1971 is a BOC gig desert... they played lots of clubs all over the NE - but I don't have any venues or dates - and at the end of the year managed to secure their first major tour support slot with John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra and The Byrds.
In October they recorded their first LP at The Warehouse... and that's about all I know for sure...
Pathetic, isn't it? Well, there's only one way to remedy this sad situation: have you got anything to contribute to help develop this page into a page worth displaying? Reviews, missing info, ticket stubs, posters etc etc - if so, let me .
The above image (kindly sent to me by Peter Nielsen of the thinlizzyguide.com) appeared in the 29 October 1971 edition of the Uniontown PA Evening Standard. It doesn't specify any sort of date - it appears just as you see it above.
This is a bit confusing - does it indicate that BOC played at this venue on the 29th as well as the 30th October? If you examine the advert from this same publication for the next day's gig, it explicitly specifies that the show is "tonite"...
I'd have expected some sort of date to be mentioned on the 29th Oct advert if it referred to the next night's show...
One of the oddest grouping of bands that I've seen was at a $3. concert at Cortlandt College.
Lowest billed was Blue Oyster Cult. After them, this guy we never heard of came on stage, with SHORT hair, and a double-neck guitar. It was an early appearance of The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin. Blew us away. Revved up the orange sunshine in us.
And, headlining, very definitely anti-climactically, was The Byrds. Go figure.