Memory:David Wyatt

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This fan memory was written by David Wyatt.

On your concert list, you missed a concert at the Akron [Ohio] Civic Theater in I beiieve the fall of 1976, which I attended. Giant played second, with a band called Mr. Big opening, and Renaissance finishing up. Interestingly, Mr. Big had trouble with his guitar (an SG) and finished the gig with Gary Green's Les Paul-- a sort of greenish standard, it is hard to tell from stage lights.

The Civic was an outstanding venue for the band, one of those early 20th century art deco theaters with a the mediteranean night sky on the ceiling, cloud projectors, elaborate décor, carbon dioxide AC, and one of the oldest descending wurlitzer theater organs in North America. It's still a great venue, in fact.

I was a sophomore at Wittenberg at the time, and a bunch of us drove up for the concert, which is why I can roughly place the date.