In Reply to: can you double check this, my understanding, taken directly from a member posted by Duilawyer on February 22, 2007 at 11:48:22:
... presumed themselves to be co-headliners (sort of like the guy who holds up a sign behind a news anchor claiming to have made a statement on the evening news). At any rate, even the suggestion that the Beach Boys co-headlined that 70,000+ Texas Stadium concert in '74 would've been a real stretch, whether stated by a press agent or member of the group, because by that time Mike Love & Co's drawing power had declined measurably. Just about EVERYONE in attendance was there to see CSN&Y (who, in the last days of the Vietnam War were at their apex as America's premiere anti-war rock group).AuPh
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- I'll look this up, but technically, since Jesse Colin Young was the first opening act, the Beach Boys may have... - Audiophilander 13:06:27 02/22/07 (3)
- but that is my point exactly. I have told this story before - Duilawyer 13:38:01 02/22/07 (2)
- you can claim... - dave c 14:32:15 02/22/07 (1)
- Eggs ackly! (grin) - Audiophilander 00:15:05 02/23/07 (0)