it was a gathering of the tribes to experience the unplanned, unexpected and uncharted. As someone who ambled occasionally both in front of and behind the stage, sometimes the musicians were just as surprised at what occurred each night as the audience was. John McEun, Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Fadden from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Brewer and Shipley, Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas, B.B. King, Charlie Daniels, the guy from Foghat (whose name I just forgot), Steve Miller, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils 1971 The Flying Burrito Brothers w White Eyes 7/16 and 7/17 Ewing Street, Chet Nichols, Sound Farm 7/23 and 7/24 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Ted Anderson 8/1 and 8/2 Its A Beautiful Day & Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 9/26 Leo Kottke w Joy of Cooking w Joyful Noise 10/10 Steve Miller Blues Band w Grits 10/8 Frank Zappa (Flo and Eddie) w Rich Hill (2 Shows) 10/23 Brewer and Shipley w Tide 11/13 Savoy Brown w Pot Liquour w Chicken Shack 11/24 Poco w Jerry Riopelle 12/4 Alice Cooper w P G & E 12/16 two shows Freddie King 12/31 In addition, the following bands played Cowtown in the first year, but we dont have the dates at this time: Wilderness Road Catfish Clyde NEm & Her If any of you can help out on these dates, it would be greatly appreciated. 1972 Kansas City Philharmonic Jorge Mester cond. w Chet Nichols 1/9 Westport Free Clinic Benefit 1/30 KC Philharmonic w Mike Quatro and the Jam Band 2/13 Poco w John David Souther 2/11 Brewer and Shipley w Danny Cox w White Eyes 2/15 Detroit with Mitch Ryder w Tide 2/18 & 2/19 Five Man Electrical Band w Tide 2/26 Mason Proffit w Morningstar w Commonground 3/12 KC Philharmonic w Ted Anderson 3/19 Badfinger w Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 4/7 Ravi Shankar 4/8 Up Against The Wall Ball w Pilgrimage, Nation w J. C. Storyteller 4/18 Linda Ronstadt (Backup band Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner, Don Henley) w The Raspberries w Danny Cox 4/22 Savoy Brown w Malo w Long John Baldry 4/26 Benefit Westport Free Clinic KC Grits, Nation, Bulbous Creation, and Shock 4/30 Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Papa John Creach, Sam Piazza) w Chet Nichols (2 shows) 5/6 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Hope 5/21 The Peter Yarrow Band w Lazarus 5/20 It’s A Beautiful Day w Stoneface 6/1 & 6/2 & 6/3 Black Oak Arkansas w White Eyes 6/9 Dan Hicks 9/21 Poco w Chet Nichols w Danny Cox w Chet Nichols 9/29 Benefit for Westport Free Health Clinic KC Grits, Morningstar, Chessman Square 10/8 Steve Miller w Wishbone Ash 10/31 Robin Trower w White Eyes 11/10 Hot Tuna w Ozark Mt. Daredevils 11/22 Jorge Mester and KC Philharmonic w Danny Cox 11/26 Seals and Croft w Lawrence and Roselle 12/1 Frank Zappa (Petit Wazoo) w Steely Dan Two Shows 12/2 Black Oak Arkansas w Tranquility 12/15 Brewer and Shipley w Ozark Mt. Daredevils w Chet Nichols w Ted Anderson w KC Grits 12/31 1973 The Byrds w Flash 1/21 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Danny Cox w Steve Martin 2/2 & 2/3 Ozark Mountain Daredevils 2/8 Logins and Messina w Leo Kottke w Casey Kelly (2 Shows) 2/10 B. B. King w Chet Nichols w KC Grits (2 shows) 2/19 Brewer and Shipley w Louden Wainwright III w Ozark Mountain Daredevils 3/9 and 3/10 Paul Butterfield w Foghat w Ted Anderson w Mark Almond 3/15 B. B. King w Malo 3/19 Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show w Hookfat w Tide 3/31 It’s A Beautiful Day w Bloodrock w Sylvester and the Hot Band 4/7 Wishbone Ash w Finnegan and Wood w Vinegar Joe 4/13 King Crimson w Gentle Giant w Charles Lloyd 4/22 Fanny w Sanctuary w Backwods Memory 4/27 Poco w John David Souther 5/11 Canned Heat w Hookfoot 5/13 Commander Cody w Earl Scruggs 5/26 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Steve Martin 6/16 & 6/17 Charlie Daniels w Garland Jeffries w Hot Ice 7/3 Dan Hicks &the Hot Licks w Billy Spears Band 9/21 John Mayall w the Ozark Mountain Daredevils 9/29 Arlo Guthrie 10/21 Mike Quatro Jam Band w Bryan Bowers 10/31 Mott The Hoople w Kinky Friedman & His Texas Jewboys 11/2 Robin Trower 11/10 Ozark Mt. Daredevils w Danny Cox 11/16 Foghat w John Martyn 12/5 Jesse Colin Young w Leo Kottke 12/9 Blue Oyster Cult w Charlie Daniels 12/28 Sugarloaf w Pilgrimage w Stone Wall w One Thing At A Time 12/31 1974 Climax Blues Band w Speakeasy 1/9 Van Morrison*& Caledonia Soul Orchestra 1/17 *Crazy Little Thing, Ballerina, Friday’s Child, It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, Don’t Look Back, These Dreams of You, Heathrow Shuffle, Into the Mystic, Ain’t Nothing You Can Do, I’ve Been Working, Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket, Warm Love, Mystic Eyes, Brown Eyed Girl, Domino, Gloria, Cyprus Avenue, Caravan Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Steve Martin 2/2 & 2/3 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen w Ozark Mt. Daredevils 2/8 The Strawbs 2/23 Bachman-Turner Overdrive w Pilgrimage w NRBQ 2/27 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Steve Martin 3/1 Harry Chapin 3/11 Redbone w Pilgrimage 3/16 Rory Gallagher w Tide 3/24 Bill Quateman w Hoyt Axton 4/6 Fanny 4/11 Captain Beefheart w Kansas 4/22 Firesign Theater 4/25 The Electric Light Orchestra w Suzi Quatro Band 4/26 Climax Blues Band w Black Sheep 5/10 Jesse Colin Young w Royal Scanlon 5/29 Golden Earring 6/13 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w Brewer and Shipley w Larry Knight and Friends (Steve Baker, Steve Starr, Gary Signor) w Country Heir 9/16 nodepression/profiles/blogs/film-cowtown-ballroomsweet
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