Small Town, Big Music : The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Joe Walsh's Measles on the Kent State Commons: October 1966 -- The Lovin' Spoonful played on Saturday April 8, 1967, as part of the KSU Student Activities Board's Spring Fling Concert -- Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, 1967 Homecoming Extravaganza: October 21, 1967 -- The Temptations played at Kent State on Sunday, November 12, 1967 -- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles filled the Memorial Gymnasium on Sunday, October 13, 1968 -- Eric Burdon and the Animals played at Kent State on Monday, October 21, 1968 -- On Sunday, January 26, 1969, B. B. King drew a crowd in the University School gym -- On Sunday, October 5, 1969, Sly and the Family Stone played at the Memorial Gym for Greek Week -- The Reverend Gary Davis headlined the Fourth Annual Folk Festival on Friday night, February 13, 1970 -- On Sunday, October 11, 1970, as part of the Homecoming festivities, Sha Na Na opened for Jefferson Airplane in the Memorial Gym -- Parliament-Funkadelic headlined a show in the Memorial Gym on Saturday, November 14, 1970 -- Chrissie Hynde: Fall 1971 -- Sly and the Family Stone played at Kent State on Friday, February 19, 1972 -- Ravi Shankar played at Kent State on Sunday, April 16, 1972 -- Elton John played in the Memorial Gym on Friday, May 5, 1972 -- Stevie Wonder played in Kent State's Memorial Gym on Sunday, November 12, 1972 -- Yes played at Kent State on Sunday, November 19, 1972 -- Santana played at Kent State on Thursday, February 15, 1973 -- Pink Floyd's Dark Side of Kent: March 10, 1973 -- James Taylor played at Kent State on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 -- The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Frank Zappa played at the Memorial Gym on Tuesday, May 1, 1973 -- Paul Simon's 1973 Homecoming in Kent State's Memorial Gym: October 20, 1973 -- Earth, Wind &amp.

Fire played at Kent State on Sunday, October 28, 1973 -- Bruce Springsteen's 1974 Party in Kent: January 19, 1974 -- Michael Solomon, 1972-74 All Campus Planning Board Concert Committee chairman, reflected years later on his experience bringing Duke Ellington to play at the Student Center Ballroom on Friday, February 1, 1974 -- Dizzy Gillespie and the KSU Jazz Lab Band played at Kent State on Tuesday, April 30, 1974 -- On Friday, February 21, 1975, Herbie Hancock played at Kent State -- Many of the events that make up Kent's rich musical history took place off campus, as this excerpt from a Stater article illustrates, in a snapshot of Kent's 1970s social scene. The downtown bars, from the Water Street Saloon and its countrified house band Good Company to 15-60-75 (the Numbers Band) playing at the Kove -- Sun-Ra played at Kent State on Thursday, February 13, 1975 -- DEVO's Seminal 1975 Night on Kent State's Front Campus: April 4, 1975 -- The Eagles played at Kent State on Saturday, May 3, 1975 -- Linda Ronstadt played at Kent State on Sunday, May 11, 1975 -- North Water Street High and Lows: Emmylou Harris and the December 1975 Fire: July 9, 1975, and December 3, 1975 -- Roxy Music played at Kent State on Sunday, February 15, 1976 -- J. Geils Band headlined the largest concert ever put on in the city of Kent on the Kent State Commons on Saturday, May 15, 1976 -- Lynyrd Skynyrd and Manfred Mann's Earth Band played in Memorial Gym on Saturday, November 6, 1976 -- Patti Smith played at Filthy McNasty's in downtown Kent on Thursday, June 15, 1978 -- Peter Gabriel played at Kent State on Saturday, October 21, 1978 -- Stephen Stills headlined at Kent State on March 10, 1979 -- Bo Diddley Backed by the Numbers Band (15-60-75): September 12, 1980 -- The Waitresses, with opening band Unit 5, played on Wednesday, May 13, 1981.

Hall and Oates played at Kent State on Sunday, November 8, 1981 -- Koko Taylor brought the blues to JB's on Saturday, April 17, 1982 -- Sonny Rollins and Pat Metheny played at the University Auditorium on Monday, April 19, 1982 -- Son Seals played in Kent on Saturday, September 4, 1982 -- On Sunday, October 17, 1982, the Clash played at Kent State -- Todd Rundgren played at the University Auditorium on Saturday, April 24, 1983 -- The Stray Cats played a Halloween show on Sunday, October 30, 1983 -- Black Flag played in Kent on Saturday, October 13, 1984 -- The Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1984 Punk Funk Explosion at JB's Down in Kent: November 17, 1984 -- Joe Walsh spoke at a press conference in the Kent State Student Center on Friday, October 3, 1986 -- The Ramones played in the University Auditorium on Saturday, November 15, 1986 -- Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts played Filthy McNasty's in downtown Kent on Wednesday, January 28, 1987 -- The Replacements played in Kent on Friday, November 13, 1987 -- Great White, Tesla, and Badlands played at Kent State on Friday, October 14, 1989 -- Iggy Pop played at Kent State on Saturday, October 20, 1990 -- Legendary Vermont Jam Band Phish Descended upon the MAC Center: November 12, 1994 -- Kent band Dink signed with Capitol Records in June 1994 -- Peter, Paul and Mary performed in the Kent State MAC Center on May 4, 1995 -- John Densmore visited Kent State on Thursday, November 2, 1995 -- Crosby, Stills and Nash participated in the 27th annual May 4 commemoration -- The Europe Gyro scene in the late 1990s launched the careers of local bands in Kent -- Black Keys Member Patrick Carney and His Early Days in Kent's Music Scene: July 22, 1997, and August 31, 1997 -- The Wallflowers played at Kent State on Thursday, December 11, 1997 -- Fugazi participated in the May 4, 1970, commemoration.

Arlo Guthrie headlined the Kent State Folk Festival on Saturday, September 12, 1998 -- The Smashing Pumpkins played at Kent State on Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000 -- The MTV Invasion Tour visited Kent on October 14, 2000 -- Chuck D spoke at Kent State on Tuesday, February 27, 2001 -- The Spitfire Tour show was on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 -- Joe Walsh received his honorary degree on Saturday, December 15, 2001 -- Index.

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