Record store days concert photos....

[fitness1]

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From '79 to '87 I ran a small record store and I must say looking back it was VERY good times.

One thing that was special was we sold concert tickets for several Michigan venues and I typically handled the "closeout" of the funds when the shows were approaching....and got to go to a lot of them as well.

This whole process made me wild for live music, and I traveled a ton to see live music as well. Out of state festivals, I'd schedule trips around seeing favorite artists in small venues in places I wanted to visit.

This activity carried on a few years after those days.

Last night I went through an old suitcase that had a lot of 8 by 10's I'd had developed from those days.....came upon a few that stood out and thought I'd post a few and start a thread for everyone else to do the same.

There are MANY more, but these were worth scanning/digitizing and posting.

[Gitfiddlemann]

Nice pics Todd!
Love the Hedges with his harp guitar, and Tony Rice with the CW large hole Martin. That guitar is a piece of history for sure.

[fitness1]

Originally Posted by AndreF

Nice pics Todd!
Love the Hedges with his harp guitar, and Tony Rice with the CW large hole Martin. That guitar is a piece of history for sure.

I have a bunch more Hedges and Rice pictures....some I had done on 16 by 20 and autographed, but I don't have a scanner that will handle them!

Tony signed that one for me (on the guitar) but it faded quite a bit over the years. I have a 16 by 20 of a different (better) shot that he and Wyatt both signed with a sharpie!

[dirkronk]

Those are SO cool, Todd.
Me, I'm equally impressed that you ran a record store "back when." A few years after graduating college, when I finally got enough discretionary income to start building a record collection, those places were my favorite hangouts. Just sitting here writing this I'm getting memories flooding back of my favorite Austin record stores, circa 1969 through 1975: Discount Records on the Drag, Inner Sanctum, the arrival of Half Price Books & Records, then much later Tower Records and the rise of Waterloo Records (where they did host a lot of performers). Good times.
Thanks for sharing the photos!
Dirk

[fitness1]

Originally Posted by dirkronk

Those are SO cool, Todd.
Me, I'm equally impressed that you ran a record store "back when.". Just sitting here writing this I'm getting memories flooding back Good times.
Thanks for sharing the photos!
Dirk

Fall of '79 - notice the Pat Metheny "American Garage" in the "instore play" position left of my head. I was 18 and listening to a very wide variety of music already!

I can still smell the Gonesh #7 incense and Ozium

As I told Andre, there are a LOT more pics. Each one has quite a story behind it!

[godfreydaniel]

I miss small independent record stores, spending time going through the bins. I did that a lot! Thanks for sharing your memories.

[fitness1]

Originally Posted by godfreydaniel

I miss small independent record stores, spending time going through the bins. I did that a lot! Thanks for sharing your memories.

Even running the store, I made my "treks" around other stores in the state that had large cutout bins - one of my favorite ways to score great music!

[imwjl]

Neat post. Thanks for sharing.

[islandguitar]

Very very cool, Todd!!!

[fitness1]

Thanks guys - it was definitely a fun time for me.

Hoping to re-create some of that activity soon!

I've got 3rd row seats for both May Erlewine and the Doo Wop Project in the next few weeks.

[Lkristians]

Hey, Todd, you can make a coffee table book out of those...really cool!

[fitness1]

Originally Posted by Lkristians

Hey, Todd, you can make a coffee table book out of those...really cool!

Ha - never thought of that!

[fitness1]

I've started scanning more pre-digital photos and will have many more, but I just came across these classics....

Probably around 87 or so at Sully's in Southfield MI - maybe 200 people tops in attendance, and The Good Doctor....that was a fun night!

Hot Rize at The Ark in Ann Arbor about the same time - Alison Krauss opening that night - before anyone had heard of her!.

And the one and only DAWG!

A little TR guitar face - he always did that little "lip curl" when he played something fiery!

A young John Gorka, and David Wilcox in his mullet and Lowden phase!

Jorma Kaukonen in about '88 or so

[frankmcr]

Live shows at Borders, once upon a time . . .

[Gitfiddlemann]

Terrific set of pics again Todd.
The Gibson SG is often overshadowed by the Les Pauls and Strats, but it sure belongs in the world of iconic electric guitar models.