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Texxas Jam 78


http://www.texxasjam78.com/

On July 4th weekend, 1978, in Dallas, TX, almost 100,000 people crammed
inside the Cotton Bowl during the hottest day of the decade for the first real
stadium rock show in the south. The success of the Texxas Jam led to a
decade long of stadium rock shows and launched the careers of new bands
All across the south. This is the untold story of the greatest stadium rock
show Texas has ever seen.


Credits

Aerosmith
Van Halen
Journey
Heart
Ted Nugent
Sammy Hagar
Eddie Money
Headeast
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
Walter Egan
Redbeard




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Genre: Music Documentaries

Alright...

Somebody tell there has ever been a better lead rock vocalist than SMFP in 1978!

No wussy "in ear" monitors or state of the art PA systems used then baby!

Incredible.

There's about a 45 sec clip of Journey on stage.
Ross and Neal's comments pop up a few times.
Funniest part is Ann and Nancy Wilson telling
how they met SP the 1st time, while laying
on the floor of their trailor.
Not a lot of film shown on band performances
but if you were there it might be worth the 5.99

Tomulator wrote:Alright...

Somebody tell there has ever been a better lead rock vocalist than SMFP in 1978!

No wussy "in ear" monitors or state of the art PA systems used then baby!

Incredible.

The "wussy in ear monitors" might've saved his pipes actually...

I went to the one in '83. Good lord it was hot! Sitting in these dinky little stadium seats amongst thousands of beer swilling sweatbags. It was greatness!

Styx, Sammy, Nugent, Triumph and Uriah Heep.

Nugent came running out on stage, slipped on a wet spot and landed square on his shoulder blades, never missing a beat on the guitar.

The stage had a scaffolding which stood some 80 feet tall. Sammy climbed it all the way to the top. Even said hello to a lighting guy stationed way up in the rigging. lol

The highlight was when Sammy, Ted and Rik Emmett did "Whole Lotta Love". It was terrific.

The lowlight was that Styx was doing Kilroy that tour. Domo arigato this! I hate that song!

Rick wrote:The highlight was when Sammy, Ted and Rik Emmett did "Whole Lotta Love". It was terrific.

Sammy AND Rik vocalizing together? Ye gods! They could have sung the ingredients on the side of a can of mixed nuts and I bet it would've sounded amazing!

Rick wrote:The lowlight was that Styx was doing Kilroy that tour. Domo arigato this! I hate that song!

Hence Tommy Shaw making fun of it on Behind The Music.

That Behind the Music on Styx was bullshit. The footage they showed was not fro the Texxas Jam. It was from the Kilroy video when Dr. Righteous (the bad guy) came out and fans were booing him. Styx rocked the Texxas Jam. Tommy Shaw is not one to tell much truth. Whatever comes out of his mouth fits his agenda - nothing more - the truth be dammed.

Toph wrote:That Behind the Music on Styx was bullshit. The footage they showed was not fro the Texxas Jam. It was from the Kilroy video when Dr. Righteous (the bad guy) came out and fans were booing him. Styx rocked the Texxas Jam. Tommy Shaw is not one to tell much truth. Whatever comes out of his mouth fits his agenda - nothing more - the truth be dammed.

It was just a lowlight for me. It was well received by the crowd as a whole as I remember.

brywool wrote:

Tomulator wrote:Alright...

Somebody tell there has ever been a better lead rock vocalist than SMFP in 1978!

No wussy "in ear" monitors or state of the art PA systems used then baby!

Incredible.

The "wussy in ear monitors" might've saved his pipes actually...

My point was simply that SP was nearly flawless and on pitch at stage volume levels far exceeding those of today. He'd of absolutely KILLED it if he had today's sound technology back in 1978!