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Local History

Pure Prairie League (10/29/1977)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): Pure Prairie League w/ Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Date: 29 October 1977
Tickets: $6.50 (general admission)
Attendance: 4,000
Notes: Lynyrd Skynyrd was the scheduled headliner but the band’s chartered airplane crashed on October 20 (9 days before the Kalamazoo show), killing three of the bandmembers. Refunds were offered but the show went on as planned w/ Pure Prairie League as top bill and Ozark Mountain Daredevils added as an opener.

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KALAMAZOO_GAZETTE___October_16_1977__p58 — Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 October 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 October 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

KALAMAZOO_GAZETTE___October_23_1977__p56 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (top) 23 October 1977, (bottom left) 24 October 1977, (bottom middle) 26 October 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

KALAMAZOO_GAZETTE___October_31_1977__p18 — Kalamazoo Gazette, (top) 31 October 1977, (bottom left) 3 November 1977. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

“At Wings Stadium”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 October 1977, page 59

Display ad
Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 October 1977, page 58

“Rock group’s plane crashes”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 21 October 1977, page 1

“A trio of major attractions”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 23 October 1977, page 51

“Country rock”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 24 October 1977, page 19

“Ozark Dare Devils added to stadium bill Saturday”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 October 1977, page 49

“Ozark Mountain saves the evening at Wings”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 October 1977, page 18

“Skynyrds last”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3 November 1977, page 14