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Local History

Molly Hatchet (11/23/1980)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Molly Hatchet w/ Michael Schenker Group, and Johnny Van Zant
Date: 23 November 1980
Tickets: $8.75 (general admission and reserved seating) + 25¢ surcharge per ticket for parking
Attendance: (unknown)
Notes:
Setlist (Molly Hatchet*): Bounty Hunter, Let the Good Times Roll, It’s All Over Now, Jukin’ City, Gator Country, One Man’s Pleasure, Penthouse Pauper, Double Talker, Good Rockin’, Sailor, Dead and Gone, Few and Far Between, Dreams, Flirtin’ With Disaster, Beatin’ the Odds, Cross Road Blues, Boogie No More.
Setlist (Michael Schenker Group*): Armed and Ready, Cry for the Nations, Victim of Illusion, Into the Arena, Lost Horizons, Doctor Doctor, Lights Out.

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other performances around the same time (Philadelphia, PA).

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top left) 26 October 1980, (bottom left) 23 November 1980, (right) 9 November 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 10 November 1980, (right) 22 November 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 16 November 1980, (right) 23 November 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (top) 24 November 1980, (bottom left) 24 November 1980, (bottom right) 2 December 1980. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“Molly Hatchet booked”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 October 1980, page 23

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9 November 1980, page 27

“Be armed and ready”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 November 1980, page 27

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 November 1980, page 27

“Hatchet men come to Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 22 November 1980, page 19

“Pop, rock, folk and jazz”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 November 1980, page 21

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 November 1980, page 26

“Rock shows southern roots at Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 November 1980, page 19 (B-11)

“Youth treated for stab wound”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 November 1980, page 40

“Credit where due”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 December 1980, page 7