869 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Poster
The Big Sky Mudflaps concert poster, May 5-8, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises several rock concerts featuring The Big Sky Mudflaps, a dance band from Montana begun in 1975 that continues to tour throughout the Northwest.The shows were held Wednesday, May 5 - Saturday, May 8, probably in 1982, at the Fabulous Rainbow Tavern, at 722 N.E. 45th Street in the University District. The Rainbow first opened at…
ID Number:2013.87.74
Date:1982
Poster
Four Nights for Human Rights concert poster, May 11, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises a rock concert benefiting Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), an non-profit aid group begun in 1980. Performing at the concert were The Allies (1979-1985), made up of Michael Ipsen, Steve Adamek, Joe Shikany, and Dave Kincaid, and power pop quartet, The New Flamingos (circa 1982-1984), fronted by brothers Jim and…
ID Number:2013.87.77
Date:1982
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Dynette Set concert poster, August 28, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises a concert featuring The Dynette Set, a rock-pop band fronted by singers Shelly Stockstill, Christy McWilson, and Riki Mafune, and backed up by Bill Larsen, Brent Pennington, Dave Drewry, and Scott McCaughey.The show was held on Saturday, August 28, probably in 1982, at the Fabulous Rainbow Tavern, at 722 N.E. 45th Street in the University…
ID Number:2013.87.78
Date:1982
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Queen Ida and the Zydeco Band concert poster, March 9-12, 1983
The poster pictured here advertises three concerts featuring Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory (b. 1929), a Louisiana Creole accordionist, and the first female accordion player to lead a zydeco band. The Bon Temps Zydeco Band is Queen Ida's backup group.The shows were held Wednesday, March 9 - Saturday, March 12, probably in 1983, at the Fabulous Rainbow Tavern, at 722…
ID Number:2013.87.79
Date:1983
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The Persuasions and Kidd Afrika concert poster, October 18, 1981
The poster pictured here advertises a concert featuring The Persuasions, an a cappella group that began singing together in Brooklyn, New York in the mid-1960s. Founding members include Jerry Lawson, Jimmy ‘Bro’ ‘Mr. Bass Man’ Hayes, Joseph Jesse ‘Sweet Joe’ Russell, 'Little' Jayotis Washington, and Herbert 'Toubo' Rhoad. Special Guests for the show was Kidd Afrika (1967-1982), made up of…
ID Number:2013.87.80
Date:1981
Poster
The Robert Cray Band concert poster, June 1982
The poster pictured here advertises concerts featuring The Robert Cray Band (1974-present), fronted by blues guitarist and singer, Robert William Cray (b. 1953), who attended high school in Lakewood, Washington. Mr. Cray first formed his band in Eugene, Oregon, in 1974, and as of 2018, continues to record and tour widely.The shows were held from Thursday, June 3 - Saturday,…
ID Number:2013.87.81
Date:1982
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Freedom of Choice benefit concert poster, November 17, 1981
The poster pictured here advertises a rock concert featuring The Enemy and The Visible Targets, and benefiting the National Abortion Rights Action League (now NARAL Pro-Choice America) and the Abortion and Birth Control Referral Service (a division of the University District YWCA). The Enemy (1978-1982) was a punk band featuring George Gleason, Suzanne Grant, Peter Barnes, and Damon Titus. Local…
ID Number:2013.87.82
Date:1981
Poster
Jr. Cadillac Hamburgers to Go poster, Seattle, 1974
Northwest rock 'n' roll band Jr. Cadillac was formed in 1970 by musicians Jim Manolides, Buck Ormsby, George Rudiger, Bob Hosko, and Ned Neltner. Throughout the 1970s, the band opened for many big shows that came through the Northwest: The Kinks, The Beach Boys, ELO, Yes, and Jethro Tull. The band backed Chuck Berry twelve times on his tours through…
ID Number:2013.87.101
Date:1974
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Slamhound Hunters and Red Dress at Dez's 400 poster, Seattle, 1981
The Slamhound Hunters was a blues band in the 1980s that featured Louis X. Erlanger, Kim Field, Mark Dalton, and Leslie Milton. They performed around the Pacific Northwest and in Europe, playing original music and opening for acts like Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Righteous Brothers, and Otis Rush. Red Dress was formed in 1976 by Gary Minkler and his high…
ID Number:2013.87.105
Date:1981
Serial
Mini-Mag, the Magazine of Disgust!, 1981
This issue of the zine "Mini-Mag" consists of an interview with "Ricky Cresciend'o," the byline for music journalist Daniel O'Brien, who wrote a column called "Lip Service" for The Rocket newspaper. The interview, by "Ike Horn," probably a pseudonym for fellow Rocket writer Dennis Eichhorn, takes place at a fund raiser for "Ricky" at the Buffalo Tavern in Ballard, supported…
ID Number:2013.87.147.1
Date:1981