Lee Eidson remembers you to, in early months, youngsters planning to programs at the Coliseum clothed, together with coats and you can connections towards guys. (That had changed by the time I become probably shows there. I did not wear a coat and you will wrap for that Sergio Mendes, inform you, regardless if I did so wear an effective French-cuff shirt which have cufflinks and a beneficial monogrammed jacket.)
Lee told you their favorite memory of the Coliseum try “viewing The new Assume Whom when you find yourself sitting on a floor. We generated eye contact using this type of breathtaking strawberry blond seated multiple rows in front of me personally. It was a chronilogical age of Aquarius time!”
Brenda Poss recalls watching this new cello duo Ferrante & Teicher within UGA stadium and you may MiMi DuBose Gudenrather said you to regarding their particular preferred try James Taylor.
Mike Powers spent some time working concessions within Coliseum both for sporting events situations and you can series, and additionally Jethro Tull and you will Frank Zappa. Regrettably, he fortsГ¦t dette link her nu said, “stoners usually do not get as many soft drinks since athletics fans.”
Among suggests Jim Goolsby noticed there were Johnny Streams and you will Jose Feliciano. Michael Doke also remembers enjoying Ides out-of s Jr. And, Saye Sutton saw Iron Butterfly regarding front row there, and swears one to “’In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ went on for 47 minutes, maybe not 17! I did not pay attention to to possess per week.”
Marie Andrews saw the new Five Passes within UGA and you can recalls: “They certainly were an hour or so late providing there, however, i did not care. It had been a overall performance!”
When Laird Miller saw Steppenwolf from the Coliseum inside November 1970, “brand new rumor is that the Coliseum you’ll crack and collapse. Nothing folded. Would have been unfortunate if my basic stone concert is my history!”
Among almost every other serves having did in the Coliseum from age try Rufus Thomas, Peter Nero, this new Serendipity Singers, the brand new Christie Minstrels, Roger Williams, the fresh Supremes, the Lettermen, Al Hirt, Eddy Arnold, new Chad Mitchell Threesome, Glenn Yarbrough, Skitch Henderson while the Atlanta Symphony, mi Terrell, Little Anthony and also the Imperials, Jack Jones and you may Pal Steeped, the brand new Fifth Measurement, the brand new Impressions plus the Dells, Big Lance, Paul Anka, Bill Anderson, Loretta Lynn, Gary Puckett plus the Partnership Gap, Heart Inc. Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, Floyd Cramer and you will Jerry Reed.
Plus, Sam and you will Dave, Jimmy Ruffin, Bloodstream Work and you will Tears, Henry Mancini, brand new London area Philharmonic, Household members out of Variation, Pacific Gasoline and you will Electric (with the Allman Brothers Ring starting), Around three Puppy Evening, Richie Havens, Mylon LeFevre, Steely Dan, Poquito, new Rev. Pearly Brown, Ike and you will Tina Turner, Seals and Crofts, Isaac Hayes, Creedence Clearwater Restoration, Dirty Waters, Tony Joe White and Emerson, River and Palmer.
So, becoming regular 16-year-olds, our gang all of the lied to your parents, informing all of them we had been planning to a film, and you can went [with the show]
And additionally, Vince Vance and Valiants, this new James Gang, Kenny Loggins and you may Jim Messina, the Doobie Brothers, Billy Preston, Curtis erica, the fresh Marshall Tucker Ring and the Atlanta Flow Part, new Spinners, The brand new Bikers of Purple Sage, Commander Cody together with Forgotten World Airmen and you can Leon Russell.
Someone else tend to be Billy Joel, Earth Snap and you can Flames, Jesse Colin Younger, Nitty-gritty Mud Band, Earl Scruggs Revue, Moist Willie, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon, Orleans, Hall and you will Oates, Pure Prairie Group, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mother’s Most readily useful, Dolly Parton, Jerry Jeff Walker, Cardiovascular system, Doug Kershaw, Bobby Bluish Painful, Dave Mason, Gloria Gaynor, Dottie Western, Ozark Hill Daredevils, Boston and you will Sammy Hagar, Unbelievable Beat Aces, Pablo Sail and you can Delbert McClinton.
She became and you may checked personally from the me and you may smiled
And, the fresh new Commodores, new Pine Ridge Boys, Neil Younger, Sting, Alabama, Stevie Ray Vaughn, this new Fabulous Thunderbirds, Common Panic (in 1985, 1988 and you may 1989), Hootie and the Blowfish, the latest Indigo Girls additionally the Black Crowes.