Just for kicks about the Spectrum

troutputz · Post by **troutputz** » February 14th, 2021, 4:26 pm

How many of you old timers went to concerts at the Spectrum in the 70’s? Name some. Here are mine.
1 John Denver
2. Hamilton, Joe, Frank, and Reynolds.
3. Nitty ditty dirt band
4. Alabama
5. Olivia Newton John
6. The Carpenters with a comic act from a new guy called Steve Martin
7. The Fifth Dimension. (The song that made them famous was The Age of Aquarius
8. Bread
9. Seals and Croft(Summer Breeze)
10. Helen Reddy
11. Sawyer Brown they came about 6 times.

The funnest moment in the Spectrum for me was we had a one and only NCAA first and second round games. Georgetown with Patrick Ewing and Sleepy Floyd was here, along with Wyoming, and USC. I can’t remember the other teams. The, NCAA said we were to small a stadium and that Logan didn’t have motels to accomidate the teams, which was true. Geez I’m board without any games for us!

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » February 14th, 2021, 4:36 pm

I was not alive in th 70's, but Alabama, Nitty Gritty Dirt band and Sawyer Brown play some of my favorite country songs. Those would have been fun to attend.

tjensen_25 · Post by **tjensen_25** » February 14th, 2021, 6:02 pm

A few more in no particular order:

Billy Joel, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Boston (backup was Kansas), Chicago, Frankie Valli, Three Dog Night, and Dan Fogelberg

MalAgua · Post by **MalAgua** » February 14th, 2021, 6:20 pm

You guys are old....I saw Yellowcard there one time

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » February 14th, 2021, 6:40 pm

Olivia, Frankie, Karen & Richard, what's their names, Turn, Turn, Turn.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » February 14th, 2021, 7:14 pm

You want strange..... i once saw the B-52's in the Marriott Center. The last of concerts in that venue has to be very short - not including the Kurt Bestor or MoTab type performances.

LarryTheAggie · Post by **LarryTheAggie** » February 14th, 2021, 7:22 pm

MalAgua wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 6:20 pm
You guys are old....I saw Yellowcard there one time

Scotty McCreery.

WAAggie · Post by **WAAggie** » February 14th, 2021, 7:23 pm

Not that old. Did Van Halen though.

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AGGIEFIGHT · Post by **AGGIEFIGHT** » February 14th, 2021, 7:35 pm

A couple I remember that were just getting started and were opening acts
Mason Profit Band
Osibisa

also remember Steven Stills after he broke away form Crosby Nash and Young

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » February 14th, 2021, 7:47 pm

MalAgua wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 6:20 pm
You guys are old....I saw Yellowcard there one time

Yellow card came to Logan? That’s cool.

bigbluemtn · Post by **bigbluemtn** » February 14th, 2021, 8:02 pm

How about a little band called Fleetwood Mac. Mystery To Me tour, still have the vinyl.

GUS · Post by **GUS** » February 14th, 2021, 8:12 pm

Didn't either Three Dog Night or Grand Funk Railroad also perform there? USU had a couple of activities vp's that were skilled in scheduling these concerts.

newtonianblue · Post by **newtonianblue** » February 14th, 2021, 8:33 pm

Trout you got me beat by a few years, but I remember seeing Van Halen there, the one hit wonder The Knack, and Oingo Boingo. And Dan Fogelberg and John Denver. If I remember correctly the Van Halen concert was the tour for their first album??? I also remember Foghat, but maybe that was down at the old Capitol theater? Logan used to get some bigger names back in the day

utaggies · Post by **utaggies** » February 14th, 2021, 8:35 pm

troutputz wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 4:26 pm
How many of you old timers went to concerts at the Spectrum in the 70’s? Name some. Here are mine.
1 John Denver
2. Hamilton, Joe, Frank, and Reynolds.
3. Nitty ditty dirt band
4. Alabama
5. Olivia Newton John
6. The Carpenters with a comic act from a new guy called Steve Martin
7. The Fifth Dimension. (The song that made them famous was The Age of Aquarius
8. Bread
9. Seals and Croft(Summer Breeze)
10. Helen Reddy
11. Sawyer Brown they came about 6 times.

The funnest moment in the Spectrum for me was we had a one and only NCAA first and second round games. Georgetown with Patrick Ewing and Sleepy Floyd was here, along with Wyoming, and USC. I can’t remember the other teams. The, NCAA said we were to small a stadium and that Logan didn’t have motels to accomidate the teams, which was true.

Geez I’m board without any games for us!

Three Dog Night

Also, the Spectrum hosted two 1st round games in 1973. Tarkanian was coaching Long Beach State and Ed Ratliff (Olympian) was his star player. Oklahoma City and Arizona St. also played.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » February 14th, 2021, 8:59 pm

I was there is 71 for the first round of the NCAA tourney. I am quite sure we got round 1 a few times in the early 70's but I was just a lad. I watched Weber State and Long Beach State (still remember Willie Sojourner (sp?) and also our Aggies getting beat by BYU. Probably when my disdain for BYU got started.

Elkaggie · Post by **Elkaggie** » February 14th, 2021, 10:08 pm

Chris Ledoux
Tracy Lawrence
Diamond Rio
Sawyer Brown twice
They were all good but Sawyer Brown was the best of them all.

MalAgua · Post by **MalAgua** » February 15th, 2021, 8:53 am

slcagg wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 7:47 pm

MalAgua wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 6:20 pm
You guys are old....I saw Yellowcard there one time
Yellow card came to Logan? That’s cool.

Yeah, it was around September 2008. One of my friends wound up going to get sushi with them after at what used to be a sushi place by the guitar store I think, not sure how he was connected to them though.

breadysmith · Post by **breadysmith** » February 15th, 2021, 9:22 am

Icon sponsored a big anniversary type party for all their employees and brought in Brooks and Dunn

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Stewie Griffin · Post by **Stewie Griffin** » February 15th, 2021, 9:26 am

The Doobie Brothers in 1978.
And Steve Martin was the opening act for the Carpenter's.
Corey Hart and Molly Hatchet, were two good shows.

BobWilson · Post by **BobWilson** » February 15th, 2021, 11:35 am

I believe that we played and lost to BYU in the first round of a NCAA tournament game in the Spectrum. Those were the days when even little Pullburgh hosted first and second round games.. Aggies lost to Montana State in one such event.

It took a few years for the Spectrum to "warm up." The Nelson field house really rocked. Fans seemed almost afraid to make nose in the Spectrum at first.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » February 15th, 2021, 11:55 am

BobWilson wrote: ↑
February 15th, 2021, 11:35 am
I believe that we played and lost to BYU in the first round of a NCAA tournament game in the Spectrum. Those were the days when even little Pullburgh hosted first and second round games.. Aggies lost to Montana State in one such event.

It took a few years for the Spectrum to "warm up." The Nelson field house really rocked. Fans seemed almost afraid to make nose in the Spectrum at first.

I was there. Big bummer for me as a young kid. It was the year following our "elite 8" loss to UCLA. I think we still had Marv Roberts but I believe Nate Williams had moved on? Great years with great teams.

aggieballer · Post by **aggieballer** » February 15th, 2021, 1:23 pm

I remember watching Billy Joel, Grass Roots, The Association, Canned Heat, and BTO many great concerts those days! Roberta Flack played in Romney Stadium as I remember also.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » February 15th, 2021, 3:54 pm

I never saw a concert in the Spectrum, but I was a student when Dimond Rio played there. Wasn't sure how they would set up the arena for a concert, seemed perplexing to me. I always heard that one of my favorite bands from the early 80's played there, but couldn't find any information on the gig section of their web page, likely just rumor.

oleblu111 · Post by **oleblu111** » February 15th, 2021, 4:57 pm

troutputz wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 4:26 pm
How many of you old timers went to concerts at the Spectrum in the 70’s? Name some. Here are mine.
1 John Denver
2. Hamilton, Joe, Frank, and Reynolds.
3. Nitty ditty dirt band
4. Alabama
5. Olivia Newton John
6. The Carpenters with a comic act from a new guy called Steve Martin
7. The Fifth Dimension. (The song that made them famous was The Age of Aquarius
8. Bread
9. Seals and Croft(Summer Breeze)
10. Helen Reddy
11. Sawyer Brown they came about 6 times.

The funnest moment in the Spectrum for me was we had a one and only NCAA first and second round games. Georgetown with Patrick Ewing and Sleepy Floyd was here, along with Wyoming, and USC. I can’t remember the other teams. The, NCAA said we were to small a stadium and that Logan didn’t have motels to accomidate the teams, which was true. Geez I’m board without any games for us!

The other team was West Virginia, the lack of hotel rooms, was a disaster, Logan was not ready for anything like that.

WAAggie · Post by **WAAggie** » February 15th, 2021, 7:55 pm

Here’s a really odd one and I confirmed with my roommate that it did happen. Could have been one of those nights

Talking heads in the UC ballroom, no chairs, just a ‘dance’ concert. 1983.

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Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » February 15th, 2021, 8:47 pm

WAAggie wrote: ↑
February 15th, 2021, 7:55 pm
Here’s a really odd one and I confirmed with my roommate that it did happen. Could have been one of those nights

Talking heads in the UC ballroom, no chairs, just a ‘dance’ concert. 1983.

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Is this true? That would have been awesome

WAAggie · Post by **WAAggie** » February 15th, 2021, 10:54 pm

Yes sir. David Byrne on the stage and I didn’t imagine it. Years later, I did confirm with a roommate it actually happened

. Some events may have blended together occasionally.

October 9, 1979.

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bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » February 15th, 2021, 11:46 pm

Olivia, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Loverboy

Aggie75 · Post by **Aggie75** » February 16th, 2021, 10:59 am

Gordon Lightfoot
Canned Heat was terrific
Grassroots.
We had some hardworking Cultural Reps in the early days and one of the best arenas.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » February 16th, 2021, 11:46 am

I was at USU in the mid-90s. I don't remember one concert on campus. Not one at all. I do remember going to listen to McLean Stevenson speak in the lecture series. He had a son attending USU at the time. For those that don't recognize the name - he played Colonel Henry Blake on M*A*S*H. For those that don't know what M*A*S*H was - I don't even want to speak to you.

GUS · Post by **GUS** » February 16th, 2021, 5:06 pm

Another group that I'm pretty sure that I watched there was the Doobie Brothers.

WAAggie · Post by **WAAggie** » February 16th, 2021, 5:51 pm

Embarrassing to admit date concerts:

Pablo cruise
Christopher cross

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Coloraggie · Post by **Coloraggie** » February 16th, 2021, 6:21 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
February 14th, 2021, 7:14 pm
You want strange..... i once saw the B-52's in the Marriott Center. The last of concerts in that venue has to be very short - not including the Kurt Bestor or MoTab type performances.

I also saw the B-52's in the Marriott Center, about 1989? With Love Tractor as the opening guest.

GeorgiaAggie · Post by **GeorgiaAggie** » February 16th, 2021, 6:58 pm

A little off the time frame but in the early 90’s the circus (can’t remember which one) performed in the Spectrum. It was one of the first dates I had with who would eventually become my wife. During the performance the high wire walker fell from the wire that spanned across the top seats of the Spectrum. He was badly injured and just like you hear in the movies, the announcer asked if there was a doctor in the house. Also, the show did go on. Crazy!

CedarAg · Post by **CedarAg** » February 16th, 2021, 7:54 pm

I went to Three Dog Night

Hey did anyone see the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders on a cold, snowy muddy field at Romney stadium? About 80-81?

My friend and I drove down from Blackfoot to see those amazing talented young women. Had to give them credit, they marched out there in their white cowboy boots, did the cancan and splits right in the mud. They walked off very fast after the splits. That was a crazy home game. I can't remember who we were playing. Probably Utah.
Fun times.

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