KC Star's Randy Mason gave the KC Rock History Project a look inside venerable Memorial Hall for this story, pegged to its 100th anniversary. In return, we shared some images he used in the accompanying video and some stories we'd heard, including the one about John Bonham passing out during Led Zeppelin's infamous second show at their first KC concert in 1969 at Memorial. I've tried to use The Star's new "gift link" function to get you around the paywall. Let's see how that works. And … [Read more...] about Memorial Hall turns 100
1970s
Brewer & Shipley doc features lots of Good Karma
St. Louisan Kathy Corley’s new documentary film “One Toke Over the Line … and Still Smokin’ " gives folk-rock pioneers Brewer and Shipley their due, highlighting the creative peak they hit while living and working in the Kansas City area during the late 1960s and early ’70s. Corley wisely truncates the infamous clip of Lawrence Welk covering the title song (“a modern spiritual by Gail and Dale”) and gives extended focus to what came before and after. Brewer, from Oklahoma, and Shipley, from … [Read more...] about Brewer & Shipley doc features lots of Good Karma
Between two worlds
It is 1979 Troost Street, downtown KC, Upstairs is the Tavern.... A down on the luck dive. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s blaring from the jukebox, accompanied by the crunch of peanut shells cracking under the pointy, scuffed boots of Coors Light-drinking, red-necked cowboys in plaid collared shirts alongside disheveled, skid-row drunks, their shoulders hanging over their cocktails, all lining the bar like hopeless vultures, Pool balls clacking under a blinking and buzzing fluorescent light … [Read more...] about Between two worlds
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The Music Box
This little club at the southeast corner of 47th and Troost was the home of the punk movement in KC. Here are a series of photographs of Wichita's great The Embarrassment playing there. Click on pix to embiggen. If you have memories of the Music Box, or its neighbor to the south a few doors, the Downliner, please share them by commenting below. … [Read more...] about The Music Box