1 PLANNER PROJECT 2016... THE 80s! EDITOR’S NOTE: Listed below are the venues, performers, media, events, and specialty items including automobiles (when possible), highlighting the years 1981 and 1986 in Planner Project 2016! 1981! 1981 / FEATURED AREA MUSIC VENUES FROM 1981 / (33) Cleveland Agora / Aribica on Euclid Hts. / Casa di Baron (on W. 130th) / Blossom Music Center / Cleveland Connection [opening period] / Coliseum Theater /Cuyahoga County Fair / Euclid Tavern / French Creek Tavern / Front Row Theater / Geauga Lake Park / Ground Floor / Hennessey’s on Detroit / Jeff & Flash’s Monopolies (Lorain) [opening night / 1st Christmas party] / JCU’s Rathskeller / Music Hall / Music Machine (9125 Brookpark Rd.) / New Corral / Peabody’s Cafe / Phantasy Nite Club / Pirate’s Cove / Peabody’s Cafe / Pop Shop [opening night] / Public Hall / Rampant Lion (disco dancing) / Red Horse Hollow / Rick’s Cafe (Chagrin Falls) / Spanky’s / Theatrical Restaurant / Tucky’s [opening weekend] / the Warehouse AKRON / CANTON / KENT / YOUNGSTOWN AREA VENUES / (9) Akron Agora / The Bank / Filthy McNasty’s / J.B.’s (on N. River) / Kent State Rathskeller / Robin Hood / Stone Jug / Stuffed Mushroom / Youngstown Agora 1981 / FEATURED ARTISTS / MUSICAL GROUPS PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / [(-) NO. OF TIMES LISTED] FEATURED NORTHEAST OHIO / REGIONAL ARTISTS FROM 1981 / [Individuals: (118) / Groups: (85)] Abraxas / the Action / Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams Band / the Adults / American Noise (Craig & Bruce Balzer, George Sipl, Tommy Rich, Jerry Moran, Greg Holt) / Jimmy Armstrong & the Pony Boys / BAK 221 / Backseat Romance / Baloney Heads (Townhouse, Killowat, Savage, Foland, Duffy) / the Barflys / Baskerville Hounds-Skywave / Berlin / Alex Bevan (with Tommy Dobeck, Steve Downey, Martin Block) / Alex Bevan & Friends / Bleedin’ Hearts (Steve Knill, Dwight Krueger, Rich Reising, Don Kriss, Rick Christyson) / Dr. Bloodmoney (with Tony Maimone) / Al Bonnis / Bopcats (with Mimi Hart) / the Breaks / Buckeye Biscuit / Bursting Brains / Jerry Busch Group / Carrot / Champion (Starfleet) / Cheetah Chrome & the Casualties / Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers / the Clocks / the Cramps / Crystal Dawn (Boresh, Bodeker, Gorombol, Spence, Lawer, Zolac) / Pat Dailey / Dazz Band / Deadly Earnest & The Honky Tonk Heroes / Dissidents / Easter Monkey / Easy Street / Flatbush (Phil Barker, Joe Dickey, Russell Allen Gall, Larry Rice, Linn Roath) [final show] / Flexi-Digits / Full House Band / Jim Glover / Todd Hart Band / Hollywood Slim Blues Band / Ida Red Band / Donnie Iris & the Cruisers (Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McLain, Kevin Valentine, Mark Avsec) / I-Tal / Scott Jaeger / Jazz Destroyers / Duke Jenkins Trio / Joey & the Radisheads / Kaya / Jonah Koslen / Don Kriss / Ernie Krivda / Lazer / Al Leatherwood / Gary Lewis Band (Wirth, Dalton, Markle, Sparks) / Abby Linhart / Robt. Lockwood, Jr. / Love Affair [L.A.] (Hudak, Spina, Zdravecky, Cukras, Coolbaugh) / Lucky Pierre (Tom Lash, Denis DeVito, Dave Zima, Kevin McMahon) / Marionette (Latare, Hajak, Gallagher, Metzger, Schneider) / Bill Pettijohn and Moonlight Drive / the Motion / Norm Nardini & his Tigers / the Nelsons / The News (Wally Bryson, Dann Klawon, Frank Masarra, Artie Peeler) / Peanuts (emcee) / Pony Boys / Private Eyes / Rapscallion / Raven Slaughter / Rock, Salt & Nails (Dennis McNulty, Tim Ottom, Dave Kennard, Rick Roth, Fred Dawson) / Andrew Rollins Band (Rollins, Rodney Psyka, Bob Benjamin, Leslie Lopez) / Glenn Schwartz / Separate Checks / Silencers / Slick (with Becky Boyd) / Snake Rock / Souvenir (2) / Michael Spiro / Stairway / Michael Stanley Band (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Gismondi, Raleigh, Markasky) / Starfleet / Mr. Stress Blues Band / Dick Swain / Tarra & the See / Teacher’s Pets / Terry & the Tornadoes / Frank Thedford / Tongue Thrust / Valiant / V-Necks (Gunn, Duffy, Goodrich, Lange, Dorko) / V-Nervz / Joe Walsh (with Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel, George Perry, Mike Murray, David Lindley) / Charlie Weiner / Wild Giraffes (McGinty, Elliot, King, Ivan, Reynolds) / Wild Horses 2 FEATURED AKRON / CANTON / KENT ARTISTS / Individuals: - Groups: - [ ( ) / ( )] 15-60-75 (Numbers Band) / Bizarros / Breakout / F-Models / Fugitives / Gopher Broke Swing Band / Hammer Damage (Mike Hammer, Dave Zagar [Donny Damage]) / Human Switchboard / Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders / Somatics / Otis Trotter and the Smokers / Trudee & the Trendsetters / Unit 5 (Thomas, Johnson, Teagle, Jendrisack, Ethington) / Waitresses (Chris Butler, Patty Donahue, Billy Ficca, Dan Klayman, Mars Williams, Tracy Wormworth) OHIO BASED ARTISTS / [Groups: 2] Isley Bros. (Cincinnati) / McGuffey Lane (Columbus) FEATURED NATIONAL ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / [Individuals: (93) / Groups: (93)] .38 Special / AC/DC / Air Supply / Allman Brothers Band / Ambrosia / Artful Dodger / Brian Auger / Beach Boys / Pat Benatar / Tony Bennett / Chuck Berry / Bitch / Blackfoot / Black Sabbath / Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland / Blue Oyster Cult / Gary U. S. Bonds / Bosch / John Cale / Joe (King) Carrasco and the Crowns / Cheap Trick / Alice Cooper / Crack the Sky / Danny & the Juniors / Def Leppard / John Denver / the Drifters / Doobie Brothers (with Michael McDonald) / the Drifters / Duran Duran / D.V.C. / Electric Light Orchestra / Joe Ely / Eves / Fast Fontaine / FM / Ellen Foley / Dan Fogelberg (w/Joe Vitale / Russ Kunkel / Kenny Passarelli) / Foghat / the Fools / The Force / Foreigner / Four Out of 5 Doctors / Four Tops / Peter Frampton / Franke & the Knockouts / Genesis / Go-Go’s / Grateful Dead / Guess Who / Steve Hackett / Herman’s Hermits / Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott) / Ian Hunter & the Rockets / Iggy Pop / Iron Maiden / Etta James / Jefferson Starship (with Grace Slick) / J. Geils Band / Joan Jett & the Blackhearts / David Johansen / the Johnny’s of Detroit / Journey (with Steve Perry) / Judas Priest / the Killers / B. B. King / Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King / the Kings / the Kinks (with Ray Davies) / Leo Kotke / Alvin Lee / Peggy Lee / Little Anthony / Chuck Mangione / Frank Marino Band / Ellen McIlwaine / Don McLean / Randy Meisner / Mink Deville / Midnight Flyer / the Models / Moody Blues / Motorhead / The Muffs / Nazareth / Rick Nelson / Nighthawks / Novo Combo (with Steve Hewlett) / Ozzy Osbourne / Papa / Joe Perry Project / Peter, Paul & Mary / Plasmatics (Wendy O. Williams) / Point Blank / Producers / Quarterflash / Ramones / Rare Earth / Leon Redbone / Red Rider / REO Speedwagon / the Rhythm Kings, Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones / Linda Ronstadt / Todd Rundgren & Utopia (Powell, Sulton, Wilcox) (2) / Rush / Sam & Dave / Santana / Savoy Brown / Sir Douglas Quintet / Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes / Rick Springfield / Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band / Spyro Gyra / Billy Squier / Stormy Weather / John Kay and Steppenwolf / Donna Summer / Survivor / James Taylor / Teenage Head / Three Dog Night (Wells, Hutton, Negron) / Thrills / Triumph / The Tubes / U2 - (Boy Tour) / U2 (Paul (Bono) Hewson, David (the Edge) Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton) (October tour) / UFO / Uriah Heep / Valiant / Luther Vandross / Ventures / Muddy Waters [last local appearance] / Whitford St. Holmes Band / Willie Phoenix / Beach Boy Carl Wilson / Frank Zappa FEATURED COUNTRY / COUNTRY ROCK / BLUEGRASS ARTISTS HERE IN 1981 / (8) Rosanne Cash / Flying Burrito Bros. / Mickey Gilley / Waylon Jennings / George Jones / Johnny Lee / Marshall Tucker Band / Urban Cowboy Band FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / [Local: (5) / National: (13)] LOCAL ARTISTS: Patty Donahue / Chrissie Hynde / Becky Boyd (with Slick) / Mimi Hart (with the Bopcats) / Tracy Wormworth / NATIONAL ARTISTS: Pat Benatar / Rosanne Cash / Ellen Foley / Go-Go’s / Etta James / Joan Jett / Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King / Peggy Lee / Ellen McIlwaine / Linda Ronstadt / Grace Slick / Donna Summer / Wendy O. Williams FEATURED ROCK HALL INDUCTEES PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / (29) Allman Brothers Band / Beach Boys / Chuck Berry / Black Sabbath / Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland / Cheap Trick / Alice Cooper / Earth, Wind & Fire / Genesis / Grateful Dead / Etta James / Journey (with Steve Perry) / the Kinks (with Ray Davies) / B. B. King / The Moody Blues / Rick Nelson / Ramones / Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones / Linda Ronstadt / Rush / Sam & Dave / Santana / Bruce Springsteen and the E 3 Street Band / Donna Summer / James Taylor / U2 (Paul (Bono) Hewson, David (the Edge) Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton) [Boy tour & October tour] / Ventures / Muddy Waters / Frank Zappa FEATURED AREA DEBUTS FROM 1981 / [Local: (4) / National: (4)] LOCAL: Crystal Dawn / Wally Bryson & the News / Tarra & the See / Bleedin’ Hearts / NATIONAL: U2 / Journey (with Steve Perry) @ Blossom [two nights] / Plasmatics (Wendy O. Williams) @ the Agora / Grace Slick (with Jefferson Starship) @ Blossom / Spyro Gyra @ Blossom FEATURED CLEVELAND AGORA ENTRIES FROM 1981 / SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL ITEMS NIGHTS: / Cherry red & white ‘Agora Rocks Cleveland’ bumper stickers / Mug Night 15th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: With American Noise, Lazer, Pony Boys, the Clocks, Full House Band, Wild Giraffes, Private Eyes, Starfleet / Mistake beneath Agora becomes Pop Shop’ with the Cramps, the Clocks CONCERT DISTINCTIONS: Wendy O. Williams later arrested for pandering obscenity after Plasmatics concert @ Cleveland Agora / U2 plays the Cleveland Agora during 4th leg of first U.S. tour (Boy tour) [returns in December during October tour] 1981 / MEDIA FEATURED FROM 1981 / FEATURED AREA NEWSPAPERS (3) / REPORTERS (4) Cleveland Plain Dealer (James Ewinger, Bill Nichols, rock reporter Jane