Bob, Thanks for all the info. Now I’m sure I didn’t attend the Elephants Memory show. I was at the Procol Harum show and as you said there were no incidents whatsoever. (Procol Harum were excellent,by the way.) I have several more Ritz stories,and I will be back to share them in the future.
Been thinking about the Ritz a lot lately and it just occured to me…. Does anyone remember if Elephants Memory played at the Ritz? I don’t remember seeing their show but for some reason I seem to remember seeing their name on the marquee. Would appreciate a reply, Thanks.
P.S. An interesting fact about the photo of the Ritz marquee submitted by Lost memory (see above). If you look carefully next to the word “Heavy Sound” you will notice it says “Featuring Lights by Pablo and sound by Hanley.
My band “Harvest” played at the Ritz several times in 1970. We played shows that featured local bands only,which I believe were on weeknights. We also were the 3rd act with Mountain and Insect Trust on Saturday, April 11th,1970, and with Canned Heat and Pig Iron on May 23rd,1970. I believe we also played a show with Hot Tuna,although I don’t remember the details. I have a photo of the marquee from the Canned Heat show. I lived near the Ritz and attended several shows as an audience member,as well. The bands I remember seeing were Procol Harum,Yes,Frigid Pink, The Chambers Brothers,Mountain,Rotary Connection,and Rhinoceros.
Bob, Thanks for all the info. Now I’m sure I didn’t attend the Elephants Memory show. I was at the Procol Harum show and as you said there were no incidents whatsoever. (Procol Harum were excellent,by the way.) I have several more Ritz stories,and I will be back to share them in the future.
Been thinking about the Ritz a lot lately and it just occured to me…. Does anyone remember if Elephants Memory played at the Ritz? I don’t remember seeing their show but for some reason I seem to remember seeing their name on the marquee. Would appreciate a reply, Thanks.
P.S. An interesting fact about the photo of the Ritz marquee submitted by Lost memory (see above). If you look carefully next to the word “Heavy Sound” you will notice it says “Featuring Lights by Pablo and sound by Hanley.
My band “Harvest” played at the Ritz several times in 1970. We played shows that featured local bands only,which I believe were on weeknights. We also were the 3rd act with Mountain and Insect Trust on Saturday, April 11th,1970, and with Canned Heat and Pig Iron on May 23rd,1970. I believe we also played a show with Hot Tuna,although I don’t remember the details. I have a photo of the marquee from the Canned Heat show. I lived near the Ritz and attended several shows as an audience member,as well. The bands I remember seeing were Procol Harum,Yes,Frigid Pink, The Chambers Brothers,Mountain,Rotary Connection,and Rhinoceros.