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As Americans all over the USA were preparing for the spectacular Bicentennial celebration during the Summer of '76, BJ and I were embarking on a new life together - moving in with each other, in a little apartment in Perkasie, PA.
At the same time, BJ's TinEar Sound & Stage, in conjunctin with Canetic Productions, got the contract to supply the sound reinforcement for the WSAN Showcase 1470 Summer Concert Series at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton, PA, which led to a crazy, wild, rock & rollin' Bicentinnial summer! I had just turned 18 in April, and I was having my own American revolution!
TinEar Sound and Stage provided the audio equipment and BJ acted as the Sound Man at all of the below events, except where indicated. And I was the Green Room gopher.
At the same time, BJ's TinEar Sound & Stage, in conjunctin with Canetic Productions, got the contract to supply the sound reinforcement for the WSAN Showcase 1470 Summer Concert Series at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton, PA, which led to a crazy, wild, rock & rollin' Bicentinnial summer! I had just turned 18 in April, and I was having my own American revolution!
TinEar Sound and Stage provided the audio equipment and BJ acted as the Sound Man at all of the below events, except where indicated. And I was the Green Room gopher.
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April 14 - Ozymandias ~ Nothing
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April 15 - The Tubes
Hired as an extra stage hand
May 3 & 4 - Thin Lizzy ~ Chumbi ~ Earl Slick Band
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June 16 - Starcastle ~ Ozymandias
June 17 - Rick Derringer ~ Chumbi
June 17 - Rick Derringer ~ Chumbi
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June 30 - Cheech & Chong* ~ Steve Mackey
July 1 - Richie Blackmore's Rainbow ~ Leslie West ~ Angel ~
Moxy ~ Chumbi @ Allentown Fairgrounds
July 1 - Richie Blackmore's Rainbow ~ Leslie West ~ Angel ~
Moxy ~ Chumbi @ Allentown Fairgrounds
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July 1 - Sound Man for Chumbi only
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* Is it just coincidence.... that 2 years after Cheech & Chong appeared at the Roxy Theatre in the Lehigh Valley they released their movie, Up in Smoke, which features a performance at a "Roxy Theatre", and a green "fiber" step van (BJ, the road crew and Chong partied hearty in BJs step van during a bomb scare in between shows at the real Roxy)?!?! We like to think it wasn't just coincidence, but that we helped in making the movie by providing some inspiration.
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July 21 - Kingfish with Bob Weir
July 29 - Nils Lofgrin ~ Neon and the Eternal Plazma Band
August 1 - Goodman Brothers ~ Dusty Rose ~ Ruff 'n Ready ~ Dave Fox
August 12 - Livingston Taylor ~ Andy Pratt
August 17 - Heart
August 17 - Heart
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