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re: Big name / small crowd

Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:54 pm to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 7:54 pm to
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Jason and The Scorchers


Saw them in Washington, D.C. at a college radio conference. Great show.
Posted by Tha Herg
Herget Dorm
Member since Jul 2009
2984 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:46 pm to
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Avett Brothers at that music fest in St. Francisville

I agree it wasn't slammed but I certainly wouldn't call that crowd small by any means...especially considering it was a Sunday night, in BF St. Francisville with the Saints playing a game against the Cowboys.
Posted by heatom2
At the plant, baw.
Member since Nov 2010
13108 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 8:58 pm to
Three Dog Night at the Ascension Parish 100 year anniversary festival.
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
41497 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:26 pm to
Same. OAR at Verizon Alpharetta. They didn't even open up the lawn. Regular seating was maybe 1/4 full and pit was probably 1/2. I'm guessing 700 people. Someone I knew got like 40 free tickets from his work so we said frick it. Shitty concert.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21529 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:06 pm to
Stevie Ray Vaughan at NLU/Monroe in about '86 on the Soul to Soul tour, after he was very well known and had added Reese Wynans on keyboards.

The crowd was pitifully small. We rolled in from out of town and walked right up to the stage. SRV spent some time sitting on a monitor and playing right in front of us. I literally could have reached out and touched him, he was so close.

We were big fans and wondered how in hell there were so few people there.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78688 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:23 pm to
Ice-T featuring Body Count
Varsity in Baton Rouge
1996
Maybe 45 people in the building
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71200 posts
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:30 pm to
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at the Varsity in Baton Rouge. Not even 1/2 full, maybe 200 people there MAX. Plus, they kinda blew.
Posted by DannyB
Bagram, Afghanistan
Member since Aug 2010
6141 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 1:54 am to
Mighty Mighty Bosstones during their 15 minutes of fame at Five Points Music Hall in Birmingham. May have been about 100-150 people there. Show was fricking awesome, however!!!
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
151078 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 2:48 am to
he wasnt a big artist nationally then but i got to see kendrick lamar back in late 2010 at a place in LA where there may have been like 200 people
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Posted by Loubacca
sittin on the dock of the bay
Member since Feb 2005
4157 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:54 am to
In 1998, I saw Incubus at the Varsity and there was around 40 people there. The opener was System of a Down.

Great show from both groups and got to drink a few from the guys from SOAD
Posted by RedbeardAU
Northeast GA
Member since Oct 2009
567 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 8:19 am to
Queens of the Stone Age @ Workplay Theatre (padded room)in Bham, 2011. There were probably ~300 people there. Easily one of the best rock shows that I've ever been to, but QOTSA always kills it.

Found a video
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
14625 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:25 am to
Justin Townes Earle at Callaghans in Mobile. Maybe 40 people. Was awesome.

Ryan Bingham in mobile. Maybe about 40 people. I forget which bar.
Posted by Palmetto08
Member since Sep 2012
4152 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 1:36 pm to
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Justin Townes Earle at Callaghans in Mobile. Maybe 40 people. Was awesome.


Callaghans seats about 40 people. I'm talking large venues with embarrassingly small crowds.

But I did want to go to those shows but they sold out. I saw St. Paul and the Broken Bones there and it was awesome
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
Member since Aug 2004
16527 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 2:29 pm to
I saw Isbell at Luckenbach before Southeastern came out and there looked like less than 200 people there. That was an awesome show.
Posted by MondayMorningMarch
Pumping Sunshine. She's cute!
Member since Dec 2006
19666 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 5:47 pm to
Also caught REM at The Bayou on Chimes Street. It was packed to its 100ish person capacity. This show came on the heels of the Chronic Town EP which WLSU was heavily playing.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
28020 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:40 pm to
Steely Dan / 2,500
Posted by 12Pence
Member since Jan 2013
6344 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:15 pm to
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Steely Dan / 2,500


Holy shite. Where at? They are one of my all-time favorite groups. I've seen them a few times (including last summer) and they sold out every show.
Posted by Kajungee
South ,Section 6 Row N
Member since Mar 2004
17033 posts
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:26 pm to
Blue Oyster Cult at the first day of Rock n Roll.. Superdome early 80's. They were the last act and didn't come on stage till past midnight on a Sunday night Monday morning. Could not have been 500 people left in the dome.
Posted by weaveballs1
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
3448 posts
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:06 am to
Bone Thugs N'Harmony at Bogie's
Posted by parrotdr
Cesspool of Rationalization
Member since Oct 2003
7950 posts
Posted on 1/28/16 at 5:49 pm to
Stephen Stills played a free concert in the Quarter back in the mid-90's as he was part-owner of a new restaurant opening on Iberville/Decatur. Iberville was blocked off, Charmaine Neville opened, and then he came on. If there were 150 folks it was a lot.

First Creole Tomato Fest around the same time--wondering around and saw the Clarence "Frogman" Henry playing. 20 folks maybe? Besides his classic hits he actually opened for the Beatles for much of their 1964 US Tour. Lots of these guys were never appreciated as much in New Orleans as they were nationally or internationally (same with someone like Charmaine Neville).
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