The Aragon Ballroom was built in 1926 was originally a famous dance ballroom that used to broadcast the orchestra music on radio. Many of the top big bands played at the Aragon. In the early 60’s ice skating and boxing matches were held at the Aragon. In 1966 the Aragon became the Cheetah Club and began holding pop concerts as a disco. In June of 1968 the club returned to its original name of the Aragon and held rock, pop and Latin concerts until October 1970. Concerts were stopped at the Aragon due to security and drug problems. Rock and pop concerts began again in 1972. Info and shows list taken from terrific Greg Vick's Tour Archive website.
- Cheetah Club -
January 5-7, 1968: The American Breed / The Troys / The Y-Nots
February 9-11, 1968: The Human Beinz / Jimmy Stella and The Ambassadors / The Weaker Sex
April 5-6, 1968: The Turtles / The Regiment / The Bubble Gum Machine (April 5 show was canceled)
April 7, 1968: The Regiment / The Bubble Gum Machine
April 12-14, 1968: The Chicago Loop / Gene & Debbe / The CTA / The Circus
April 19-21, 1968: Traffic / The Circus / The Loved Ones
April 26-28, 1968: The Dells / The Hip Pocket / The Valves
May 3-5, 1968: Siegel-Schwall Blues Band / The Mandala
May 10-12, 1968: The Ohio Express (10), Dyke & The Blazers (10-12)
May 17-19, 1968: The Grass Roots / Howlin' Wolf / The Rush Hour
May 24-26, 1968: The Mitch Ryder Review (24-25), The Bubble Gum Machine (24-26), Disciples of Mayhem (24-26)
May 31 and June 1-2, 1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / Circus
June 7-9, 1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / Circus / The Epics
June 14-16, 1968: The Fenders / Joyce Kennedy & Her Soul Men (featuring Glen Murdock) / Creation
June 21-23, 1968: J.J. Jackson / The Bangor Flying Circus / Disciples of Mayhem
- Aragon Ballroom -
June 28-29, 1968: The Scott Brothers Revue (featuring Little Miss Irene) / The Shape
July 5-6, 1968: closed for repairs
July 12-13, 1968: Harvey & the Seven Sounds (12-13) / The Home Juice (12-13 / Shadows of Knight (12)
July 17, 1968: Arthur Conley Revue
July 19-20, 1968: The Mauds / Shadows of Knight / The Home Juice / Sunshine Sequins
July 26-27, 1968: Carl Holmes & the Commanders (with Ruth McFadden)
August 2,1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters
August 3, 1968: Herman's Hermits
August 9-10, 1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / The Fenders / The Weaker Sex
August 16-17, 1968: Big Brother & The Holding Company / The Hello People / The Nazz / LoveCastle
August 23-24, 1968: Carl Holmes & the Commanders (with Ruth McFadden) / The Green Men / The Weaker Sex
August 23-24, 1968: Carl Holmes & the Commanders (with Ruth McFadden) / The Green Men / The Weaker Sex
August 30, 1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / The Fenders / Wild Honey
August 31, 1968: The Fenders / The Real Blues / Wild Honey
September 6-7, 1968: Ballroom dancing with the orchestras of Griff Williams and Jose Bethancourt
September 13, 1968: The Dontays / The Chicago Soul Sextet / Wild Honey
September 14, 1968: Latin Carnival with Orchestra Tampico and Raul Garca Company
September 20-21, 1968: Wilson Pickett
September 27, 1968: The Fenders / The Apocryphals / Wild Honey
September 28, 1969: Merengues / Carmen Rivero “Queen of the Cumba”
September 29, 1969: Bob Kirk orchestra / Jose Bethancourt / Hal Pearl on the organ
October 4, 1968: The New Colony Six / The Real Blues / The Dontays
October 5, 1968: Ricardo Rey and the Orchestra Tropical Mocambo
October 6, 1968: Orchestra Perales, Carlos Guzman y Los Fabulosos Quatro
October 11, 1968: Tommy James & The Shondells / M.H. Royals / Chicago Soul Sextet
October 12, 1968: Blacio Jr. & His Grand Spectacular Orchestra
October 18-20, 1968: Oktoberfest
October 25-27, 1968: Oktoberfest
November 8, 1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters
November 15, 1968: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / Aorta
November 22, 1968: Jefferson Airplane / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Blue Cheer
November 29, 1968: Wilson Pickett / Baby Huey & The Babysitters (postponed)
December 13, 1968: New Colony Six
December 14, 1968: Serendipity Singers / The Chips / Wild Honey
December 28, 1968: Wilson Pickett / The Fugs / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
January 10, 1969: Illusions & The North Syde / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
January 11, 1969: Rotary Connection / Litter / Conqueror Worm
January 17, 1969: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / Generation Gap / Wild Honey
January 18, 1969: Buckinghams / Operation Soul / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
January 24, 1969: Byrds / The Flock / Litter
January 25, 1969: Stevie Wonder / Motown Sound / Soul Machine
February 7, 1969: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / Motown Sound / West Side Story / Rush Hour
February 8, 1969: Mardi Gras with music (Rheinescher Gesang Versin) and beer
February 14, 1969: General Assembly / Motown Sound / Four Days and A Night
February 15, 1969: Cryan’ Shames / Operation Soul / United Nations
February 21-22, 1969: Wayne Cochran / Operation Soul / Wild Honey / Soul Machine
February 28, 1969: Jr. Walker & The Allstars (Martha & The Vandellas cancelled)
March 1, 1969: Marvin Gaye / LoveCastle / ?
March 2, 1969: Gary Puckett & The Union Gap / Green Lyte
March 2, 1969: Gary Puckett & The Union Gap / Green Lyte
March 7-8, 1969: Mitch Ryder / The Trends / Chicago Soul Sextet / United Nations
March 9, 1969: Mario Zelanotti / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
March 14, 1969: Howlin’ Wolf / Rotary Connection / Conqueror Worm
March 15, 1969: Sam The Sham / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
March 21, 1969: Steppenwolf / Bangor Flying Circus / Three Dog Night
March 22, 1969: Procol Harum / Howlin’ Wolf / Litter / Little John Blues Band
March 28, 1969: Spencer Davis / Howlin’ Wolf / Albert Smith Blues Band
March 29, 1969: Ricardo Rey
April 4-5, 1969: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / another unknown act
April 11, 1969: Iron Butterfly / Steve Miller Band
April 18-20, 1969: Bill Haley & The Comets (18-20), Magic Sam & The Magic Grease Band (18) / El Gran Combo (19) / Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (20)
April 25, 1969: Chuck Berry / Rhinoceros / Conqueror Worm
April 26, 1969: Latin band
April 27, 1969: Red Saunders Jazz Band "Bachelors and Benedicts ball"
May 16, 1969: Bobby (Blue) Bland Band / The Serfs / Coloured Rain
May 17, 1969: Latin band
May 23, 1969: Chubby Checker / P.C. Ltd. / Yesterday’s Children
May 24, 1969: Trini Lopez / Sonora Matsanara
May 26, 1969: Harry James and his orchestra
June 13, 1969: Ike & Tina Turner / Four Days & A Night / Dee Dee Turner
June 14, 1969: Latin band
June 20, 1969: Von Ryan Express / Bob Kuban & The In-Man / Matt King & The Ideal / Hartford Connection
June 21, 1969: Von Ryan Express / Buckinghams / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
June 27, 1969: Baby Huey & The Babysitters / Five Stairsteps & Cubie / Spot & The Slotters
July 4-5, 1969: Edwin Hawkins Singers (4-5) / Buddy Guy (5) / Jim Schwall Blues Band (5)
July 11, 1969: Four Days & A Night / Soul Machine / West Side Story
July 12, 1969: Xavier Cugat and his orchestra
July 18-19, 1969: Jefferson Airplane (18-19) / The Ventures (18) / Dillard & Clark (18) / Blue Cheer (19) / Hello People (19)
July 25-26, 1969: John Mayall / Jonah Jones / Jr. Wells / Rotary Connection
August 1-2, 1969: Mothers of Invention (1) / Chuck Berry (1-2) / Howlin’ Wolf (1-2) / Fats Domino (2)
August 15-16, 1969: Dillard & Clark / Tim Buckley / Linda Ronstad
August 22, 1969: Moody Blues / Mickey, Larry & The Esiters / Conqueror Worm
August 23, 1969: Buck Owens & The Buckaroos / Merle Haggard
August 27, 1969: Joan Baez
August 29-31, 1969: Jerry Lee Lewis
November 21, 1969: Arlo Guthrie
November 26, 1969: Beach Boys
December 5, 1969: Wayne Cochran & C. C. Rider
December 20, 1969: Herbie Mann / Four Tops
December 29, 1969: Pacific Gas & Electric / John Lee Hooker / Howlin’ Wolf / Coven / MC5 / Alice Cooper / Rotary Connection / Hot Set Up / Littler / The Stooges / Bob Seger / Mason Proffit / Bangor Flying Circus / Baby Huey "Chicago Pop Festival"
April 10, 1970: Pink Floyd / Rotary Connection / Mason Proffit
May 1, 1970: Al Kooper / Byrds / Bangor Flying Circus
May 8, 1970: The Rascals / Charlie Musselwhite / SRC / Truth / Roxy
May 15, 1970: Joe Cocker (filling in for Delaney & Bonnie & Friends) / Smith / White Lightning / Flying Burrito Brothers / Jesse
May 22, 1970: Mountain / Litter / Bob Seger System / Blood Rock / Mecki Mark Men / The Stooges
May 29-30, 1970: Kinks / Frijid Pink / Lee Michaels / Jessie / Ned / Third Power
June 5, 1970: Jethro Tull / Sha Na Na / Clouds / Uncle Dirty
June 12-13, 1970 Country Joe & The Fish / Ambergris / Pacific Gas & Electric / Shocking Blue
June 19, 1970: Traffic / SRC / Bloomsbury People / Edmonds & Curley
June 26-27, 1970: Ten Years After / B.B. King / Mott The Hoople / Brownsville Station (day 27 show was cancelled)
June 30, 1970: MC5 / Charles Moore Ensemble
July 1, 1970: Charles Moore Ensemble / Bill C and The Sunshine
July 2, 1970: Bill C and The Sunshine / Seventh Seal
July 3-4, 1970: Grateful Dead (cancelled) / It's A Beautiful Day / Aum / Rare Bird
July 4, 1970: Billy C and The Sunshine / Independece Day Poetry Reading by John & David Sinclair, Jim Semark mark, Jerry Youkins, Tom Mitchell, Andre Godrescu / Lights by The Magic Veil
July 10, 1970: Grand Funk Railroad / Litter / Brian Auger & Trinity / Four Days & A Night
July 15, 1970: Jethro Tull / White Lightning / Cactus (cancelled)
July 17, 1970: Blodwyn Pig / Silver Metre / Mason Proffit / Corky Siegel Happy Year Band / White Lightning / Truth / Fat Water / REO Speedwagon / Third Power / Commander Cody / Wind Rush / Illusion
July 31, 1970: Terry Reid / James Gang (cancelled)
August 14, 1970: Richie Havens / If / Ten Wheel Drive / Kathy Smith
August 16, 1970: Jethro Tull / Cactus / Ned / Frantic
August 21, 1970: Savoy Brown / Crow / Litter / Ten Wheel Drive
August 27-28, 1970: The Stooges (cancelled)
September 11, 1970: John Mayall
September 25, 1970: Johnny Winter / Flock / Mauds / Tinhouse
October 2, 1970: The Stooges / Buddy Miles Band /Dr. John / Mason Profitt (cancelled)
June 23, 1972: It's A Beautiful Day / Blue Oyster Cult / Spirit
August 25, 1972: The Kinks / Foghat / Dr. Hook and His Medicine Show / Flash
June 23, 1972: It's A Beautiful Day / Blue Oyster Cult / Spirit
August 25, 1972: The Kinks / Foghat / Dr. Hook and His Medicine Show / Flash
September 30, 1972: Chuck Berry
October 13, 1972: Captain Beefheart /Sailcat / Trapeze
November 3, 1972: Mahavishnu Orchestra / Siegal-Schwall Blues Band
January 19, 1973: Badfinger / Raspberries / Amazing Blondel
April 20, 1973: Genesis / Heartsfield
May 25, 1973: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Heartsfield
June 1, 1973: Michael Bloomfield & Friends / Siegel Schwall / (possibly) Little Feat
June 14, 1973: Lee Michaels
June 15, 1973: Iggy & The Stooges / Blue Ash / Detroit with Mitch Ryder
April 20, 1973: Genesis / Heartsfield
May 25, 1973: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Heartsfield
June 1, 1973: Michael Bloomfield & Friends / Siegel Schwall / (possibly) Little Feat
June 14, 1973: Lee Michaels
June 15, 1973: Iggy & The Stooges / Blue Ash / Detroit with Mitch Ryder
July 23, 1973: Leslie West's Wild West Show (with Mitch Ryder) / Dungeon Butter
July 27, 1973: Mott The Hoople / REO Speedwagon / Joe Walsh with Barnstorm
December 15, 1973: Mountain
December 28, 1973: Quicksilver Messenger Service
December 15, 1973: Mountain
December 28, 1973: Quicksilver Messenger Service
I remember the Flock playing with John Mayall
ReplyDeleteAnd I remember seeing Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck.
Ccbazz,
ReplyDeleteI think you confused the venue because John Mayall and The Flock (March 7-8, 1969) and The Jeff Beck Group (March 14-15, 1969) played in Chicago but not at Cheetah/Aragon Ballroom but at the Kinetic Playground.
Corky Siegel was a member of Siegel Schwall until they disbanded in 1974. They reunited in 1987, and still play together occasionally.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, Siegel formed the Happy Year Band in 1975. I do not remember that though.
blaheh,
ReplyDeleteWikipedia's wrong! (never trust them!). Siegel-Schwall Band broke up on July 7, 1968. The band reformed in late 1969 as Corky Siegel Happy Year Band. With this new name the band played many gigs and recorded the album: "Siegal-Schwall '70" that was released credited to Siegal-Schwall Band because the band has officialy changed its name back to the Siegel-Schwall Band in late September 1970.
Bruno, on the Siegel-Schwall website it says "In 1975, Siegel formed the Happy Year Band with Sam Lay, Albert Joseph on guitar and Rollo Radford on bass." So it's not just Wikipedia that says the Happy Year Band was formed in '75. And it's not the same personnel as appeared on Siegel-Schwall '70 either.
Deleteboth wrong Dixon! Happy Year Band has been around several years in various forms since 1969...I have contemporaneous reports as proof (such as somme Billboard's article from 1970)
DeleteI saw Iggy Pop there and he was appearing with the Detroit Wheels.
ReplyDeleteWhen did Grateful Dead play the Aragon again. I know I saw them there.
Here is who I saw and when:
ReplyDeleteChuck Berry Sep 30 1972
Badfinger/Raspberries/Amazing Blondel Jan19 1973
LeslieWest/Mitch Ryder/Dungeon Butter Jul 23 1973
Ultravox/quartet tour
Apr 1 1983
PsychedelicFurs/Depeche Mode Mar 26 1983
U2 May 21 1983
The Clash 1982 Aug 13
ReplyDeleteThe Clash 1984 May 17
Hi vw!
ReplyDeleteYes, I confirmed, The Grateful Dead cancelled both shows (July 3-4, 1970) at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. The sources for this is two: (1) Dead played at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Canada, on July 3, 1970....(2) A Chicago guy called Dwight Holmes reports that he waited in line for a show at the Aragon on July 3, 1970 where it was announced around 5:00 PM that the Dead had cancelled. I think you remember well the Dead gig in Chicago but not at the Aragon, maybe in another venue, because the band played many times in Chicago during the late 60s and early 70s, I listed below all the Dead shows in Chicago and maybe you remember the correct venue, take a look:
November 27-28, 1968: Kinetic Playground
January 31-February 1, 1969: Kinetic Playground
April 25-26, 1969: Kinetic Playground
July 4-5, 1969: Kinetic Playground
November 27, 1970: The Syndrome
August 23-24, 1971: Auditorium Theatre
October 21-22, 1971: Auditorium Theatre
vw,
ReplyDeleteI don't know show at Aragon with both Iggy Pop (solo or with The Stooges?) and The Detroit Wheels (with Mitch Ryder?). You remember anything about this?
Just to double check on Mitch I found this site where he was traveling without the Wheels. So my memory was correct on that.
ReplyDeleteMITCH RYDER w/Leslie West's Wild West Show, Detroit MI ?/Jul/'73
http://www.geocities.jp/sonicko1968f/sonic-ko.list.html
I found an Iggy pop forum which does not mention the Detroit Wheels as opening act. I wrote down Iggy Pop/Detroit Wheels on my list. What I do remember is that I went backstage (I knew a security guard for that show) at one point and the Wheels were back there sitting around and they tried to put the moves on me. LOL
ReplyDelete15 June Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL [With Tornado Turner (Sky Warnklein) on guitar instead of James Williamson.]
Comments:
The list does not specify how the Stooges were billed. They were known as The Psychedelic Stooges until Oct 1969. From late 1970 or so, the billing was often Iggy and The Stooges. In 1972, 1973, and 1974 it was sometimes just Iggy Pop.
http://stoogesforum.freeforumboard.net/scene-of-the-crime-f3/updated-gig-list-t1261.htm
vw,
ReplyDeleteI've this show in my list: June 15, 1973: Iggy & The Stooges. And also I've the most correct and accurate "The Stooges Family Tree" and "The Stooges Performance List 1967-1974" in this blog, take a look!
vw,
ReplyDeleteby the way, don't wrote down The Detroit Wheels from your list because I think if you remember the band at Aragon with Iggy & The Stooges on June 15, 1973 they supposedly played too. My list is a "work in progress" and I still missed many shows and/or many bands billed, so thanks for The Detroit Wheels addition on June 15, 1973.
Hi Bruno, found another site with Aragon dates.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.classic-rock-concerts.com/venues/1466
Thanks vw! I know this site but I don't know the "venues" part.
ReplyDeleteThe singer for the Mauds passed away this month. I saw them at Frontier days, a fourth of July festival in Arlington Hts ILL this past summer. He looked great.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101207/news/712089832/
The Leslie West Wild West Show played at the Aragon July 23, 1973, with Mitch Ryder as part of Leslie's band. This band played a handful of dates in the summer of 1973.http://home.comcast.net/~gv0000/Mountain_Tour_Archive.htm
ReplyDeletethanks Greg! Correct!
ReplyDeleteTo Bruno Ceriotti:
ReplyDeleteDo you know anything about the late guitarist Albert Joseph who played lead guitar for Corky Seigel? was he recorded on the Seigel-Schwall 1970 album?
Wow. It's amazing to me that you guys can even remember the bands. Those days were our effed up daze. We always showed up super high on acid, grass and wine. I, and my friends always thought that the guy in the ticket booth was a skeleton in a tux. To this day I don't think he was real.
ReplyDeleteWe paid our 5 bucks one night and moved towards the doors, but there were people in line, so we waited about an hour before we realized that it was just another group of people all stoned and talking. There was no line. lol.
My friend and I bought 100 hits of orange sunshine, 50 a piece, and took one just to see...we were trying to sell them for 15cents apiece and all these stoners would say 'is it any good?', so I would bite half of the tab off and eat it and give him the other half. By the end of the night most of my bag was halves. Never sold one hit.
I remember some of bands up here. I remember seeing these guys swinging on ropes and bouncing of the walls and laughed my ass off, it was Jethro Tull. Wasn't there a battle of bands between Mountain and Ten Years After? We used to follow the Siegel-Schwall Band around when they were on the college circuit. The Flock w/ Violin boy playing loved it. I met Frank Zappa in the alley one night but I think that was at the Kinetic Playground? The old ice skating rink? I don't know anymore. If I hadn't seen the names printed up there I probably wouldn't have remembered their names.
Thank you Jeff for sharing with us your memories of the good old rock 'n' roll days! Yeah, those were the days!
DeleteCheers,
Bruno Ceriotti
Here's an update for August 16-17, 1968 In addition to Big Brother and the Holding Company (w/Janis Joplin) the opening acts included "The Hello People", "The Nazz" which included Todd Rundgren, and local band "LoveCastle" ... I was there and played in "LoveCastle"."
ReplyDeleteI thought I saw Janis Joplin but she wasn't on the list. After all these years it's amazing I can remember anything. It's cool to know there was someone else that was there that night. On the other hand, how could anyone forget her?
DeleteActually she was on the list. She appeared as member of Big Brother & The Holding Company on August 16-17, 1968.
DeleteUpdate March 1, 1969 Marvin Gaye, there were two opening acts, including local band "LoveCastle" and second act unknown group from Southern Illinois.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dennis! Update!
Deletehello.have the poster (jayzey lynch) for the jethro tull/sha na na gig and on reverse (grimshaw design) advertises-june 30 1970-mc5,charles moore ensemble (midnight gig)/july 1-charles moore ensemble/billy c and the sunshine/july 2-billy c and the sunshine/seventh seal/july 4-billy c/independence day poetry reading..john & david sinclair,jim semark,jerry younkins,tom mitchell,andre godrescu. lights the magic veil
ReplyDeleteThanks Stuart!
DeleteI have this poster also. Strangely, the Gary Grimshaw side is for concerts at the See Theatre in Detroit in 1967, NOT 1970. There is no year on the poster, however the See Theatre was only around for June & July of 1967 (you can also check a calendar for 67 & 70 and see that the dates line up for 67 only). I suspect that the Aragon used old stock for Jay Lynch's 1970 Jethro Tull poster. Trying to find out more information on this as I'd like to eBay it (the Grimshaw is sometimes listed as GD55), but the comment here seems to be the ONLY reference for this anomaly on the net!
ReplyDeleteThat's not the actual poster. It is taken from a 1980s reprint book of rock posters. Someone just cut out the page with my poster on the front and Gary's on the back.
ReplyDeleteHey Bruno,did you,or remember the group United Nations? My brother George Galanos was the keyboard player. Chicago once told them they played one of there songs better then them!
ReplyDeleteHi Andrew, no I don't remember them sorry, but good to hear about them and the Chicago song!
DeleteThey were the best!
DeleteAnyone remember when Beefheart played the Aragon? 72?73?74?
ReplyDeletesorry Dave but the list is still incomplete, my fault, but I just added Beefheart gig. It was on October 13, 1972.
DeleteCheers,
Bruno
I remember my Mom telling me how beautiful the Aragon was back in the 30'shower when she and Dad went dancing. I saw Jethro Tull in the 70's (I think) and was astonished that the rolling sky and stars were still on the ceiling.
ReplyDeleteDamn auto correct. Not shower, the 30's
ReplyDeleteDamn auto correct. Not shower, the 30's
ReplyDeleteI did light shows, on backstage screen at cheetah. Ready do do again-2017-8!
ReplyDeleteI am sure I saw Jimi Hendrix there
ReplyDeleteFrom a review in the Chicago Daily News from July 10, 1971...a group called the Original American Touring Company performing Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar) played the Aragon on Friday July 9, 1971. It featured Billy Barnes as Jesus, Denny Belline as Judas, Ginny Eastwood as Mary Magdeline, and Joe Morton (the tv/movie character actor!) as Pilate.
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the non-sanctioned, non-Robert Stigwood sanctioned (Rice/Webber)touring companies to play Jesus Christ Superstar in 1971/72.
The official official official touring concert hit Ravinia Festival in August of 1971...featuring Carl Anderson as Judas.
And concurrent with the now opened broadway production, the official concert played the Auditorium Theater in the winter of 1971 once again featuring Carl Anderson as Judas. Sometime later he would join the Broadway cast and later on the movie.
I wasn't at the show, but my Aunt went to a bunch at the Aragon & remembers that one vividly.
So in a sense, there was a Rock Concert at the Aragon between Sept 70 & June 72!
The April 5, 1968 Turtles show was cancelled due to civil unrest, after MLK was slain the day before.
ReplyDeleteThe April 6 show went on as scheduled.
Nothing was canceled due to poor ticket sales.
The Friday show was canceled as a safety precaution.
There was also a Sunday April 7 show with just The Regiment and The Bubble Gum Machine.
ReplyDeletethanks David!!
DeleteBTW, here is the ever evolving list of Aragon Ballroom `60s-`90s shows by decade.
ReplyDeletehttp://coolalbumreview.com/?p=12286
I remember seeing The Boomtown Rats in the 80's
ReplyDeleteI recall playing the Aragon twice as shown on the schedule (8/31/68 and 10/4/68) with Joe Meriweather & The Reel Blues (Not the Real Blues). I also remember playing there when we were supposed to be with Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters who, unfortunately, did not appear during the period when it was the Cheetah. We were an 8 person soul band from Decatur, IL and booked through Irving Azoff when he was in Champaign, IL attending the University of Illinois. Irving worked for Bob Nutt and their company was Blytham, Ltd. I recall the light show behind the band was part of the psychedelic era.
ReplyDeleteI went to a beach boys concert there in 1970 but can't find it listed anywhere?
ReplyDeleteI think the show you attended was actually on November 26, 1969
DeleteAragon. Great place to play..,.arch
DeleteGreat place to play...people vibes architecture acoustics fanta as tic.
ReplyDeleteSadly Larry Carta who maintained the Cool Album Review website that listed all Aragon concerts by decade passed away. The link is now dead.
ReplyDeleteIf I can refresh it through the Way Back Machine I will re-post it in the comments here.
Im sure i saw Sly and the Family Stone there but i dont see them on the list? One of the best concerts!
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