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Max Webster's first big outdoor festival gig was for about 10,000 (some report between 15,000 and 25,000) people, opening for The Guess Who (the Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Domenic Troiano, Bill Wallace lineup). DJ Wolfman Jack introduced the bands to the stage. Paul Kersey says this was the biggest show in his era with the band.
Kim Mitchell and Mike Tilka's parents saw them for the first time, and were generally aghast at their stage outfits, particularly Kim's.
Prior to the show, the band got a tip from the promoter that Rosalie Tremblay (influential music director of CKLW, one of the biggest radio stations in North America at the time) would be there, and that she likely wouldn't be a fan of them. But she did like Bachman Turner Overdrive, so they wrote Hot Spots in hopes of impressing her. She didn't actually turn up.
Hot Spots ultimately ended up on the 1981 compilation album Diamonds Diamonds.
Line-up
- Kim Mitchell : Vocals/Guitar
- Mike Tilka : Bass
- Paul Kersey : Drums
- Terry Watkinson : Keyboards
Bands
- The Guess Who
Partial Setlist
- Peaches en Regalia
- Hot Spots
- Mash Moon In Hawaii
- Marmalade Mama
- Summer's Up
- Toronto Tontos
Photos
The photos on this promo poster were taken at this show. A replica of it was included in the vinyl box set called "The Party" released in 2017.
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Richard Janik
I have vivid recollection of the entire show. I remember that the audience did not know what to make of them, having purchased tickets to hear the likes of Hand Me Down World and Clap For The Wolfman. I thought they were a riot ! I have a photographic memory of a tune they played with these spoken lyrics ... “the orientals use too many vowels, it causes rumble in my bowels, I $#!+ boogie." Pretty Zappa-like for that crowd !
I'm pretty positive that they played Summer's Up and possibly Toronto Tontos. I never heard any of their recorded stuff until a school chum showed me a their first two albums. That was 1977, but when he played the first album I recognized those songs. It's possible those songs were in the set as early as summer '74.
Also I do remember Mike Tilka being a presence on stage. He was wearing something that looked like a martial arts robe with that big Leland Sklar-like beard.