Fifty years ago, Georgia Tech hosted 11 live music shows by national acts, including eight eventual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The remarkable nine-month stretch included Chicago; The Doobie Brothers; Earth, Wind & Fire; Kool & The Gang; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Traffic; Yes; and KISS. The steel dome, open floor, and 8,600-person capacity made the Alexander Memorial Coliseum (since renovated and renamed the Hank McCamish Pavilion) one of Atlanta’s largest indoor venues. Read our retro-tastic story for the 1974 playlists, pics, and firsthand accounts. 🎸 c.gatech.edu/3VFwNfz
Don’t forget ‘the champagne Jam’
What about the classic bands that were created from Tech students? REO Speedwagon came out of our school of Architecture!
Saw most of these shows, and remembered a few!
Bring more stuff like this back!
Really cool yellow jackets 🐝. Also really amazing some of the music 🎶 bands assembled for this event.
I was at the Dog Day Rock Fest at historic Grant Field back in Sept. of 1977 as a GT freshman. Great show! It was $8 LoL https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/dog-day-rock-fest--1687044
That’s awesome!!! I was a senior when The Rolling Stones played at Bobby Dodd stadium in the late eighties. Electric! We all thought we might be seeing the end of their tours. Boy were we wrong. Very fun!
And I was there! Grand times.
PINK FLOYD in 1995! Bobby Dodd was shaking!