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DAY ON THE GREEN #2 1978

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 17, 2019…BILL GRAHAM’S “DAY ON THE GREEN” CONCERTS WERE EPIC CONCERTS THAT REALLY WERE THE PROTOTYPES FOR FESTIVAL SHOWS. STAGED ON THE LAWN OF THE OAKLAND COLISEUM, THE DAY ON THE GREEN CONCERTS WERE A SUMMER SERIES OF CONCERTS THAT GRAHAM STARTED IN 1973 AND THEY CONTINUED UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH AS A RESULT OF A HELICOPTER CRASH IN 1991. FORTY ONE YEARS AGO THE BAY AREA WAS TREATED TO ONE OF THESE MEGA CONCERTS.

THE LINEUP INCLUDED THE STEVE MILLER BAND, BOB SEGER, RONNIE MONTROSE, AND TOBY BEAU.

BTW IN 1978 THE COST OF A TICKET FOR A DAY ON THE GREEN WAS $12.50.

HERE’S SEGER WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF “STILL THE SAME” FROM 1978.

poster@wolfgangs Steve Miller Band Vintage Concert Poster from Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Jun 17, 1978 at Wolfgang’s