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Small Town, Big Music : The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll /
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent, Ohio :
The Kent State University Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Joe Walsh's Measles on the Kent State Commons: October 1966; The Lovin' Spoonful played on Saturday April 8, 1967, as part of the KSU Student Activities Board's Spring Fling Concert; Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, 1967 Homecoming Extravaganza: October 21, 1967; The Temptations played at Kent State on Sunday, November 12, 1967; Smokey Robinson and the Miracles filled the Memorial Gymnasium on Sunday, October 13, 1968; Eric Burdon and the Animals played at Kent State on Monday, October 21, 1968
- On Sunday, January 26, 1969, B.B. King drew a crowd in the University School gymOn Sunday, October 5, 1969, Sly and the Family Stone played at the Memorial Gym for Greek Week; The Reverend Gary Davis headlined the Fourth Annual Folk Festival on Friday night, February 13, 1970; On Sunday, October 11, 1970, as part of the Homecoming festivities, Sha Na Na opened for Jefferson Airplane in the Memorial Gym; Parliament-Funkadelic headlined a show in the Memorial Gym on Saturday, November 14, 1970; Chrissie Hynde: Fall 1971
- Sly and the Family Stone played at Kent State on Friday, February 19, 1972Ravi Shankar played at Kent State on Sunday, April 16, 1972; Elton John played in the Memorial Gym on Friday, May 5, 1972; Stevie Wonder played in Kent State's Memorial Gym on Sunday, November 12, 1972; Yes played at Kent State on Sunday, November 19, 1972; Santana played at Kent State on Thursday, February 15, 1973; Pink Floyd's Dark Side of Kent: March 10, 1973; James Taylor played at Kent State on Tuesday, April 17, 1973; The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Frank Zappa played at the Memorial Gym on Tuesday, May 1, 1973
- Paul Simon's 1973 Homecoming in Kent State's Memorial Gym: October 20, 1973Earth, Wind & Fire played at Kent State on Sunday, October 28, 1973; Bruce Springsteen's 1974 Party in Kent: January 19, 1974; Michael Solomon, 1972-74 All Campus Planning Board Concert Committee chairman, reflected years later on his experience bringing Duke Ellington to play at the Student Center Ballroom on Friday, February 1, 1974; Dizzy Gillespie and the KSU Jazz Lab Band played at Kent State on Tuesday, April 30, 1974; On Friday, February 21, 1975, Herbie Hancock played at Kent State
- Many of the events that make up Kent's rich musical history took place off campus, as this excerpt from a Stater article illustrates, in a snapshot of Kent's 1970s social scene. The downtown bars, from the Water Street Saloon and its countrified house band Good Company to 15-60-75 (the Numbers Band) playing at the KoveSun-Ra played at Kent State on Thursday, February 13, 1975; DEVO's Seminal 1975 Night on Kent State's Front Campus: April 4, 1975; The Eagles played at Kent State on Saturday, May 3, 1975; Linda Ronstadt played at Kent State on Sunday, May 11, 1975