Tuesday, October 9, 2012

HISTORY OF SYRACUSE MUSIC - CHAPTER 53 - WOLF RADIO SUPER DANCES 1975-1977

Here are the dates and lineups I remember from the three WOLF Radio Super Dances held between 1975-77.

February 14-15, 1975 - WOLF Radio Super Dance #1 held at the New York State Fair Center of Progress Building. Headliners- ELF w/ Ronnie James Dio and the James Gang (minus Joe Walsh).

The many others that performed include- The Alligators (Taddeo, Green, Pacella, Campbell etc), Bad Medicine (Rado, Corradino, Clarke, Johnson, Morton), Cross Creek (Cadley, Novak, Carr, Lawrence,  Hodgson, McIntyre), Crystal Blues Band,  Darlin  (McKenna, Moosebugger, Lutters, Whyte),  Deium & Erie Street, Harpy w/ Dave Porter, Todd Hobin, Kane (Harold Mantor, Lou & Mike Segreti), Mad Stop (Doug Moncrief & Shawn Hobin), Magic Fingers (Mark Hoffmann), Rocky and the Rollers,  Scarecrow Jones (Zogg, Lavancher, Sauer, Navin),  Timrick, Toots Revue (Hopkins, Kane, Jewell),  Walrus and the Stan Colella Orchestra.


February 13, 1976 - WOLF Radio Super Dance #2 held at the War Memorial.  C.R.A.C, Dean Brothers, Sandy Bigtree Band, Soda Ash Six, Stan Colella Orchestra & a few others. C.R.A.C. performed on live television (TV-5) at 11 pm

April 1-2, 1977- WOLF Radio Super Dance Marathon #3 for Musular Distrophy held at Onondaga Community College. AlecStar, The Alligators, Sandy Bigtree  Band, C.R.A.C., Mark Hoffmann, Gary Dunes & the DelTunes, Daybreak, Strombecker Lighthouse, Toe Jam and appearances by WOLF's Rick Gary & Ron Bee.

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