Apologies in advance for launching a new thread for a personal question, but, there’s a better chance I’ll find the answer to the question here than anywhere else. (There used to be a fairly complete single site inventory of all the rock concerts and venues in the late 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond, but I’m not finding it anywhere).
Question:
I attended a rock concert, around my sophomore year in high school, at the Union Building. The headliner was the Steve Miller Band (there were two local bands that played prior to MIller’s band).
This would have been in the late Fall, Winter, or early Spring of either 1972, or 1973. Did anyone here attend and/or does anyone recall the concert, and if so, can you provide the actual date?
I wasn’t there, but was it actually December 4, 1971 at the Union? They were in SLC on January 12, 1973, if I’m not mistaken, but I believe that was at the Terrace Ballroom.
I found this poster in that record store that used to be across from B&N on 21st. I think it was $30 bucks. I gave it to a professor with other students. Now I want it back…
While we’re at it my neighbor says he saw zeppelin in a basement venue in like 68/69? With maybe 100 people. Said it was LAF but an amazing concert. No one had any idea who they were, but everyone left mind-blown. I have no reason to dis-believe him. Were like, any of you cats there, man?
Not sure if it was what your neighbor went to, but Zeppelin played the Terrace Ballroom in July 1969 (I think they were the opener for Vanilla Fudge that night). They were at the Salt Palace in 1970 and 1973. As far as I know, those were their only trips to Utah (though Page & Plant came back in 1998).
It’s possible that I could have sneaked out for a concert on December 4, 1971. I would have been only 15 and my parents did not allow me to attend concerts until I was 16. Where did you find a reference to this concert?
The Terrace was a nice venue and I saw a lot of great acts there over the years. The bigger acts started playing the Salt Palace in the early 70s, (or sometimes the “Dirt Palace” at the State Fairgrounds, but the smaller acts continued in places like the Terrace, the Union Ballroom, Kingsbury (I saw many great shows there), even clubs like the Zephyr.
And of course, a few years earlier, one of the most surprising locations, was Lagoon. The Doors and Rolling Stones among many others played at Lagoon during their heyday.
It also appears on setlist.fm, though neither have a ton of information.
Lagoon leased the Terrace from the late '50s until it closed in 1981 with the idea of hosting some of those nice shows they had been but being able to do it in the winter months. In the end, the lease wasn’t renewed because the owner (Little America) wanted to put a parking lot there. At the final show, Claudia Appling performed a set including, aptly, “Big Yellow Taxi.” A fan of Lagoon has a write-up on the Terrace here that might be worth the read for anyone interested.
