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PLANNER PROJECT 2016 ... FOLLOWING the AKRON SOUND!

KENT - AKRON – CANTON – CUYAHOGA FALLS – MASSILLON / VENUES - GROUPS – ARTISTS – SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS /

FROM THE YEARS /

1946, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016.

Designed to be a five-year project; in this edition, only items found in years ending in 1 or 6 are included. This 65,000-word project now contains over 1,300 specific entries!

EDITOR’S NOTE:

Listed below are venues, performers, media, events, and specialty items including automobiles (when possible), highlighting Akron, Kent, Canton, Cuyahoga Falls, & Massillon related items currently found in Planner Project 2016!

The years ending with the years 1 and 6 have become ‘magical,’ allowing for a most unique connection between past and present, such as following the Rubber City Rebels as King Cobra in 1976 at the B.B.C.; playing at the Crypt with that December; and then the Rebels reuniting to play in 2001.

And, following from 1971 at the Kove, to the Beachland tribute in 2016! Or from playing with the Measles in 1966, to rocking Blossom 50 years later with Bad Company. And there is the ability to follow so many others such as Tracey Thomas, Bob Ethington, , and Harvey Gold.

[Please note this is a ROUGH final draft which may be altered as new material is added as a final “Layer.” Please note too, that all text has to fit within existing text blocks, and may not flow perfectly!]

This format also allows me to honor the memory of several local artists including Robt. Lockwood, Jr.; John Bassette; station owner Carl Hirsch; Alan Freed; Edgar Reynolds (Wild Giraffes), record promoter Steve Popovich; DJ Tommy Edwards; WGAR-FM DJ Chuck Collier; rock pioneer Leo M. Mintz, and (on the same page which features her appearance with in 1981); and national artists including David Bowie; Natalie Cole; Merle Haggard; and .

Sources include: ‘We Are Devo;’ the Plain Dealer; The Cleveland Press, the Kent Stater Digital Archive, Akron Beacon Journal, the Scene; the Devil Strip; John Gorman’s book, ‘The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio,’ Carlo Wolff’s book, ‘Cleveland Memories,’ ‘The Akron Sound,’ and connections with local artists.

Section 1: The Hollywood Connection (great way to add Rachel Sweet!) Section 2: Radio/the Internet Connection: the330.net Section 3: The Giffels/Mothersbaugh Connection (for David Giffels). Section 4: Venues, ticket locations, Kent State items. Section 5: Individual entries highlighting area Venues Section 6: Area Solo Artists-Groups featured Section 7: Individual entries featuring area Solo Artists-Groups Section 8: Akron related connections in the 97 photo stories.

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SECTION 1: THE HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION:

FEATURED AKRON / CANTON - HOLLYWOOD CONNECTIONS IN PP 2016 / (3)

Brannon Braga (Star Trek: Voyager / Star Trek: Enterprise) / David Giffels (Beavis & Butt- Head) / Rachel Sweet (Hot in Cleveland)

RACHEL SWEET / (2011)

6/16 After catching ‘Hot in Cleveland’ at 10 p.m. on TV Land last night (Where’s Elka? episode with Gilmour Academy grad Steve Skrovan and Akron’s Rachel Sweet as executive co-producers), over 3,000 see ‘Hot in Cleveland’ stars Betty White, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves and Valerie Bertinelli today during a Tower City appearance, 2011

BRANNON BRAGA / ‘STAR TREK: VOYAGER’ / (1996)/

12/11 As TV5 airs the ‘ Show’ at 9 p.m., ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ airs on TV43 (‘Macrocosm’ episode written by Canton native & supervising producer Brannon Braga), 1996

BRANNON BRAGA / ‘STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE’ / (2001)/ 10/24 On TV43, it’s ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ at 8 p.m. co-created by Canton-native Brannon Braga, with Scott Bakula as Capt. Jonathan Archer (‘ Nova’ episode), 2001

SECTION 2: AKRON RADIO: WAKR-AM 11/12 The ‘WAKR Fall Festival of Stars’ rocks the Akron Civic Theatre at 1 p.m., with Gary Lewis; Bobby Hebb; Sam the Sham & the Pharohs; Brian Hyland; ; the ‘Yardbirds’ with Jimmy Paige; & the Distant Cousins ($2.50-$3.50 reserv.), 1966

WSLR COUNTRY GENTLEMEN 11/5 After dining on Burger Boys at Lujan’s; tonight, the Akron Civic Theatre hosts the Impressions; Chuck Jackson; Jerry Butler; Major Lance; ; Peg Leg Moffett; the Fascinations ;Jamo Thomas; & Bobby Scott’s Orchestra ($3); on the 11th, it’s Hank Williams, Jr.; Waylon Jennings; Connie Smith; & the WSLR Country Gentlemen ($2.25), 1966

SUE WILSON / (2001 (Fish) - 2016 (WQMX)) (note: copy may change based on space)

10/20 While WMJI-FM wins the latest Arbitron ratings; “Our challenge is getting people to find out where we are,” states WFHM-FM (the Fish) program director Sue Wilson; bringing a 12-year background as WDOK-FM program director to the new Christian contemporary station, 2001

2/3 The Academy of nominates Scott Wynn, Sarah Kay, and Sue Wilson of Akron’s WQMXFM/94.9 as medium market personality of the year; and nominates the country station for medium market station of the year, 2016

THE INTERNET RADIO CONNECTION / THE330.NET /

4/23 Cruising with the Vindys, East 9th, Hey Mavis, Devo, Flight 619, & Yankee Bravo with Tracey Thomas on new internet powerhouse The330.net, powered by TheSummit.fm; & the Resonators (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Psyka, Christensen, Lee, Powers, Shannon, Sosinski), prove that Cleveland’s still their town after the first of 4 soldout shows last night on their annual return to Tangier in Akron ($45-$87.50), 2016 (Could be the first or second day on the air?)

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SECTION 3: THE MOTHERSBAUGH/GIFFELS CONNECTION /

12/18 Offering live bands performing original material, The Crypt, ‘Akron’s newest rock club,’ offers Pere Ub’ (Street Waves), & Akron’s Devo (the De-Evolution Band - Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Vincent (Casale), Alan Myers-$1.25), 1976

7/7 Drawing 1,500 to Nautica, Belkin’s ‘Midsummer Minstrels’ concert yesterday featured I-tal, Frankie Starr & the Chill Factor; Oroboros; First Light with Carlos Jones; the Janglers; and the TwistOffs with ‘Win or Lose’ (Allen Mothersbaugh, Patrick Drouin, Brian Fricky, Kevin Zelina, Erik Walter, Louis Giffels, Mike Fasig) ($8), 1991

1/16 Beavis & Butt-Head fans! After buying a Swatch watch at May Co. ($55); tomorrow’s show, vs. ‘Baywatch’ on TV43, is ‘Gang of Two’ written by Akron’s David Giffels, 1996

3/4 Cruising to the Happy Dog, it’s the local debut of May Company, with Akron power- poppers David Giffels, Mike Wilkinson, Dave Rich, & Pat McNulty ($5), 2011

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SECTION 4 / VENUES-TICKET LOCATIONS-KENT STATE EVENTS FEATURED

AKRON AREA VENUES / (12)

Akron Rib & Music Festival / Akron Agora / Akron Civic Theatre / Akron Rubber Bowl / The Bank / Blu Club / China White Lounge (Highland Theater) / The Crypt / E. J. Thomas Hall- Akron U. / Jilly’s Music Room / Lime Spider / The Palms Supper Club (Dick Gregory appearance 1961) / Tangier / Utopia Light & Power

CANTON / CUYAHOGA FALLS AREA VENUES / (2)

Canton Memorial Auditorium / Cuyahoga Falls High School

KENT AREA VENUES / (17)

B.B.C. / The Exit / Filthy McNasty’s / J.B.’s Nite Club (with opening night / 20th anniversary) / Kent Stage / The Kove / The Commons-KSU / Memorial Gym-KSU / Olson Cafeteria-KSU / The Rathskeller-KSU / Student Union-KSU / the Pub / Ray’s Place / Revelation (old Fifth Quarter) / Robin Hood / Stone Jug / Stuffed Mushroom / Venice Café / Water Street Tavern

FEATURED KENT AREA TICKET LOCATIONS FROM 1971 / (4)

KLDF office / Jerry’s Diner / Icarus / Kent Community Store

FEATURED SPECIALTY EVENTS @ :

MAY 4th MEMORIAL EVENTS (1971) /

Dick Gregory speaks May 3rd, Rod McKuen May 4th / Memorial concerts with Lacewing, Shades of Tyme in Memorial Gym (May 1st); , Bert Sommer, Manhattan Transfer, Buzzy Linhart (May 2nd)

KENT STATE HOMECOMING 1986:

Homecoming theme is ‘A Tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll’ with Joe Walsh as parade marshall & in concert at Memorial Gym ($12/$8 w/KSU ID) [Numbers Band opens]

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SECTION 6 / INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES FEATURING AKRON / CANTON / CUYAHOGA FALLS VENUES

AKRON CIVIC THEATRE / (1966-2016)

11/5 After dining on Burger Boys at Lujan’s; tonight, the Akron Civic Theatre hosts the Impressions; Chuck Jackson; Jerry Butler; Major Lance; Little Richard; Peg Leg Moffett; the Fascinations ;Jamo Thomas; & Bobby Scott’s Orchestra ($3); on the 11th, it’s Hank Williams, Jr.; Waylon Jennings; Connie Smith; & the WSLR Country Gentlemen ($2.25), 1966

11/18 Cruising to the Akron Civic Theatre, it’s the ‘WAKR Fall Festival of Stars’ at 1 p.m., featuring Gary Lewis, Bobby Hebb, Sam the Sham and the Pharohs, Brian Hyland, the Yardbirds with Jimmy Paige, & Distant Cousins ($2.50-$3.50 reserved), 1966 (note: without Jeff Beck)

2/26 After buying the new ‘Sweet’ LP at J. P. Snodgrass ($3.99); cruising to Akron with WLYT-FM Disco Stereo in a Sable brown ‘73 Triumph TR-6 ($4,194-MG Motor Sales), the Akron Civic Theatre rocks with Sweet and the Eric Carmen Band ($5.50), 1976

10/25 After cruising last night to see Lou Reed rock the Akron Civic Theatre ($6.50 ticketron); Pirate’s Cove rocks tomorrow with Pere Ubu, & ’s Friction, 1976 10/19 While sings ‘Ain’t that America’ at the Akron Civic Theatre 40 years after his first LP ($39.50-$122.50); an intimate audience hears Rosanne Cash in the Rock Hall’s Foster Theater as its Music Masters series honors her father Johnny, 2016

AKRON AGORA / (1981-1986)

2/3 Cruising on Tuesday to the Akron Agora in a mint condition ‘78 Cougar XR7 w/AC, gauges ($3,900); American Noise (Craig & Bruce Balzer, George Sipl, Tommy Rich, Jerry Moran, Greg Holt), previews its new ‘Planet’ LP with ‘Crystal Dawn,’ 1981

6/29 Last night found Iron Maiden at the Agora with the Muffs ($4); Kaya, & Dr. Bloodmoney (with ), at Pirate’s Cove; and Easy Street rocking Jeff & Flash’s Monoplies with Moonlight Drive on WMMS Night ($2.02): tonight, “the place resembled a rock love-in,” notes Jane Scott, after gets the Akron Agora ‘reelin’’ with hits like ‘Johnny B. Goode’ (the News opens- $6.50), 1981

8/10 Soldout Akron Agora rocks with Three Dog Night (Wells, Hutton, Negron-$6), 1981

10/5 Tonight, the Akron Agora rocks with & Charlie Weiner ($8.50), 1981

11/1 After Nazareth & the Joe Perry Project Hall tonight ($8); tomorrow is a magical night at the Cleveland Agora, as legend , performing locally for the last time, shares the stage with local blues master Robt. Lockwood, Jr. ($5.50); while comic Morey Cohen joins & Utopia rockin’ the Akron Agora, 1981

1/7 The 10th annual WMMS/Plain Dealer Music Poll reveals Champion, Michael Stanley Band & Beau Coup as best area artist/band; , Phil Collins & Lionel Ritchie as best male vocalist; Madonna, Tina Turner & Pat Benatar as best female vocalist; the Akron Agora, Peabody’s DownUnder & Spanky’s East as best live rock club; & A-ha, Whitney Houston, & Tears for Fears as best new artist/group, 1986

2/21 Cruising tomorrow, Champion (Tim Kenworthy, Jerry Quade, Kevin Alexander, John Norman, David Mouk, George Unis), rocks the Akron Agora in Cuyahoga Falls, 1986

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AKRON RIB & MUSIC FESTIVAL / (1996)

6/2 Tomorrow, Smashing Pumpkins play the Gund with Garbage ($25); as Joe Diffie; Iron Butterfly; Loverboy; Mountain (West, Laing); Blackhawk; Foghat (Stevens, Price, Earl, Lonesome Dave), & Black Oak Arkansas rock Akron’s Rib & Music Festival, 1996

AKRON RUBBER BOWL / (1986)

7/3 Cruising to the Akron Rubber Bowl yesterday in a restored silver & burgundy-burgundy interior ‘59 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 ($50,000); the Dead Heads ruled as 35,000 rocked to ; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, & the Grateful Dead (Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Hart, Mydland, Kreutzman) in its 21st year (Jane Scott notes it was, “the first time ever,” as Dylan sings ‘Don’t Think Twice’ with the Grateful Dead band ($20 reserved), 1986

ANNABELL’S/ (2011)

1/21 In Akron, as Ashley Bridge Toussant, and Shivering Timbers play Annabell’s for free; at Musica, it’s Carlos Jones & the Plus Band, with Human Nature ($10): in Cleveland, the Flamin’ Groovies rock Beachland with Purple k’niF, & Living Stereo (“We’re only doing two shows. Cleveland and ,” states front man Roy Loney -$12), 2011

2/17 Cruising to Annabell’s in Akron, it’s Maid Myriad tonight; Mike Lenz tomorrow, 2011

THE BANK / (1981)

1/29 It’s jazz & blues night at the Bank in Akron with Otis Trotter and the Smokers, 1981

7/10 Cruising tonight, while the Bank in Akron offers Teacher’s Pets, Burstin Brains, the Nelsons, BAK 221, V-Nervz and the Bizarros; the Pop Shop hosts the Silencers, 1981

BLU JAZZ CLUB / (2016)

3/6 Last night it was Rachael Brown & the Beatnik Playboys at the Bop Stop; the Sultans of String at Nighttown ($20); & Tony Cuda’s Jazz Cats at Blu Jazz Club in Akron, 2016

CHINA WHITE LOUNGE IN HIGHLAND THEATRE / (2001)

6/8 “Punk was liberating,” remarks Rod Firestone, as the Rubber City Rebels with Buzz Clic reunite for shows at the China White Lounge in Akron’s Highland Theater ($10), and tomorrow at the Beachland Ballroom with Stepsister and the Hurricanes ($7), 2001

THE CRYPT / (1976)

12/18 Offering live bands performing original material, The Crypt, ‘Akron’s newest rock club,’ offers Pere Ubu (Street Waves), & Akron’s Devo (the De-Evolution Band - Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Vincent (Casale), Alan Myers-$1.25), 1976

E. J. THOMAS HALL / (1996-2016)

3/18 Billy Joel goes solo tomorrow at soldout E. J. Thomas Hall, lecturing post-show, 1996

9/25 Bruce Springsteen brings his acoustic show to Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall ($35), 1996

11/30 As Mr. Stress (Bill Miller) celebrates his 30th anniversary at the Euclid Tavern ($5), smokin’ after 25 years, it’s $20- $25 to see Deep Purple at E. J. Thomas Hall, 1996

3/21 The 23rd, Mike Petrone played Nighttown, as , & Harvey Korman played E. J. Thomas Hall ($62); tonight, bluesman Robert Lockwood Jr. turns 86 with the All- Star Band at the Savannah, as the Rock Hall hosts Jackie DeShannon the 28th, 2001

11/27 “For 90 minutes, Akron wrapped its Rubber City arms around their favorite daughter, and for good reason,” writes the PD’s Chuck Yarborough, after & (w/drummer Martin Chambers), rocked E. J. Thomas Hall last night w/ 6

‘Time Cat’ (new ‘Alone’ produced by Black Keys’ - $37-$75), 2016

JILLY’S MUSIC ROOM (with AKRON’S DEVIL STRIP/LUIGI’S) / (2016)

8/24 After the Tracey Thomas Band plays Jilly’s Music Room in Akron the 11th, as Tracey marks 40 years with Marc Lee Shannon & Ryan Williams; reading Akron’s ‘Devil Strip’ while dining at Luigi’s, Tracey returns to Jilly’s tonight with the Tracey Thomas Jazz Project (Robert Ethington, Justin Tibbs, Tim Longfellow, Toussaint English), 2016 11/3 Cruising to Akron Nov. 6th, the Numbers Band joins Tracey Thomas Shepard, Half Cleveland (Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Taylor McIntosh, Friday Mike Wilkinson, Bob Ethington), & the Bizarros at Jilly’s Music Room to aid Jimmy Kormanik ($5), 2016

LIME SPIDER / (2006)

6/2 Half Cleveland; Full Wave Rectifier; Constant Flux; Damaged Pies; Michael Harvey; & members of Chi-Pig, , & the Waitresses join activemuse.org at the Lime Spider in a benefit for New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina ($10), 2006

8/25 It’s the 3rd annual ‘Cashathon’ tonight at the Lime Spider on Main in Akron, featuring Brian Lisik; Ryan Humbert; Forty Thieves, and Blonde Boy Grunt & the Groans, 2006

12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band; & Zach ($5), 2006

MUSICA/ (2011)

1/21 In Akron, as Ashley Bridge Toussant, and Shivering Timbers play Annabell’s for free; at Musica, it’s Carlos Jones & the Plus Band, with Human Nature ($10): in Cleveland, the Flamin’ Groovies rock Beachland with Purple k’niF, & Living Stereo (“We’re only doing two shows. Cleveland and Detroit,” states front man Roy Loney -$12), 2011

TANGIER / (2016)

4/23 Cruising with the Vindys; Devo; & Yankee Bravo with Tracey Thomas on the330.net: Michael Stanley & the Resonators (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Psyka, Christensen, Lee, Powers, Shannon, Sosinski), prove that Cleveland’s still its town after the first of 4 soldout shows last night on their annual return to Tangier in Akron ($45-$87.50), 2016

UTOPIA LIGHT & POWER / (1976)

3/4 After East Wind rocks Utopia Light & Power, ‘Akron’s best disco and rock club,’ on the 2nd; Molkie Cole, with the Freeland Band (w/Disco Dave-$1.75) the 3rd; & the Michael Stanley Band last night ($3-$3.50); After seeing Dionne Warwick with Isaac Hayes at the Front Row ($6.50); tonight’s Hoolihan & Big Chuck flick is ‘Curse of the Swamp Creature,’ 1976

9/17 After cruising to Gold Circle in a ‘73 Dodge Charger ($1,795-Bill Doraty), for a $24.88 UHF/VHF outdoor antenna, East Wind rocks Akron’s Utopia Light & Power ($2), 1976

CANTON MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM / (1966-1971)

7/27 After buying Fender Super Reverb, & Vibroverb amps ($250 each), & a $110 Hagstrom III guitar: Herman’s Hermits & the Animals play Canton Memorial Auditorium ($3-$5.50), 1966

4/14 Tonight in Kent, after a 19¢ cheeseburger at Spencer’s, Ted Nugent & the Amboy 7

Dukes rock Revelation (old Fifth Quarter) on S. Depester ($2.50); as Ten Years After, Uriah Heep, & Humble Pie rock Canton Memorial Auditorium the 14th ($5.50), 1971

5/22 While Blood, Sweat, & Tears plays Canton’s Memorial Gym: cruising to Kent, tonight, it’s Roberta Flack, Godfrey Cambridge, & in Memorial Gym ($1-$3); Emerson, Lake, & Palmer; Cactus; & Livingston Taylor tomorrow ($1-3) 1971

CUYAHOGA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL / (1991)

12/12 After cruising in a red-gray cloth interior ‘88 Dodge Daytona ($4,995-Zalud Olds), to see Phil Keaggy perform solo last night at Cuyahoga Falls High School ($22.75); tonight’s Big Chuck & Lil’ John flick is Mickey Rourke, & De Niro in ‘Angel Heart,’ 1991

ENTRIES FEATURING KENT AREA VENUES

THE B.B.C. (1976)

1/16 Cruising to Kent, King Cobra plays the B.B.C., as Rats plays Filthy McNasty’s, 1976

THE EXIT / (1971) 10/31 Cruisin’ to Kent tonight, beer is 15¢ a glass/75¢ a pitcher from 8-9 p.m., as Mushroom (Bill, & Jeff Jeric, Chester Florence, Buddy Maver), rocks the Exit’s ‘Halloween Freakout;’ tomorrow, after cruising to pick up ‘Dick Gregory at Kent State’ at J. P. Snodgrass (LP-$3.25);Isaac Hayes (Shaft), plays Public Hall with Luther Ingram, & the Bar Kays ($5-$8), 1971

FILTHY McNASTY’S / (1976-1981)

1/16 Cruising to Kent, King Cobra plays the B.B.C., while Rats plays Filthy’s, 1976

10/10 Cruising down to Kent, the Michael Stanley Band rocks Filthy McNasty’s, 1976

2/1 After cruising to Kent tonight to see Love Affair rock Filthy McNasty’s on ‘WMMS Buzzard Card Night’ ($1.01 w/card); tomorrow, Breakout rocks McNasty’s ($2), 1981

J. B.’S NITE CLUB / (1966-1996) [With opening (1966) / 20th Birthday (1986)]

3/27 Cruising to Kent in a red/black bucket seat turbo-charged ‘64 Corvair Monza 2-door ‘Spyder’ w/4-speed, whitewalls, radio ($1,295-Metro Auto), J. B.’s Nite Club on N. Water St. celebrates its grand opening with Rich Underwood & the Majestics, 1966 1/8 Tonight, King Cobra rocks Welfare Night at JB’s Down; next week, the Numbers Band proves it’s alive, rockin’ JB’s ‘Weds. thru Sat.,’ with new equipment ($8,000 loan); after a Dec. 3rd fire destroyed the Kent Kove, Water Street Saloon, & its equipment, 1976 1/31 Cruising with ‘Born to Wander’ on the stereo, nearby at 244 N. Water St., J.B.’s Niteclub rocks with Alice Cooper, Glass Hut, & Biggy Rat ($3 at door), 1971 8/20 After cruising in a candy apple red-black top/interior ‘68 Galaxie 500 V8 hardtop Coupe ($1,295- LaRiche), to see the Damnation of Adam Blessing at J.B.’s in Kent ($2), & watch ‘Man Who Could Cheat Death’ on Hoolihan & Big Chuck; tomorrow, Public Hall hosts Steppenwolf, Redbone, Fanny, & Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks ($3), 1971

4/11 After cruising last night to see the Hi-Fi’s, & the Inspectors at J. B.’s in Kent, as Unit 5 (Tracey Thomas, Mike Johnson, Paul Teagle, Mark Jendrisak, Bob Ethington), plays the Warehouse in the Flats; tonight at the Warehouse, it’s Berlin, & the Clocks, 1981

4/17 After dining on a Bob’s Big Boy $3.25 fish dinner; down in Kent, the Gopher Broke Swing Band swings at the Stone Jug, Robin Hood hosts Buckeye Biscuit, & at J.B’s, the 8

Numbers Band plays Up, while Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers, The Action, & Somatics play Down, 1981

5/9 After Bo Didley plays two shows with the Numbers Band at JB’s in Kent, Vicky Fresh notes in the Kent Stater, “The only thing not moving was the tables” ($4.50), 1981

4/10 Cruising last night to Kent, J. B.’s Niteclub on N. Water St., marks 20 years with a two- day party offerin free food and 12 hours of music each day with 15-60-75, a Hammer Damage Reunion, Aces & Eights, Fine Young Minds, Death of Samantha, The Back Up Band, Joey Miserable & the Worms, & Black Hole Jokers ($5 Up/$3 Down), 1986

4/21 Cruising on the 23rd, it’s the , & D Generation at the Odeon ($23.50); while Bill Noftsinger joins master Maynard Ferguson at JB’s in Kent ($15), 1996

5/4 While Leon Russell plays JB’s in Kent ($14); WMJI’s Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll brings Little Richard, Bo Didley, the Cadillacs, Capris, Casinos, Chiffons, Gary U.S. Bonds, Pure Gold, ‘Frogman’ Henry and La Vern Baker to CSU’s Convo Center, 1996

KENT STAGE / (2006-2016)

2/10 Kent Stage hosts the 4th Annual ‘Up from the River Festival’ with Donkey Engine; Carlos Jones; the John Turner Band; & Ryan Humbert’s 4-piece gospel choir the 10th: the David Mayfield Band; Guild the Lily; Poontwang; & the Kidney Bros. the 11th ($10), 2006

3/25 The Kent Stage in downtown Kent celebrates its 4th anniversary with the David Mayfield Band opening for Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ($25), 2006

11/18 After catching Carlo Wolff signing his new book, ‘Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories,” at Barnes & Noble, Eton Square, as coach Jim Tressel’s OSU Buckeyes beat , 42-39, in Columbus; Kent Stage hosts the 40th Kent State Folk Festival at night with Tom Paxton, Odetta & Loudon Wainwright III ($25-$35); while Bill ‘Mr. Stress’ Miller toasts his 40-year blues career with Alan Greene tomorrow at Cebars, 2006

4/9 Cruising to Kent tomorrow, Kent Stage welcomes ‘Back to the 60’s’ with Sonny Geraci, Dennis Tufano (Buckinghams), & the Vogues (Bill Burkete, Hugh Geyer) ($25), 2011

10/28 While the Cedar-Lee Theatre time warps with ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ ($6 w/); at the Kent Stage, it’s McGuffey Lane, & The Immortal Porpoises ($10), 2011 12/17 Cruising to Kent Stage, you’ll find Marti Jones, & Don Dixon tonight; the Speedbumps the 23rd: & the Numbers Band bringing in the New Year, with Rachel & the Beatnick Playboys, 2011

5/7 Glass Harp (Keaggy, Sferra, Pecchio), power rocks the Kent Stage ($37.50, $50), 2016

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY / (1966-1986)

2/22 Cruising on Monday, starting at 8 p.m., Kent State’s Student Union rocks with Joe Walsh & the Measles during its George Washington’s Birthday Party (G.W.B.P.), 1966

4/1 After arriving home in a ‘66 Checker Marathon 9-passenger limo with a Muntz 21” color TV-radio-stereo ($379 w/trade), to watch Frank McGee’s Viet Nam war special on TV3 & ‘Attack of the Giant Leeches’ on Ghoulardi; tomorrow, Joe Walsh & the Measles rock the house at the ‘Bunny Hop’ in Kent State’s Olson Cafeteria (25¢), 1966

5/3 As Kent State welcomes Dick Gregory who speaks at 3:30 today, & Rod McKuen tomorrow on the 1st anniversary of the tragic shootings; memorial concerts held on the 1st with Lacewing & Shades of Tyme in the Memorial Gym (donations to KSU 9

Medical Fund), & Eric Andersen, Bert Sommer, Manhattan Transfer, & Buzzy Linhart in the Gym on the 2nd (free with valid KSU ID -52 artists contacted- 4 replied), 1971

10/8 Tomorrow at Kent State, (Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin), Mother Earth with W. Tracy Nelson, & Pure Prairie League rock some 2,500 in KSU’s Memorial gym (benefits Kent Legal Defense Fund- tickets $4-$4.50 at the KLDF office, Jerry’s Diner, Icarus & Kent Community Store-lost money), 1971

11/1 After cruising to pick up ‘Dick Gregory at Kent State’ at J. P. Snodgrass (LP-$3.25); Isaac Hayes (Shaft), plays Public Hall with Luther Ingram, & the Bar Kays ($5-$8), 1971

1/14 Yesterday, manager Dick Korn tells the Plain Dealer, “I’ll open somewhere,” after fire on January 7th causes $25,000 to the Viking Saloon rock house at 2005 Chester: cruising tomorrow to Kent State, Roxy Music w/Bryan Ferry rocks Memorial Gym ($5), 1976 2/6 After cruising tonight in a metallic bronze/black interior ‘74 Datsun 260-Z w/4-spd. ($4,788-Town/Country); as Tiny Alice rocks CWRU’s soldout University Ballroom ($1); Al Kooper rocks Kent State’s Winter Weekend festivities with the New Seekers ($2- $4/$1-$3 w/ID); tomorrow, ‘Divine Miss M’ Bette Midler rules Music Hall (Jane Scott notes, “She’s back for a three-day run at Music Hall and she’s a better Bette than ever - $6-$10), 1976

5/4 On the 2nd, it was white punks on dope with the Tubes at Kent Memorial Gym ($5); tonight, it’s Boz Scaggs, & Wet Willie at the Allen ($5.50); & on the 6th, country rules the Front Row with Loretta Lynn, Billy ‘Crash’ Craddock, & Kenny Starr ($6.50), 1976

5/14 After Hall & Oates (w/E. T. Hooley guitarist Todd Sharp), rock Woodling Gym tonight ($6); tomorrow, the J. Geils Band, the Outlaws, Livingston Taylor, Earl Slick Band, Michael Stanley Band, Alex Bevan, & John Bassette play the Kent State Commons, 1976

10/29 Tickets are $4.50-($5 resv.) w/ID, as WMMS-FM & Belkin Productions bring Lynyrd Skynyrd, & Manfred Mann’s Earth Band to Kent State’s Memorial Gym Nov. 6th, 1976

10/4 Cruising to Kent State where Burger King hamburgers are 39c, the homecoming theme is ‘A Tribute to Rock-n-Roll,’ with Joe Walsh as parade marshall & in concert at Memorial Gym (Buzzard Morning Zoo airs live/Numbers Band opens -$12/$8 w/KSU ID), 1986

FEATURED KENT STATE FOLK FESTIVALS / (2001-2006)

11/16 After Natalie Merchant plays to 1,600 at Lakewood Civic Auditorium the 14th ($37.50); tonight, the 35th annual Kent State U. Folk Festival finds Michael Stanley, & Marc Lee Shannon at the Robin Hood; Three Deep at the Pub; Wallace Coleman with Mike Modin, & Tim Matson at Ray’s Place; & Blue Taxi at The Outpost: tomorrow, Judy Collins plays the Kent Stage with Ethel Caffie-Allen, & the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble ($47), 2001

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play Robin Hood with The Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged; & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006 11/18 After catching Carlo Wolff signing his new book, ‘Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories,’ at Barnes & Noble, Eton Square, as coach Jim Tressel’s OSU Buckeyes beat Michigan, 42-39, in Columbus; the 40th Kent State Folk Festival ends with Tom Paxton, Odetta, 10

& Loudon Wainwright III in the Student Center Ballroom ($25-$35); while Bill ‘Mr. Stress’ Miller toasts his 40-year blues career with Alan Greene tomorrow at Cebars, 2006

THE KOVE / (1971-1976) 1/31 Cruising to the Kove in Kent in a bright red-bucket seat ‘68 Javelin AMX w/390 cu. in. 4-bbl., 4-spd. ($1,595-Kent Lincoln-Mercury); it’s a ‘Festival of Life’ featuring 10 hours of music & free food with Glass Harp; the Raspberries; Eli Radish; 15-60-75; Julie Heimann; Lacewing; Butcher, Baker, Sandwichmaker; Parson’s Wild WestShow; Hot Knife, & Voo Doo (50¢ donation-benefits Kent Community Co-ops), 1971

2/18 Cruising in a cherry red/black leather interior ‘68 Jaguar XKE 2+2 coupe; Music Hall features the Australian Ballet with Rudolph Nureyev in ‘Don Quixote’ ($5-$10); as the Kove in Kent hosts a Kent Legal Defense Fund, & Kent Community Project benefit tonight with the Whisker Belly Blues Band, the Measles, & Screaming Green (50¢); while War Horse (Tom Kriss, , Bruce Rusin, Paul Whitaker), rocks J.B.’s, 1971

7/16 After cruising in an orange-BVT ’71 Dodge Charger SE w/383 ($3,000), for black raspberries at Richardson’s Farms on Schaaf; it’s the Raspberries at Fat Glenn’s (50¢-3.2 beer 25¢); & Hound Dog Taylor, 15-60-75, & Blues Band of Kent at the Kove ($2), 1971

1/8 After a Dec. 3rd fire destroys the Kent Kove, Water Street Saloon & its equipment, the Numbers Band rocks JB’s Up last night with new equipment ($8,000 loan), 1976

REVELATION (OLD FIFTH QUARTER) / (1971)

4/11 Tonight at Kent, after dining on a 19¢ cheeseburger at Spencer’s, Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes rock Revelation (old Fifth Quarter) on S. Depester ($2.50), 1971

ROBIN HOOD / (1981-2006)

4/17 After dining on a $3.25 Bob’s Big Boy fish dinner wearing a new $6.99 WMMS Buzzard T-Shirt from J. P. Snodgrass: Kent rocks with the Gopher Broke Swing Band at the Stone Jug; Buckeye Biscuit at Robin Hood; and at J.B’s, the Numbers Band plays Up, as Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers, The Action, and Somatics play Down, 1981

11/15 After seeing Natalie Merchant last night at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium ($37.50), tonight finds Michael Stanley, & Marc Lee Shannon at the Robin Hood in Kent, as blues band Three Deep plays the Pub; tonight, Judy Collins headlines the 35th annual Kent State U. Folk Festival with Ethel Caffie Allen, & the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble ($47), 2001

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play the Robin Hood with the Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged, & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006

STUFFED MUSHROOM / KSU RATHSKELLER / STONE JUG / (1981)

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night, Charlie Weiner played the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), while the Somatics & Hammer Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, Human Switchboard rocks the Rathskeller with Lucky Pierre; and on Valentine’s Day, Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), while ‘you can bop ‘till you drop,’ with the F-Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5 & The Action at the Rathskeller, 1981

VENICE CAFE / (2016) 6/18 As Monica Robins & the Whiskey Kings join Michael Stanley & the Resonators at Rockin’ on the River in Lorain; dining tonight at the Venice Cafe in Kent, the 11

entertainment features Roger Hoover’s jukebox, & ‘Our Town’ with Brent Kirby & His Luck, 2016

WATER STREET TAVERN / (2011)

1/7 Dining on a $9 BBQ plate at the Water Street Tavern in Kent; Rachel Brown Wearsch & the Beatnik Playboys (Bill Watson, Roy King, David Huddleston), played last night; it’s the 80’s Band tonight; Colin John the 15th; and Weniger & Simon the 21st, 2011

4/8 Cruising to the Water Street Tavern in Kent, the Bluestones play tonight; the Frankie Starr Band April 15th; the Numbers Band the 22nd; & the TwistOffs the 29th, 2011

5/6 Cruising to the Water Street Tavern in Kent, it’s Alex Bevan tonight; Colin Dussault on the 13th; the Wanda Hunt Band the 20th; & the Alan Greene Band May 27th, 2011 ______

SECTION 7 / AREA ARTISTS-GROUPS FEATURED /

AKRON-KENT AREA:

The Action / Bizarros / Black Keys (Dan Auerbach, ) / Blues Band of Kent / Johnny Clampett & the Walkers / Devo (Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Vincent (Casale), Alan Myers) / Dink / Easy Street Band / F-Models / Half Cleveland (Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Taylor McIntosh, Friday Mike Wilkinson, Robert Ethington) / Hammer Damage (Mike Hammer, Dave Zagar [Donny Damage]) / Hi-Fis / Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds / Human Switchboard / Ryan Humbert Band / Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders / King Cobra / Jani Lane / Marilyn Manson / May Company (David Giffels, Mike Wilkinson, Dave Rich, Pat McNulty) / Vaughn Monroe / Numbers Band (Robert & Jack Kidney, Terry Hynde) / Purple k’niF (Teagle, Bob Basone, Chris Butler) / Harvey Russell & the Rogues / Boz Scaggs / Tracey Thomas Shepard / Tracey Thomas Jazz Project (Thomas, Robert Ethington, Justin Tibbs, Tim Longfellow, Toussaint English) / Somatics / the O’Jays / Blanche Theborn / Tin Huey (Harvey Gold, Stewart Bustin, Mark Price, Michael Aylward, ) / Otis Trotter and the Smokers / Shooter Sharp & the Shootouts (Humbert, Poston, Gomez, Moss, Bates, McDermott) / Patrick Sweany / TwistOffs (Allen Mothersbaugh, Brian Fricky, Kevin Zelina, Erik Walter, Patrick Drouin, Louis Giffels, Mike Fasig) / Rich Underwood & the Majestics / Unit 5 (Thomas, Johnson, Teagle, Jendrisack, Ethington) / Joe Vitale / Waitresses (Chris Butler, Patty Donahue, , Dan Klayman, , Tracy Wormworth) / Joe Walsh (Measles/)

FEATURED INDIVIDUALS:

Jack Clifton (WJW-AM) / Phil Boggs (Olympic Diver) / Lee Tressel (new Massillon High head football coach)

SECTION 7 / INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES FEATURING AKRON AREA SOLO ARTISTS / GROUPS /

THE ACTION / (1981)

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night saw Charlie Weiner at the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), as the Somatics & Hammer Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, ‘Human Switchboard’ rocks KSU’s Rathskeller with Lucky Pierre; & the 14th, as Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), 400 ‘bop ‘till they drop’ at the Rathskeller with the F-Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5, The Action & new Akron Venture Magazine, 1981

4/17 After dining on a Bob’s Big Boy $3.25 fish dinner; down in Kent, the Gopher Broke Swing Band swings at the Stone Jug, Robin Hood hosts Buckeye Biscuit, & at J.B’s, the Numbers Band plays Up, while Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers, The Action & Somatics play Down, 1981

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12/25 Tonight, Pirate’s Cove hosts its Christmas Party with the Barflys, Valiant, & Todd Hart Band; tomorrow, it’s Playboy Music Award winner Snake Rock & The Action, 1981

THE BIZARROS / (1981-2016)

7/10 Cruising tonight, as the Bank in Akron offers Teacher’s Pets, Bursting Brains, the Nelsons, BAK 221, V-Nervz, and the Bizarros; the Pop Shop hosts the Silencers, 1981

11/3 Cruising to Akron on November 6th, the Numbers Band joins musical forces with local favorites Tracey Thomas Shepard, Half Cleveland (Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Taylor McIntosh, Friday Mike Wilkinson, Robert Ethington), & the Bizarros for a special night to benefit Jimmy Kormanik at Jilly’s Music Room on N. Main ($5), 2016

BLACK KEYS / (2006-2016)

2/25 Tonight, (Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney), from Akron rock the Agora Theatre with Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra, and Patrick Sweany ($15), 2006

2/14 ‘It’s official: The Black Keys are as good as gold,” notes the PD’s John Soeder, after former Akronites Patrick Carney, & Dan Auerbach capture the best alternative music album prize for ‘Brothers,’ its latest release during the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, 2011

6/9 Helping the careers of numerous artists including , and the Black Keys, “Popovich loved outlaws,” writes the PD's John Petkovic, upon the passing of Cleveland International Records founder Steve Popovich at age 68, 2011

11/27 “For 90 minutes, Akron wrapped its Rubber City arms around their favorite daughter, and for good reason,” notes the PD’s Chuck Yarborough, after Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders (w/drummer Martin Chambers), rocked E. J. Thomas Hall last night w/Time Cat (new album ‘Alone’ produced by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach- $37-$75), 2016

JOHNNIE CLAMPETT & THE WALKERS / (1981-2016)

4/17 After a $3.25 Bob’s Big Boy fish dinner; Kent rocks with the Gopher Broke Swing Band at the Stone Jug; Buckeye Biscuit at Robin Hood; and at J.B’s, the Numbers Band plays Up, as Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers, The Action, and Somatics play Down, 1981

4/16 Rockin’ Beachland Ballroom, Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers (John Teagle (w/1960 Gretsch guitar), Bob Basone, Danny Basone), celebrate its 35th anniversary with David Loy, Chris King, Marky Ray, & Becky Armstrong; Purple k’niF (Teagle, Bob Basone, Chris Butler), & She’s Alright, Alright (Teagle, Bob Basone, Butler, Jack Kidney), 2016

THE CRAMPS / (1981)

6/30 The Agora celebrates 15th years tomorrow with a 15-hour marathon starting at noon after the ‘Coffeebreak Concert’ with Alex Bevan; featuring American Noise, Lazer, Pony Boys, the Clocks, Full House Band, Wild Giraffes, Private Eyes & Starfleet; while tomorrow, the Mistake beneath the Agora becomes the ‘Pop Shop,’ committed to power pop & newer music, with & the Clocks as openers, 1981

DEVO / (1976-1981)

12/18 Offering live bands performing original material, The Crypt, ‘Akron’s newest rock club,’ offers Pere Ubu (Street Waves), & Akron’s Devo (the De-Evolution Band - Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Vincent (Casale), Alan Myers-$1.25), 1976

12/16 After catching the ‘Devo’ 1978 ‘Saturday Night Live’ repeat last night on TV5 with Clevelander Fred Willard as host; celebrating 10 years at WMMS, Denny Sanders tells Jane Scott, “per capita, we (Cleveland) sell more records than anywhere else,” picking the Hi-Fi’s, Lucky Pierre, Generators, Human Switchboard, & Wild Giraffes as hot groups, 1981

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DINK / (1996)

12/13 Dink, Gem, Witch Hazel, & Fuzzhead rule the night at Peabody’s DownUnder during a benefit & raffle for Indian Rope Burn lead singer Clay Mation ($6), 1996

EASY STREET BAND / (1981-1986)

1/1 As Easy Street starts the year at the Agora with WMMS’ Jeff & Flash; after a sold out New Year’s Eve show at , the Michael Stanley Band returns tonight, as a “batch of hot tunes” by Indiana rocker John Cougar opens the show (Plain Dealer rock music critic Jane Scott notes, “1981 looks to be an even better year for the group,” as they join Cheap Trick on a Southern tour later in the month- $10.50), 1981

6/29 Last night found Iron Maiden at the Agora with The Muffs ($4); Kaya, & Dr. Bloodmoney with Tony Maimone playing Pirate’s Cove; and Easy Street rocking Jeff & Flash’s Monoplies with Moonlight Drive on WMMS Night ($2.02), 1981

1/27 Rocking Silky’s tonight, ‘Star Session ‘86’ raises funds for the needy with Moonlight Drive (Rick Wade, Brian Dossa, Bill Pettijohn, Scott Kormos, Bill Russell); Beau Coup; Easy Street; Cleveland; the Innocent; Richard & the Heartbeats; American Noise; Jeff Varga Band; Lipstick; Axis; Extra! Extra!; Quick; Scarlet; and Mirage, 1986

5/9 After cruising to hear Heat tonight at Rick’s Cafe; tomorrow, Old Front Bar, & Vine Lanes host a ‘Bowling for Breath’ cystic fibrosis benefit with the Bottles, Wally Bryson’s Sittin’ Ducks, Undercover, Secret, Easy Street, the Bryson/Kelleher Band, the Names, and stars Larry, Darryl & Darryl from the ‘Newhart’ show on TV8, 1986

F-MODELS / (1981)

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night saw Charlie Weiner at the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), as the Somatics & Hammer Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, Human Switchboard rocks KSU’s Rathskeller with Lucky Pierre; & the 14th, as Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), 400 ‘bop ‘till they drop’ at the Rathskeller with the F-Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5, The Action & new Akron Venture Magazine, 1981

HALF CLEVELAND / (2006-2016)

6/2 Half Cleveland; Full Wave Rectifier; Constant Flux; Damaged Pies; Michael Harvey; & members of Chi-Pig, Tin Huey, & the Waitresses join activemuse.org at the Lime Spider in a benefit for New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina ($10), 2006

11/3 Cruising to Akron on November 6th, the Numbers Band joins musical forces with local favorites Tracey Thomas Shepard, Half Cleveland (Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Taylor McIntosh, Friday Mike Wilkinson, Robert Ethington), & the Bizarros for a special night to benefit Jimmy Kormanik at Jilly’s Music Room on N. Main ($5), 2016

HAMMER DAMAGE / (1981)

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night saw Charlie Weiner at the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), as the Somatics & Hammer Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, Human Switchboard rocks KSU’s Rathskeller with Lucky Pierre; & the 14th, as Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), 400 ‘bop ‘till they drop’ at the Rathskeller with the F-Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5, The Action & new Akron Venture Magazine, 1981

4/25 After cruising to see & the Casualties at the Mistake tonight; Pirate’s Cove hosts Kaya on ‘Jamaica Night’ tomorrow (ping-pong tourney at 4 p.m.), Rock, Salt & Nails on the 27th, Hammer Damage (Mike ‘Hammer’ Wray/Dave ‘Donny Damage’ Zagar), & Terry & the Tornadoes on the 28th, & Tongue Thrust the 29th, 1981

5/10 After cruisin’ to the Phantasy where Hammer Damage, & the V-Necks (Duffy, Lange, Gunn, Goodrich, Dorko), kick off a ‘rest in pieces’ Baloney Heads (Savage, Townhouse, 14

Killowat, Foland, Duffy), parting party, with band alumni, & Peanuts as emcee; tomorrow, Ozzy Osbourne rocks Music Hall with Motorhead ($10), 1981

HI-FIS / (1981)

4/11 After cruising last night to see the Hi-Fi’s, & the Inspectors at J. B.’s in Kent, as Unit 5 (Tracey Thomas, Mike Johnson, Paul Teagle, Mark Jendrisak, Bob Ethington), plays the Warehouse in the Flats; tonight at the Warehouse, it’s Berlin, & the Clocks, 1981

8/3 It’s WMMS $1.01 night at the Agora with Lucky Pierre, Wild Giraffes, & Hi-Fi’s, 1981

8/7 After cruising to Peaches Records & Tapes for ‘Unbroken!,’ the Wild Horses’ debut LP (premiered on Kid Leo’s WMMS show-$5.97), tonight, they play a WMMS Geauga Lake Day event, as the Wild Giraffes, and Hi-Fi’s open Tucky’s on W. St. Clair, 1981

12/16 After catching the ‘Devo’ 1978 ‘Saturday Night Live’ repeat last night on TV5 with Clevelander Fred Willard as host; celebrating 10 years at WMMS, Denny Sanders tells Jane Scott, “per capita, we (Cleveland) sell more records than anywhere else,” noting the Hi-Fi’s, Lucky Pierre, Generators, Human Switchboard, and Wild Giraffes, 1981

HUMAN SWITCHBOARD / (1981) 2/13 In Kent, last night saw Charlie Weiner at the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), as the Somatics & Hammer Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, Human Switchboard, & Lucky Pierre play KSU’s Rathskeller; & the 14th, as Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), you can ‘bop ‘till you drop,’ at the Rathskeller with Trudee & the Trendsetters, F-Models, Unit 5, The Action, and new Akron Venture magazine, 1981

12/16 After catching the ‘Devo’ 1978 ‘Saturday Night Live’ repeat last night on TV5 with Clevelander Fred Willard as host; celebrating 10 years at WMMS, Denny Sanders tells Jane Scott, “per capita, we (Cleveland) sell more records than anywhere else,” noting the Hi-Fi’s, Lucky Pierre, Generators, Human Switchboard, and Wild Giraffes, 1981

4/11 “They’re colorful characters who went on to do interesting things, whether it’s music or writing,” states Rock Hall curator Jim Henke, as (Pere Ubu), Bob Pfeifer (Human Switchboard), Cheetah Chrome (), & Mike Hudson (Pagans), bring their Cleveland Confidential Book Tour to the Rock Hall, streamed live on rockhall.com, 2011

JADED ERA / (2006)

2/3 After Jaded Era rocked Peabody’s DownUnder last night; it’s ‘Timeless’ tonight, as the Warren Bros. open for Martina McBride at the Wolstein Center ($39.50- $49.50), 2006

12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band; & Zach ($5), 2006

JOE WALSH - MEASLES / JAMES GANG / DREW CAREY SHOW / (1971-2016)

2/22 Cruising on Monday to Kent State, the students are rockin’ to Joe Walsh & the Measles in the Student Union during a George Washington’s Birthday Party (G.W.B.P.), 1966

2/21 After cruising to Manners where 2 Big Boys are 99¢, in a ‘71 AMC Hornet SC360 w/360 V8, auto, power, mags, polyglass tires ($2,765-Joe Erdelac), with ‘Hey, Tonight,’ & ‘Groove Me’ on WIXY/AM1260: next stop is Ashland College to power rock with the Glass Harp, and the James Gang (Joe Walsh, Dale Peters, Jimmy Fox), 1971 4/1 Cruising home with a new 21” Muntz color TV-radio-stereo ($379 w/trade), in a ‘66 Checker Marathon 9-passenger limo to watch Frank McGee’s Viet Nam war special on TV3, and ‘Attack of the Giant Leeches’ on Ghoulardi; tomorrow, Joe Walsh & the 15

Measles rock the house at the Bunny Hop in Kent State’s Olson Cafeteria (25¢), 1966

4/24 After cruising to buy the James Gang’s ‘Thirds’ LP at May Co. ($3.67), in a gold mist- BVT-black interior ’68 Olds Cutlass Supreme 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, AC ($2,095-A.D. Pelunis); next stop is Cyrus Erie West to rock with Frijid Pink, & Biggy Rat ($3), 1971

12/3 Disc Records has the James Gang’s new LP ‘Live at Carnegie Hall’ for only $3.49, 1971

4/9 After buying the 5-album Joe Walsh-James Gang catalog w/ ‘Barnstorm’ at Record Theatre ($3.99 ea.); next, it’s cruising in a marina blue-black top ‘68 Corvette Roadster w/327 V8 ($3,988-Town-Country), to see ‘All the President’s Men’ at the Berea, 1976

6/20 Cruising to Blossom after buying a Fender Stratocaster on sale at Sodja’s Music ($385/$690 w/tremelo higher); Joe Walsh closes out a 2-night stand with friends Joe Vitale, , George Perry, Mike Murray & guest David Lindley ($11), 1981

10/4 At Kent State where Burger King hamburgers are 39c, the homecoming theme is ‘A Tribute to Rock-n-Roll,’ with Joe Walsh as parade marshall, & in concert at Memorial Gym (Buzzard Morning Zoo airs live/Numbers Band opens/$12-$8 w/KSU ID), 1986

7/20 After dining at Shooters, Joe Walsh & friends (Al Kooper, Joe Vitale, Chad Cromwell, Rick the Bass Player), rock Nautica with Frankie Starr & the Chill Factor ($20), 1991

2/7 As TV5 airs ‘The West Wing’ & ‘Law and Order’ on Weds. night; and ‘That 70’s Show’ airs on TV8; TV5 counters with ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire,’ ‘Spin City,’ & the ‘Drew Carey Show’ (episode 221 ‘Drew’s in a Coma’ with Joe Walsh as ‘Ed’), 2001

2/24 Benefitting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum with WNCX-FM98.5; after playing a soldout show at the Rock Hall on the 22nd, the James Gang (Joe Walsh, Jimmy Fox, Dale Peters), rides again, rocking Playhouse Square’s Allen Theatre ($40), 2001

8/16 As the James Gang (Joe Walsh, Jim Fox, Dale Peters), hitting the road on a 17-date tour for the first time since the 1970’s, stops at Blossom ($35-$75); Fat Fish Blue hosts Robert Lockwood Jr. tonight, Kristine Jackson, & Acoustically Blue tomorrow, 2006

10/26 As Joe Walsh and friends bask in multiple ovations tonight before 3,000 plus at the State Theater, with Walsh rockin’ the night on tube amps built by Dr. Z; Hunter Hayes plays the House of Blues on the 28th ($15-$17); while the State Theatre hosts guitar master Joe Bonamassa the 28th; and on the 29th (each $49-$79), 2011

7/26 Cruisin’ to Blossom after toasting Mark Avsec with a ‘Play that Funky Music’ Witbier at Goldhorn Brewery on E. 55th; Live Nation’s Barry Gabel states, “It was over the top,” as Joe Walsh (w/Vitale, Young, Cromwell, Watchel, Wallace), & Bad Company, make it one hell of a night with hits like ‘Walk Away,’ & ‘Feel Like Making Love,’ 2016

JUKE HOUNDS / (2016)

7/16 Tonight, as Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse play Cebar’s Euclid Tavern; it’s Donny Iris & the Cruisers Rockin’ on the River in Lorain with the Juke Hounds ($10-15), 2016

KING COBRA (Rubber City Rebels) / (1976)

1/8 Tonight, King Cobra rocks Welfare Night at JB’s Down; next week, the Numbers Band proves it’s alive, rockin’ JB’s ‘Weds. thru Sat.,’ with new equipment ($8,000 loan); after a Dec. 3rd fire destroyed the Kent Kove, Water Street Saloon, & its equipment, 1976 4/14 After cruising in a ‘71 Corvette Coupe tonight to see Genesis (Collins, Rutherford, Hackett, Bruford, Banks), rock Music Hall (Phil Collins’ sore throat moves 10:30 show 16

to 15th-$6); cruising to Kent the 16th, King Cobra plays the B.B.C., as Rats plays Filthy McNasty’s, 1976

MAID MYRIAD / (2011)

2/17 Cruising to Annabell’s in Akron, it’s Maid Myriad tonight; Mike Lenz tomorrow, 2011

MAY COMPANY / (2011)

3/4 Cruising to the Happy Dog, it’s the local debut of May Company, with Akron power-poppers David Giffels, Mike Wilkinson, Dave Rich & Pat McNulty ($5), 2011

DAVID MAYFIELD BAND / (2006)

2/10 Kent Stage hosts the 4th Annual ‘Up from the River Festival’ with Donkey Engine, Carlos Jones, the John Turner Band, & Ryan Humbert’s 4-piece gospel choir the 10th: the David Mayfield Band, Guild the Lily, Poontwang, & the Kidney Bros. the 11th ($10), 2006

3/25 The Kent Stage in downtown Kent celebrates its 4th anniversary with the David Mayfield Band opening for Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ($25), 2006

NUMBERS BAND / (1971-2016)

1/31 Cruising to the Kove in Kent in a bright red/bucket seat ‘68 Javelin AMX w/390 cu. in. 4-bbl. V8, 4-spd. ($1,595-Kent Lincoln-Mercury); it’s the ‘Festival of Life’ featuring 10 hours of music & free food with the Glass Harp; Raspberries; Lacewing; 15-60-75; Eli Radish; Julie Heimann; Butcher, Baker, Sandwichmaker; Parson’s Wild West Show; Hot Knife; & Voo Doo (50¢ donation-benefits Kent Community Co-ops), 1971

7/16 After cruising in an orange-BVT ’71 Dodge Charger SE w/383 ($3,000), for black raspberries at Richardson’s Farms on Schaaf; it’s the Raspberries at Fat Glenn’s (50¢-3.2 beer 25¢); & Hound Dog Taylor, 15-60-75, & Blues Band of Kent at the Kove ($2), 1971

1/8 Tonight, King Cobra rocks Welfare Night at JB’s Down; next week, the Numbers Band proves it’s alive, rockin’ JB’s ‘Weds. thru Sat.,’ with new equipment ($8,000 loan); after a Dec. 3rd fire destroyed the Kent Kove, Water Street Saloon, & its equipment, 1976 4/17 After a $3.25 Bob’s Big Boy fish dinner; Kent rocks with the Gopher Broke Swing Band at the Stone Jug; Buckeye Biscuit at Robin Hood; and at J.B’s, the Numbers Band plays Up, as Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers, The Action, and Somatics play Down, 1981

5/9 After Bo Didley plays 2 shows with the Numbers Band at JB’s in Kent, Vicky Fresh notes in the Kent Stater, “The only thing not moving was the tables” ($4.50), 1981

8/17 Tonight, Crack the Sky & play the Agora ($2.02); tomorrow, as Brian Auger plays the Agora with WMMS ($5), it’s Uriah Heep, Valiant, & M-105 at Pirate’s Cove, as the Euclid Tavern hosts the Numbers Band; followed by Starfleet rockin’ the Agora’s Mug Night, the V-Necks at Tucky’s, & the Fugitives at the Bank the 19th, 1981

3/13 As Loverboy, & The Hooters rock the Coliseum ($15); the Golden Palominos (Jack Bruce, Jody Harris, Syd Straw, Bernie Worrell, Lisa Herman, Chris Stamey, Peter Blegved, ), rock Peabody’s DownUnder (Numbers Band opens-$7), 1986

4/12 Cruising last night to Kent, J. B.’s Niteclub on N. Water St., marks 20 years with a two- day party offering free food & 12 hours of music each day with 15-60-75, a Hammer Damage Reunion, Aces & Eights, Fine Young Minds, Death of Samantha, The Back Up Band, Joey Miserable & the Worms, & Black Hole Jokers ($5 Up/$3 Down), 1986

10/4 At Kent State where Burger King hamburgers are 39c, the homecoming theme is ‘A Tribute to Rock-n-Roll,’ with Joe Walsh as parade marshall, & in concert at Memorial 17

Gym (Buzzard Morning Zoo airs live/Numbers Band opens/$12-$8 w/KSU ID), 1986

3/1 While Oliver Stone’s ‘The Doors’ with Val Vilmer, & Meg Ryan opens at Loew’s East; at Euclid Tavern, it’s the Numbers Band tonight; Mr. Stress tomorrow; Armstrong- Bearcat w/Alan Greene the 3rd; & Bluto’s Revenge with the Wombats the 4th, 1991

4/19 WNCX’s ‘Animal’ broadcasts his 7 p.m.-midnight show live from the Agora, as the rock house kicks off its 25th anniversary celebration with Hot Tin Roof (with frontman Tom Lash, once with Lucky Pierre), opening for Kent’s popular Numbers Band celebrating its first CD 15-60-75-20, a retrospective of its first 20 years ($8-$9); 1991

4/8 Cruising to the Water Street Tavern in Kent, the Bluestones play tonight; the Frankie Starr Band April 15th; the Numbers Band the 22nd; & the TwistOffs the 29th, 2011

12/10 Last night, , & Obnox rocked the Beachland Ballroom ($17- $20), tonight, the Numbers Band (15-60-75) rocks the Beachland Tavern ($7), 2011

6/3 Cruising to the Parkview on W. 58th to dine on jambalaya; it’s Alan Greene tomorrow; Lonnie Reed the 18th; Hollywood Slim June 25th; the Numbers Band July 16th; Becky Boyd July 30; & the Blues Jam with Michael Bey & the Bad Boys on Wednesdays, 2016

11/3 Cruising to Akron on November 6th, the Numbers Band joins musical forces with local favorites Tracey Thomas Shepard, Half Cleveland (Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Taylor McIntosh, Friday Mike Wilkinson, Robert Ethington), & the Bizarros for a special night to benefit Jimmy Kormanik at Jilly’s Music Room on N. Main ($5), 2016

11/13 Beachland hosts a tribute to Robert & Jack Kidney & Terry Hynde (Numbers Band), with a Tiny Alice reunion, Tony Maimone w/Scott Krauss, Albert Dennis, Joe Tomino & Bim Thomas, Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Alex Bevan, Carlos Jones, Michael Stacey, Bill Lestock, Jim Ballard, Rachael Brown, Jon Mosey, & MC Charlie Wiener ($20), 2016

THE O’JAYS / (1966-1991)

5/20 After cruising to with ‘I Can’t Let Go’ on WHK in a black/red bucket seat ‘64 Ford Falcon Sprint convertible w/V8, whitewalls, power steering ($1,495-Jim Hern), to see the O’Jays vs. Temptations Leo’s Casino, as the Mamas & the Papas skip its Music Hall gig (Mama Cass ill); on Ghoulardi, it’s ‘Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ 1966

8/14 Cruising with ‘My Heart’s Symphony’ on WIXY-AM; Ben E. King plays Leo’s Casino with the O’Jays; as WIXY offers Jerry Brooke (6-10), Johnny Canton (10-1); Johnny Walters (1-4); Al Gates & ‘Feathers’ (4-7); Jack Armstrong (7-12); & Bobby Magic (12- 6 a.m.), 1966 12/24 After cruising last night with ‘Snoopy & the Red Baron’ on WHK to see the Royal Guardsmen at Chagrin Armory; Leo’s Casino celebrates tonight with the O’Jays & Bobby Hebb; tomorrow, the Baskerville Hounds play the Columbia Ballroom, 1966

12/30 Cruising in a red/black interior ‘66 Porsche 912 ($4,600-Stoddard Imports), as the Tree Stumps play Wildwood Lake; Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells play the Music Box; at Leo’s Casino, it’s Chuck Jackson, & the O’Jays w/Chickee Horne; it’s the Anthills, Lost Souls, & Sounds Anonymous at Euclid K of C; & the Choir at Painesville Armory, 1966

1/6 ‘Convoy’ by C. W. McCall tops the WIXY 1260 record survey, followed by Hot Chocolate’s ‘You Sexy Thing;’ Barry Manilow’s ‘I Write the Songs;’ ‘Love Rollercoaster’ by Players; ‘Saturday Night’ by Bay City Rollers; ‘Fox on the Run’ by Sweet; the O’Jay’s hit ‘I Love Music;’ and ‘Schoolboy Crush’ by the Average White Band, 1976

5/21 Cruising in a white-BVT ‘74 Javelin w/V8, fm stereo, auto ($2,895-Miller Pontiac), the O’Jays (Levert, Williams, Strain), play the Front Row with Melba Moore ($6.50); 18

while Steve Marriott’s All-Stars rock the Allen Theatre with Slade ($5-$6), 1976

8/8 After cruising last night to the Coliseum for ‘Operation Rock ‘n’ Roll’ with Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Metal Church, & Dangerous Toys ($20); tonight, Bonnie Raitt shares the Blossom stage with Chris Isaak ($19.50); as the Rude Boys and Levert (Gerald and Sean), open for the O’Jays at the Front Row ($24.75), 1991

THE PRETENDERS / CHRISSIE HYNDE / (1981-2016) / (with TIME CAT)

2/2 The results are in! The WMMS/Plain Dealer Fifth Annual Music Poll reveals: the Michael Stanley Band, best artist/group; Bruce Springsteen at the Coliseum, best concert; The Agora, best Cleveland rock club; Wild Horses, best Cleveland area band; Pat Benatar, best female artist; and the Pretenders best new artist/group, 1981

8/21 After seeing Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders last night at Blossom ($10); buying Michael Stanley’s LP ‘North Coast,’ (Camelot Music-$6.49), & seeing the Isley Bros. tonight at the Front Row ($10.75); on Chuck & John, it’s ‘Godzilla vs. Smog Monster,’ 1981

12/10 It’s only $45-$50 to see The Pretenders live tomorrow at the Agora Theatre, 2006

11/27 “For 90 minutes, Akron wrapped its Rubber City arms around their favorite daughter, and for good reason,” notes the PD’s Chuck Yarborough, after Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders (w/drummer Martin Chambers), rocks E. J. Thomas Hall last night w/ ‘Time Cat’ (new album ‘Alone’ produced by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach- $37-$75), 2016

PURPLE K’NIF / (2011-2016)

1/21 “We’re only doing two shows. Cleveland and Detroit,” states former Flamin’ Groovies front man Ray Loney, rockin’ the Beachland tonight with Purple k’niF, & Living Stereo ($12), 2011

4/16 Rockin’ Beachland Ballroom, Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers (John Teagle (w/1960 Gretsch guitar), Bob Basone, Danny Basone), celebrate its 35th anniversary with David Loy, Chris King, Marky Ray, & Becky Armstrong; Purple k’niF (Teagle, Bob Basone, Chris Butler), & She’s Alright, Alright (Teagle, Bob Basone, Butler, Jack Kidney), 2016

RED SUN RISING / (2011) 5/27 At Blossom, it was last night ($65); Josh Groban, June 6th ($25-$88); as Marc’s Great American Rib Cook-Off rocks the weekend at Jacobs Pavilion with Seether, & Ohio Sky; Collective Soul, with Red Sun Rising; & Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, 2011

RUBBER CITY REBELS / (2001)

6-8 “Punk was liberating,” remarks Rod Firestone, as the Rubber City Rebels with Buzz Clic reunite for shows at the China White Lounge in Akron’s Highland Theater ($10); and tomorrow at the Beachland Ballroom with Stepsister and the Hurricanes ($7), 2001

SHIVERING TIMBERS / (2011) [Just Added]

1/21 In Akron, as Ashley Bridge Toussant, and Shivering Timbers play Annabell’s for free; at Musica, it’s Carlos Jones & the Plus Band, with Human Nature ($10): In Cleveland, “We’re only doing two shows. Cleveland and Detroit,” states front man Roy Loney, as the Flamin’ Groovies rock Beachland with Purple k’niF, & Living Stereo ($12), 2011

4/6 Back from a recent appearance on the David Letterman Show, Shivering Timbers, and Daniel Martin Moore open, as Jessica Lea Mayfield plays the Beachland Ballroom ($10) (new album ‘Tell Me,’ produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach), 2011

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SOMATICS / (1981)

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night, Charlie Weiner played the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), while the Somatics & Hammer’ Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, ‘Human Switchboard’ rocks the Rathskeller with Lucky Pierre; and on Valentine’s Day, Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), while ‘you can bop ‘till you drop,’ with the F Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5, & The Action at the Rathskeller, 1981

4/17 After dining on a Bob’s Big Boy $3.25 fish dinner; down in Kent, the Gopher Broke Swing Band swings at the Stone Jug, Robin Hood hosts ‘Buckeye Biscuit,’ & at J.B’s, the Numbers Band plays Up, while Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers, The Action, & Somatics play Down, 1981

SPEEDBUMPS / (2016)

12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band; & Zach ($5), 2006

TIME CAT / (2016)

11/27 “For 90 minutes, Akron wrapped its Rubber City arms around their favorite daughter, and for good reason,” writes the PD’s Chuck Yarborough, after Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders (w/drummer Martin Chambers), rocked E. J. Thomas Hall last night w/ ‘Time Cat’ (new album ‘Alone’ produced by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach- $37-$75), 2016

TIN HUEY / (1976)

4/6 Cruising in a ‘67 Corvette convertible w/ 327 V8, 4-spd., am-fm tape deck ($4,400); WMMS Nights Out at the Agora continue with Weather Report, & Course of the Electric Messenger ($4-$5); as Pere Ubu, & Tin Huey (Harvey Gold, Mark Price, Stewart Bustin, Michael Aylward, Ralph Carney), play the Mistake tomorrow (Jane Scott notes, it’s “Ubu vocalist Crocus’s favorite group”-Ubu plays Max’s Kansas City the 13th), 1976

TRUDEE & THE TRENDSETTERS / (1) 2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night saw Charlie Weiner at the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), as the Somatics & Hammer Damage’ played J.B.’s Down; tonight, Human Switchboard rocks KSU’s Rathskeller with ‘Lucky Pierre;’ & the 14th, as Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), 400 ‘bop ‘till they drop’ at the Rathskeller with the F-Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5, The Action, & new Akron Venture Magazine, 1981

TWISTOFFS / (2)

7/7 Drawing 1,500 to Nautica, Belkin’s ‘Midsummer Minstrels’ concert yesterday featured I-tal, Frankie Starr & the Chill Factor, Oroboros, First Light with Carlos Jones, the Janglers, and the TwistOffs with ‘Win or Lose’ (Allen Mothersbaugh, Patrick Drouin, Brian Fricky, Kevin Zelina, Erik Walter, Louis Giffels, Mike Fasig) ($8), 1991

4/3 After watching the Indians lose to the New York Yankees, 7-1, in the season opener before 42,289 at Jacobs Field, Pete & Dewey’s Planet rocks with the TwistOffs 1996

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play Robin Hood with The Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged, & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006

12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band; & Zach ($5), 2006

UNIT 5 / (1981)

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night saw Charlie Weiner at the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), as the Somatics & Hammer Damage played J.B.’s Down; tonight, Human Switchboard rocks 20

KSU’s Rathskeller with Lucky Pierre; & the 14th, as Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), 400 ‘bop ‘till they drop’ at the Rathskeller with the F-Models, Trudee & the Trendsetters, Unit 5, The Action & new Akron Venture Magazine, 1981

4/11 After cruising last night to see the Hi-Fi’s, & the Inspectors at J. B.’s in Kent, as Unit 5 (Tracey Thomas, Mike Johnson, Paul Teagle, Mark Jendrisak, Bob Ethington), plays the Warehouse in the Flats; tonight at the Warehouse, it’s Berlin, & the Clocks, 1981

12/4 Cruising to Kent tonight with ‘Every Little Thing She Does is Magic’ on the am-fm stereo in a triple black ‘79 Firebird T-Top w/wire wheels, AC ($6,500-Ganley Olds); at J.B.’s on N. River, it’s the Waitresses (Chris Butler, Patty Donahue, Billy Ficca, Dan Klayman, Mars Williams, Tracy Wormworth), rocking with ‘Unit 5’ ($5), 1981

WAITRESSES with (PATTY DONAHUE) / (1981)

12/4 Cruising to J.B’s on N. River in Kent tonight with ‘Every Little Thing She Does is Magic’ on the am-fm stereo; Unit 5 opens at J.B.’s on N. River, as the Waitresses (Chris Butler, Patty Donahue, Billy Ficca, Dan Klayman, Mars Williams, Tracy Wormworth), rock the capacity crowd with ‘Quit,’ ‘Wise Up,’ ‘Hump Day,’ & ‘Jimmy Tomorrow’ ($5), 1981

PATTY DONAHUE / (1996) 12/9 Former Waitresses lead Patty Donahue, ‘,’ passes at age 40, 1996

ENTRIES FEATURING AREA INDIVIDUALS /

PHIL BOGGS / (OLYMPIC SWIMMER) / (1976) 7/22 While Akron diver Phil Boggs wins three-meter spring-board gold at the Montreal Olympic Games; finishing 16th individually, former Berea High & Ohio State standout Michael Burley places 2nd in the 4,000 meter cross-country run in the final day of Olympic modern pentathlon competition, as the U. S. squad takes 5th place, 1976

JACK CLIFTON / (NEW ENTRY-FORMER WCUE DJ) / (1951)

10/16 After cruising in the afternoon with Soupy Hines, & Jack Clifton on WJW vs. Bill Randle on WERE, the ‘Biggest Show of ‘51’ brings Duke Ellington & his orchestra to Cleveland Arena with Sarah Vaughan, & Nat King Cole’s trio ($2-$3), 1951

RYAN HUMBERT / (2006-2016) 2/10 Kent Stage hosts the 4th Annual ‘Up from the River Festival’ with Donkey Engine, Carlos Jones, the John Turner Band, & Ryan Humbert’s 4-piece gospel choir the 10th: the David Mayfield Band, Guild the Lily, Poontwang, & the Kidney Bros. the 11th ($10), 2006 8/25 It’s the 3rd annual ‘Cashathon’ tonight at the Lime Spider on Main in Akron, featuring Brian Lisik; Ryan Humbert; Forty Thieves, and Blonde Boy Grunt & the Groans, 2006

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play the Robin Hood with The Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged; & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006

12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band, & Zach ($5), 2006

10/21 Tonight, the Rock Hall’s Music Masters Series honors at the State Theatre with X, Paul Cauthen, Ellen Jewell, Nikki Lane, Mike Ness, Oak Ridge Boys, & executive band leader John Carter Cash singing ‘Jackson’ with fiancée Ana Cristina 21

($30-$100); tomorrow, the Rock Hall hosts ‘Johnny Cash Day’ with Shooter Sharp & the Shootouts (Humbert, Poston, Gomez, Moss, Bates, McDermott), at 1 p.m., 2016

ROGER HOOVER / (2006-2016)

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play the Robin Hood with the Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged, & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006

6/18 As Monica Robins and the Whiskey Kings join Michael Stanley and the Resonators at Rockin’ on the River in Lorain; while dining tonight at the Venice Cafe in Kent, the entertainment includes Roger Hoover’s jukebox, and Brent Kirby & the Luck, 2016

JANI LANE / (1991-1996)

7/9 Cruising to Blossom on the 11th, it’s Jani Lane & Warrant, Trixter, & Firehouse, 1991

11/25 Last night, Jani Lane & Warrant rocked the Odeon with L.A. Guns; tonight, it’s Crash Test Dummies & Ashley MacIsaac rocking the house ($17.50-$20); Eric Johnson /Adrian Legg playing the Odeon Nov. 26th; and Ekoostik Hookah Nov. 28th, 1996

MIKE LENZ / (2011)

2/17 Cruising to Annabell’s in Akron, it’s Maid Myriad tonight; Mike Lenz tomorrow, 2011

BRIAN LISIK 8/25 It’s the 3rd annual ‘Cashathon’ tonight at the Lime Spider on Main in Akron, featuring Brian Lisik; Ryan Humbert; Forty Thieves, and Blonde Boy Grunt & the Groans, 2006

12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band; & Zach ($5), 2006

MARILYN MANSON / (1996)

10/18 Cruising with 1,800 to the Agora, it’s Marilyn Manson, & N. Y. Loose ($17.50), 1996

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD / (2011) [Just Added]

4/6 Back from a recent appearance on the David Letterman Show, Shivering Timbers, and Daniel Martin Moore open, as Jessica Lea Mayfield plays the Beachland Ballroom ($10) (new album ‘Tell Me,’ produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach), 2011

HARVEY RUSSELL / (Akron’s Singing Policeman) (1966)

9/1 Rockin’ the ‘Ohio Teen Fair’ at Chippewa Lake Park, it’s Gary Lewis & the Playboys and Napoleon XIV today at 3 p.m., 7:30, & 10 p.m.; the Outsiders with Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels tomorrow; the McCoys, with Harvey Russell & the Rogues the 3rd; and on the 4th, it’s Terry Knight & the Pack with the Shangri-Las ($1.50), 1966

9/16 After cruising to see the Grasshoppers at Stables Lounge in Painesville with Harvey Russell’s ‘Shake Sherry’ on WHK in a canary yellow-BVT/bucket seat ‘64 GTO 2-dr. hardtop w/4-on-floor ($1,795-Friedman); Ghoulardi’s flick on a 176 sq. in. Airline color TV ($397-Montgomery Ward), is ‘Phantom of the Rue Morgue’ (in color), 1966

MARC LEE SHANNON / (2001-2016)

3/3 Last night, Anne E. DeChant joined Third Wish (Tara Marie O’Malley, Dan Heberlein, Jerry Buescher), at the Last Drop on S. Taylor; tomorrow, rocking the Odeon for free, Michael Stanley (w/Dobeck, Psyka, Sosinski, Sulak, Shannon), offers a 5-song sample of his 15th LP ‘Coming Up for Air,’ with Mike Belkin, & among attendees, 1996 11/17 After seeing Natalie Merchant plays to 1,600 at Lakewood Civic Auditorium the 14th ($37.50); tonight the 35th annual Kent State U. Folk Festival finds Michael Stanley, & 22

Marc Lee Shannon at the Robin Hood, as blues band Three Deep plays the Pub; tomorrow, Judy Collins plays the Kent Stage with Ethel Caffie Allen, & the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble ($47), 2001

1/18 Raising funds at the Beachland for former Agora promotion director Chrissy Krause; Michael Stanley joins local all-stars Butch Armstrong, Ernie Krivda, Tony Mazzone, Jennifer Lee, Marc Lee Shannon, Paul Fayrewether, Tampa Murphy, George Sipl, Alan Greene, Bobby Huszar, Jack Hrusch, Norman Tischler, & Buddy Maver ($20), 2016

4/23 Michael Stanley & the Resonators (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Psyka, Christensen, Lee, Powers, Shannon, Sosinski), prove that Cleveland’s still their town after the first of 4 soldout shows last night on their annual return to Tangier in Akron ($45-$87.50), 2016

8/12 After the Tracey Thomas Band plays Jilly’s Music Room in Akron the 11th, as Tracey marks 40 years with Marc Lee Shannon & Ryan Williams; reading Akron’s ‘Devil Strip’ while dining at Luigi’s, Tracey returns to Jilly’s tonight with the Tracey Thomas Jazz Project (Robert Ethington, Justin Tibbs, Tim Longfellow, Toussaint English), 2016

BOZ SCAGGS / (Canton native) (2001)

11/2 As tonight with Ian Hunter & John Eddie at the Agora ($25), while the Detroit Cobras, Sham & Angry Inch rock the Beachland ($10); at the Odeon, it’s Flaw the 4th (92¢), Canton-native Boz Scaggs the 6th ($35), & the Prodigals the 9th, 2001

BLANCHE THEBOM (Canton Native) (1956)

4/18 As the Metropolitan Opera Co. presents its 36th Public Hall season with Canton’s Blanche Thebom in ‘Don Carlo’ the 16th, ‘La Traviata’ the 17th, and ‘Fledermaus’ tonight; Lilly Pons stars as ‘Rosina’ tomorrow in ‘Barber of Seville’ ($1.70-$7.50), 1956

TRACEY THOMAS SHEPPARD (with Ryan Humbert / Yankee Bravo) / (1981-2016)

4/11 After cruising last night to see the Hi-Fi’s, & the Inspectors at J. B.’s in Kent, as Unit 5 (Tracey Thomas, Mike Johnson, Paul Teagle, Mark Jendrisak, Bob Ethington), plays the Warehouse in the Flats; tonight at the Warehouse, it’s Berlin, & the Clocks, 1981

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play Robin Hood with The Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged, & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006 4/23 Cruising with the Vindys, Devo, & Yankee Bravo with Tracey Thomas on the330.net, Michael Stanley & the Resonators (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Psyka, Christensen, Lee, Powers, Shannon, Sosinski), prove that Cleveland’s still its town after the first of 4 soldout shows last night on their annual return to Tangier in Akron ($45-$87.50), 2016

8/24 After the Tracey Thomas Band plays Jilly’s Music Room in Akron the 11th, as Tracey marks 40 years with Marc Lee Shannon & Ryan Williams; reading Akron’s ‘Devil Strip’ while dining at Luigi’s, Tracey returns to Jilly’s tonight with the Tracey Thomas Jazz Project (Robert Ethington, Justin Tibbs, Tim Longfellow, Toussaint English), 2016

PATRICK SWEANY / (2006) 2/25 Tonight, the ‘Black Keys’ (Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney), from Akron rock the Agora Theatre with Miss Alex White & the Red Orchestra, and Patrick Sweany ($15), 2006

LEE TRESSEL NAMED NEW HEAD COACH AT MASSILLON HIGH SCHOOL / (1956)

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2/1 After leading the Mentor Cardinals to 34 straight victories, 30-year-old head football coach Lee Tressel becomes the 11th head football coach at Massillon High School, succeeding Tom Harp, with a three-year contract worth $6,600 a year, 1956

VAUGHN MONROE / (1946-1956)

11/29 While Akron-born Vaughn Monroe opens with his 23-piece orchestra at the Palace Theatre; Music Hall hosts a ‘Pops Concert’ with Woody Herman ($1.20-$3.60), 1946

1/27 As Vaughn Monroe hosts the stage show during the Auto Show in Public Hall offering 255 hp. DeSotos with push button driving; & ‘flight-swept’ Chryslers ($1): tonight, TV8 offers ‘Annie Oakley;’ ‘Gene Autry;’ & ‘Beat the Clock;’ as makes his TV debut on ‘Stage Show’ at 8 p.m., introduced by WERE-AM’s Bill Randle, 1956

JOE VITALE (JR. & SR.) / (1971-2016)

2/18 Cruising in a cherry red/black leather interior ‘68 Jaguar XKE 2+2 coupe; Music Hall features the Australian Ballet with Rudolph Nureyev in ‘Don Quixote’ ($5-$10); as the Kove in Kent hosts a Kent Legal Defense Fund, & Kent Community Project benefit tonight with the Whisker Belly Blues Band, the Measles, & Screaming Green (50¢); while War Horse (Tom Kriss, Joe Vitale, Bruce Rusin, Paul Whitaker), rocks J.B.’s, 1971

4/1 Cruising tomorrow, it’s with Odetta at Public Hall ($4-$6); Roberta Flack (1st time here), at CWRU’s Emerson Gym ($3.50-$4); & Sherriff at Cyrus Erie West with Tom Kriss from the James Gang, and Joe Vitale from the Chylds, 1971

6/20 Cruising to Blossom after buying a Fender Stratocaster on sale at Sodja’s Music ($385/$690 w/tremelo higher); Joe Walsh closes out a 2-night stand with friends Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel, George Perry, Mike Murray, & guest David Lindley ($11), 1981

10/13 After going country with George Jones & the Flying Burrito Bros. at the Front Row on the 11th ($8.75); & rockin’ to Triumph, the Frank Marino Band & the Kings last night at Public Hall ($8.50); it’s ‘The Innocent Age’ at the Coliseum tonight with and friends Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel & ($9.50-$11.50), 1981

7/20 After dining at Shooters, Joe Walsh & friends (Al Kooper, Joe Vitale, Chad Cromwell, Rick the Bass Player), rock Nautica with Frankie Starr & the Chill Factor ($20), 1991

6/10 “It’s a double bill to die for,” reviewer John Soeder later writes, after Crosby, Stills & Nash, touring for the first time in 2 years (w/Joe Vitale on drums, & Cleveland-born Mike Finnigan on keyboards), rocks Blossom tomorrow with ‘Chicago’ ($38.75), 1996

2/6 After cruising with Nolan, Malone, Kullik & Tracey Carroll in the A.M. on Majic WMJI- 105.7FM; rocking with their hits, the Ohio Rock Legends featuring Joe Vitale (Jr., & Sr.), Gary Markasky, Jerry Schoenfeld, Marty Lee Hoenes, Chris Wintrip & special guest Dale Peters play the Lorain Palace Theatre at night ($10-$30), 2016

6/26 Cruisin’ to Blossom after joining Mark Avsec for a ‘Play that Funky Music’ Witbier at Goldhorn Brewery on E. 55th; Live Nation’s Barry Gabel states, “It was over the top,” as Joe Walsh (w/Vitale, Young, Cromwell, Watchel, Wallace), & Bad Company, make it one hell of a night with hits like ‘Walk Away’ & ‘Feel Like Making Love,’ 2016

ZAK / (2006) 12/30 The Lime Spider’s 3rd annual ‘Before New Year’s Eve Party’ features Jaded Era; the Speedbumps; Brian Lisik; the TwistOffs; the Ryan Humbert Band; & Zach ($5), 2006

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SECTION 9 / FEATURED AKRON AREA SPECIALTY EVENTS IN PHOTO STORIES

AKRON DAY AT GREAT LAKE EXPOSION 8/1/36 Photo showing Goodyear Balloon launching from Municipal Stadium

COMEDIAN DICK GREGORY PLAYS @ THE PALMS IN AKRON: 3/13/61 Dick Gregory plays the Palms Supper Club (found in Dorothy Fuldheim photo story