Every night, there is a show somewhere. The players come and go, the venues change, and the music evolves. But the show will go on. It must go on. These are the ones I've caught so far. -- GZ

I started at the beginning, jumped to the end and now I'm trying to remember everything in the middle. I think I've got most of them now, Grey numbers indicate a questionable date. The yellow boxes are reminders to me that I haven't written about the show - not like I'm wasting time at a Halloween costume store though. . Since there are so many to describe, if there's one you'd like to hear about (or to point out an inaccuracy), let me know. And a big thanks to Mike K, from the Toledo area (name protected cuz I didn't ask permission to print it), who provided dates for several of the early 70s shows. He saved his ticket stubs and I didn't. 1968 Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Lucas County Fairgrounds, Toledo, Ohio First Concert Ever 1972 Three Dog Night Friday March 31, 1972 Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio Guess Who with Argent Saturday May 13, 1972 Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio 1973 The Who Nov. 30, 1973 Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan Seems like it was their first Farewell Tour. 1974 David Bowie Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Santana, James Gang October 4, 1974 Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Kansas Valentine Theatre, Toledo, Ohio 1975 Kiss with James Gang Friday March 28, 1975 Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio Robin Trower with Boston Thursday April 24, 1975 Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo Ohio Styx with Legend, Clown Lake Andes, South Dakota Lynyrd Skynyrd with Rush Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo Ohio Someone wrote in to ask if Leslie West opened for Skynyrd that night. I honestly don't recall. Maybe I was late and missed the opening act. I do remember that a) I couldn't hear the damn piano at all and b) I spotted Rob Fetters* from the Raisin Band backstage and tried to get him to let me in. He did not. *Fetters is now playing with Adrian Belew in The Bears, but judging from the website, it's kinda like the Raisin Band threw out the chick singer and Belew joined the band. They still wear weird hats. Aug. 2008 -- The guy who used to work at the record store in Toledo (where this photo was taken) and had free tickets, and knows the Raisin Band, and other Toledo secrets verifying his identity, which I have already lost, assures me that Rush was the opening act for this show. 1976 Electric Light Orchestra Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo Ohio Kansas with Atlanta Rhythm Section Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio Return to Forever..................Best Audience Ever Memorial Hall Kansas City, Missouri 1977 Fleetwood Mac with Henry Gross, Head East, REO Speedwagon Royals Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Orchestra June 12, 1977 Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa Kansas with Blackfoot Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa 1979 Bob Seger with Foreigner Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa Eric Clapton Omni, Atlanta Georgia 1980 Eagles Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1984 Crosby, Stills & Nash Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV 1988 Yes Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV Pink Floyd Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona 1990  Moody Blues Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV 1991  Yes Union tour Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona 1992 The Temptations Edgewater Casino, Laughlin, Nevada Jackson Brown with Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin and others Sedona, Arizona Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Bonham August 24, 1992 Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona 1993 Poco Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, Arizona Dread Zeppelin Monsoon's, Flagstaff, Arizona 1994 Pink Floyd Division Bell tour Sun Devils Stadium, Tempe, Arizona 1999  Paul Simon with Bob Dylan Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona 2001  The Outfield with Hayden's Wall Joe's Grotto, Phoenix, Arizona 2003  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Jayhawks Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona Pete Best July 5 -- Pioneer Theatre, Milford, Iowa Gatemouth Brown July 18 -- Pioneer Theatre, Milford, Iowa Torque with Booze Brothers Aug. 23 -- OzRocks, Milford, Iowa 2005  Jerry Riopelle Dec. 31 -- Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona 2006 Roger Waters Cricket Pavilion Phoenix, Arizona October 3, 2006 Worst Audience Ever 2007 Hillary Duff with Click Five Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona August 19, 2007 1984 to 1990 -- Nevada Casinos I spent some time working in Nevada casinos, first as a member of the house tech crew, then as a member of the press, followed by a stint as head of the in-house sound team, before I went back to being part of the press. I couldn't put this list in chronological order if I were paid to. Roy Orbison Mel Tillis Tammy Wynette Steppenwolf Blue Öyster Cult Bobby Goldsboro Edgar Winter Leon Russell Johnny Cash Bobby Vinton Lola Falana Patti Page Charlie Daniels Eddie Rabbit Janie Fricke Louise Mandrell Merle Haggard Roy Clark T.G. Sheppard Moe Bandy Oak Ridge Boys Johnny Rivers Bellamy Brothers ShaNaNa Jan and Dean Paul Revere and the Raiders Tony Orlando and Dawn Waylon Jennings and Jesse Coulter Guess Who Righteous Brothers Crystal Gayle