I don't give a flying fuck what anyone says or thinks. The music in the 70's was the best . Album comes out ,Band tours throw in a bunch festival and the ladies never wore bras. It was the best time ever. Plus no freaking cell phones an ticket prices were dirt cheap
Graduated in 73, In 74 I was driving a 70 Olds 442, It was beautiful , fast, and Fun. Those were the good days for Sure. Today's all about being PC. bunch of crap. Country's 50% mexican, and were All circleing the drain.
Take me back to the 60's and 70's. I remember Black Oak at the Warehouse in New Orleans, many, many times. The greatest. There was nothing like Jim Dandy at the time. Its sad we have to get old. These were the best of times. Take Me Back.
April 23, 1974 Green Bay, WI Montrose w/Sammy Hagar, REO Speedwagon and headliners....the incredible Black Oak Arkansas. Jim Dandy proudly introduced "Hotrod" and proclaimed, "I ain't talking about no car, neither. The crowd went nuts and my religious date almost died. LOL Great times! Thanks BOA!
I was there. It was two weeks before I shipped out to army basic training in August 74. I remember the long traffic jam getting in to get a parking space and I remember Black Oak opening with this tune during their performance. BOA was the best band there for sure. I seen BOA again about one week after I got out of the army in 77 down at Myrtle Beach. Good times back in those days and no one cared if you were democrat or republican.
Yep, they pretty much had to listen to what we did and the funny thing is, when they got into theirs teens and even now, love it. I, in turn, loved a lot of their 80's hair bands. It's nice when you and your kids like the same music!
Damm right, this and Hee Haw. They can tell you all the guest stars of that show. Now it's time for the grand kids, ha ha ha ha ha, take that my lovely wife.
They need to do concerts like this again. No big screen monitors, no stupid laser show special fx.. no 4 million dollar stage setups. Just the band, a million grungy people and a shit load of marshall stacks. That's a concert!
I was there. 21 at the time. What a trip. We bought tickets ahead of time anwe went in the back gate and as soon as I entered this guy handed me a bottle and said you have to try this so I took a big swig. It was shrooms, haha. I had a good time. A really good time!!! Thank God for youth!!
I’m 16, living in Charlotte, and dreaming about what an incredible time the 70s would have been to grow up in. Unfortunately kids my age seem to have forgotten the greats
I grew up here in Charlotte and my 7th grade social studies teacher (1982) told me about this specific concert. Aside from that, Charlotte has a very rich history of our own talent. You seem interested, talk to folks between the ages of 45-77. They have great stories.
I was there. I don't remember much of the 70's, but I remember this. There with my bestie, Starla and my boyfriend (at the time), Frankie. Good times were had by all.
I'm steve lewis from Laurens, SC The 1974 August Jam was the best concert ever. I hear now that it was a one day concert. Don't know if I was just that stoned or what, I was there for 3 days. I was 17 at the time.
Somewhere in that mass of humanity am I, up from Gastonia for the show - strutting my 20 year old self around and checking out the girls & freaks - lots of freaks - smoking, tripping. I also made it to Rockingham Speedway in '72 for BOA, James Gang, Alice Cooper and others. Some wild days that seemed to never end. But, time waits for no man. It's all but a faded memory now.
@@alexkx8599 Sure, festivals from coast to coast for much of the 70s. I can't explain it, just sharing my experiences. Rock was big business in those days, tickets cheap for the entertainment value you got, not so much anymore - too corporate controlled.
It was the most fascinating 3 days of music, sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll. 9 of us traveled there in a rented Winnebago, after dropping some acid in Indianapolis, and drove there, got in free after telling the guys at the gate we were the roadies for the Eagles (who didn't show up) we plugged into the stage for the entire concert, sold about 250 hits of acid and had the time of our lives. Glad you were there too !
"The Dork" as the band called Aldridge on an album cover is indeed a legend. People always bring up Bonham, Peart, Moon et al in most discussions about greatest this or that when it comes to drummers. Tommy is a pure Rock drummer with power, groove, feel, flash and technical ability that even some of the aforementioned didn't have as much of in all categories, yet still get the accolades Aldridge doesn't. The Dork was way above the class of musicians BOA had to offer. Not that they were bad, just not in the same stratosphere as he is. He was the piece that really helped vault BOA into super stardom, like Peart did with Rush ( not comparing BOA to Rush). Jim Dandy's schtick was only going to get them so far. "Hey Ya'll" is still my favorite BOA tune. Followed by "Hot and Nasty". Aldridge did that so much better than Wayne Evans.
I thought that was him. He was at his best on Pat Travers' "Go for What You Know" live LP. Saw him live with Ozzy and Jake E. Lee back in the 80s. Played a solo with his hands...crazy talented.
I was there, slammed my thumb in the car door when we got there. I self medicated for the duration, only time I got to see Black Oak. Acidic fog for 70's concerts was a blast
Although I lived only a few miles from the speedway, I was unable to make it. My question is to anyone that was there. Was '74 the year that a security guard was killed and ZZ Top donated $10,000 dollars to his family? This concert was born from what started as Big WAYS 61 radio concerts called BWB # whatever (Big WAYS Birthday concerts) and finally Memorial Stadium could never dream of holding the crowd.
Girl at 4:09 is somebody's Nana now. Seriously, recently getting into BOA. Tommy Aldridge is my favorite drummer and enjoy these videos of him playing.
My uncle went to this show. I didn't live in Charlotte yet, I was a South Blvd kid, 82-87, then we moved to another part of town. BUT MAN, were there some great concerts that came through that town, mainly the Old Coliseum, Park center, and Memorial stadium. As a kid from the middle of nowhere, BFE country in Pennsyvania, I loved Charlotte back then, there was literally NO TRAFFIC till 87-88. Some of the coolest people, a Mecca if Martial arts and musicians. Reliable music had a battle of the bands that could've went on to become a great tradition, but the store folded not long after Metal did. God do I miss that time and that place! Charlotte fuckin Rocked!
I went to this concert about two weeks before shipping off to army basic training. I was 17 and went just to see Black Oak Arkansas. They stole the show as I knew they would. Great memories for me and many others there.
I wasn't at this concert but on July 4th 1976 "Our Nation's Bicentennial" I was at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Rapid City watching REO Speedwagon, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, BOA with Ruby Starr For some reason (Probably leafy and Green and very potent from Columbia possibly) and 43 years of time. Other than BOA and Heart any other bands I listed I think that was who also played, any others that might have played seem to not pop into my brain, but I do remember Heart was the last band. The day before no one had heard of them, after the concert Heart was all over the radio. They played the entire Dreamboat Annie Album Live, both Ann and Nancy very slim and beautiful wearing Gypsy style dresses while they performed. "A Vision of Splendor" Those are memories engrained forever. Black Oak put on a great show, Ruby and Jim really played the Kissing Cousins routine very well, rubbing up against each other, the Mike stands etc. Kissing seductively and that was the image they were going for, they weren't related at all but they made you think they were. Like they wanted everyone to get the wrong impression (Taboo Forbidden Fruit) Great music from a great band as well. Ruby did her "Maybe I'm Amazed" Cover better than I've every heard it before, really wish I could have had the Tech back then to plug into the soundboard and be able to video everything in HD. Never heard McCartney ever do it better! Here is a link to BOA's website: www.blackoakarkansas.net/ and a link to a live performance I believe the first half is : Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and the second half is from Cal Jam in 1974. th-cam.com/video/1FK1yci_gIo/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1&t=20 and of course and old BOA Standard "Lord Have Mercy On My Soul" Studio Version: th-cam.com/video/fCgs8KMU-nI/w-d-xo.html And a Tribute to Ruby Star Video: th-cam.com/video/NhzTQk7eOiE/w-d-xo.html So My Friends who enjoy "Black Oak Arkansas" I hope you enjoy these videos. If it weren't for this band so many others just wouldn't exist! "The forerunners of Southern Rock"
Jr. in high school. I was there. August Jam was an outdoor concert held on Saturday, August 10, 1974, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. The concert promoter was Kaleidoscope Productions and it was sponsored by radio stations WAYS and WROQ. The concert featured The Allman Brothers Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, PFM, Grinderswitch. The Eagles were booked to play, but canceled. It was the largest concert ever held in the state of North Carolina and one of the largest in the U.S. at that time, with an estimated attendance in excess of 300,000.
Think I saw them in late 70’s @ a live rock n’ roll venue in Tulsa where new & upcoming bands would “get their feet wet”, can still picture them, wild memory haha. Guys from my HS had a band and could play just like “Kansas” could
They are my favorite southern rock band but that might have a thing or two to do with me growing up at the lake of the Ozarks in the 1970s , they actually played the rodeo grounds in camdenton the town I lived in , believe it was 1973 . I was eight years old I don't really have much memory of it but dad listened to them. Alot . Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot would be my other two . I can't say I'm much of a Skynyrd fan other than maybe give me back my bullets and needle and the spoon.
The more I see these old presentations the more I long for these ! This one here Hey Ya'll , Black Oak Arkansas at their rise ! Tommy Aldridge banging the beat , Jim Dandy doing his front man thing . The Black Oak boys band just a hammering home Mid States good old rock 'n' roll ! You can't go wrong with that .
My late mother told me once about vaguely remembering going to the Charlotte Motorspeedway and BOA being her favorite band from the lineup. She was 19! This is a pretty decent soundboard recording. I'd love to get a copy!
This song is from their 'Street Party" LP. It has August Jam footage and crowd noise added. Artists included Allman Brothers, Emerson, Lake & Palmer along with many southern rock bands. Eagles were slated but were a no-show. I was there and it was an experience. BOA was a great boogie band.The drummer (Tommy Aldridge) played with Ozzy, Pat Travers still plays in WhiteSnake. Hope this helps.Take care.
I WAS THERE!!.....still got pictures....was a a cook in Ft Jackson in Columbia SC....WOW.....where all them yrs have gone......good years......black oak was just one.....Emerson Lake & Palmer were there....so was The Allman Brothers band....three ays of R&R at the speedway
I was there, too. I was 20 yrs old and living in Gastonia. Time flies, don't it? I also saw them at the Rockingham speedway a year or two earlier with 3 Dog Night, Alice Cooper, James Gang, Big Bertha and I can't remember who else. Crazy years they were. I might be wrong, but I was thinking Marshall Tucker played here that evening. Mostly, I remember some great music, lots of cute girls and some fine weed.
I was 22...a soldier....YEOWW....Good to find someone who was there to....often I ask myself....where are all the thousands of people today...by the way....We had to hitchhike back to Ft Jackson...Our old car just gave up its soul....66 yrs old....and those were the best of all!
Fine & cheap.....$20 a white man's oz (Blk oz's were smaller)....Found a20 bill....my guardian angel was looking out for me that day.....even fond a hole in the fence to crawl through....understand....them days soldiers made about $50a week..
Are you on Facebook? I have a private page for people who were there. Just post your initials here, and then ask to join and I'll know it's you! Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/AugustJam74/
I was 18 and there with my girlfriend in the stands. A guy in front of us was shooting up. The smell of pot everywhere. The bands were amazing especially ELP at the end with fireworks. It was all an eye opener for two kids who had grown up in very conservative families. She and I broke up not too long afterwards. I think of her often even now though it has been 47 years gone by.
I was there too!!! In the walkway between the grandstands and the track. People kept riding the fence until it was just a roll of wire. ELP with their quad stacks was the greatest audible experience ever! Couldn't do it now but it was great at the time!!! Glad I was able to experience the event.
I was there! Greatest 12 plus hrs of music. Mini Woodstock. Gates opened 5ish on Friday August 9th. Camped out. Music started at noon on Saturday the 10th and went until after midnight!
We arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway around 9 pm... There were fewer than 1000 people on site.I fell asleep in the grandstand around 1 am. When I woke up, the infield and a large portion of the stands were filled. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were outstanding..! By the way, the concert was labeled "August Jam". Jim Dandy to the rescue.... Jerry R
Hey!! I was there!!! for real I can still remember ELP with the piano in the air and going over and over and the speakers in the audience...what a sound system. I've never seen a group do that kind of sound with a set of tower speakers out in the audience to give you the true sound of stereo...............It was absolutely unbelievable.....I wish I could talk to people that had been at that concert.........If there is anyone out there that has been there...please write me...I would love to hear from you....and just to let everyone know...that at the time...that was the largest audience ever for a concert...over 250,000...supposedly bigger than Woodstock. Yes, there have been bigger audiences since then, but at the time this was the biggest. What a concert...Allman Brothers came out about 2 in the morning and played forever, just like all the long concerts that they are known for. When I left the concert on early Sunday morning I was so wore out...I was completely exhausted...I'll never forget that day!!!!
+dryvur I was there too see my comment on this. What a cool time back then. E.L.P. had a great light show. Almond brothers rocked, we ended up just sleeping in the stands that night.
+dryvur I was there I was 16 and it was my first concert, if I remember correctly the sound system was bose. we broke into the owners box and watched the end of elp's set I fell asleep on a leather couch watching the almond bros, warm beer was the only meal you could get but any drugs you wanted were available though. my first night there I slept on the banked track it was like sleeping standing up best time of my young life at that point. I wonder if there is any more footage out there???
videovanoo7 "Almond" Brothers huh? So you're telling me you were at this show over 40 years ago and you don't know the name of one of the major bands of the era? Really?
I like their mix of rock n roll,blues, country,etc I guess that makes the proper ingredients for southern rock. And Jim Dandy is a great frontman. Great entertainment.
Hey ya'll... I was there. The helicopter drop'n sun visors and hand fans while Black Oak played. Celebrating the August Jam forty years after on August 10, 20014.
The August Jam! We camped in the infield. A very thorough event before I went off to college. Closed in quad by ELP and followed lastly by the Allman Brothers.
Black oak always outdid themselves live...studio was great but in live performances they had that rare ability to sound better and the crowds loved every second...pure energy
The guy playing the Les Paul on the right hand the stage with long blond hair is Jimmy Henderson. He is from pearl Mississippi, and one Bad Ass guitar player.
I was 16 and had a blast! The music, crowd, weather, and sights I saw were awesome!! I saw my first streakers there, saw a ton of things that will stay with me forever. The concert featured the Allman Brothers Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas, the Marshall Tucker Band, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Grinderswitch, PFM and others. The Eagles were booked to play but cancelled. I only wish I had today's technology back then.
Do you remember the press building it was directly in front of the stage at the top of the seating. thats where i watched elp and the allman bros some nut got up there and started pulling people up but you needed to bring something to the party needless to say me and my 3 buddies had 200 hits of mescalin and everything was community i sat in the owners air conditioned room and watched the show from a leather couch smoking a fat joint of hash and drinking the owners rum and coke from a crystal glass i was also 16 years young do you remember all the people walking around yelling the t is bad (stood for thc back then ) it was really horse pills,we drove from Massachusetts it was my first concert i still remember it like it was yesterday hot warm beer and crazy shit everywhere the best time ever
+videovanoo7 I wish that there was a full video of the concert do you remember the people yelling bad t, I guess the thc was horse tranquilizers fucking great time 70's were the best for music and drugs
I was 20 yards from center stage standing there with these two hippies from San Francisco doing mescaline when the piano started rising up in the air then spinning faster and faster then the big explosion flashed and all the fire works went off ! The two freaks were lying on the ground past out maybe even dead from the rush ! Thanks Kelly
I was 16 when I saw this most awesome 3 day concert. You had to be there. I cannot begin to describe just how great it was. (the parts I can remember) Lol
Thanks for posting this time piece classic and great concert! I went there too, got there a week a head of time. We were on the road hitch hiking from the Sedalia, Mo. concert. We stayed in the vegetable stand right across from the speedway. That was our home from the 9 days we were there. We had no money so we hired on to set up a huge circus tent at the speedway. The tent turned out to be the biggest head shop I've ever seen. The radio station from the area, the head D.J. set up and donated his house for the many people around there for people to sleep, eat and party. It was a cool thing to do and everyone there respected his property for the few hundred that used it. Some really cool bands played there. I just remember a few. Emerson Lake and Palmer, and the Almond Brothers.
+Terry Burleyson I saw that it went down like it was paper I was 16 from Massachusetts first concert for me watched the almond bros from the owners box some guy climbed up and started pulling people up if you had something to contribute,me and me 3 friends had 100 hits of mescaline. I watched the almonds from a leather couch sipping chivas reagal and smoking a hash joint as big as my thumb oh ya ac too!
Are you on Facebook? I have a private page for people who were there. Just post your initials here, and then ask to join and I'll know it's you! Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/AugustJam74/
Are you on Facebook? I have a private page for people who were there. Just post your initials here, and then ask to join and I'll know it's you! Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/AugustJam74/
I don't give a flying fuck what anyone says or thinks. The music in the 70's was the best . Album comes out ,Band tours throw in a bunch festival and the ladies never wore bras. It was the best time ever. Plus no freaking cell phones an ticket prices were dirt cheap
Also most of the bands wrote their own music and lyrics.
Spread your legs and say ahhh rock and roll is all about I'm not ashamed,nor will I apologize!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ get over it 😤🙏😭🙏😭 🙏
110%
Ha ! Usually $4.50 in advance ... $ 5.50 day of show
I wore a bra you ninny.
Hey yalllllllll I’m from Arkansas 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I seen black oak Arkansas on 3 different times and liked them.don't give up.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This was Black Oak at the top of their game
Give me a HELL YEAH if you love the 70's
Graduated in 73, In 74 I was driving a 70 Olds 442, It was beautiful , fast, and Fun. Those were the good days for Sure. Today's all about being PC. bunch of crap. Country's 50% mexican, and were All circleing the drain.
HELL YEAH ✌
Hell yeah 🇺🇸🎸🥁👍👍
Hell Yea.😀👏💘
Hell yea👨👨👦😁
Hey y’all I’m from Arkansas 🤟
I may be old, but I got to see great bands like this!
I was at this concert
Billed as "Peachtree Celebration"
Tickets $5.00
Gate price $10.00!
A good time was had by all.
That drummer and bass player are tight as hell and right in the pocket !
That drummer is Tommy Aldridge, who went on to play with Ozzy and Whitesnake through the best years of their careers.
Take me back to the 60's and 70's. I remember Black Oak at the Warehouse in New Orleans, many, many times. The greatest. There was nothing like Jim Dandy at the time. Its sad we have to get old. These were the best of times. Take Me Back.
David Lee Roth of Van Halen TOTALLY stole Jim Dandy's look, act, everything.
@@joehall1868 literally everything
I saw Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group and Climax Blues Band at the Warehouse, 1976. Great show!
You didn't happen to see The Allmans Brothers there did you? The Warehouse had some wild shows from the sounds of it. Cheers
@@joehall1868 Geez, even his face!
Tommy the drummer is one the baddest of all time...
He knew and knows his roots... amen
RIP Rickie Lee Reynolds. Going to miss you and your music!
I was there with my aunt. I was 14 years old and will never ever forget this concert
I was 16 Best3DaysOfMyLife
I was there,18 yrs old,kick ass
August Jam...!!!
Jim Dandy influenced all hair metal! I can't get enough of this video!
I got to see black oak in 1974 with Montrose and foghat it was my first concert I wish we had more concerts like that again thanks for the fun
Was Sammy Hagar singing lead for Montrose?
Saw the same line-up in Chicago in 1975. Aragon Ballroom.
@@petechau9616 He was when I saw them . 1975.
This was a great concert.therecforv7 days in august sun an shower's had a blast sold t shirts charles huntley
April 23, 1974 Green Bay, WI Montrose w/Sammy Hagar, REO Speedwagon and headliners....the incredible Black Oak Arkansas. Jim Dandy proudly introduced "Hotrod" and proclaimed, "I ain't talking about no car, neither. The crowd went nuts and my religious date almost died. LOL Great times! Thanks BOA!
I was there. It was two weeks before I shipped out to army basic training in August 74. I remember the long traffic jam getting in to get a parking space and I remember Black Oak opening with this tune during their performance. BOA was the best band there for sure. I seen BOA again about one week after I got out of the army in 77 down at Myrtle Beach. Good times back in those days and no one cared if you were democrat or republican.
i was there
I raised my kids right and made them listen to Black Oak.
Yep, they pretty much had to listen to what we did and the funny thing is, when they got into theirs teens and even now, love it. I, in turn, loved a lot of their 80's hair bands. It's nice when you and your kids like the same music!
Wow ! Father of the year 🤔
One of the guitarists was my neighbor! He got methed out on drugs and got evicted!
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Damm right, this and Hee Haw. They can tell you all the guest stars of that show. Now it's time for the grand kids, ha ha ha ha ha, take that my lovely wife.
They need to do concerts like this again. No big screen monitors, no stupid laser show special fx.. no 4 million dollar stage setups. Just the band, a million grungy people and a shit load of marshall stacks. That's a concert!
For sure!! And the inside concerts..blankets and whiskey and some smoke..etc..on the floor,dancing!!
They are coming to Pensacola on April 3, 2015, performing at Gene's Lounge.
GulfCoast PeoplesChoice now you tell me! j/k
Yes they do!
No cell phones!! Just livin' the music.
Once Upon a Time there was life and humans appreciated it.
I was there. 21 at the time. What a trip. We bought tickets ahead of time anwe went in the back gate and as soon as I entered this guy handed me a bottle and said you have to try this so I took a big swig. It was shrooms, haha. I had a good time. A really good time!!! Thank God for youth!!
I was there too.19 years old and flying on a hit of 4 way window pane.What a great day.
@@garymullins7431 I,Was,Trippen On,Yellow Sunshine,Acid,,,BOA,Rocked,,My,,Hillbilly,,Ass
I’m 16, living in Charlotte, and dreaming about what an incredible time the 70s would have been to grow up in. Unfortunately kids my age seem to have forgotten the greats
I grew up here in Charlotte and my 7th grade social studies teacher (1982) told me about this specific concert. Aside from that, Charlotte has a very rich history of our own talent. You seem interested, talk to folks between the ages of 45-77. They have great stories.
I was there in 74 and feel your pain. They were great times!!
Man it was the best 4 Rock culture.
Don't you forget about these guys. They will live forever in our memories.
I was there. I don't remember much of the 70's, but I remember this. There with my bestie, Starla and my boyfriend (at the time), Frankie. Good times were had by all.
I was there..and I will never forget it...rip jimmy henderson
I was at this concert
It was awesome
I was at this concert 45 years ago I was 18 sure miss those days
Hard to believe how time just fly's by!
When music was music! Even if you didn’t like someone..you loved them. What a great time to be alive
I'm steve lewis from Laurens, SC The 1974 August Jam was the best concert ever. I hear now that it was a one day concert. Don't know if I was just that stoned or what, I was there for 3 days. I was 17 at the time.
I was there close to the stage! ❤️ the 70’s!
Somewhere in that mass of humanity am I, up from Gastonia for the show - strutting my 20 year old self around and checking out the girls & freaks - lots of freaks - smoking, tripping. I also made it to Rockingham Speedway in '72 for BOA, James Gang, Alice Cooper and others. Some wild days that seemed to never end. But, time waits for no man. It's all but a faded memory now.
It is AMAZING an fascinating that those acts played such HUGE venues! So BOA did it more than once?!!!
@@alexkx8599 Sure, festivals from coast to coast for much of the 70s. I can't explain it, just sharing my experiences. Rock was big business in those days, tickets cheap for the entertainment value you got, not so much anymore - too corporate controlled.
It was the most fascinating 3 days of music, sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll. 9 of us traveled there in a rented Winnebago, after dropping some acid in Indianapolis, and drove there, got in free after telling the guys at the gate we were the roadies for the Eagles (who didn't show up) we plugged into the stage for the entire concert, sold about 250 hits of acid and had the time of our lives. Glad you were there too !
Up from the Gashouse? Greetings from Concord. : )
I was there. August Jam!! It was crazy. They tore the speedway up!! Great times!!
My Dad was there watching this! So cool to know that! Love from N.C.
Tommy Aldridge, what a career!! Still going strong!! LEGEND
The guy's played in so many legendary bands .
Tommy Aldridge. One of the true drumming legends.
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lukemanify If you agree with something, hit the thumbs up.
"The Dork" as the band called Aldridge on an album cover is indeed a legend. People always bring up Bonham, Peart, Moon et al in most discussions about greatest this or that when it comes to drummers. Tommy is a pure Rock drummer with power, groove, feel, flash and technical ability that even some of the aforementioned didn't have as much of in all categories, yet still get the accolades Aldridge doesn't. The Dork was way above the class of musicians BOA had to offer. Not that they were bad, just not in the same stratosphere as he is. He was the piece that really helped vault BOA into super stardom, like Peart did with Rush ( not comparing BOA to Rush). Jim Dandy's schtick was only going to get them so far. "Hey Ya'll" is still my favorite BOA tune. Followed by "Hot and Nasty". Aldridge did that so much better than Wayne Evans.
I thought that was him. He was at his best on Pat Travers' "Go for What You Know" live LP. Saw him live with Ozzy and Jake E. Lee back in the 80s. Played a solo with his hands...crazy talented.
Also played in the most successful variant line-up of Whitesnake.
Unquestionably the Golden Age of Rock and Roll.
I was there, slammed my thumb in the car door when we got there. I self medicated for the duration, only time I got to see Black Oak. Acidic fog for 70's concerts was a blast
Looking for me in the audience. At the time, I had no idea what an epic three days this would become. The musicians, what an all star cast.
BLACK OAK A. MY. LOVE HEY. YALL BEST BAND EVER LOVE YOU 💘..my Band when we where living to the fullest...
I was at this show.Lasted a few days. Both the guys I went with are dead now. We had no idea just how good we had it in those days.
I was there. Maybe still.
It was One day Dude Aug 10th, I was there,Go Goggle it
Although I lived only a few miles from the speedway, I was unable to make it. My question is to anyone that was there. Was '74 the year that a security guard was killed and ZZ Top donated $10,000 dollars to his family? This concert was born from what started as Big WAYS 61 radio concerts called BWB # whatever (Big WAYS Birthday concerts) and finally Memorial Stadium could never dream of holding the crowd.
Jim Craghead meee tooo
Ray I drove from Naples
BOA and Jim Dandy, true southern rock pioneers and must not be forgotten!!!!
David Lee Roth ripped off Jim Dandy's stage mannerisms!
Girl at 4:09 is somebody's Nana now. Seriously, recently getting into BOA. Tommy Aldridge is my favorite drummer and enjoy these videos of him playing.
My uncle went to this show. I didn't live in Charlotte yet, I was a South Blvd kid, 82-87, then we moved to another part of town. BUT MAN, were there some great concerts that came through that town, mainly the Old Coliseum, Park center, and Memorial stadium. As a kid from the middle of nowhere, BFE country in Pennsyvania, I loved Charlotte back then, there was literally NO TRAFFIC till 87-88. Some of the coolest people, a Mecca if Martial arts and musicians. Reliable music had a battle of the bands that could've went on to become a great tradition, but the store folded not long after Metal did. God do I miss that time and that place! Charlotte fuckin Rocked!
I remember when going out South Blvd to where it crosses Arrowood and that seemed like the boondocks. Native Charlottean here.
70s were the BEST !!
I went to this concert about two weeks before shipping off to army basic training. I was 17 and went just to see Black Oak Arkansas. They stole the show as I knew they would. Great memories for me and many others there.
No matter what taste you had in music during that era, it all sounded great when it was played live!
That voice with those 8 octaves !
I wasn't at this concert but on July 4th 1976 "Our Nation's Bicentennial" I was at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Rapid City watching REO Speedwagon, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, BOA with Ruby Starr For some reason (Probably leafy and Green and very potent from Columbia possibly) and 43 years of time. Other than BOA and Heart any other bands I listed I think that was who also played, any others that might have played seem to not pop into my brain, but I do remember Heart was the last band. The day before no one had heard of them, after the concert Heart was all over the radio. They played the entire Dreamboat Annie Album Live, both Ann and Nancy very slim and beautiful wearing Gypsy style dresses while they performed. "A Vision of Splendor" Those are memories engrained forever. Black Oak put on a great show, Ruby and Jim really played the Kissing Cousins routine very well, rubbing up against each other, the Mike stands etc. Kissing seductively and that was the image they were going for, they weren't related at all but they made you think they were. Like they wanted everyone to get the wrong impression (Taboo Forbidden Fruit) Great music from a great band as well. Ruby did her "Maybe I'm Amazed" Cover better than I've every heard it before, really wish I could have had the Tech back then to plug into the soundboard and be able to video everything in HD. Never heard McCartney ever do it better! Here is a link to BOA's website: www.blackoakarkansas.net/ and a link to a live performance I believe the first half is : Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and the second half is from Cal Jam in 1974. th-cam.com/video/1FK1yci_gIo/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1&t=20 and of course and old BOA Standard "Lord Have Mercy On My Soul" Studio Version: th-cam.com/video/fCgs8KMU-nI/w-d-xo.html And a Tribute to Ruby Star Video: th-cam.com/video/NhzTQk7eOiE/w-d-xo.html So My Friends who enjoy "Black Oak Arkansas" I hope you enjoy these videos. If it weren't for this band so many others just wouldn't exist! "The forerunners of Southern Rock"
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One of my first Original Southern Rock Bands, Very good people, have all original LPs autographed, guitar pics, posters, ect. 🖤 BOA.
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I can't tell ya how many times I saw these guys back in the 70's always a great time. Loved these boys!!
Those were THE DAYS!!!!!
Jr. in high school. I was there.
August Jam was an outdoor concert held on Saturday, August 10, 1974, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. The concert promoter was Kaleidoscope Productions and it was sponsored by radio stations WAYS and WROQ. The concert featured The Allman Brothers Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, PFM, Grinderswitch. The Eagles were booked to play, but canceled. It was the largest concert ever held in the state of North Carolina and one of the largest in the U.S. at that time, with an estimated attendance in excess of 300,000.
These guys are in the top 10 for underrated and forgotten southern rock bands. What an act! Thank you for posting this...
Think I saw them in late 70’s @ a live rock n’ roll venue in Tulsa where new & upcoming bands would “get their feet wet”, can still picture them, wild memory haha. Guys from my HS had a band and could play just like “Kansas” could
They are my favorite southern rock band but that might have a thing or two to do with me growing up at the lake of the Ozarks in the 1970s , they actually played the rodeo grounds in camdenton the town I lived in , believe it was 1973 . I was eight years old I don't really have much memory of it but dad listened to them. Alot . Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot would be my other two . I can't say I'm much of a Skynyrd fan other than maybe give me back my bullets and needle and the spoon.
@@onazram1, what would you consider them to be?🤣
@@onazram1, they are from Arkansas. You can’t get much “Southern “ than that
The more I see these old presentations the more I long for these ! This one here Hey Ya'll , Black Oak Arkansas at their rise ! Tommy Aldridge banging the beat , Jim Dandy doing his front man thing . The Black Oak boys band just a hammering home Mid States good old rock 'n' roll ! You can't go wrong with that .
My late mother told me once about vaguely remembering going to the Charlotte Motorspeedway and BOA being her favorite band from the lineup. She was 19! This is a pretty decent soundboard recording. I'd love to get a copy!
This song is from their 'Street Party" LP. It has August Jam footage and crowd noise added. Artists included Allman Brothers, Emerson, Lake & Palmer along with many southern rock bands. Eagles were slated but were a no-show. I was there and it was an experience. BOA was a great boogie band.The drummer (Tommy Aldridge) played with Ozzy, Pat Travers still plays in WhiteSnake. Hope this helps.Take care.
David Lee Roth got all his moves from Jim dandy Mangrum What a great frontman Jim was
I have a feeling Axl Rose was taking notes too
I was 18 year old and it was mind blowing! Nothing compares to it c
I was at that concert, it was awesome.
BLACK OAK FOREVER .CANT STOP LISTENING TO THEM. THEY ARE SO GOOD.
This was one of the first band i started listening to in the early 70s thanks to my brother and his buddys
The Great Tommy Aldridge on drums!!!
I was there................and loved every second of it
Was it not scary for all sorts of reasons? It looks overcast...
@@alexkx8599 U,,Sure,,U ,,Cuda,Been,,Trippen
I WAS THERE!!.....still got pictures....was a a cook in Ft Jackson in Columbia SC....WOW.....where all them yrs have gone......good years......black oak was just one.....Emerson Lake & Palmer were there....so was The Allman Brothers band....three ays of R&R at the speedway
I was there, too. I was 20 yrs old and living in Gastonia. Time flies, don't it? I also saw them at the Rockingham speedway a year or two earlier with 3 Dog Night, Alice Cooper, James Gang, Big Bertha and I can't remember who else. Crazy years they were. I might be wrong, but I was thinking Marshall Tucker played here that evening. Mostly, I remember some great music, lots of cute girls and some fine weed.
I was 22...a soldier....YEOWW....Good to find someone who was there to....often I ask myself....where are all the thousands of people today...by the way....We had to hitchhike back to Ft Jackson...Our old car just gave up its soul....66 yrs old....and those were the best of all!
Fine & cheap.....$20 a white man's oz (Blk oz's were smaller)....Found a20 bill....my guardian angel was looking out for me that day.....even fond a hole in the fence to crawl through....understand....them days soldiers made about $50a week..
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1st big outdoors concert I'd been to. Great concert with Allman Bro and ELP
Me,Too It Was,Faaar,Out,Man
I was there. Huge crowd. It was an unforgettable line-up of bands!! Side note: Looks like Jeff Spicoli at 1:23...
I was at this concert, so high that I didn't remember much .
We,All ,Had,A,GoodTime,Hay,I,Remember,That
I was 18 and there with my girlfriend in the stands. A guy in front of us was shooting up. The smell of pot everywhere. The bands were amazing especially ELP at the end with fireworks. It was all an eye opener for two kids who had grown up in very conservative families. She and I broke up not too long afterwards. I think of her often even now though it has been 47 years gone by.
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@@chrisstalnaker7746 Yes!!! LYNYRD SKYNYRD would have been The headliner August Jam 74.
I was there too!!! In the walkway between the grandstands and the track. People kept riding the fence until it was just a roll of wire. ELP with their quad stacks was the greatest audible experience ever! Couldn't do it now but it was great at the time!!! Glad I was able to experience the event.
I was at that concert. August 10, 1974. Tickets were $12 advance, $15 day of show.
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aint that some shit... .. yeap thats how i remember it to..
I miss the 60s and 70s. Life was fun and the music was great. What the hell happened?
I was there, too! Great time, great memories.
U,Got,That,Right Ron Rock On Brother
If it wasn't for Jim Dandy, thee wouldn't have been a David Lee Roth. Jim created the moves!
and the look
Yeah. He's the douche that we should all blame for David Lee Roth. This is horrible stuff.
Frank Melchor Or jesses James Dupree from jakyl
There wouldn’t have been any wild-eyed Southern boy rasslers,either.
@@chriskiefer7493 And what are you doing here?
I was there. Home on leave. Amazing event. One huge partaaaa.
Remember,August Jam,And,Paaaarty On
I was there! Greatest 12 plus hrs of music. Mini Woodstock. Gates opened 5ish on Friday August 9th. Camped out. Music started at noon on Saturday the 10th and went until after midnight!
We arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway around 9 pm... There were fewer than 1000 people on site.I fell asleep in the grandstand around 1 am. When I woke up, the infield and a large portion of the stands were filled. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were outstanding..! By the way, the concert was labeled "August Jam". Jim Dandy to the rescue.... Jerry R
I keep coming back here as this tune and and time never gets old. BOA tore it up on this day! I know cause I was there.
One of my favorite bands!
August 10, 1974 ! 🤟
One of my favorites by them..great jam
I was at this concert with 2 of my brothers. AWESOME!
I was at the event a fun and crazy time !
Hey!! I was there!!! for real
I can still remember ELP with the piano in the air and going over and over and the speakers in the audience...what a sound system. I've never seen a group do that kind of sound with a set of tower speakers out in the audience to give you the true sound of stereo...............It was absolutely unbelievable.....I wish I could talk to people that had been at that concert.........If there is anyone out there that has been there...please write me...I would love to hear from you....and just to let everyone know...that at the time...that was the largest audience ever for a concert...over 250,000...supposedly bigger than Woodstock. Yes, there have been bigger audiences since then, but at the time this was the biggest. What a concert...Allman Brothers came out about 2 in the morning and played forever, just like all the long concerts that they are known for. When I left the concert on early Sunday morning I was so wore out...I was completely exhausted...I'll never forget that day!!!!
+dryvur I was there too see my comment on this. What a cool time back then. E.L.P. had a great light show. Almond brothers rocked, we ended up just sleeping in the stands that night.
+dryvur I was there I was 16 and it was my first concert, if I remember correctly the sound system was bose. we broke into the owners box and watched the end of elp's set I fell asleep on a leather couch watching the almond bros, warm beer was the only meal you could get but any drugs you wanted were available though. my first night there I slept on the banked track it was like sleeping standing up best time of my young life at that point. I wonder if there is any more footage out there???
videovanoo7 "Almond" Brothers huh? So you're telling me you were at this show over 40 years ago and you don't know the name of one of the major bands of the era? Really?
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@@kelly-gk8ov bigrolloftickets
I was there and had a blast!
The most underrated rock band of all time
highjinxwillie62 These guys blow.
Nelson and Matt...you are profoundly wrong.
Yep, no doubt!
But they were mediocre
No that’s an overstatement!
Bought "On Time" when I was a kid and what a great album it is!! Little did I know how great Grand Funk was going to be!!
I like their mix of rock n roll,blues, country,etc I guess that makes the proper ingredients for southern rock. And Jim Dandy is a great frontman. Great entertainment.
I miss shows like this. It was truly the best time to go to concerts!
I saw them in Columbia Missouri in the 70's,,small place and i was on the floor right up front..Loved it!!
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Hey ya'll... I was there. The helicopter drop'n sun visors and hand fans while Black Oak played. Celebrating the August Jam forty years after on August 10, 20014.
Jesus, how low were they?!
Could have sworn it was 1975, and Yes I was there, It was August Jam...
Saw Black Oak in Liverpool UK 23rd May 1974. Support band for Black Sabbath, However they blew Sabbath off the stage. Incredible Band. Great Night.
I’ll bet!
I was there, had a great time! Good music, good weed, didn't have to worry about cops, wow what a blast!!! THOSE WERE THE GOOD DAYS.
The August Jam! We camped in the infield. A very thorough event before I went off to college. Closed in quad by ELP and followed lastly by the Allman Brothers.
I was there. Some guy carried a confederate flag up to the stage when the Allman brothers band played
Black oak always outdid themselves live...studio was great but in live performances they had that rare ability to sound better and the crowds loved every second...pure energy
Some bands are like that. Too me, if an act doesn’t sound good live, they’re fakery and studio production.
WOW ! I JUST DISCOVERED " BLACK OAK ARKANSAS" TODAY ! 🎸❤🇺🇸
The guy playing the Les Paul on the right hand the stage with long blond hair is Jimmy Henderson. He is from pearl Mississippi, and one Bad Ass guitar player.
These guys were outstanding musicians.
Tommy Aldridge still kickin' ass to this very day!
August Jam, what a concert! I was on top the press box, what a seat. Made some life long memories there. Those were the days.
I may be 57 but I am still there in my mind...it was a dandy
Now we're 65, hopefully. Saw these guys open for Skynard at Winterland SF 1973.
I was there!! Had a blast!!
We,All,Did,It,Was,Fun
I was 16 and had a blast! The music, crowd, weather, and sights I saw were awesome!! I saw my first streakers there, saw a ton of things that will stay with me forever. The concert featured the Allman Brothers Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foghat, Black Oak Arkansas, the Marshall Tucker Band, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Grinderswitch, PFM and others. The Eagles were booked to play but cancelled. I only wish I had today's technology back then.
Do you remember the press building it was directly in front of the stage at the top of the seating. thats where i watched elp and the allman bros some nut got up there and started pulling people up but you needed to bring something to the party needless to say me and my 3 buddies had 200 hits of mescalin and everything was community i sat in the owners air conditioned room and watched the show from a leather couch smoking a fat joint of hash and drinking the owners rum and coke from a crystal glass i was also 16 years young do you remember all the people walking around yelling the t is bad (stood for thc back then ) it was really horse pills,we drove from Massachusetts it was my first concert i still remember it like it was yesterday hot warm beer and crazy shit everywhere the best time ever
Oh yah do you remember when keith emersons piano rose up and started spinning i think everyone there went Whoe it drowned out the music for a second
+kelly anciello That was too cool when he did that and the light show too. Great after dark show. One of the first great visual bands back then.
+videovanoo7 I wish that there was a full video of the concert do you remember the people yelling bad t, I guess the thc was horse tranquilizers fucking great time 70's were the best for music and drugs
I was 20 yards from center stage standing there with these two hippies from San Francisco doing mescaline when the piano started rising up in the air then spinning faster and faster then the big explosion flashed and all the fire works went off ! The two freaks were lying on the ground past out maybe even dead from the rush ! Thanks Kelly
Thanks for uploading this... VERY rare you see pro-shot footage like this from the Mid-Atlantic way back in 1974.
I was 16 when I saw this most awesome 3 day concert. You had to be there. I cannot begin to describe just how great it was. (the parts I can remember) Lol
well you know..the 70's and all...but life was good man
+Tay Gray If you're on facebook check this page out. facebook.com/groups/AugustJam74/
You may have been there 3 days, but I remember only one day of music.
Tay Gray, just curious, do you recall how much it cost?
I was there too. Ran out of money and had to leave early
Rest in peace Stanley knight... Jimmy Henderson... and Ricky Reynolds...BOA was the greatest
And now, Harvey Jett as well.
Thanks for posting this time piece classic and great concert!
I went there too, got there a week a head of time. We were on the road hitch hiking from the Sedalia, Mo. concert.
We stayed in the vegetable stand right across from the speedway. That was our home from the 9 days we were there.
We had no money so we hired on to set up a huge circus tent at the speedway. The tent turned out to be the biggest head shop I've ever seen.
The radio station from the area, the head D.J. set up and donated his house for the many people around there for people to sleep, eat and party. It was a cool thing to do and everyone there respected his property for the few hundred that used it.
Some really cool bands played there. I just remember a few. Emerson Lake and Palmer, and the Almond Brothers.
+videovanoo7 i was there................i lived about 20 miles away.....i was there when the fence got smashed down
+Terry Burleyson I saw that it went down like it was paper I was 16 from Massachusetts first concert for me watched the almond bros from the owners box some guy climbed up and started pulling people up if you had something to contribute,me and me 3 friends had 100 hits of mescaline. I watched the almonds from a leather couch sipping chivas reagal and smoking a hash joint as big as my thumb oh ya ac too!
Are you on Facebook? I have a private page for people who were there.
Just post your initials here, and then ask to join and I'll know it's
you! Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/AugustJam74/
Are you on Facebook? I have a private page for people who were there.
Just post your initials here, and then ask to join and I'll know it's
you! Here's the link: facebook.com/groups/AugustJam74/
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I was at that festival. The Allmond Brothers were the Headliners. They hit the stage around 4:30 am