Lee said their favourite memory of your own Coliseum try “viewing The fresh new Imagine Just who while looking at the floor
Lee Eidson remembers one to, in early months, people planning to shows within Coliseum dressed, along with coats and links to the men. (Which had altered by the point We already been gonna suggests around. I didn’t don a coat and you can link for this Sergio Mendes, tell you, even when I did so wear good French-cuff shirt which have cufflinks and you may a monogrammed jacket.)
I made eye contact using this stunning strawberry blonde resting numerous rows before myself. She turned into and you can appeared directly at me and you can beamed. It absolutely was an ages of Aquarius moment!”
Brenda Poss remembers seeing the brand new piano duo Ferrante & Teicher at the UGA stadium and you will MiMi DuBose Gudenrather told you that from their unique favorites is actually James Taylor.
Mike Powers has worked concessions within Coliseum for activities events and you may concerts, plus Jethro Tull and you may Honest Zappa. Unfortuitously, the guy told you, “stoners do not get as numerous carbonated drinks once the athletics fans.”
One of many shows Jim Goolsby noticed there have been Johnny Streams and you will Jose Feliciano. Michael Doke together with remembers viewing Ides off s Jr. And, Saye Sutton spotted Iron Butterfly about side row truth be told there, and you can swears that “’In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ continued for 47 minutes, maybe not 17! I did not listen to to possess per week.”
Marie Andrews noticed this new Five Tops on UGA and recalls: “They were one hour later bringing there, however, i did not care. It was an effective performance!”
When Laird Miller saw Steppenwolf at Coliseum during the November 1970, “the brand new rumor was that the Coliseum you’ll break and collapse. Thus, becoming typical 16-year-olds, the group the lied to our mothers, telling all of them we had been planning to a motion picture, and you may went [into the performance]. Little collapsed. Would-have-been unfortunate if the my very first material concert is my personal history!”
Including, the newest Commodores, the newest Pine Ridge Boys, Neil Young, Pain, Alabama, Stevie Beam Vaughn, the fresh Fantastic Thunderbirds, Common Worry (from inside the 1985, 1988 and 1989), Hootie together with Blowfish, brand new Indigo Girls and also the Black Crowes
Certainly other acts with performed during the Coliseum from the decades is actually Rufus Thomas, Peter Nero, the newest Serendipity Vocalists, new Christie Minstrels, Roger Williams, the latest Supremes, the latest Lettermen, Al Hirt, Eddy Arnold, the fresh new Chad Mitchell Trio, Glenn Yarbrough, Skitch Henderson and also the Atlanta Symphony, mi Terrell, Nothing Anthony as well as the Imperials, Jack Jones and you may Pal Steeped, the new Fifth Dimension, this new Impressions in addition to Dells, Major Lance, Paul Anka, Statement Anderson, Loretta Lynn, Gary Puckett and the Relationship Pit, Heart Inc. Chet Atkins, Footwear Randolph, Floyd Cramer and you may Jerry Reed.
Plus, Sam and you can Dave, Jimmy Ruffin, Blood Work and you can Tears, Henry Mancini, the fresh London Philharmonic, Relatives off Change, Pacific Gasoline and you will Electronic (into Allman Brothers Band starting), Around three Dog Nights, Richie Havens, Mylon LeFevre, Steely Dan, Poco, the fresh Rev. Pearly Brown, Ike and Tina Turner, Seals and you can Crofts, Isaac Hayes, Creedence Clearwater Renewal, Muddy Seas, Tony Joe White and you may Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
And, Vince Vance together with Valiants, the brand new James Group, Kenny Loggins and you can Jim Messina, the fresh new Doobie Brothers, Billy Preston, Curtis erica, the latest Marshall Tucker Band additionally the Atlanta Beat Section, the fresh new Spinners, The fresh new Cyclists of the Yellow Sage, Leader Cody and Missing Planet Airmen and you may Leon Russell.
Anybody else are Billy Joel, World Snap and you can Flames, Jesse Colin More youthful, Nitty-gritty Dirt Ring, Earl Scruggs Revue, Moist Willie, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon, Orleans, Hall and you can Oates, Sheer Prairie Category, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mom’s Most useful, Dolly Parton, Jerry Jeff Walker, Center, Doug Kershaw, Bobby Blue Painful, Dave Mason, Gloria Gaynor, Dottie West, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Boston and Sammy Hagar, Unbelievable Rhythm Aces, Pablo Sail and you may Delbert McClinton.
