  Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7293 Registered: 10-2003 |
I checked the Red Wings schedule, Away game, so I'll nominate Anchor Bar or McCarthy's on Fort Street. I also suggest we keep the 8 o'clock start. As always, alternatives are solicited and all are considered. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5917 Registered: 08-2004 |
Hey Jams, I may show up for this weeks meetup. I was at the function that Lowell was at last Thursday, but had other things to do afterwards. And if anyone wants more rock concert tickets from 1974-75... (like the ones Lowell was passing out) I'll bring along a bunch...  I'll check back on this thread later this week to find out where... | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7341 Registered: 10-2003 |
Great, Kathleen and I, both, selected tickets of shows that were on our birthdays, but there were some groups that played there I'd love to have the tickets from. You, also explained something about why, I don't remember the Michigan as a concert venue, although I remember it as a nightclub. I took my girlfriend for dinner there the night of her Prom in 72. 1974-76 I lived and went to school in Rhode Island and then took a job in PA. It was very late in 76 I returned to Detroit for a two week vacation, before heading to Atlanta and Miami for job interviews. After a week, I was bored, so I decided to see what was available in the photo industry here in Detroit, I was hired at the first studio I interviewed, and have remained here ever since. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5918 Registered: 08-2004 |
Jams, The Michigan Theatre (renamed the Michigan Palace in 1972) was a dinner theatre circa 1972. They had removed the main floor seating and replaced them with tables seating 4 and 2. That didn't go well. From what I've heard the food wasn't all that great. It may have been tempered by the fact that there wasn't a proper kitchen facility in the theatre space. That didn't last more than a year. Then the Michigan closed, only to be reopened in 1974 as a concert venue (the seats were re-installed). This lasted from 1974-75, with rock concert promotions by Steve Glantz. Then in late 1975 the Michigan closed for good, only to be gutted for a parking structure sometime in 1976-77 (I've seen both years mentioned). Not only do I have 1974-75 Michigan Palace concert tickets, but I also was able to secure some seating charts for when the theatre was a supper club in 1972. If I come on Thursday, I'll bring along some of the Michigan Palace seating charts, as well as rock concert tickets. When Mr. Pieroni gave me a private tour of the closed off sections of the former theatre, we visited the Theatre Managers Office on the 2nd (Mezzanine level) floor. There were old unused (and used) concert tickets lying all over the furniture and floor... hundreds and hundreds! It was sorta like Captain Jack Sparrow (of Pirates of the Caribbean) when he came upon the room full of treasure... that was what I felt when I entered that room. When I asked Mr. Pieroni if I could have some tickets (there was an empty plastic trash bag in the room), he answered... take as many as you like! And people wonder why I like the man! Here's some of the 16 or so different intact tickets I was able to find... http://www.redshift.com/~shiff lett/Concert_Tickets.jpg | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1787 Registered: 08-2006 |
Thanks for the history Gistok! I selected the Brownsville station ticket. All though I was only in K-garden in 1975, I have fond memories of my dad cranking "Martian Boogie" loud enough to shake the windows. Even though I'm sure it was mentioned last week, I did not realize those tickets were from the Michigan Theatre. I'll cherish it all that much more. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1172 Registered: 08-2007 |
Cambrian, those speakers! | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1789 Registered: 08-2006 |
Yah! Dad would like Mikie, who happens to be an acoustics engineer. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2661 Registered: 10-2003 |
I picked up the April 19, 1975 ticket for Bob Seger. That date happened to be my 18th birthday!! I was out elsewhere that evening with friends celebrating my first day of legal drinking! Thanks, Gistok! And Lowell!! | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 357 Registered: 02-2007 |
Gistok- I was the recipient of one of those tickets that Lowell was sharing with all and so was my wife. We really liked them, so please bring more if you have them, and thanks so much for getting them in the first place. This may likely be my last FSC as we are soon to be going on another "adventure", so I look forward to meeting you if you show up. I've appreciated your posts and the Lego structures you and your compadres put together are something to behold. Look forward to seeing everyone Thursday! By the way, where are we going to be this Thursday. It seems that we have not officially decided......Kathleen, Jams? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2662 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Anchor Bar gets my vote!! | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7347 Registered: 10-2003 |
Two votes for Anchor, polls close Wednesday 5 o'clock. | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 368 Registered: 02-2007 |
Anchor for us! Makes three. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7349 Registered: 10-2003 |
She gets a vote too, so that's four. Or you'll be sleeping on the couch. | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 369 Registered: 02-2007 |
She says you are right! She wins. Four it is! | ||
Austinjohn Member Username: Austinjohn Post Number: 303 Registered: 10-2003 |
Gistok, I'd love to have a ticket from the Michigan Palace for the New York Dolls show I saw there in the mid-70's. Of course, you'd probably make me come back to the D to get it at an FSC function, but that can't happen until spring. I was just there a week and a half ago. | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 3198 Registered: 11-2005 |
I found a song for you guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =TaHMG_SvUkw | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7351 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks Pam, Who could have thought that a 1/2 Scotsman would have to introduce an Irishman to the joy of Jamieson's and Tullamore Dew? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5930 Registered: 08-2004 |
Austinjohn, Sorry, but there were no New York Dolls tickets found there. The only ones I found were... 1) BOB SEGER 2) REO SPEEDWAGON 3) SLY & THE FAMILY STONE 4) ZZ TOP & T-REX 5) SPENCER DAVIS with PRETTY THINGS 6) STRAWBS & GUESTS 7) NEKTAR and PAVLOV'S DOG 8) THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND 9) COCKNEY REBEL 10) JO JO GUNNE and ARGENT 11) ALEX HARVEY/BROWNSVILLE STATION 12) SPIRIT & IRON BUTTERFLY 13) THE KINKS 14) LESLIE WEST 15) AEROSMITH And one each HAWKWIND, GEORGE CARLIN and OHIO PLAYERS. OK guys, since I'll be playing Santa, I guess I'll have to show up! I may know my movie palaces and office towers, but I'm ignorant about where the Anchor Bar is!  Location? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2663 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hey Gistok! The Anchor Bar is located at 450 W Fort St. between First and Cass. See you there!! | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7360 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Anchor it is! 8pm or roll in when you can. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5950 Registered: 08-2004 |
Where's a good place to park near the Anchor Bar? On street, or? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2665 Registered: 10-2003 |
On the street or in the adjacent free parking lot. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1945 Registered: 12-2005 |
The gutting of the Michigan theatre began in March of 1977. I was there the week before the carnage began. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5963 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks 56packman. I thought 1977 was correct. Thanks Kathleen. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5966 Registered: 08-2004 |
Had a good time at my first FSC meeting! Hope you folks liked the tickets! Wanna see what they're worth? Check out this EBAY Store: http://stores.ebay.com/ACE-CON CERT-TICKETS | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7371 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thank you Gistok, for your generosity in sharing those tickets and seating chart. The monetary value is not as important to me as having another piece of this City's history, especially as they were a gift. Hope this will not be your only FSC, I wanted to talk a bit more with you, but Plymouthres' revelation kept my attention. Plymouthres and Mrs. PR, Congratulations and the best to you. You'ld better let me know when you get back in town, and you'll be sorely missed at those workdays at Fort Wayne. But I'll try to keep Mikie in line. | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 387 Registered: 02-2007 |
Jams- Thanks so much for the kind words. As we said, it will be very hard to go but coming back here will be so much more worth it when we do. I leave Fort Wayne and it's restoration in very capable hands with you, Mikie and all of the remaining volunteers who work so hard to restore the place to it's finest. We look forward to seeing the results on our return trips in the future. Gistok- I cannot begin to tell you how very thankful I am for your "gift" to me of the tickets and the seating chart as well. There is no way that I could ever repay you for those great reminders of my youth, and to say I am not totally honored to have been a recipient is an understatement. Keep up the appearances at the FSC's as your presence was an great addition to a tradition that has begun to grow. As for the Lego city scape and the collection of those bricks, boys will always be boys and I could think of a myriad of stuff much, much worse to blow all of your money on! It was cool to make the acquaintance of Royce as well! Sharmal even did a "drive-by light rail" visit! Lastly, as always, a pleasure to see Kathleen and Dave, who are always enjoyable company. Man, I really hope Phoenix has a "PhoenixYes" website. Time to practise my Spanish! |
