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Old 08-12-2020, 11:23 AM
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For those who went to a concert late 70s, does anybody remember Exile opening for Fleetwood Mac?

But everything changed when "Kiss You All Over" hit radio stations. Almost overnight, Exile went from playing clubs to opening for Heart, Aerosmith and Fleetwood Mac.

https://www.news-press.com/story/ent...kiss/23289569/
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For those who went to a concert late 70s, does anybody remember Exile opening for Fleetwood Mac?

But everything changed when "Kiss You All Over" hit radio stations. Almost overnight, Exile went from playing clubs to opening for Heart, Aerosmith and Fleetwood Mac.

https://www.news-press.com/story/ent...kiss/23289569/
Tusk was the only 70's show I saw, and Christopher Cross was the opener.


Exile successfully made the transition from being a rock band into a country band.
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Tusk was the only 70's show I saw, and Christopher Cross was the opener.


Exile successfully made the transition from being a rock band into a country band.
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Christopher Cross was the artist of the year with his sensational debut album. I cant imagine what a concert. Tusk tour with Christopher Cross@
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Christopher Cross was the artist of the year with his sensational debut album. I cant imagine what a concert. Tusk tour with Christopher Cross@
I was in 7th grade, and sick as a dog. I was completely into them, and Mom told me I was too sick, and couldn't go. THE HELL YOU SAY!!! I went!

The things you remember.....I went to the concession stand and then he started playing Ride Like The Wind. I think it was the only song of his I knew, and I was pissed that I was stuck in line during it!
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Christopher Cross was the artist of the year with his sensational debut album. I cant imagine what a concert. Tusk tour with Christopher Cross@
At the Hollywood Bowl, the sun hadn't set yet. Cross started his set and played a bunch of songs, probably from his latest album. Then Nicolette Larson came onstage and sang the great "Lotta Love." Perfect song for a picnic at the Bowl in late summer as the sun was finally setting. Nicolette, in a long floral dress, did a few more songs, probably "Say You'll Be Mine," for example. Sometimes, at the Bowl, there's a little ocean breeze in the late, late afternoon, and it makes summer concerts so much cooler. In those days, rock concerts at the Bowl were laid back and coastal and so El Lay. So zen. They were nothing like getting mauled by the mob at one of the cavernous sports arenas, which always smelled like spilled beer to me. I was never a fan of the laid-back "Sailing," but it was the perfect musical backdrop to the Bowl experience that afternoon. And this was all before Fleetwood Mac came onstage (late, as usual, after the Mike Oldfield music played for twenty minutes over the PA). It was like getting a Swedish massage in the Hollywood Hills.
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At the Hollywood Bowl, the sun hadn't set yet. Cross started his set and played a bunch of songs, probably from his latest album. Then Nicolette Larson came onstage and sang the great "Lotta Love." Perfect song for a picnic at the Bowl in late summer as the sun was finally setting. Nicolette, in a long floral dress, did a few more songs, probably "Say You'll Be Mine," for example. Sometimes, at the Bowl, there's a little ocean breeze in the late, late afternoon, and it makes summer concerts so much cooler. In those days, rock concerts at the Bowl were laid back and coastal and so El Lay. So zen. They were nothing like getting mauled by the mob at one of the cavernous sports arenas, which always smelled like spilled beer to me. I was never a fan of the laid-back "Sailing," but it was the perfect musical backdrop to the Bowl experience that afternoon. And this was all before Fleetwood Mac came onstage (late, as usual, after the Mike Oldfield music played for twenty minutes over the PA). It was like getting a Swedish massage in the Hollywood Hills.
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Christopher Cross was the artist of the year with his sensational debut album. I cant imagine what a concert. Tusk tour with Christopher Cross@
Isn't it weird how great Christopher Cross was out of the gate, with 4 singles, and struggled hard after that. I loved that first album. My girlfriend at the time played piano, and we worked up several of the songs from it. Oddly, our favorite song was never a hit.
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Men at Work opened for FM on the Mirage tour (in the midwest, not sure about the whole tour).
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Men at Work opened for FM on the Mirage tour (in the midwest, not sure about the whole tour).
Yep, that's who it was in Indy. They were good, too.
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Isn't it weird how great Christopher Cross was out of the gate, with 4 singles, and struggled hard after that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd1DTG9lwuQ
It's curious, I was just reading about C. Cross at Wikipedia and it calls the "curse of the MTV generation": After 1984, Cross's star quickly dimmed. As music television station MTV grew to dominate the mainstream music scene in the United States, Cross's style of music proved to be a bad fit for the network, and Cross' brand of adult contemporary music declined in popularity.


Reading that, now I wonder how would have been the Carpenters' future during the 80s if Karen had not died or suffered anorexia.
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It's curious, I was just reading about C. Cross at Wikipedia and it calls the "curse of the MTV generation": After 1984, Cross's star quickly dimmed. As music television station MTV grew to dominate the mainstream music scene in the United States, Cross's style of music proved to be a bad fit for the network, and Cross' brand of adult contemporary music declined in popularity.


Reading that, now I wonder how would have been the Carpenters' future during the 80s if Karen had not died or suffered anorexia.
I'd guess the Carpenters probably would have faded as well, THEN had a resurgence a decade or so later.

I know Christopher Cross still tours, although I've never seen a date anywhere near me. I love that first album, and would go! Although I'll bet he's doing theaters, at best now.
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