that literally changed my life. A great concert will do that, and that's the life changer I got in 1987 at Duke.
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I went to the show to. From the LTE cross post.

Caught a guitar pick from Crawlers.
Had a drum stick from Love and Rockets stolen from me.
Almost had to throw down during Jane’s.
It was a fun night. A perfect mix of chaos and entertainment. Weather was gorgeous.
Farrell coming down and taking a few puffs from a joint isn’t something I had on my 2024 bingo card.
 
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Kdogg said:
I went to the show to. From the LTE cross post.

Caught a guitar pick from Crawlers.
Had a drum stick from Love and Rockets stolen from me.
Almost had to throw down during Jane’s.
It was a fun night. A perfect mix of chaos and entertainment. Weather was gorgeous.
Farrell coming down and taking a few puffs from a joint isn’t something I had on my 2024 bingo card.
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Ha! I saw pictures of that. It reminded me of Lollapalooza, people were throwing water bottles on stage, so Perry says "if you're going to throw something, throw money".
After being pelted with a bunch of coins, he changed his mind. "Well, I'm a rich man now, so instead of money if you're going to throw something, throw drugs".

The air filled with flying joints. That made me laugh, thinking of all the people who instantly regretted that decision. Like..."Dammit, I just threw my weed away".
 
CameronBornAndBred said:
Ha! I saw pictures of that. It reminded me of Lollapalooza, people were throwing water bottles on stage, so Perry says "if you're going to throw something, throw money".
After being pelted with a bunch of coins, he changed his mind. "Well, I'm a rich man now, so instead of money if you're going to throw something, throw drugs".

The air filled with flying joints. That made me laugh, thinking of all the people who instantly regretted that decision. Like..."Dammit, I just threw my weed away".
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Funny add-on to Tuesday: After the first joint someone gave him an electronic vape. He had no idea how to use it. He even tried a second one. He he's 65 and had downed at least one bottle of wine by them. This was definitely Jane's 1.0 is all regards expect the wine replacing something harder.
 
Kdogg said:
Funny add-on to Tuesday: After the first joint someone gave him an electronic vape. He had no idea how to use it. He even tried a second one. He he's 65 and had downed at least one bottle of wine by them. This was definitely Jane's 1.0 is all regards expect the wine replacing something harder.
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The wine bottle has been a stage staple of Perry's forever. I'm pretty sure the one he had on stage was not the first of his night, and it showed.

By the way, they had been playing a new song, Imminent Redemption. They even had t-shirts printed with it in the merch booth. That song sucks, and I was happy that they didn't bring it out at Red Hat. Instead, they played 1%, which is a first of the tour and a likely sign that nobody will be hearing Imminent Redemption the rest of the way, lol.
 
CameronBornAndBred said:
Ha! I saw pictures of that. It reminded me of Lollapalooza, people were throwing water bottles on stage, so Perry says "if you're going to throw something, throw money".
After being pelted with a bunch of coins, he changed his mind. "Well, I'm a rich man now, so instead of money if you're going to throw something, throw drugs".

The air filled with flying joints. That made me laugh, thinking of all the people who instantly regretted that decision. Like..."Dammit, I just threw my weed away".
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reminds me of the first Phillies game I attended in grad school. Sat in my usual cheap seats where i might have you know, more leeway. I furtively examined the crowd, trying to figure out local rules and customs. Then some guy a few rows in front of me stands up and hollers "anyone got any rolling papers" and thus began the Great Zig Zag Blizzard of 1980. They came flying in from everywhere, very funny.
 
Kdogg said:
Around the same time: Vertical Horizon, Edwin McCain and Naughty by Nature. Do they still have the Last Day of Classes concerts?

Edit: They still do.

https://today.duke.edu/2019/10/musicians-rocked-duke
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I was in Junior year for the 2004 LDOC concert referenced in the article, when Kanye was the headliner and John Legend opened. Kanye was really just starting to become popular at that point, and there was a lot of anticipation for his concert. So much so that, when the piano-playing, ballad-singing troubadour that most students had never heard of opened for him, there was (anecdotally, I concede) a little bit of booing and definitely some restlessness amongst the party-hungry crowd. Funny to think about all that in hindsight.

Of course, the deep cut performer of that 2004 LDOC concert (unless I am conflating 2003 LDOC with 2004 LDOC) was the pre-pre-opening act, rapper "Drizzle", aka Andre Buckner from the basketball team.
 
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