Live Review: Journey with Bryan Adams at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, July 12, 1983 So, some girl – a friend of a friend I think – needed a date for her extra Journey ticket. I reluctantly (yeah right) agreed. It was a sob fest, with her […]
Live Review: The Go-Gos with Flock of Seagulls at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO, October 3, 1982 A last minute offer to see the Go-Gos was offered and I accepted. They were hot at the time supporting their debut Beauty and the Beat album. It was an […]
Live Review: Toto with Missouri at The Midland Theater in Kansas City, MO, July 22, 1982 Another concert with Top 40 hits, Toto put on a nice show. In support of their album Toto IV, they performed “Rosanna” and “Africa,” among others. Great songwriting and vocals, the crowd […]
Live Review: The Police with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, March 25, 1982 Having recently become a Police fan, this was my first Police show. In support of their fourth studio album Ghost In The Machine, they created an energy that […]
Live Review: Rod Stewart at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, January 30, 1982 Upon arriving for a visit a few months earlier, my buddy Gregg informed me we’d be camping out at Caper’s Corner that Friday night. Caper’s was a record store/ticket outlet. Way before internet ticketing. […]
Live Review: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, KS, January 29, 1982 Riding the wave on their first and biggest hit “I Love Rock and Roll” from the album of the same name, Joan Jett and her Blackhearts were the new sound of […]
Live Review: ELO with Hall & Oates at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, MO, October 28, 1981 After loving ELO throughout high school, I finally got the opportunity to see them live after starting college. This was the Time tour and it was awesome. They played all the […]
We felt as if we were let in on news of a changing of the guard, making us footnotes in a rock ‘n’ roll history trivia moment.
The world felt like our oyster. The concert featured REO Speedwagon touring their brand new compilation album A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980.
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton at Kemper Military School and College in Boonville, Missouri, April 21, 1973 (estimated). Growing up in small town Missouri did not afford many opportunities for well-known, national artists. Boonville was a town located smack-dab in the middle of Missouri just off I-70. The […]
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