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Sighunt
Wow, I can't believe it was 40 years ago today (7/4) that I caught the Rolling Stones at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, NY. Don't know how many times the Stones have played gigs on 7/4 in America. This was my second show at this venue after I saw them in 8/75 on the Tour of the Americas tour. I don't remember a lot from the 7/4 show other than I was wedged pretty tightly on the floor near the stage and it was pretty hot. I thought the Stones gave a pretty spirited performance and Mick was going for the tough, punk persona on that tour. Having seen them in 75, I was disappointed with the setlist (what no Midnight Rambler?!) My other "wow" moment was when the Stones pulled out Love In Vain from a setlist that was top heavy with Some Girls tunes. Although not quite the Mick Taylor version, I was still impressed by Jagger's vocals. My other memory was that Journey was booed by all the folks around me and Steve Perry was clearly pissed to have the task of opening before the Stones. Any other memories for others on this site who were there?
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virgil
Like Sighunt this was my second Stones concert first being Boston Garden 75.
I don’t remember the booing that Jmarko mentioned but it was a heavy Some Girls set list. They played 18 songs with 8 Some Girls ,all in a row, songs 5 thru 12.
It was exactly 90 minutes all in daylight, funny how 19 songs this tour are almost always two hours.
The Energy of the Band was awesome but I was still a little disappointed with the shorter setlist than My first show in Boston75. Which had the Lotus stage and great light show 2 1/2 hr more diverse setlist 23 songs two being Billy Preston’s. 14 of us took a 12 hour train ride from Boston the Stones ticket was 15 dollars and the train cost 75 dollars. That was a lot of money back then for an 18 year old, 3 days not a sober moment, good times.
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black n blue
I have a some great photos from the 78 show. Many are on my office wall
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black n blue
I have a some great photos from the 78 show. Many are on my office wall
Boy, I would love to these or any other photos posted from the Buffalo 78 show that anybody may have.