Originally Posted by
Vintage Schwinn
As for "American Steel", as I recall, they were also one of the openers at the Summer Jam at Charlotte Motor Speedway in August 1974. We rocked and received a good reception but American Steel's lead singer saw the huge crowd and was almost paralyzed with stage fright and literally had to be pushed out there. Fortunately, their keyboard player took charge and they were solid for the last 22 minutes of their gig. Rockin' would not describe their chaotic first three songs on the massive stage, being outta tune and the feedback issues caused by the frightened lead singer's stage location.
Festivals/county fairs are goofy- if it's a big big stage- it's all OK because you're so far up and back- it doesn't seem real. Except if the place is empty- you can not notice 5-10,000 people in a space for 10,000- but you sure as hell notice 1 or 2 thousand in a space for 10,000. Otherwise, smaller stages put you right down in it, which can be VERY good.