Back in April of '74, there was a KZAP-sponsored concert advertised as THE BIG BOOGIE, with Marshall Tucker, Elvin Bishop, & southern-fried rookies Lynyrd Skynyrd! Skynyrd had recently been kicked off the Who tour as opening act, because Ronnie-n-da-boyz wuz consistently givin' Pete-n-crew a hard act to follow(methinketh Bad Company replaced 'em)! So them cocky, self-assured upstarts blew out Sactown's Memorial Aud'torem as well(back then, set closer "Free Bird" was their tribute to Duane Allman)! Well, since Elvin was a boogiemeister in hiz own right, he followed with a "hey, I can play that shit too" attitude! Naturally, Marshall Tucker couldn't match the energy levels of those two scintilatin' sets! Quite a few drained patrons staggered homeward, & Tucker finished before a sparse crowd! ... A month or so later, inside Winterland, Holland's Golden Earring was riding "Radar Love"'s chart success & opened the evening's festivities to rousing ovations! But most of the crowd had come to see middle-act Robin Trower channel Jimi Hendrix! Headliners Sha Na Na performed to an exiting mass! Heard the Tubes blew out Kiss in similar fashion inside Winterland as well! B.T.W., does Bill Cosby opening for Ray Charles qualify?
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