Post by duckbarman on Jan 19, 2021 22:35:45 GMT
I've always been rather partial to Steely Dan but, previously, I'd never come across any corresponding links with BOC... As far as I knew, their respective Venn diagrams had NO points of intersection... and then I came across the following ad (5 Apr 1974) earlier today:
This was from the student magazine of Clemson University (Clemson S.C.) and I eagerly sought out their next edition to see if there was a review of the gig, but, sadly, there wasn't... The next issue seemed to be an 'end of term' edition, and all they had of relevance was the following enigmatic quote:
It is now time to climb into an ivory tower to pass judgment on the past year's happenings. Herewith are the First Annual Mark Farner Memorial Awards for Various Achievements in Recorded Music.
The Warped Wax award is a tie, going to both Columbia and Capitol Records for steadfastly refusing to even answer our several letters.
The Altamont Award for the most disastrous fiasco goes to our own CDA for the Blue Oyster Cult-Steely Dan concert.
etc etc
That got me wondering - yes, that was a confirmation (of sorts) that the gig actually took place, but what on earth could have happened to have it described the next week as a "fiasco" of Altamont proportions...?
Buck - any recall of playing this S.C. gig with the Dan, and, if so, any idea as to just why it might have been a "fiasco"...?
This was from the student magazine of Clemson University (Clemson S.C.) and I eagerly sought out their next edition to see if there was a review of the gig, but, sadly, there wasn't... The next issue seemed to be an 'end of term' edition, and all they had of relevance was the following enigmatic quote:
It is now time to climb into an ivory tower to pass judgment on the past year's happenings. Herewith are the First Annual Mark Farner Memorial Awards for Various Achievements in Recorded Music.
The Warped Wax award is a tie, going to both Columbia and Capitol Records for steadfastly refusing to even answer our several letters.
The Altamont Award for the most disastrous fiasco goes to our own CDA for the Blue Oyster Cult-Steely Dan concert.
etc etc
That got me wondering - yes, that was a confirmation (of sorts) that the gig actually took place, but what on earth could have happened to have it described the next week as a "fiasco" of Altamont proportions...?
Buck - any recall of playing this S.C. gig with the Dan, and, if so, any idea as to just why it might have been a "fiasco"...?
