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| An ad for Joe Cocker and Kingfish at Golden Hall in San Diego, on Sunday May 23, 1976 |
As part of this, I have an ongoing series about Kingfish, with and without Bob Weir. The recent posting of an excellent summary of Bob Weir setlists has reminded me that I have an unfinished gap in my series. From January to August of 1976, Bob Weir and Kingfish were making a genuine stab at rock stardom, producing an album on Round and touring heavily. In some ways, this was the least provocative, yet still the most productive period of the band's career. However, there has been no complete list of the shows during that time, and I myself still have not completed the research. However, in order to have continuity, I have decided to post my list as it currently stands. I am hoping that anyone with additional information or corrections can post it in the Comments and I will add the show to the list. I am particularly interested in finding out the names of any opening acts. Ultimately this should be aggregated to the Weir list linked above.
A complete list of my extensive posts on the Performance History of various non-Garcia Grateful Dead spinoff bands is presented in Appendix 2 below.
Kingfish Performance History January-August 1976
This list is focused on Kingfish performance dates and venues, with opening acts. For setlists, see the Weir setlist site . Anyone with additional information, about previously unknown shows, opening acts or eyewitness accounts (or lacking that, interesting rumors and speculation), please post them in the Comments.
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| Kingfish kicked off 1976 with four nights at the legendary Golden Bear in Huntington Beach |
January 16-19, 1976 Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA: Kingfish [Friday-Monday]
Kingfish had had a successful East Coast tour with the Keith And Donna band, culminating with a two shows at Winterland (on December 19-20 '75) headlined by the Jerry Garcia Band. After a break, Kingfish played four nights at the Golden Bear in Southern California. The Golden Bear was at 308 Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, an Orange County town midway between Long Beach and Newport Beach.
January 20, 1976 Sophie's, Palo Alto, CA: Kingfish (Tuesday)
Sophie's was a relatively new club in Palo Alto, at 260 S. California Avenue. In 1977, it would become Keystone Palo Alto. The ads in the San Francisco Examiner are a little confusing, and there's a chance that the band played two nights, and maybe the dates were January 21 and 22.
January 25, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish/James And The Mercedes [Sunday]Thanks to Commenter JGMF for this date.
January 30-31, 1976 La Paloma Theater, Encinitas, CA: Kingfish [Friday-Saturday]
Encinitas was near San Diego. Phil Lesh and Ned Lagin had played a show at this theater on November 22, 1975, and the promoter booked a few other Dead-related shows as well.
February 6, 1976 Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA: Elvin Bishop Group/Kingfish/Carrie Nation [Friday]
February 7, 1976: Winterland, San Francisco, CA: Elvin Bishop Group/Kingfish/Carrie Nation [Saturday]
Unlike Jerry Garcia, Kingfish was willing to play second on the bill at conventional local rock shows. Bishop was a headliner based on his hit "Fooled Around And Fell In Love." Carrie Nation were a band from Nevada City, CA, who had moved to Atlanta, and then back to the Bay Area, who played in a style broadly reminiscent of the Allman Brothers.
February 18-21, 1976 Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA: Kingfish/Skyhook early and late shows all nights [Thursday-Saturday]
The Grateful Dead always had a good following in Atlanta, so it's no surprise that Kingfish could play four nights there without even a record. Skyhook was an Australian band (if I recall correctly, their hot song was "You Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good In Bed").
Kingfish replaced Little Feat as the opener. ELO was on Jet Records, and Jet would sign Kingfish (albeit without Weir) several months later. I assume the band was flying home from Atlanta by way of New Mexico. (thanks to Commenter David for this)
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| The cover of the debut album by Kingfish, released on Round Records in March 1976 |
>>March 1976 saw the release of the Kingfish album (Round RX-108) on United Artists/Round. Release dates were not exact in the 70s, but I think an approximate date of Tuesday March 9 seems likely. Some record stores would probably have already had the album by then, and FM stations would already have received promo copies.
March 7-8, 1976 The Savoy, San Francisco, CA: Kingfish/Barry Melton [Sunday-Monday]
The Savoy was a tiny club in North Beach, on Grant Street. I think the band was just using these shows to get warmed up. Weir was not typcially inclined to schedule a lot of rehearsal time, so I think playing a few quiet local gigs was a way to get in shape.
March 10-13, 1976 The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA: Kingfish/Dirk Hamilton [Wednesday-Saturday]
The Roxy was Los Angeles' premier showcase club, out on the Sunset Strip (at 9009 Sunset Boulevard). It was standard practice for bands with a new album to play some dates at the Roxy, so that their record company could invite every dj and promo man, and buy them free drinks (which would ultimately be charged to the band). The fact that Kingfish took this route meant that they were trying for conventional rock success.
The March 11 early show was broadcast on KMET-fm. Former KSAN-fm dj Thom O'Hair was the host. United Artists would have subsidized this. There were probably early and late shows for every night, although there may not have been separate admissions.
March 15-16, 1976 Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA: Kingfish [Monday-Tuesday]
Thanks to Commenter GratefulSeconds, we know that Kingfish returned to the Golden Bear
March 19-20, The Backdoor, San Diego State College, San Diego, CA: Kingfish [Friday-Saturday]
Thanks to Commenter JGMF.
Lassen Advocate, Susanville, CA March 12, 1976
March 21, 1976 Gym, Lassen Valley Community College, Susanville, CA: Kingfish/Terry Garthwaite (Sunday)
Susanville is in Lassen County, about 300 miles North of San Francisco. Lassen Peak (aka Mt. Lassen), is a 10,457-foot active volcano. The town has an elevation of 4,816 feet, certainly one of the highest in California for a populated area. Lassen Community College had been established in 1925 (Thanks to DKS for finding this booking).
March 23, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish [Tuesday]
The Keystone Berkeley was perhaps the biggest of the Bay Area rock clubs, but the big dates were on weekends. Bands like Kingfish that could bring a good house on a weeknight were always welcome. The exact attendance did not matter as much as the amount of beer sold. Kingfish would play multiple sets, and the fans would get all hot from dancing, so the bar must have been busy indeed.
March 26, 1976 Scottish Rites Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA: Kingfish/Les Dudek/Cold Blood [Friday]
Kingfish seems to have played the Eastern seaboard to support their new album, but I do not think we have all the dates.Earlier I had thought this show was at Masonic Temple in Scranton, but eyewitness Bob Minkin assures us that the show was at Scottish Rites Cathedral in Philly.
March 27, 1976 Calderone Theater, Hempstead, NY: Kingfish (early and late shows) [Saturday]
Hempstead, NY, in Long Island, was the home base of WLIR-fm, a station which emphasized live broadcasts. Many WLIR broadcasts were from a club called My Father's Place in nearby Roslyn, but they also broadcast from a local studio (Ultrasonic) and sometimes from the Calderone Theater. The early show was broadcast on WLIR, apparently on a delayed basis.
Commenter David found a reference to this show in the GWU Student paper.
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| An ad for the Kingfish show at Princeton University on March 30, 1976, from the student newspaper (The Princetonian March 29, 1976) |
The Princeton show was a midweek gig on a Tuesday night. Princeton had a lot of rock shows on campus during this era. I have to think there was one or two more shows during this week, as the Beacon show wasn't until Friday.
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| The cover of the 1996 cd of Kingfish Live In Concert, recorded by the King Biscuit Flower Hour at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on April 3, 1976 |
April 3, 1976 Beacon Theater, New York, NY: Kingfish (early and late shows) [Sunday]
A professional photographer took some great photos . Both shows were recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. The Biscuit probably broadcast their usual 25-minute highlight around June, on their syndicated FM radio show. Ultimately, both shows were released as a double cd in 1996, which stands as the definitive official live Kingfish release.
April 4, 1976 Bridges Gymnasium, New England College, Henneker, NH [Sunday]
Bands featuring members of the Grateful Dead were always welcome in small New England colleges (and still are, I believe).
April 6, 1976 Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA Kingfish/Les Dudek [Tuesday]
Les Dudek was a guitarist who had made his name in Florida playing on the Allman Brothers Brothers And Sisters album (on "Jessica" and "Ramblin' Man"). He had later moved to the Bay Area, where he toured with the Steve Miller Band and then Boz Scaggs. By 1976, he had released his first solo album on Columbia.
Nektar was a band of mostly Welsh musicians who had moved to Germany, and played in a progressive rock style, with an elaborate light show. They were a really good band, if not widely remembered today.
April 25, 1976 Student Union Ballroom, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT: Kingfish [Sunday]
The Grateful Dead had probably played this same ballroom in 1969. Kingfish played the same venue on the same date in 1975, which raises the question of whether this listing is a phantom.
April 28-29, 1976 River City, Fairfax, CA: Kingfish [Wednesday-Thursday]
After Kingfish came home from their Eastern tour, they returned to playing local clubs.
May 6, 1976 Ambassador Theater, St. Louis, MO: Papa John Creach/Kingfish [Thursday]
An earlier ad had this show on April 21. If Kingfish indeed played this gig, it suggests they were booked for the weekend, since they were booked in Wisconsin on Sunday. They were also booked in St. Louis a few weeks earlier (April 24, above), so the whole week seems in flux.
May 8, 1976 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS: Starcastle/Kingfish [Saturday]
May 9, 1976 Titan Stadium, Oshkosh, WI: Foghat/REO Speedwagon/Kingfish/Head East (Sunday)
Fellow scholar David found this interesting date. Not all publicity for the show mentions Kingfish, so the band may not have ended up playing.
May 13, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish [Thursday]
The show was billed as "without Bobby Weir."
May 14, 1976 River City, Fairfax, CA: Kingfish Quartet [Friday]
River City was a small club in the Marin County town of Fairfax. The listings for the show made clear that Weir would not play.
May 16, 1976 The Savoy, San Francisco, CA: Kingfish/Barry Melton [Sunday]
Once again, Weir did not play. These dates (h/t JGMF) were a clear indicator that Kingfish intended to continue on when Weir rejoined the Dead.
May 18, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish [Tuesday]
May 19, 1976 Del Mar Theater, Santa Cruz, CA: Kingfish/Les Dukek [Wednesday]
May 20, 1976 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA: Joe Cocker/Kingfish [Thursday]
May 21, 1976 Starlight Amphitheater, Burbank, CA: Kingfish [Friday]
Commenter David found the ticket stub for this show. Pacific Presentations had promoted the Grateful Dead many times throughout the country. The band played an entire weekend in Southern California.
May 22, 1976 Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara, Isla Vista, CA: Kingfish (Saturday)
Commenter David found evidence of this show.
May 23, 1976 Golden Hall, San Diego, CA: Joe Cocker/Kingfish [Sunday]
Joe Cocker was probably backed by Stuff, the great band of New York session men.
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| An ad (probably from the SF Chronicle) for the Kingfish/Charlie Daniels Band/Cate Brothers show on Friday, May 28, 1976 at Winterland. Charlie Daniels had a national profile, but San Francisco was still the Grateful Dead's town. |
May 28, 1976 Winterland, San Francisco, CA: Kingfish/Charlie Daniels Band/Cate Brothers [Friday]
The Charlie Daniels Band current album would have been Saddle Tramp, on Epic. Earl and Ernie Cate were Levon Helm's nephews. They had recently released their debut album on Asylum Records (JGMF suggests that The Rowans may have replaced the Cate Brothers). Based on the newspaper ad, it appears that Kingfish were the headliners. Charlie Daniels had far more of a following nationally, but this was San Francisco, and Weir and Torbert had the home court advantage. Note, however, that Kingfish was not headlining both weekend nights, as Winterland was dark on Saturday, although that may have been because Bob Marley was at The Paramount, along with Roy Buchanan and Firefall at Berkeley Community Theater. Nonetheless, Jerry Garcia could have drawn against Bob Marley and Roy Buchanan, but Bob Weir and Charlie Daniels did not.
Keep in mind that there is a circulating tape of a Grateful Dead rehearsal at The Orpheum on the night of May 28. It seems that Weir would have rehearsed, and then he and any relevant crew members--Rex Jackson was Kingfish's road manager--would have gone over to Winterland.
May 29, 1976 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA: Leon Russell/Kingfish [Saturday]
Reviewed in the Sacramento Bee (thanks to fellow scholar DKS for finding this).
The Grateful Dead were on tour from June 3 through June 29, followed by a week of July shows at the Orpheum in San Francisco (July 12-18). Kingfish did not perform with Weir during this period.
June 4-5, 1976 Sophie's, Palo Alto, CA: Kingfish Quartet [Friday-Saturday]
The Odyssey Room was a Top 40 club in the South Bay, at 799 El Camino Real, but they had original music on Monday nights.
June 10, 1976 The Bodega, Campbell, CA: Kingfish Quartet [Thursday]
The Bodega was a beer joint in Campbell, a suburb of San Jose, at 30 S. Central Avenue. It has original acts on Thursday nights. The Bodega shared management with Sophie's in Palo Alto.
The Inn Of The Beginning was at 8201 Old Redwood Highway in Cotati, near Sonoma State College. I assume this gig was the quartet.
June 18, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish Quartet/Clover (Friday)
June 19, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish Quartet/Carrie Nation (Saturday)
June 25, 1976 Long Branch, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish (no Bob Weir)/Hot Knives [Friday]
The Long Branch was a club at 2504 San Pablo Avenue (at Dwight) in Berkeley, about 2 miles South and West of the campus.
July 21, 1976 Roxy Theater, Northampton, PA: Kingfish [Wednesday]
Weir and Kingfish seem to have gone out for one final push the week after the Orpheum shows.
July 23, 1976 Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL: Kingfish [Friday]
Given that this was on a Friday, I would have to think there was another Kingfish date in the Midwest on Saturday night (July 24). The Dead had just played the Auditorium Theater the previous month as part of their "Return" tour.
July 28, 1976 Pinecrest, Shelton, CT: Kingfish [Wednesday]
The Pinecrest Country Club in Shelton, CT, was a semi-regular concert venue in the 1970s. This was a Wednesday night, so a suburban place like Pinecrest was a good place to pick up a paying booking on the road. Apparently a professional photographer has some pictures, although I have not seen them.
July 30, 1976: Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, NY: Kingfish Schaeffer Music Festival [Friday]
The Schaeffer Music Festival was a month-long series of rock shows in Central Park, sponsored by Schaeffer Beer. The festival is fondly remembered by New Yorkers of a certain era.
July 31, 1976 The Casino, Asbury Park, NJ: Kingfish/Flying Burrito Brothers [Saturday]
The Casino at Asbury Park has been made famous by the lyrics of the first few Bruce Springsteen albums (Madame Marie was probably still telling fortunes in person at this time). The Casino was the smaller venue on the boardwalk, as Kingfish wasn't big enough for the much larger convention center nearby.
The Flying Burrito Brothers had reformed, again, and at this time the only original member was pedal steel guitarist Sneeky Pete Kleinow. Other members were Joel Scott Hill (guitar, vocals), Gib Gilbeau (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Gene Parsons (drums, vocals) and ex-Rider Skip Battin (bass, vocals). The band had just released the Columbia album Airborne. I saw the Burritos around this time and they were a terrific live band, even if their album was run-of-the-mill compared to the groundbreaking music of earlier years.
August 1, 1976 Calderone Theater, Hempstead, NY: Kingfish [Sunday]
Bob Weir's initial run with Kingfish ended with a Sunday night show in the well-conquered territory of Long Island, where Kingfish and The Grateful Dead had played many times before. The next night the Grateful Dead would play Colt Stadium in Hartford, CT.
August 5, 1976 My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY: Kingfish/Graham Parker and The Rumor [Thursday]
Commenter David found an ad for Kingfish and Graham Parker for August 4 and 5. Since the Dead played at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City on August 4, Kingfish must have canceled. But David found a commenter on a Graham Parker site who recalls them opening, so the August 5 show must have happened.
August 6, 1976 The County Carousel, Stanfordville, NY: Kingfish [Friday]
DKS found a listing in the Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal.
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| August 26, 1976 SF Examiner listing for the Long Branch |
August 27, 1976 Long Branch, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish [Friday]
DKS found what appears to be the final show for Bob Weir with Kingfish for the next 4 years. The Long Branch Saloon, at 2504 San Pablo Avenue (at Dwight Way) was an infamous music address for Berkeley. Three nights later, Kingfish was booked (with Grinderswitch) at the Golden Bear on August 30 and 31.
Appendix 1-Album Credits
Kingfish
- Lazy Lightnin' (Weir / Barlow)
- Supplication (Weir / Barlow)
- Wild Northland (Torbert / Hovey)
- Asia Minor (Carter / Gilbert / Quigley / Hovey)
- Home to Dixie (Kelly / Cutler / Barlow / Weir)
- Jump For Joy (Carter / Gilbert)
- Good-Bye Yer Honor (Torbert / Hovey / Kelly)
- Big Iron (Marty Robbins)
- This Time (Torbert / Kelly)
- Hypnotize (Torbert / Kelly)
- Bye and Bye (Traditional arr. Weir / Barlow)
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
- Dave Torbert - bass, vocals
- Matthew Kelly - guitar, harp, vocals
- Robby Hoddinott - guitar, slide guitar
- Chris Herold - drums, percussion
- J.D. Sharp - string symphonizer (This Time, Lazy Lightnin' and Hypnotize)
- Pablo Green - percussion (Hypnotize)
- Producer - Dan Healy, Bob Weir
- Arrangements - Kingfish
- Recording - Dan Healy, Kingfish
- Engineer - Rob Taylor
- Mastering - George Horn
- Technical consultants - Jim Furman, Furman Sound Service, Tim Hovey
- Production assistance - Richard Hundgren, Dean Layman
- Cover painting - Philip Garris
- Trident logo - James A Nelson III
- Photography - Bob Marks
- Special thanks - Frankie, Rondelle, Otis, Frank, Bruce
- Recorded at Ace's
Appendix 2:
David Nelson>Dave Torbert>Matt Kelly>Bob Weir Performance History Posts
I have an ongoing project to sort out the histories of the various Grateful Dead spin-off bands that played multiple shows but did not include Garcia. Some of these posts have complete lists of shows, and others just emphasize the personnel changes and time frames. In this list, I have not included posts about individual shows or events that feature some of these bands.
The Good News Performance History 1966
--The Good News were from Redwood City, CA, and featured Dave Torbert and Chris Herold
New Delhi River Band Performane History Summer 1966 (David Nelson I)
--Palo Alto's second psychedelic blues band, The New Delhi River Band, featured David Nelson, Dave Torbert and Chris Herold
New Delhi River Band Performance History Fall 1966 (David Nelson II)
David Nelson Musical Activities February 1969-May 1969 (David Nelson V)
--After the demise of The New Delhi River Band, David Nelson lays fairly low
New Riders Of The Purple Sage Personnel 1969-81
--I have numerous posts about the New Riders, but this post has a complete list of their personnel changes from 1969-1981. Jerry Garcia's last performance as a member of the New Riders was on October 31, 1971
Shango, Horses and Matt Kelly 1968 (Matt Kelly I)
--The backstory to Matt Kelly's links to the Grateful Dead start with his band Shango, with Torbert and Herold, back in 1968.
Gospel Oak/Mountain Current/33 1969-73 (Matt Kelly II)
--The Matt Kelly story goes to England, the Santa Cruz Mountains and throughout the United States
Lonesome Janet>Kingfish Performance History 1973-74 (Matt Kelly III, Kingfish 0) [in development]
--Matt Kelly returns to the Santa Cruz Mountains with the predecessor to Kingfish, and then Dave Torbert joins up in early 1974
Bob Weir and Kingfish Tour History Fall 1974 (Kingfish I, Matt Kelly IV)
--Bob Weir joins Kingfish, as the Dead have stopped performing
Also March 15-16 Golden Bear. March 26 also reported at playing the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Philadelphia (hmmm), August 30-31 Golden Bear without Weir according to various newspaper reports
ReplyDeleteThanks GS. I added the March 15-16 date. The August dates without Weir will make a nice kickoff to the next segment (whenever that surfaces).
DeleteI was at one of the March Golden Bear gigs, second show, though I couldn't tell you which night. Catfish Hodge warmed up. Kingfish's first two songs were "Minglewood" and "Next Time You See Me." Pretty sure they featured most of the album, including "Big Iron" and "Hypnotize."
DeleteKeystone, January 25, 1976 (Kingfish|James and the Mercedes).
ReplyDeleteBackdoor, San Diego State University, March 19-20, 1976
ReplyDeleteYellowshark's data show the third act 5/28/76 as the Rowan Brothers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all three of these. I updated the post (Bob Weir setlists please note)
DeleteGreat site! I'm attempting a similar thing with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. A link with Kingfish is the Rainbow european tour 1977.They were the first US band signed to Don Arden's Jet Records and were given the tour support slot free of charge as part of the deal with Arden (which included some $10,000 compensation) to allow Widowmaker (another of Arden's acts) bassist Bob Daisley to join Rainbow. I have a list of the 1977 support slots if its useful.
ReplyDeleteHarry, thanks for the kind words. I have been working on the Jet Records period of Kingfish, so the list of support appearances in '77 would be extremely helpful (I guess that explains where the '77 Kingfish video from German TV came from). I knew they supported ELO in 78 (another Arden band), and I think I have the dates, but I didn't know anything about '77.
DeleteYou can post them here or send them to me at corrarnold at g mail dot com.
And for the record, I saw Blackmore's Rainbow at the San Jose Civic Auditorium on August 6, 1976. I went to see the opening act (the Welsh band Man). It was an odd show in that it was a Bay Area show NOT promoted by Bill Graham, so it was a bit off the radar.
DeleteThe sound system wasn't very good and both bands seemed kind of sloppy. Cozy Powell was awesome, of course (Jimmy Bain on bass). I recall a long version of "Still I'm Sad."
Good luck with your project. Post a link when you've got one.
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ReplyDeleteThe 5/14/76 gig was billed as Kingfish Quartet, and the 5/16 gig was billed as Kingfish (without Weir), so it seems Bob was absent from both.
ReplyDeleteAlso 5/13/76 - "without Bobby Weir"
Deleteupdated, thanks
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ReplyDeleteTaken from the E.L.O. site
ReplyDeleteFebruary 22, 1976 The University Of New Mexico's Johnson Gym, Albuquerque, NM (with Kingfish)
A article with a mention of them replacing Little Feat as the opener. http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/ftmtour/tour137.jpg
DeleteThis is completely fascinating. ELO was on Jet Records, and Jet would sign Kingfish several months later
DeleteI added it to the post--there must have been more National dates. I'll bet they opened more than one for ELO
DeleteLooking at the ELO openers it is looking like they didn't open for them again until August 26, 1978. Then opening for them off and on the rest of the 78 tour. Alternating with a Jet records band called Trickster
DeleteOne of these days, I will get around to posting my Kingfish 77-78 list. They opened for ELO (along with Trickster) in '78. They also opened for Blackmore's Rainbow in '77. There was some deal with Jet Records where Kingfish got to open a tour in return for accommodating something else (I think letting bassist Bob Daisley leave Ariel Bender's Widowmaker, a Jet Records band, and join Blackmore's Rainbow, if that's obscure enough for you). I have a list, but I think you can look up Blackmore's tour history and figure it out
DeleteI found this date on the Foghat fan site.
ReplyDeleteMAY 9 TITAN STADIUM U OF WISCONSIN
(w/REO, Kingfish, Head East) OSHKOSH, WI
1976
DeleteDavid, fantastic. I had no idea. I added it the post.
DeleteI have gone through the GWU student newspapers for 75-76. The Dec 75 Lisner date is the only Kingfish show. The student board lost 4000$ and by summer 1976 are still talking about restarting concerts after the “kingfish debacle”. The Feb 76 date must be a phantom.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this. The date was always an outlier anyway. I'll update it
DeleteI spoke too soon. No advert for it at all. but apparently Sunday March 28 1976. Kingfish returned to Lisner. Unless the article is a Aprils fools joke they did in fact play again. Two sets. I hear you knocking, and Promised land played first set before sound issues forced set ending. And Jump for joy ending. Page 16.
Deletehttps://archive.org/details/gwu_hatchet_19760401/page/n16/mode/1up
Found a personal review of May 22, 1976- Campbell Hall - U.C. Santa Barbara
ReplyDeleteDavid thanks so much for the great research on additional Kingfish dates
DeleteFriday May 21st 1976 Starlight Amphitheatre Burbank Ca
ReplyDeleteFound a ticket stub on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/KINGFISH-Concert-Ticket-Stub-BURBANK-CA-5-21-76-STARLIGHT-GRATEFUL-DEAD-Rare-/373389897729
Thanks as always. I updated the post.
DeleteMinor Correction
ReplyDeleteMarch 26th 1976 Scottish Rite Temple Philadelphia PA Kingfish
Found a ticket online.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/kingfish-concert-ticket-1976-grateful-1872656086
DeleteGreat writeup of the Philly show.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sndb/uploads/photo/image/342644/large_The_Villanovan_-_Villanova_University_-_Villanova__Pennsylvania_1976-03-31.-.jpg
Forgot Les dudek
DeleteMarch 26th 1976 Scottish Rite Temple Philadelphia PA Kingfish/Les Dudek
Found a flier that shows a second show
ReplyDeleteJanuary 30, 1976 La Paloma Theater, Encinitas, CA: Kingfish [Friday]
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-flyer-bob-weir-kingfish-jan-1929196884
OK this one is very interesting. They of course had to cancel the first night for the rescheduled NJ Dead date but they might have headed over for the second night of the commitment. This is from the Village Voice ad from August 1976
ReplyDeleteAugust 4-5 My Fathers Place Roslyn NY Kingfish/Graham Parker
Page 37 is the ad
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KEtq3P1Vf8oC&dat=19760809&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Found someone from the Graham Parker fan groups who remembers a show at My Fathers Place with Parker opening.
DeleteAmazing research. Graham Parker and The Rumour were smoking hot back then, too.
DeleteJune 25 1976 Longbranch Berkley CA Kingfish/Hot Knives
ReplyDeleteadvertised as "No Bob Weir"
Here is the flier I found on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Kingfish-No-Bob-Weir-Handbill-Flyer-Longbranch-Berkley-US-1976/114224579791?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item1a9850c4cf:g:NJoAAOSwSZtevnVa&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252Fn%252BzU5L90Z278x5ickkAgU0umhwUTmgTFbE5cu7zaPm0U2CkzT6psaGfgsrAtTQsgRCvfX2KJwQuQ9rxbsB%252Bo25fgmfyDilhszTNPkI%252BjiqeB1edh8aYPZdCF8uOS%252BX7%252FiEHGOatU5LbfCugcyIFpnBgXHvnO%252BEB0PqCjD%252FH74uoXpYtf8WCTanrPCnWxr1gtE8GVQDx%252F0m%252B%252FTcKMdmaXtvfGAJQMVXorhltE4sWqMwR0g%252BW69oSZ8l1nCO4%252FjQe2G7gLHROBdTTNs9IBOnzpCM8B8pH%252FH1umUL%252FtqnmwR%252FjmU00t5LGwhn9pzf%252BIXq3TvuQeCxoY%252FriWdJn94qQhPALpwSuR3d3J9AtzrPdoLQk%252BPUEGtTOVz6bblIvI85bqg64dFuCw0LAnPUeqtO04kz1BfKfgfQtY4arBAVTe7R%252B3EHZlBlAm1TXdthx1%252F8mHcFTxQiSXFB94GTS%252BjJY%252Bl5kLgA9%252BetBf8HkAPbYq5I0o4p%252BSBk9yW5JI6qavZ5CXtah07g6gzujI%252Fw7ovItvuwEAX0fCqF3R1WWee8W3MQV6xaAzpmNn9WJEZUPAmIHnx9zHq2ouDeMPYswusN7x%252FcaQ9NlAvOsxO7QETy%252FTyOuXhohbYM707d3BE2sN%252BZ3eMSp18jMnWhX1svTqPL%252F0SK1xot3i5L5qRG3qKADpzEDP8zEZxUgvJ1uWA2cvL%252Fty5Isund09cARLdq%252FWJWA1sTGYvS3zfxH3s5xoJw%252BZrku0EpBB74bd53VaHhJuhCTNgIKUPuPKZZ%252Fk%252BNV4bZgdr6VNHj%252FIwx%252BCfsCfY4Tg%253D%253D%7Ccksum%3A1142245797918e26a17559684142a0cc682cd773d6af%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2334524
Updated, with the flyer. Thanks as always
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ReplyDeleteFound a review of this concert in the Sacramento Bee. Kingfish opening for Leon Russel
May 29, 1976 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Sacramento CA Leon Russel/Kingfish {Saturday}
Review is in the 31 may 1976 Sacramento Bee.
DeleteJune 18, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish Quartet/Clover [No Bob Weir]
ReplyDeleteJune 19, 1976 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Kingfish Quartet/Carrie Nation [No Bob Weir]
Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteFound in the Poughkeepsie Journal (6 aug 1976)
August 6 1976 The County Carousel Stanfordville NY Kingfish
From San Fran Examiner (26 aug 76)
ReplyDeleteSays WITH bob weir
August 27 1976 Longbranch, Berkeley CA Kingfish
From San Fran Examiner (30 may 76)
ReplyDeleteJune 7 1976 Odyssey Room, Sunnyvale CA Kingfish Quartet {Monday} NO Weir
From San Fran Examiner (12 june 76)
ReplyDeleteJune 13, 1976 Inn Of The Beginning, Cotati Kingfish/Billy C Farlow
From the Sacramento Bee (7 june 1976)
ReplyDeleteMay 20 1976 Sacramento Memorial Aud. Sacramento CA Joe Cocker/Kingfish
August 30 & 31 1976 Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA Kingfish/Grinderswitch [Sans Weir]
ReplyDeleteMinor addition
ReplyDeleteFound the KLOS Roxy ad for the March run. ADD Dirk Hamilton as the opener all 4 nights
Found this ad on Facebook. Opening for Nektar
ReplyDeleteApril 24 1976 Kiel Auditorium St Louis MO Nektar/Kingfish
From the San Fran Examiner (18 January 1976)
ReplyDeleteHas two nights at Sophies but they are the 21 and 22 But with no mention of the 20th.
January 21-22, 1976 Sophie's, Palo Alto, CA: Kingfish {Wed-Thursday}
The (20 Jan 1976) San Fran examiner repeats the same two dates. 1/21 & 1/22) I think the 20th at Sophies is wrong
DeleteI see now that you mention the confusion. I vote 21/22 and axe the 20th. Unless there is a ad that I am not seeing for the 20th.
DeleteMinor addition
ReplyDeleteAdd Barry Melton as opener
March 7-8, 1976 The Savoy, San Francisco, CA: Kingfish/Barry Melton [Sunday-Monday]
I am starting to think that this is a misdate.
ReplyDeleteApril 25, 1976 Student Union Ballroom, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT: Kingfish [Sunday]
I find it very unlikely that they would play the same college venue twice. Especially on the same exact date a year apart.
Minor Addition
ReplyDeleteAdd Barry Melton as opener
May 16, 1976 The Savoy, San Francisco, CA: Kingfish/Barry Melton [No Weir]
Thanks as always for the research and updates (and welcome back!). I made all the changes in the post.
DeleteI dont know about about this one.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Kansas City Star (8 May 1976)
May 8 1976 Memorial Hall Kansas City Kansas Starcastle/Kingfish
More confidant about this listing. Found it in multiple days in two different newspapers. They seem to have replaced Thin Lizzy who had been listed as opener in early April papers.
DeleteThe listing
Deletehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/75162422/starcastle-kingfish-concert-may-8-1976/
Found the poster on Facebook
ReplyDeleteMay 19 1976 Del Mar Theatre Santa Cruz CA Kingfish/Les Dudek {Wednesday}
From the News-Pilot (10 sept 1976)
ReplyDeleteSeptember 13-14, 1976 Starwood W.Hollywood CA Kingfish Quartet [No Weir]
From Santa Cruz Sentinel (24 Aug 1976)
September 24-24 1976 The Back Room Riverside CA Kingfish Quartet [No Weir]
DO you want any other post Bobby 1976 shows?
Mistyped Sept 24-25
DeleteDavid, I am generally very interested in all the post-Bobby Kingfish shows. I have another post in draft, which is Kingfish "lost years" from 1976-83. It includes touring with Blackmore's Rainbow and ELO, even Europe. Still, at the pace I produce, it won't show up for a while, so there's no urgency. But any post-Weir shows you come across are of interest, just post them here (Weir does rejoin KF briefly in 80-81).
DeleteThe Back Room in Santa Cruz was a Chinese restuarant (New Riverside Szechuan, I think) that had music in the back. Hunter played there, I think with Roadhog.
DeleteHere is the ad for The New Riverside - Backroom dates.
Deletehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/75313964/sept-76-kingfish-concerts/
In fact Roadhog played Back Room the day before the Kingfish run.
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ReplyDeleteOddness.
ReplyDeleteFrom the St. Louis Dispatch (15 April 1976) a listing
April 21 1976 Ambassador St Louis MO Papa John Creach/Kingfish [Wednesday]
Then
From the St. Louis Dispatch (2 May 1976)
A full ad "Ron Powells Presents"
May 6 1976 Ambassador St Louis MO Papa John Creach/Kingfish [thursday]
Great research, but it raises as many questions--when (or how often) did Kingfish play St. Louis during this period? They were definitely booked, but I doubt they played all those gigs.
Delete“Ron Powell Presents” was also on the ad for the April 24 Nektar show.
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DeleteThese three dates plus a friday night somewhere near would make sense. And looking at the map. They might have just mistimed making the early opening slot in WI after a Saturday night gig.
DeleteMay 6 1976 Ambassador St Louis MO Papa John Creach/Kingfish [thursday]?
May 7 1976 ? [Friday]
May 8 1976 Memorial Hall Kansas City Kansas Starcastle/Kingfish{Saturday}
May 9, 1976 Titan Stadium, Oshkosh, WI: Foghat/REO Speedwagon/Kingfish/Head East (Sunday) {Did not appear]?
Here is the ad for the May 6 date
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/75151834/kingfish-concert/
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ReplyDeleteHere is a few random Kingfish band member changes that I have run across.
ReplyDeleteJUNE 10, 1977 {source Boston Globe 10jun77}
+Guitar/Vocals/H Matt Kelly
+Bass Dave Torbert
+Guitar Mike O’Niell
+Drums Dave Perper
+Keys Berry Flast
AUGUST 23 1978 {source Orlando Florida Sentinel 23aug78}
+Keys Richard Gibbs
SEPTEMBER 3 1978 {source - The Time Shreveport Louisiana3sep1978}
+drums Mark Nielson
+Keys David Merrill
AUGUST 24 1979 {source Hartford Courant Review 24aug79}
+Bass Torbert
+Guitar O’Neill
+Guitar Danny Rio
-Matt Kelly!
Yes, there was a 79 East Coast version of Kingfish with Torbert, but without Matt Kelly. I asked Kelly about it, and he said it was an approved, legit version of Kingfish. One of many strange twists in the Kingfish saga.
DeleteHere is what I have found for the 1978 dates
ReplyDeleteApril 16, 1978 Old Waldorf San Fran CA Kingfish/Goodman Brothers/Blessing/Eggs Over Easy[sun] Set Bruce Loose Benefit
August 12, 1978 North Shore Club PavilionCrystal Bay NV Kingfish [sat]
August 26, 1978 Anaheim Stadium Anaheim CA ELO/Kingfish
September 2, 1978 Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport Louisiana ELO/Kingfish
September 3, 1978 The Summit Houston TX ELO/Kingfish
September 4, 1978 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rogue LA ELO/Kingfish
September 5, 1978 Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center Biloxi Mississippi ELO/Kingfish
September 7, 1978 Civic Coliseum Knoxville TN ELO/Kingfish
September 8, 1978 U of Dayton Arena Dayton OH ELO/Kingfish
September 9, 1978 MTSU Murphey Center Mufreesboro TN ELO/Kingfish
September 11, 1978 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo NY ELO/Kingfish
September 12 1978 New Haven Veterans’ Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut ELO/Kingfish
September 14-15, 1978 Madison Square Garden New York NYELO/Kingfish
September 18, 1978 Spectrum Philadelphia PA ELO/Kingfish
September 29, 1978 Cumberland County Civic center Portland Maine ELO/Kingfish
December 17, 1978 Old Waldorf San Fran CA Kingfish [sun]
Thanks so much for this
DeleteOne date is in question.
DeleteI think the ELO dates have the wrong opener for the tour end. I think it was Trickster. And Kingfish played with Hunter at the Capital Theatre instead.
September 29, 1978 Cumberland County Civic center Portland Maine ELO/Trickster
I got an email about this at one time--I think Trickster and Kingfish shared management, and alternated opening slots, depending on the market.
DeleteTHanks so much for all of this
Here are three random dates from 1979 I found.
ReplyDeleteFeb 17, 1979 Pacific Strand Theatre Kingfish/Warriors [sun]
June 8 1979 Shaboo Inn CT Kingfish {source Facebook ticket stub} I think this is a misdate. Kingfish is listed in the Shaboo Inn show history but with no specific date. J Winters was at the Shaboo says a ad. I think it might instead be June 8 1977.
August 23(or 16?) 1979 Stage West Hartford CT Roger McGuinn/Wild Turkey Band/Kingfish [thur] {source Hartford Courant Review 24aug79}
Matt Kelly no longer in the band says a review of the concert.
May 20, 1977 Whiskey a Go Go LA CA Kingfish [fri-sun]
ReplyDeleteMay 21, 1977 Whiskey a Go Go LA CA Kingfish [fri-sun]
May 22, 1977 Whiskey a Go Go LA CA Kingfish [fri-sun]
June 2, 1977 The Cellar Door Washington DC Kingfish/Valerie Carter
June 3, 1977 The Cellar Door Washington DC Kingfish/Legendary Cowboy Folk
June 4, 1977 Lighthouse [UNKNOWN] PA Kingfish [sat]
June 9, 1977 Hoffman Beach House Point Pleasant Beach NJ Kingfish
June 15, 1977 Pauls Mall Boston MA Kingfish[w-th]
June 16, 1977 Pauls Mall Boston MA Kingfish[w-th]
July 25, 1977 Miramar Beach Inn Half Moon Bay CA Kingfish
August 13, 1977 Sierra Beer Hall at The Hofbrau-Squaw Valley Lodge Olympic Valley CA Kingfish
September 25, 1977 Konserthus Stockholm Sweden Rainbow/Kingfish
September 26, 1977 Scandinavium Gothenburg Sweden Rainbow/Kingfish
September 27, 1977 Chateau Neuf Oslo Norway Rainbow/Kingfish
September 28, 1977 Nidaroehallen Trondheim Norway Rainbow/Kingfish
September 30, 1977 Idraettens Hus Vejle Denmark Rainbow/Kingfish
October 1, 1977 Falkoner Teatret Copenhagen Denmark Rainbow/Kingfish
October 2, 1977 Vejlby Risskov Hallen Aarhus Denmark Rainbow/Kingfish
October 4, 1977 Congresgebouw, Prinz Willem Alexanderzaal The Hague Netherlands Rainbow/Kingfish
October 6, 1977 Grugahalle Essen Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 8, 1977 Sporthalle Cologne Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 10, 1977 Stadthalle Bremen Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 11, 1977 Ebertshalle Ludwigshafen Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 12, 1977 ? Friedrichshafen Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 13, 1977 Sportshalle Stuttgart Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 14, 1977 Sportshalle Hannover Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 15, 1977 Deutschlandhalle Berlin Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 16, 1977 Congresszentrum Hamburg Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 18, 1977 Stadthalle Theatre Vienna Austria Rainbow/Kingfish
October 20, 1977 Olympiahalle Munich Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 21, 1977 Messehalle K Nurnberg Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 22, 1977 Rhein-Main-Halle Wiesbaden Germany Rainbow/Kingfish
October 23, 1977 Eulachhalle Winterthur Switzerland Rainbow/Kingfish
October 25, 1977 Palais Du Sport Lyon France Rainbow/Kingfish
October 27, 1977 Porte de Pantin Pavillion Paris France Rainbow/Kingfish
October 28, 1977 Palais d' Exposition Colmar France Rainbow/Kingfish
October 31, 1977 City Hall Newcastle UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 1, 1977 City Hall Newcastle UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 3, 1977 Guildhall Lockley Grand Hall Preston UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 4, 1977 Empire Theatre Liverpool UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 5, 1977 Empire Theatre Liverpool UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 7, 1977 Capitol Aberdeen UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 9, 1977 Apollo Glasgow UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 11, 1977 Rainbow Theatre London UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 12, 1977 Rainbow Theatre London UK Rainbow/Kingfish
Sunday, November 13, 1977 Rainbow Theatre London UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 14, 1977 Rainbow Theatre London UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 16, 1977 New Theatre Oxford UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 17, 1977 Granby Halls Leicester UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 18, 1977 Bingley Hall Stafford UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 20, 1977 Apollo Manchester UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 21, 1977 Apollo Manchester UK Rainbow/Kingfish
November 22, 1977 Capitol Theatre Cardiff UK Rainbow/Kingfish
May 20, 1977 Old Waldorf San Francisco CA Kingfish/Goodman Brothers/Blessing/Eggs Over Easy[sun] Set Bruce Loose Benefit
May 1977 Quad Washington Univ. IL New Riders Purple Sage/Kingfish/Flying Burito Brothers {source Belleville News-Democrat 29apr77}
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ReplyDeleteCorrection - 1978 not 1977 odd transfer error from my spreadsheet
ReplyDeleteAPRIL 16, 1978 Old Waldorf San Francisco CA Kingfish/Goodman Brothers/Blessing/Eggs Over Easy[sun] Set Bruce Loose Benefit
Here is nice interview with Matt from 1977 (Page 15). Also the article just before this is a long interview that John Hall did with Jerry and the boys in Hartford.(pages 13-14)
ReplyDeletehttps://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A30256?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=098f66a03d068587ccac&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0#page/15/mode/1up
More random 1977-1979 dates
ReplyDeleteMay 31 1977 The Bottom Kine NYC NY Kingfish {source ticket stub eBay}
August 18 1977 Odeon Birmingham England UK Ted Nugent/Kingfish{source Nugent wiki}
August 26 1977 Reading Festival reading England UK 5 Hand Reel/Lone Star/Uriah Heep/Eddie and the Hot Rods/Golden Earring/Kingish/U Boat/Staa Marx/S.A.L.T{source reading wiki}
September 29 1978 Capital Theatre Passiac NJ NRPS/Kingfish/Robert Hunter {source gdsets}
December 7-9 1978 Whiskey A Go Go LA CA Kingfish/Robert Hunter {source gdsets}
June 18 1978 Cape Cod Coliseum Lynyrd Skynyrd/kingfish {source Skynyrd wiki}
June 21 1979 Alexanders Browns Mill NJ kingfish {source ticket stub eBay}
Finally caved and got a DC library card to access the better Washington newspaper archives.
ReplyDeleteSeptember 20-21 1978 The Cellar Door Washington DC Kingfish [w-th){source evening star 17sept1978}
June 21-22 1979 The Bayou Washington DC Kingfish/Chris Rush [th-fri]{source evening star 17june1979}
David, you have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks as always
Deletehave found more of the 1980 Kingfish "tour”.
ReplyDeleteFeb 1-3 1980 Golden Bear Huntington Beach CA Kingfish [Ad mentions Matt Kelly Dave Torbert Robbie Hoddinott Nicky Hopkins and special guest Bob Weir] {source ad Los Angeles Times 13jan1980}(I assume these dates are canceled and rescheduled below)
Feb 8-10 1980 Golden Bear Huntington Beach CA Kingfish with Bob Weir {source ad Los Angeles Times 27jan1980 listing 10feb1980}
Feb 12-13 1980 Catamaran San Diego CA Kingfish with Bob Weir (2 shows) {source listing Los Angeles Times 8feb1980}
Feb 22-23 1980 Sweetwater Redondo Beach CA Kingfish(no mention of Weir) {source listing Los Angeles Times 28feb1980}
Feb 24 mention that Kingfish has reformed with Weir {Berkley Gazette 24 feb 80}
June 23 1980 Golden Bear Huntington Beach CA Kingfish {source listing Los Angeles Times 20jun1980}
July 14-15 1980 Sweetwater Redondo Beach CA Kingfish with "Very special guest" /Glen Super {source ad Los Angeles Times 29jun1980 &13jul1980}
July 30-31 1980 Golden Bear Huntington Beach CA Kingfish with Bob Weir & from flyer +Greg Errico +Tim Bogert {source ad Los Angeles Times 27jul1980 & Flyer from GDSETS}
August 7 Bacchanal San Diego Kingfish with Bob Weir {source listingTimes advocate 24jul1980 & Times-advocate 7aug80 with mention of Mydland)}
Found a ad for June 23 1980 Golden Bear that has the date as "Kingfish with special guest Bobby Cochran" https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82346550/kingfish-with-guest-bobby-cochran/
ReplyDeleteAlmost done compiling 1979 Kingfish dates when I found this ad. Curious.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/83380410/kingfish-wbob-weir/
February 8, 1979 San Jose Center San Jose CA Camel/Kingfish {source listing San Fran Examiner 8 feb 1979}
ReplyDeleteFebruary 17, 1979 Pacific Strand Theatre San Pedro CA Kingfish/Warriors {source LA Times 11feb79}
Kingfish relocate to Bucks county PA {source morning call 6 jul79}
Membership +Drums Ralph Liberto
+Keys/sax Steve Shibe
+Manager Steve Amoroso
-Drums Bob Hogins
-Matt Kelly
-Joe English
June 7, 1979 Paradise Boston MA Kingfish/Memphis Rockabily Band{Source listing boston globe 7 jun 1979}
June 8, 1979 Flat Street VT Kingfish {source Brattleboro Reformer 13jun1979}
June 16, 1979, My Fathers Place Long Island NY Kingfish/Masi & Cassidy {source Listing The morning call 16 jun1979}
June 19, 1979, The Bayou Washington DC Kingfish {source calander Unicorn times 31 may 1979}
June 20, 1979, The Bayou Washington DC Kingfish {source calander Unicorn times 31 may 1979}
June 21, 1979, Alexanders Browns Mill NJ Kingfish with Bob Weir {source Listing The morning call 16 jun1979 +"with B.W." Ad Philadelphia Inquirer 17 jun 1979}
June 25, 1979, Bijou Cafe Philadelphia PA Kingfish/Uncle Dirty {source Listing The morning call 23 jun1979+ Review 27jun79}
June 26, 1979, Bijou Cafe Philadelphia PA Kingfish/Uncle Dirty {source Listing The morning call 23 jun1979+ Review 27jun79}
June 29, 1979, The Bottom Line New York NY Kingfish {source Listing The morning call 23 jun1979}
June 30, 1979, The Bottom Line New York NY Kingfish {source The morning call 30 jun1979}
July 2, 1979, Lighthouse Hanover Township PA Kingfish {source Article The morning call 6 jul 1979}
July 4, 1979, John & Peters Place New Hope NJ Kingfish {source listing Philadelphia Inquirer 1 jul 1979}
July 5, 1979, John & Peters Place New Hope NJ Kingfish {source listing Philadelphia Inquirer 1 jul 1979}
July 14, 1979, Asbury Park Convention Center Asbury Park NJ Jorma Kaukonen/Kingfish {source Article The morning call 6 jul 1979}
July 16, 1979, Rasputins Reading PA Kingfish {source Article The morning call 6 jul 1979}
July 17, 1979, Rasputins Reading PA Kingfish {source Article The morning call 6 jul 1979}
August 13, 1979, John & Peters Place New Hope NJ Kingfish {source listing Philadelphia Inquirer 12 aug 1979}
August 14, 1979, John & Peters Place New Hope NJ Kingfish {source listing Philadelphia Inquirer 12 aug 1979}
August 23, 1979, Stage West Hartford CT Roger McGuinn/Wild Turkey Band/Kingfish {source Hartford Courant Review 24aug79}
August 20, 1979, Lone Star Cafe Yonkers NY Kingfish {source facebook photo}
August 25, 1979, Alexanders Browns Mill NJ Kingfish {source listing Philadelphia Inquirer 19 aug 1979}
August 30, 1979, Stone Balloon Newark NJ Kingfish {source listing News-journal 26 aug 1979}
September 16, 1979, Stars Philadelphia PA Kingfish {CANCELLED} {source listing Philadelphia Inquirer 4 nov 1979 Daily-news Canceled 16 nov79}
September 18, 1979, Bijou Cafe Philadelphia PA Kingfish/Mark Child {source listing Philadelphia Daily News 14 sep 1979}
September 19, 1979, Bijou Cafe Philadelphia PA Kingfish {source listing Philadelphia Daily News 14 sep 1979}
September 25, 1979, The Pently Box Pennsauken NJ Kingfish/Joh Cadillac Blues Band/Top Cats {source listing Philadelphia Daily News 125 sep 1979}
September 28, 1979, My Fathers Place Long Island NY Vassar Clements Band/Kingfish {source listing The morning call 8 sept 1979}
October 10, 1979, Lone Star Cafe Yonkers NY Kingfish {source listing Daily News 5 oct1979}
November 16, 1979, Stars Philadelphia PA Kingfish {source listing Courier-Post 16 nov1979}
December 3, 1979, Lone Star Cafe Yonkers NY Kingfish {source listing Herald statesmen 18 nov 1979}
December 8, 1979, My Fathers Place Long Island NY Inmates/Kingfish/The Rings {source listing The morning call 8 dec 1979}
Band (or at least Dave Torbert) moves back to California)
I have not yet had a chance to respond, but this is absolutely amazing research. Thank you so much for doing this. At some point—in my glacial way—I will expand this into a post
Delete1981 No Kingfish dates
ReplyDeleteDave Torbert forms Page One and records a album. {https://jacquelinecatesjohnnyburgess.bandcamp.com/album/page-one}
Might be a phantom but this might be the last Dave Torbert Kingfish show
1982 4/27/82 Old Waldorf San Fran CA Beluga Whale/Power House Blues Band/Kingfish {source ad San Fran Examiner 18 apr 1982}
He suffered a heart attack in June 1982. And died of heart failure December 6 1982 {source Chico Enterprise Record 8 dec 1982 }
Random date I found from 1976
ReplyDeleteRescheduled from feb 22 1976
2/29/1976 Irvine Bowl Laguna CA Kingfish/ Country Joe McDonald {source Santa Ana Register 22feb1976 & 26feb1976}
One more weekend for the kingfish with Bob Weir 1980 dates
ReplyDeleteApril 18-19 1980 Sweetwater Redondo Beach Ca kingfish With Bob Weir (source ad clipping from fb)
June 4-5 1976 Sophie's Palo Alto CA Kingfish Quartet
ReplyDeleteMarch 21 1976 [sunday] Lassen College Gym Susanville, CA Kingfish / Terry Garthwaite
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newspapers.com/article/lassen-advocate-kingfish/153575563/
The search never really ends.
Thanks for this, I added it. Susanville (Lassen County) is one of the most remote towns in CA, and possibly the highest elevation towns in the state.
DeleteHave you ever heard of Fubar's Tavern on Hollister Ave in Goleta CA? Kingfish seems to have played two shows there at some point in 1975 or early 1976.
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