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Local History

Charlie Daniels Band (5/3/1979)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): The Charlie Daniels Band w/ Henry Paul Band
Date: 16 May 1979
Tickets: $7.50 (general admission)
Attendance: 4,000
Notes:
Setlist (Charlie Daniels Band*): Passing Lane, Jitterbug, Trudy, Reflections, Caballo Diablo, Let the Blind Man Play, Funky Junky, Behind Your Eyes, Johnny B. Goode, Long Haired Country Boy, Uneasy Rider, No Potion for the Pain, Birmingham Blues, Cumberland Mountain Number Nine, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Texas, The South’s Gonna Do It Again, Orange Blossom Special

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on performances around the same time (Bloomington, MN).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 25 April 1979, (center) 29 April 1979, (right) 13 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 6 May 1979, (right) 9 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 13 May 1979, (right) 15 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 16 May 1979, (right) 17 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 May 1979. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Daniels booked”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 25 April 1979, page 46

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 April 1979, page 16

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 May 1979, page 45

“Charlie Daniels opener”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 May 1979, page 22

“Pop, folk, rock and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 May 1979, page 55 (C-15)

“The kingfish of Dixie rock”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 May 1979, page 56 (C-16)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 13 May 1979, page 57 (C-17)

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 May 1979, page 31

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 May 1979, page 25

“Daniels loves music …and life”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 May 1979, page 3 (A-3)

“CDB makes ‘trip uptown’ successfully”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 17 May 1979, page 28