The KinKs / Trapese Mar 26, 1971 (53 years ago) Farmingdale State College East Farmingdale, New York, United States
Opening night of tour.
Art Rock, Beat Music, Classic Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Glam Rock, Mod, Pop Rock, Proto-Punk, Psychedelic Rock, Rock, Rock And Roll, Rocksteady, Singer-Songwriter, British, Album Oriented Rock (AOR), Protopunk, Mellow Gold, British Invasion, and Early Reggae.
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The Concert Committee was in full force. We got POCO signed up and I petitioned as hard as I could to follow that success up with The KinKs. Finally, the contract was signed and the committee discussed who would announce the band to the audience. My name was offered and I was excited but the name I put out, Ronny, another Kinks fan, was the guy chosen. WOW, we had the KinKs coming to my school and when it was all said and done that show was an experience like no other. I got to greet the band upon arrival and showed the dressing (locker) room to them. They were drinking bottles of gin as part of their pre show preparation. By the time the band hit the show they were intoxicated and intoxicating, amazingly good. I hid a tape recorder in the speaker pod and pressed “record” just as the band hit the stage. After the show I helped to put Ray Davies into a car while his brother already in that car argued that he would not ride in the same car as Ray, so Dave had to be escorted to the second car while the piano player had to be moved to Ray’s car. Ray was now out of his car stumbling around the parking lot. Finally, safely in their cars, away they went.
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