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Local History

ZZ Top (4/9/1975)

A Wings Stadium Concert Scrapbook Page

Artist(s): ZZ Top w/ Kids (Michael Murphy canceled)
Date: 9 April 1975
Tour: “Tres Hombres”
Tickets: $5.50 in advance, $6.50 day of the show (general admission)
Attendance: 4,000
Notes: Originally scheduled on April 4. Date was changed due to a schedule conflict, which resulted in Michael Murphy’s cancelation.
Setlist*: Thunderbird, Chevrolet, Precious and Grace, Waitin’ for the Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings, Heard It on the X, Move Me on Down the Line, Blue Jean Blues, Rattlesnake Shake (Fleetwood Mac cover), Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, La Grange, Tush, Mexican Blackbird, Just Got Paid, Encore: Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover), Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover), Backdoor Medley

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

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 26 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 22 March 1975, (right) 23 March 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, 2 April 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

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Kalamazoo Gazette, (left) 8 April 1975, (right) 9 April 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library
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Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 April 1975. Kalamazoo Public Library

Sources

Articles

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Kalamazoo Gazette. 22 March 1975, p.A-8.

“Top Rock”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 23 March 1975, p.C-16.

“ZZ Top”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 26 March 1975, p.E-4.

“Concert Change”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 2 April 1975, p.B-4.

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Kalamazoo Gazette. 8 April 1975, p.C-7.

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Kalamazoo Gazette. 9 April 1975, p.C-10.

“ZZ Top Plays To 4,000 At Wings Stadium”

Kalamazoo Gazette. 10 April 1975, p.B-2.

 

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