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re: Once upon a time, Led Zepp played in Baton Rouge
Posted on 6/26/19 at 6:53 am to Brosef Stalin
Posted on 6/26/19 at 6:53 am to Brosef Stalin
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lots of bands have played in Baton Rouge
Until the 80s. Jimmy Swaggart played a big part keeping bands out of Baton Rouge.
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Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:02 am to Nicky Parrish
Ten bucks to see Zeppelin in their prime.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:08 am to genuineLSUtiger
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Ten bucks to see Zeppelin in their prime.
So $43.20 still not bad.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:12 am to eScott
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Until the 80s. Jimmy Swaggart played a big part keeping bands out of Baton Rouge.
This is fricking stupid.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:14 am to prplhze2000
Look up the 1978 LSU yearbook gumbo. Pictures of tons of concerts at LSU including led zep, Fleetwood Mac, and many others.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:15 am to Jim Rockford
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Once upon a time the Stones played in Shreveport.
Once upon a time a couple of them got arrested in Fordyce, AR!
Stones in Fordyce
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:15 am to prplhze2000
I was there. It was the Assembly Center then and some good Mexican 10 Dollar lids were being sold.
Here is a great tribute by Heart playing Stairway to Heaven when they were honored by the Kennedy Center. Jason Bonham, John Bonham’s son on drums.
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Here is a great tribute by Heart playing Stairway to Heaven when they were honored by the Kennedy Center. Jason Bonham, John Bonham’s son on drums.
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This post was edited on 6/26/19 at 9:26 am
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:21 am to eScott
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Until the 80s. Jimmy Swaggart played a big part keeping bands out of Baton Rouge.
Concert scene was fine until the early 80's when there was a high publicity teen overdose at a concert at the Centroplex. And it was D/A Ossie Brown who shut down the concerts. And banned The Life of Brian from showing in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:22 am to junkfunky
quote:Yes she was.
Yep, not sure if my dad was there, he probably was, but I know my mom was.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:28 am to Brosef Stalin
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lots of bands have played in Baton Rouge
Back in those days, headliners coming to small and medium sized cities was normal.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:36 am to Tigris
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Concert scene was fine until the early 80's when there was a high publicity teen overdose at a concert at the Centroplex. And it was D/A Ossie Brown who shut down the concerts. And banned The Life of Brian from showing in Baton Rouge.
To be honest I'm just repeating what Stan Campbell told me. I know JS had a lot of political power back then, but who knows.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:39 am to Brosef Stalin
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lots of bands have played in Baton Rouge
I saw lots of huge acts at the Centroplex (frick a River Center) and the PMAC.
Sadly, those days are over. Mainly because music is shite these days. Also, because the logistics and costs of concerts these days demand big cities and modern venues, so NOLA and Houston get the shows, but not BR. But mostly that shite music thing.
ETA: Last huge concert I saw in BR was definitely in the 90's. Soundgarden opening for Guns n' Roses at the PMAC in January 1992. It was fricking cold.
ETA2: ZZ Top still plays the River Center every few years, but they're a legacy act and no longer a huge act. They're on the casino circuit. That's about as big an act I can remember playing BR recently.
This post was edited on 6/26/19 at 7:48 am
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:40 am to TigerstuckinMS
so did Yes, ELP, Rush - on and on. Great times
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:42 am to eScott
Seeing this thread makes me want a time machine so bad. Can you imagine traveling back seeing Led Zeppelin and the rolling Stones in a small venue in their prime?
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:43 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Back in those days, headliners coming to small and medium sized cities was normal.
I grew up in NOLA in the 70s and 80s, it was way more common for big name acts to play BR and Biloxi than NOLA... there were exceptions, like the Stones attendance record breaking show at the Dome in ‘81, but the acoustics in the Dome for rock shows are notoriously bad, and until the opening of the UNO Lakefront Arena (and later, the SKC) there weren’t many appropriate venues in New Orleans, which probably explains why they gravitated toward BR and Biloxi.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:47 am to prplhze2000
I started going to concerts in BR in 6th grade that same year ( thanks Dad). Every A Lister played in BR in the 1970s. I saw errybody.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:47 am to prplhze2000
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Youtube link of video of 77 concert
I was there!
Posted on 6/26/19 at 7:47 am to Lsupimp
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I started going to concerts in BR in 6th grade that same year ( thanks Dad). Every A Lister played in BR in the 1970s. I saw errybody.
Same same.
Posted on 6/26/19 at 8:09 am to prplhze2000
It cost $7.50 to get into that show. I still have my ticket stub.
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