And you will, he added, “We treasured creeping off and you can getting an effective nap towards people long months from the sports trophy area
Lee Eidson remembers one, in the early weeks, children likely to series at the Coliseum dressed up, plus coats and you will connections on the guys. (That had altered by the time We already been likely to suggests here. I didn’t wear a coat and you will link for the Sergio Mendes, reveal, whether or not I did don an excellent French-cuff shirt that have cufflinks and you may a good monogrammed jacket.)
Lee said his favorite thoughts of the Coliseum are “watching The brand new Imagine Who while you are looking at the floor. We made visual communication with this particular stunning strawberry blond seated multiple rows facing me. It absolutely was an ages of Aquarius minute!”
Brenda Poss remembers enjoying the newest keyboard duo Ferrante & Teicher in the UGA arena and you may MiMi DuBose Gudenrather told you one out-of her preferred was James Taylor.
Mike Energies did concessions from the Coliseum for football incidents and shows, in addition to Jethro Tull and you can Frank Zappa. Unfortunately, the guy told you, “stoners never get as numerous soft drinks because the athletics admirers.”
Among the suggests Jim Goolsby spotted there had been Johnny Canals and you may Jose Feliciano. Michael Doke and recalls watching Ides away from s Jr. And you will, Saye Sutton noticed Iron Butterfly in the front line here, and swears one “’In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ went on for 47 minutes, maybe not 17! I didn’t pay attention to to possess per week.”
Marie Andrews saw new Four Passes during the UGA and you can recalls: “They certainly were an hour late delivering indeed there, however, we didn’t worry. It actually was a beneficial abilities!”
When Laird Miller saw Steppenwolf from the Coliseum from inside the November 1970, “the fresh new rumor is actually the Coliseum you are going to split and you will collapse. Little folded. Might have been sad in the event that my first rock show got my personal past!”
Certainly most other acts with did in the Coliseum from the ages was Rufus Thomas, Peter Nero, brand new Serendipity Singers, the Christie Minstrels, Roger Williams, the fresh Supremes, the Lettermen, Al Hirt, Eddy Arnold, the Chad Mitchell Threesome, Glenn Yarbrough, Skitch Henderson while the Atlanta Symphony, mi Terrell, Nothing Anthony while the Imperials, Jack Jones and Buddy Rich, the latest 5th Dimensions, the fresh Thoughts together with Dells, Major Lance, Paul Anka, Expenses Anderson, Loretta Lynn, Gary Puckett and also the Connection Gap, Spirit Inc. Chet Atkins, Footwear Randolph, Floyd Cramer and you may Jerry Reed.
Plus, Sam and you may Dave, virkelig smukke Santo Domingo piger Jimmy Ruffin, Blood Perspiration and Rips, Henry Mancini, the latest London area Philharmonic, Family relations regarding Improvement, Pacific Fuel and you will Electric (towards the Allman Brothers Band starting), Three Puppy Night, Richie Havens, Mylon LeFevre, Steely Dan, Poquito, the latest Rev. Pearly Brownish, Ike and Tina Turner, Seals and you will Crofts, Isaac Hayes, Creedence Clearwater Renewal, Dirty Oceans, Tony Joe Light and Emerson, Lake and you may Palmer.
Therefore, becoming typical sixteen-year-olds, our very own gang all the lied to our parents, informing them we had been planning to a motion picture, and you may ran [to your performance]
In addition to, Vince Vance as well as the Valiants, the brand new James Gang, Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, the new Doobie Brothers, Billy Preston, Curtis erica, the latest Marshall Tucker Ring in addition to Atlanta Beat Point, the Spinners, The brand new Riders of Reddish Sage, Commander Cody and the Lost Entire world Airmen and Leon Russell.
Someone else is Billy Joel, Planet Wind and you can Fire, Jesse Colin Younger, Nitty gritty Dirt Band, Earl Scruggs Revue, Damp Willie, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon, Orleans, Hallway and you will Oates, Absolute Prairie Category, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mother’s Better, Dolly Parton, Jerry Jeff Walker, Center, Doug Kershaw, Bobby Bluish Incredibly dull, Dave Mason, Gloria Gaynor, Dottie Western, Ozark Slope Daredevils, Boston and you will Sammy Hagar, Unbelievable Beat Aces, Pablo Cruise and you will Delbert McClinton.
She turned into and you will seemed actually on me and you may beamed
Plus, the fresh new Commodores, the newest Pine Ridge Boys, Neil More youthful, Sting, Alabama, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the fresh Fantastic Thunderbirds, Extensive Stress (when you look at the 1985, 1988 and you may 1989), Hootie plus the Blowfish, new Indigo Girls and Black colored Crowes.