887 results for: Performing Arts and Music
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
Poster
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
Poster
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
Serial
Jr. Cadillac Times newsletter, 1981
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:2013.87.149.1
Date:1981
Serial
Jr. Cadillac Times newsletter, 1978
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:2013.87.149.2
Date:1978
Ephemera
Jr. Cadillac bumper sticker, circa 1975
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 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 12 times on his tours through the…
ID Number:2013.87.152
Date:Circa 1975
Program
Northwest Area Music Awards program, April 1989
The Northwest Area Music Association, Inc. (NAMA) was founded in Seattle in 1987 to promote national awareness of the Northwest's thriving music scene, and provide a network for industry professionals to advance the music business within the Northwest. For several years, NAMA held an awards ceremony to honor northwest musicians and bands, as well as other music-related industries such as…
ID Number:2013.87.156.1
Date:1989
Photograph
Audience at the Beatles concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
Seattle was the third stop on the Beatles first official world tour. On August 21, 1964, the Fab Four played to a crowd of over 14,000 in the Coliseum at Seattle Center. The local paper reported that girls outnumbered boys by at least 20 to 1, and that most of these were young teenagers. As seen in this photograph, some…
ID Number:2014.14.108
Date:1964