Bands had people record their concerts for their own review purposes. This wasn't one person filming this. It was edited from several cameras. Many times, these were not meant for the general public...and we are lucky to have access to this.
Winterland Arena San Francisco-CA, USA 1978-01-28 SOUNDBOARD 91 minutes 1. The Grand Illusion 2. Lorelei 3. Mademoiselle 4. Fooling Yourself 5. Suite Madame Blue 6. Crystal Ball 7. Light Up 1. Lady 2. Man In The Wilderness 3. Come Sail Away 4. Midnight Ride 5. Miss America 6. Born For Adventure
70's chicks were pretty cool ,the cars of the era were great too...seemed we had almost everything one could want...and i am proud to be a boomer...i got to see it all!!! GOD BLESS THE USA
When people talk about great harmony bands, I always think about Queen and Sweet, two of the greatest, but Styx is right up there with them both! I'm so thankful that I grew up in the 70's!
@@tylermorrison7051 Another group I've always loved, though I have to admit I liked them better with their first vocalist. "Lady" and "Take It Easy On Me" are probably my 2 favorites, but "Cool Change" is hard to beat!
@@larrycoker8093 -Cool Change is one of the best, harmonious song I've ever heard. Funny, because I've been playing that 1 quite a bit lately. It's so moving to me & I relate to it. Cheers !!
It’s actually from January 28th 1978. I’m sure being on the road you lose track of place and time. The Grand Illusion tour went from May 1977 to May 1978
I saw Styx at least 5 times then in high school, well maybe 4 and REO a few times and they are touring now. I am enjoying this from my home at the age of 58. Gosh I feel good! Thank you TH-cam and Thank You for whoever took the time to get it on here.
0:00 The Grand Illusion 5:18 Lorelei 11:18 Mademoiselle 16:18 Fooling Yourself (with JY on 2nd synthesizer) 22:29 Suite Madame Blue 31:40 Crystal Ball 38:34 Light Up 44:02 Lady 48:50 Man in the Wilderness 55:35 Come Sail Away 1:04:43 Midnight Ride 1:14:46 Miss America 1:21:12 Born for Adventure (including a very silly swordfight)
i surprise old but fresh rouggplaning this styx show！ I didn't know styxpefomance early first times because I'm Japanese. I glad find this video! this is MoriKawa. I be impressed this styxshow! I'm Japan MoriKawa !2022 10/10
@Christopher Bingham Wishing they would unite for a Farewell Tour. They could fill some serious venues. As it stands now both shows play to smaller crowds.Dennis has actually found replacements for JY and Tommy. I can't say the same for them.
Traveling back to being 15 listing to this. Styx such a unique band back when. 3 frontmen, keyboard, drummer, synthesizer, with amazing electric guitar 🎸. Tommy Shaw is still rocking in 2022. Such sweet memories flooding back to me. Awesome video, special thanks to who posted this concert. ✨💯✨♥️✨😍✨ Feeling young at 59!
I was only 13 & this was my 2nd concert of many rock concerts. Needless, I was in awl & couldn't wait to get in school the next day to tell all my friends. Surprisingly many of my friends went with their families!! 🎶💯👍🏻
A huge amount of talent on one stage right here boys n girls. This live version of Suite Madame Blue is just brilliant. SMB is one of the best songs from the mighty Styx!
I saw this tour at the Philadelphia Spectrum, they opened for Aerosmith. Gave them a good run for the money, when the opening act is as good or better than the headliner. Came back next year as The Headliner with Angel as the opening act. That was the Pieces of Eight tour. Queen of Spades live just blew the roof off the place.
I was there at the Philly Spectrum I was 16 One of my first concerts Styx literally blew me away....And I love the grand illusion album till this day Thank you for reminding me of how wonderful life is....Miss America Blew my socks off.!
Glad to say I saw this tour...But, Styx was just one of the hundreds of great bands touring in the late 70's...They played everything you love, it was a great concert...A better time in America, that's for sure...I was 18 on this tour...forgetaboutit!
@@DonaldMains Not at all my friend; I might be conservative with that message. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_progressive_rock_artists en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1970_concert_tours
Styx was one of my favorite bands when I was younger, and a guitarist and keyboardist in bands. Their music and musicianship was wonderful, and I used to play many of their songs with past local rock bands where I lived. One of the toughest thing about playing their music, was the fact that Styx had 3 tenor vocalists, which is VERY unusual! This always made it very hard to try and recreate their vocal harmonies live. ... Peace! 🎼❤☮
I saw them a year before this in May of 1977 at the Rialto Theater in Joliet, in Styx back yard when they were growing up on the south side of Chicago suburbs. No one had heard the Grand Illusion yet, it was released 2 months later on7/7/77, but this is the show they played and we heard the Grand Illusion album before it was released or played on the radio. And It was my first concert! Unforgettable!!! I later got to meet and work with Dennis and JY on their solo tours in Chicago area
Yep, "Equinox" is them at their best! "Suite Madame Blue" and "Lorelei" are both great, but I love "Lonely Child" which is up there with both of them! Like you said, this is my favorite album by them.
The knowledgeable, true Styx fans always knew Equinox is their favorite album. When it came out in 1975, even at 13, I was hooked!Every song, a diamond! Personal favorites are ,Born For Adventure, Suite Madame Blue and Midnight Ride.
2 years ago 0:00 The Grand Illusion 5:18 Lorelei 11:18 Mademoiselle 16:18 Fooling Yourself (with JY on 2nd synthesizer) 22:29 Suite Madame Blue 31:40 Crystal Ball 38:34 Light Up 44:02 Lady 48:50 Man in the Wilderness 55:35 Come Sail Away 1:04:43 Midnight Ride 1:14:46 Miss America 1:21:12 Born for Adventure (including a very silly swordfight)
I saw them 4 times ......were my favorite band overall next to Led Zep. They have the best overall vocals in rock in reality. Their harmony is hard to match. always packed the house back then.
I saw them 4 times between 1976 and 1980. Awesome every time! First time in 1976 they were actually the opening band for ZZ Top at the Capitol Centre in Largo MD (DC). . Our seats were on the floor right up the middle. They decided to record the show so they moved our seats to the right. Still only about 12 to 15 rows from the stage. It was awesome! Saw them on this tour. It was amazing. Crazy cool to see it again after all these years.
Half my senior class had tickets to their show in Lakeland, FL, in the fall of 78. They had to cancel due to some illness (IIRC) and rescheduled for a Wednesday in February of 79. Our Principal (who had officiated at Tommy Shaw's wedding) declared the day after the new date to be a free day for the seniors. And he had a contact for tickets, for those that needed them. It was an amazing show, opened by The Babys (with John (missing You) Waite and Ricky Phillips(the current bassist for Styx)).
Back when Dennis De Young acted and sang like a flamboyant English Rock star as the Front man. They were one of the few groups that had 3 lead singers and 3 songwriters. And James Young and Tommy Shaw were Rockers through and through! I always liked Styx! And I like their use of synths combined with guitar riffs. It was still hard rock but with melodic elements as well! I used to listen to them when I was living in the Midwest constantly on the Radio 📻! My favorite band back then. 😎🎸👏🏻
@@mammoth505 James Young, of course! He wrote and and sang one of my favorite Styx songs : Miss America! I still love that song. It makes fun of Beauty Pageants and how shallow that game is. Doesn’t sing well? While he’s not as good as Tommy Shaw or Denis De Young, he sings well enough. The new guy they found to replace Denis on Keyboards and vocals is pretty damn good too! Styx got an upgrade which is rare for a band that’s been around a long time. They have actually improved. I saw a live clip of their current show and they are excellent.
@@dynjarren8355 I appreciate your opinion, but I disagree. JY is not a singer. He would tell you that. In 1978 I wore the grooves off of my Grand Illusion album. I was in sixth grade. Miss America is a filler song written by JY. I have always admired the lyrics of the song, but just tolerate the actual song. Larry was good replacement for Dennis. Improved? I don't think so.
I'm suddenly trasported many moons ago to the early summer of 1980. I'm listening on my local rock station to INNERVIEW: with Jim Ladd. It was an hour long nationally syndicated weekly radio show, where rock bands are interviewed by the host, with tracks from the band's catalog were played between interview segments. This particular episode focused on Styx of course, & it opened with this live version of the Grand Illusion title track. The Renegade, Babe, & this particular track were my introduction to Styx. After that, I couldn't get enough of these guys. The musicianship, vocals, & harmonies are so crisp & clean here. This concert really should've been released as a live album. Edit: Now, if memory serves, this also was around the time that they made the top of the Gallup Poll for best in concert band. This was a spot, steadily won in the past few years by KISS. But this particular time, they managed to beat them out for that recognition. This concert makes me see why.
I first caught Styx,in the gymnasium of our local college! Tommy Shaw had just joined the band. After an amazing show,all the members stopped to talk to us and sign autographs. I miss those days....
So glad I came across this awesome concert!!! Always LOVED Styx!!! Suite Madame Blue is my favorite! I recorded it way back on an old fashioned cassette and played it so much that it finally broke. I literally cried! These guys are sooooo incredibly talented. For each one on his own respective instrument, playing is like breathing! Not to mention the vocals, the unbelievable harmony!!! Deeply grateful to whomever posted this!!!
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@@Doggie-m3y Except they had both amazing songs AND hit songs BEFORE Tommy Shaw joined the band. While Tommy Shaw was a big part of their success, they would have made it w/o him. Tommy Shaw may have never made it without Dennis DeYoung giving him the opportunity in Styx.
@@kevindepew8193 It was 1975, and things were going well for Tommy, but things were about to get a whole lot better! Representatives of Styx contacted him and asked if he’d like to audition for the band - Their guitarist, John Curelewski had up and left just before a nationwide tour! Shaw flew out to Chicago, guitar in hand, only to be given the position immediately after the band heard him sing the falsetto harmony they needed on tour… the guitar never came out of its case. DDY wanted him to sing Lady, their only "hit" to that point. From there, Tommy wrote 70% of the future hits. And he wasn't a douche! Look, DDY started the band, but even today, Chuck will tell you that if it weren't for Tommy, they would be a one-hit wonder.I can say that with confidence as I have a connection to Chuck and their manager Charlie.
I love how thunderous this is. The guitars are roaring. Beauty, melody, imagination, and gut-punching rock and roll. They blended it all together so perfectly. The thumping bass and snarling guitars on Come Sail Away just destroy the album version. And JY's lead on Man In the Wilderness.....my god.
I was 14 when I took my girlfriend Tammy Dodge to see this concert in Boise Idaho. What an awesome show and only $14.00 for 2 tickets. The EXPO building lit up like a big pot-pipe and everybody was having a HIGH time enjoying this timeless music. I really miss those days and at the time we didn't have a clue how lucky we were to have so many great bands coming to our little town for such a small price. "Ohh memory lane man--music is so great for bringing back all those old feelings--I love it so much!"
My babysitter took me to see them in Ft. Worth, TX when I was 12, The Grand Decathlon Tour in 1979. My first concert. I got the black sleeved concert shirt and wore it the next day to 6th grade...they played with Point Blank opening and Styx rocked it hard! It was awesome!
Saw them the first time in 76 at Commack Arena in NY. They were the warm up band for JGeils and Blue Oyster Cult. Didn’t know who they were until they played Lady. They were really good. Made me a fan. The place got trashed that night. Security gates were torn down people were in the catwalks up above. Parking lot was covered with broken glass. What a wild night I’ll never forget. I had a great time👍✌️
I saw that concert in Vancouver. Frickin blew me away!! I waited with baited breath for whatever months. Baby's was backing them up. Styx came on and I will never forget their opening "Welcome to the Grand Illusion". That band and that album were my favourite growing up. I was 14 at the time. I predicted their first song was going to be Grand Illusion and their last one Grand Finale and I was right. Then I think it was Dennis DeYoung asked for any requests and I said Lady and right as it rolled off my tongue, they started the opening of that song on the grand piano. I will NEVER forget that concert for as long as I live. I LOVE Styx!!!!! 😍
The critics of yesteryear be damned! Styx was. and is, still excellent to this day. 1999-present Styx, abd Dennis DeYoung's solo act, are as good as ever.
Been a huge styx fan since 1977 Bought the Grand Illusion cassette tape when I 1st got to GMT-A School and it played everyday in BEQ 780 Nas North Island! finally SAW SYTX at soaring eagle casino really small venu near central michigan university in 2023 and it was AWESOME! MY 31 YEAR OLD SON WAS THERE WITH US AND i THINK HE WAS MORE PUMPED ABOUT SEEING styx THEN i WAS BUT THEN HE DID GROW UP LISTENING TO STYX AND COME SAIL AWAY IS HIS FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME!
My first concert, March 29, 1978, Mahogany Rush opening for Styx on this same tour...Hara Arena, Trotwood (Dayton), Ohio...Ticket was 6 bucks...T-shirt was 8 bucks...Incredible Show
This is just fantastic! A great live show, every song a killer with twice the power it has on the record! Would have loved to have seen this band at their peak. And this would have made a stunning live album ... and still Pieces of Eight to come out
I don’t know if these guys are the Gods of Rock. But they sure as Hell are the Angels !!!! Finest harmonies!! “ Tell me where are you going , Sweet Mademoiselle”
They played at my HS , as TW4 in about 1971. Palos Hills, Illinois. They would practice at some of the surrounding Forest Preserves . Always liked them!
I saw Styx in October 1978 at McNichols Arena in Denver Colorado. Thin Lizzy was the opening act. What an incredible concert it was! Thank you thank you thank you to the person who posted this video! What great memories of this wonderful concert!! I got to see Styx again in 1996, but they were not nearly as good in 1996 as they were in 1978.
I just discovered that John Waite (Missing You) was with the Babys at the time. And their bassist was none other than current Styx bassist Ricky Phillips
Thanks for posting, just an amazing show, this was the Zenith for Styx, tearing it up on all cylinders, and writing the best songs of their career. Wish I was there. I got to see the Return to Paradiso Tour in 96... 4th row, center, it was incredible.
Man in the wilderness made the hair on my arm stand up, Grand Illusion was a very influential album when I was learning rock ‘n’ roll. Listening to Tommy describe going on tour with Kansas and then writing this song after a show and then seeing it so many years earlier, when it was a new song sung by him, it’s pretty damn awesome.
Saw them for $5 yes Five dollars at the Indiana State fair in 1978. I was 13 yo. And i was mesmerized. Had to learn the guitar. 44 years later, Styx is still playing and i am too!!
I Seen Styx ( Grand Illusion Tour ) Along With Ram Jam, Who Did The Song: Black Betty On My 18th Birthday 1977 In Lansing, Michigan. What A Great Show & Party, Plenty Of Smoke & Booze. Miss You Cuz J. Arriaga R.I.P.
the problem with Dennis is that he let his ego get the best of him, as often happens. despite the fact that the other band members did not want to go in the same direction as he did, Dennis refused to compromise and ultimately the others gave up the will to fight for what they wanted. it led to the Kilroy Was Here “Rock Opera” which was a critical and commercial failure. Tommy & JY despised having to wear costumes and act out roles and dialogue during what should have been a classic rock concert. i was at the Texxas Jam the Summer of ‘83 with an all-star line up: Uriah Heap, Ted Nugent, Triumph, Sammy Hagar and the highlight of then night was when Ted, Sammy and Rick Emmett (Triumph) jammed for a 45 min set of Zeppelin tunes. the crowd was worked up into a frenzy and eagerly awaited the headline act. then Styx took the stage which started with their Kilroy mini movie and within a matter of minutes, the crowd was booing and even throwing things at the stage…not that i condone that behavior but it is what happened. the next 15-20 min saw the vast majority of fans walking out as the band (professionals every one of them) continued to labor through the show. what i witnessed at the Cotton Bowl repeat itself at countless venues across the US that summer and by the end of the tour, Tommy quit the band which ultimately it led to the end of Styx. i do not wish to dismiss the talent and showmanship of Dennis DeYoung, i had seen Styx 3 times prior and they always put on an excellent show. i will always remember the white Grand Piano that he played seemingly fearlessly as it floated a good 20ft or more above the stage. was he wearing a safety harness? if he was i certainly couldn’t tell but it was spellbinding. my point to this story is that when it comes to the great bands, in most cases it’s not any one individual that makes it happen but the combination of exceptional talent from each member that creates the magic as a whole and it is that energy that captivates the audience. while there are rare exceptions, typically when you mess with the formula you often lose the magic.
I m 44 , Queen fan, i just discovered their 11 first albums since a few months. A lot more cohérent than Queen used to be. Genius at work. Styx is amazing. Really heavy and prog. Dennis deyoung is a giant of rock ' n roll
thanks so much for posting this ....Stellar , phenomenal ....... saw Styx in concert on the next 4 album releases and tours ,.... my musical heros are these guys here... extremely underrated drummer John Panazzo ... R.I.P. ...... ( joined Chicago musicians union at age 11 !!!!! , brilliant drummer )
Same reason they won't let Grand Funk, Bad Company, Foreigner, REO, The Guess Who, and so many others in. They're a bunch of woke douchebags who'd prefer Missy Elliot, NWA, Mary J. Blidge , Jay Z, etc. You know -real rock bands. They truly are a joke.
This is really great. Didn't know this concert existed. Thanks for sharing it. Shows the great heights a band can attain when it boasts two talented vocalists.
People, and some band members hated so much on Kilroy. When it was one of the most entertaining shows I have ever seen. I used to work at our civic center and I got to see a ton of concerts.The sold out house that night sure was entertained. JY and Tommy were having a hell of a time. I was up front and anybody could see. I have seen then in Europe and the US. A band you must see live to appreciate them. Wish they would all get together and do a Farewell Tour.
I saw Styx & Buster at Wendler Arena/Saginaw Civic Center on August 24, 1978 in the very front row! Tommy Shaw was right in front of me. I was 13 years old! 6,348 people paid $8.50 each to rock. Rock & Roll Never Forgets!
William Johnson 13. Just about the age of any Styx fan back then. I saw them on that same tour; The Grand Illusion. As a matter of fact, watching this vid takes me back to the Long Island Arena and the very same tour. One year earlier, when they were promoting "Equinox," they were Aerosmith's warm up act.
@@crusheverything4449 13 to 15 year olds for the most part, yes! In college I got dragged to one of their concerts and it looked like a babysitter’s convention with weed. In my day, Kiss was the grade schoolers’ group and Styx was for those entering puberty (including myself).
@@arkady714 - I saw dozens of concerts back then, including Styx, and, while there were certainly some young teenagers present, it’s an overstatement to say the crowds were “mostly 13 year olds”. I know, I was there.
I got to see this tour. So fantastic. I only wish this were in color, but I'm happy to have any piece of this memory. A few things that are hard to notice, there are two boxes up front that JY and Tommy stood on and they lit up in multiple colors from below. Also, the Crystal Ball had lasers bouncing off it which was epic as hell. This setlist was never matched in the 10 or so times I've seen them since. Also saw the Paradise Theater and Mr. Roboto tours with this line up. Sad they can't get back together. This was the only time I recall them doing extended jams at the end of songs which really added to the live experience and made them more of a real rock band than a lot of people gave them credit for.
A concert made up of Equinox, Crystal Ball & The Grand Illusion. THE BEST, 3 of their all-time greats. I saw them in this time period. The Concert I saw had a guitar duel between Tommy & JY, as Tommy being introduced as the new guy from Alabama.
My absolute favorite live performance of a great song ever… sweet madame blue 1978. I heard it on a crappy little transistor radio late one night and recorded it on an equally crappy cassette recorder and to this day it still fills me with fire to listen to it
What an absolute treat, I was only 8yr old when this happened, Im now 57 and have been a fan ever since then. I only wish they would have continued forever. Stix is truely one the best bands ever to leave thier mark on music, All I can say to them is Thankyou for all the GREAT MUSIC over the years. its a shame we all get older!
I saw them two months later on this tour, only my fourth rock concert, ever. They played a theater in Albany. That was a good thing, because the following year they would get too big for theaters. Same setlist (minus "Born for Adventure"), same stage moves. At the tender age of 20, I was suitably impressed. The only minor complaint was placing "Miss America" as the encore. That made the show a bit anticlimactic. If they had made "Come Sail Away" the encore, that would have brought the house down. "The Grand Illusion" and "Equinox" got a lot of play in my fraternity house, but that was the first time I had heard the song "Crystal Ball". That turned into my favorite Styx song and album. Despite the muddy sound on this film, it's a great memento of the classic days of Styx. Thanks a lot for the upload! By the way, the opening band was this TERRIBLE band called Striker that was never heard from again!
I was there too. The Palace. I had seen them a few yrs earlier as well for the Crystal Ball tour. Same place. Funny. I don't even remember the opening act you mentioned...
Damn, it's 1977 and I'm at the Jackson County Exposition in Medford, OR. The entire place reeks of weed and these guys are ripping the shit out of the place.
No backing tracks. No autotune. A minimum of effects. Just 5 guys playing and singing their butts off. Real musicians playing real music. 🤘☮️❤️😊
That's right! Nothing but pure talent.
I like you
Indeed, I feel sorry for the kids today having to listen to the absolute garbage that is pawned off as so called music today...
Nothing to do with todays bands. I wonder how they can sleep their nights when they know that the are not playing live in concerts?
Not easy for a band to sound this good live.
This is how its done, more energy than you could gain from a power station!
Man in the Wilderness... Tommy just blows everyone away!!
We are soooo lucky that someone filmed this!!!!!!!
Bill Graham best promotor ever.
Bands had people record their concerts for their own review purposes. This wasn't one person filming this. It was edited from several cameras. Many times, these were not meant for the general public...and we are lucky to have access to this.
Such a shame that digital recording was but a wet dream back then. So many classics destined to the evaporative analog.
Winterland Arena
San Francisco-CA, USA
1978-01-28
SOUNDBOARD
91 minutes
1. The Grand Illusion
2. Lorelei
3. Mademoiselle
4. Fooling Yourself
5. Suite Madame Blue
6. Crystal Ball
7. Light Up
1. Lady
2. Man In The Wilderness
3. Come Sail Away
4. Midnight Ride
5. Miss America
6. Born For Adventure
I was there!
Pure Rock! No lip sync, No Fakery! Everybody played their instrument! Period!!!
Almost, loved them and saw them then. But the synthesizer on Lorelei is programmed until the ending.
@@jbone6112 🙄
Period????? WOW
Every band since the beginning of time uses back tracks. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See that - PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@WES_5150
No, they don't
The only thing better than 70’s rock, were the 70’s rock concert ticket prices...$8.50 got you in the front row. 6 bucks got you in...
70's chicks were pretty cool ,the cars of the era were great too...seemed we had almost everything one could want...and i am proud to be a boomer...i got to see it all!!! GOD BLESS THE USA
Yea and pot was 5.00 a bag. . Dam inflation
@@mercenairy1 "70's chicks" might have been cool but they certainly could have used a razor on more than just their legs back in those days😳
$200 today and you can't smoke pot.
Yes😁those were some great times😉
Rest in peace John Anthony Panozzo. One of my favorite drummers of all-time.
Need to be in Rock In Roll Hall of Fame !! It's About Time !!
Hell yeah absolutely I only liked a few of their songs but after listening to a lot of their catalog I love it ❤
Will THEY LET? Dennis play with them? If so!
I'd throw Kansas in that list, but the RnRHoF isn't interested in talent
Your Right Eric Kansas need too . !!
HOF is a joke - they don't need the affirmation by those losers
Styx were at their peak and on top of the world around 1977 and '78. Great, unique band and one of classic rock era's titans.
Yeah...Beatles, Stones, the Who, Floyd, Zeppelin....and Styx!
When people talk about great harmony bands, I always think about Queen and Sweet, two of the greatest, but Styx is right up there with them both! I'm so thankful that I grew up in the 70's!
Little River Band was also among the vocal harmony greats, as well.
@@tylermorrison7051 Another group I've always loved, though I have to admit I liked them better with their first vocalist. "Lady" and "Take It Easy On Me" are probably my 2 favorites, but "Cool Change" is hard to beat!
Well said Lare! I am thankful of that fact too. The 70s were magic.
A band that had to been seen live.To really be appreciated.
@@larrycoker8093 -Cool Change is one of the best, harmonious song I've ever heard. Funny, because I've been playing that 1 quite a bit lately. It's so moving to me & I relate to it.
Cheers !!
What a glorious time the 70's were for rock and roll, and this footage is proof!
Awesome trip back in time. This is the real Styx, and at their peak.
This is from 1977. I was the drum tech.
It’s actually from January 28th 1978. I’m sure being on the road you lose track of place and time. The Grand Illusion tour went from May 1977 to May 1978
I saw Styx at least 5 times then in high school, well maybe 4 and REO a few times and they are touring now. I am enjoying this from my home at the age of 58. Gosh I feel good! Thank you TH-cam and Thank You for whoever took the time to get it on here.
Wasn't it great to able to AFFORD 4 or 5 shows? My brother & I would go see a concert a month! Styx, Deep Purple, Rainbow etc. Real name bands!
My condolences
Excellent. REO pre 80s were amazing
Did you go to Lyons Township HS?
0:00 The Grand Illusion
5:18 Lorelei
11:18 Mademoiselle
16:18 Fooling Yourself (with JY on 2nd synthesizer)
22:29 Suite Madame Blue
31:40 Crystal Ball
38:34 Light Up
44:02 Lady
48:50 Man in the Wilderness
55:35 Come Sail Away
1:04:43 Midnight Ride
1:14:46 Miss America
1:21:12 Born for Adventure (including a very silly swordfight)
It sucks this was before pieces of eight, but hey, well take it i guess LOL
Put me on, I’m your brand new record album!!
Thank you. 👍
Thanks!
Appreciate this!
My favorite band of all time. Their albums contain unknown songs that have to be heard to fully appreciate how great they were!
i surprise old but fresh rouggplaning this styx show！
I didn't know styxpefomance early first times because
I'm Japanese. I glad find this video!
this is MoriKawa. I be impressed this styxshow!
I'm Japan MoriKawa !2022 10/10
Totally agree! Greatest Band ever
Totally agree !
Hugs from Brazil 🎉
I love 'Queen Of Spades' . Is that a song of theirs that would fit the description of one of those hidden gems?
@@jeffro4kag206Absolutely! Hidden gem. Probably my favourite Styx song.
Tommy Shaw. Sooooo underrated His guitar punctuation is amazing. Truly the Gods of Rock.
By who?
i saw these guys in 78. great concert!!
Well if there is any doubt how great Styx were live back then - watching this show should erase that doubt without any question....
Amen to that bud!
Wow
Did for me...
Believe it or not, they're even better now, with their new material. Still rocking'.
@Christopher Bingham Wishing they would unite for a Farewell Tour. They could fill some serious venues. As it stands now both shows play to smaller crowds.Dennis has actually found replacements for JY and Tommy. I can't say the same for them.
Man In The Wilderness was EPIC!!!
I want to Apologize to STYX...I never Knew that they ROCKED! I mean I knew about the Vocals...But WOW they could Play!
+Jor Livia They still can!
....AND WITH IT, WE CAN REALIZE THAT STYX WAS/IS MUCH MORE THAN DENISS DeYOUNG.....SALUDOS.......
@@waxer12g87 Without DDY they're a tribute band
@@SrTetosalazar Disagree: without DDY they're a tribute act
Oh yes
All these hits still hold up today, good stuff.
No they don’t. You may think they do but they don’t.
@@MrMelvinSchlockYour opinion only.
Most of them do. Many of them are classics that get regular airplay to this day almost 50 years later.
Traveling back to being 15 listing to this. Styx such a unique band back when. 3 frontmen, keyboard, drummer, synthesizer, with amazing electric guitar 🎸. Tommy Shaw is still rocking in 2022. Such sweet memories flooding back to me. Awesome video, special thanks to who posted this concert. ✨💯✨♥️✨😍✨ Feeling young at 59!
I like you too lol look at my comment way abovev yours
I was only 13 & this was my 2nd concert of many rock concerts. Needless, I was in awl & couldn't wait to get in school the next day to tell all my friends. Surprisingly many of my friends went with their families!! 🎶💯👍🏻
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Still love this band's awesome sound and talent... Styx Forever
Gotta love the JY strut! Such a monster guitarist (and singer)
Not many bads has the number of hits of this band. Styx is great. I miss them together.
STYX in their prime.Thanks for posting this gem.
A huge amount of talent on one stage right here boys n girls. This live version of Suite Madame Blue is just brilliant. SMB is one of the best songs from the mighty Styx!
Always my favorite!!!
My boyfriend bought me the "Grand Illusion" album as soon as it came out. I have loved Styx ever since.
I saw this tour at the Philadelphia Spectrum, they opened for Aerosmith. Gave them a good run for the money, when the opening act is as good or better than the headliner. Came back next year as The Headliner with Angel as the opening act. That was the Pieces of Eight tour. Queen of Spades live just blew the roof off the place.
I was there at the Philly Spectrum I was 16 One of my first concerts Styx literally blew me away....And I love the grand illusion album till this day Thank you for reminding me of how wonderful life is....Miss America Blew my socks off.!
Glad to say I saw this tour...But, Styx was just one of the hundreds of great bands touring in the late 70's...They played everything you love, it was a great concert...A better time in America, that's for sure...I was 18 on this tour...forgetaboutit!
Hundreds might be an over exaggeration, but yes dozens at least.
@@DonaldMains Not at all my friend; I might be conservative with that message. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_progressive_rock_artists
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1970_concert_tours
What a treasure thank you to whoever posted this masterpiece,
I love the sound of Tommy’s Les Paul live, JY sounds pretty damn good too. It wasn’t a Friday night when I was a kid until you heard Styx.
Styx was one of my favorite bands when I was younger, and a guitarist and keyboardist in bands. Their music and musicianship was wonderful, and I used to play many of their songs with past local rock bands where I lived. One of the toughest thing about playing their music, was the fact that Styx had 3 tenor vocalists, which is VERY unusual! This always made it very hard to try and recreate their vocal harmonies live. ... Peace! 🎼❤☮
These guys were ahead of their time ..
I saw them a year before this in May of 1977 at the Rialto Theater in Joliet, in Styx back yard when they were growing up on the south side of Chicago suburbs.
No one had heard the Grand Illusion yet, it was released 2 months later on7/7/77, but this is the show they played and we heard the Grand Illusion album before it was released or played on the radio.
And It was my first concert! Unforgettable!!!
I later got to meet and work with Dennis and JY on their solo tours in Chicago area
I was at the same show. I was 12 and uncle who was 9 years older than me took me and my brother. Awesome time!!
I think at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills around this time as well.
Naperville central field house 75 first playing of lorelei I think Shaws first show, at least that is what they said.
I think Shaw only came on board for Crystal Ball album
And stayed on..
Madame Blue is INCREDIBLE!!! DDY was such a BADASS!!! Equinox will always be my favorite all time album. These guys were sooo damn talented!!!
Yes. Equinox is great, man.
Yep, "Equinox" is them at their best! "Suite Madame Blue" and "Lorelei" are both great, but I love "Lonely Child" which is up there with both of them! Like you said, this is my favorite album by them.
The knowledgeable, true Styx fans always knew Equinox is their favorite album. When it came out in 1975, even at 13, I was hooked!Every song, a diamond! Personal favorites are ,Born For Adventure, Suite Madame Blue and Midnight Ride.
So, None of you guys liked Tommy's stuff ( i.e. Renegade?) FR??
Before he turned into a Roger waters clone
2 years ago
0:00 The Grand Illusion
5:18 Lorelei
11:18 Mademoiselle
16:18 Fooling Yourself (with JY on 2nd synthesizer)
22:29 Suite Madame Blue
31:40 Crystal Ball
38:34 Light Up
44:02 Lady
48:50 Man in the Wilderness
55:35 Come Sail Away
1:04:43 Midnight Ride
1:14:46 Miss America
1:21:12 Born for Adventure (including a very silly swordfight)
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I saw them 4 times ......were my favorite band overall next to Led Zep. They have the best overall vocals in rock in reality. Their harmony is hard to match. always packed the house back then.
Only a bloated blimp fan would say something so nonsensical.
I saw them 4 times between 1976 and 1980. Awesome every time! First time in 1976 they were actually the opening band for ZZ Top at the Capitol Centre in Largo MD (DC). . Our seats were on the floor right up the middle. They decided to record the show so they moved our seats to the right. Still only about 12 to 15 rows from the stage. It was awesome!
Saw them on this tour. It was amazing. Crazy cool to see it again after all these years.
Same! What a time it was to be alive.
Saw them at the Cap Centre in '83.
Also my favorite band of all time and I can't believe they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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I grew up with them and I will and forever love them ❤😊
They probably would be if they hadn't released "Mr. Roboto"
its a travesty
I saw them in 1978, wow! This is what I saw and heard!
+Ty Aldrich I saw this show in Cleveland. My first concert at the ripe old age of 13. Sat in the 3rd row. Very cool to watch it again.
Saw Styx in Pittsburgh in 1975, what a show!!! Thanks for posting, brings back a lot of great memories!!!
You saw it in monochrome?
Half my senior class had tickets to their show in Lakeland, FL, in the fall of 78. They had to cancel due to some illness (IIRC) and rescheduled for a Wednesday in February of 79.
Our Principal (who had officiated at Tommy Shaw's wedding) declared the day after the new date to be a free day for the seniors. And he had a contact for tickets, for those that needed them.
It was an amazing show, opened by The Babys (with John (missing You) Waite and Ricky Phillips(the current bassist for Styx)).
Back when Dennis De Young acted and sang like a flamboyant English Rock star as the Front man.
They were one of the few groups that had 3 lead singers and 3 songwriters. And James Young and Tommy Shaw were Rockers through and through! I always liked Styx!
And I like their use of synths combined with guitar riffs. It was still hard rock but with melodic elements as well!
I used to listen to them when I was living in the Midwest constantly on the Radio 📻!
My favorite band back then.
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Who would you consider the third singer? Jy sung very few songs and none of them well.
@@mammoth505 James Young, of course! He wrote and and sang one of my favorite Styx songs : Miss America! I still love that song. It makes fun of Beauty Pageants and how shallow that game is.
Doesn’t sing well? While he’s not as good as Tommy Shaw or Denis De Young, he sings well enough.
The new guy they found to replace Denis on Keyboards and vocals is pretty damn good too!
Styx got an upgrade which is rare for a band that’s been around a long time. They have actually improved. I saw a live clip of their current show and they are excellent.
@@dynjarren8355 I appreciate your opinion, but I disagree. JY is not a singer. He would tell you that. In 1978 I wore the grooves off of my Grand Illusion album. I was in sixth grade. Miss America is a filler song written by JY. I have always admired the lyrics of the song, but just tolerate the actual song. Larry was good replacement for Dennis. Improved? I don't think so.
@@mammoth505 Ok, we agree to disagree. See you at the next Styx show when it becomes possible.
@@mammoth505 Interesting, because he sang a lot in the early days. He wrote and sang half the songs on the "Man of Miracles" album.
Tommy Shaw looks 12 in this concert - Great show - thanks for posting!
I'm suddenly trasported many moons ago to the early summer of 1980. I'm listening on my local rock station to INNERVIEW: with Jim Ladd. It was an hour long nationally syndicated weekly radio show, where rock bands are interviewed by the host, with tracks from the band's catalog were played between interview segments. This particular episode focused on Styx of course, & it opened with this live version of the Grand Illusion title track. The Renegade, Babe, & this particular track were my introduction to Styx. After that, I couldn't get enough of these guys. The musicianship, vocals, & harmonies are so crisp & clean here. This concert really should've been released as a live album. Edit: Now, if memory serves, this also was around the time that they made the top of the Gallup Poll for best in concert band. This was a spot, steadily won in the past few years by KISS. But this particular time, they managed to beat them out for that recognition. This concert makes me see why.
Jim Ladd good ol KMET LA,days,
I first caught Styx,in the gymnasium of our local college! Tommy Shaw had just joined the band. After an amazing show,all the members stopped to talk to us and sign autographs. I miss those days....
Wicked Awesome, Some Fond Memories For Sure.
So glad I came across this awesome concert!!! Always LOVED Styx!!! Suite Madame Blue is my favorite! I recorded
it way back on an old fashioned cassette and played it so much that it finally broke. I literally cried!
These guys are sooooo incredibly talented. For each one on his own respective instrument, playing is like breathing! Not to mention the vocals, the unbelievable harmony!!!
Deeply grateful to whomever posted this!!!
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Good to see the original drummer.. he was awesome
John Panozzo brother Chuck on bass
I love Styx, but I loved them even more after TS joined. Kick ass guitar and vocals!
They would have never made it without Tommy!
Their best album (Equinox) was BEFORE Tommy joined..
@@Doggie-m3y Except they had both amazing songs AND hit songs BEFORE Tommy Shaw joined the band. While Tommy Shaw was a big part of their success, they would have made it w/o him. Tommy Shaw may have never made it without Dennis DeYoung giving him the opportunity in Styx.
@@kevindepew8193 It was 1975, and things were going well for Tommy, but things were about to get a whole lot better! Representatives of Styx contacted him and asked if he’d like to audition for the band - Their guitarist, John Curelewski had up and left just before a nationwide tour!
Shaw flew out to Chicago, guitar in hand, only to be given the position immediately after the band heard him sing the falsetto harmony they needed on tour… the guitar never came out of its case. DDY wanted him to sing Lady, their only "hit" to that point. From there, Tommy wrote 70% of the future hits. And he wasn't a douche!
Look, DDY started the band, but even today, Chuck will tell you that if it weren't for Tommy, they would be a one-hit wonder.I can say that with confidence as I have a connection to Chuck and their manager Charlie.
I love how thunderous this is. The guitars are roaring. Beauty, melody, imagination, and gut-punching rock and roll. They blended it all together so perfectly. The thumping bass and snarling guitars on Come Sail Away just destroy the album version. And JY's lead on Man In the Wilderness.....my god.
The thunderous guitar solo on man in the wilderness was Tommy
@@jaysouthard8362 I was referring to the end tag from 53:14-53:35, which is JY shredding.
What a show!! Thanks for the memory!!
This is what I call Classic Styx.
Styx was my first concert and April Wine opened for them, it was a memorable concert!
Oowatanite!
I was 14 when I took my girlfriend Tammy Dodge to see this concert in Boise Idaho. What an awesome show and only $14.00 for 2 tickets. The EXPO building lit up like a big pot-pipe and everybody was having a HIGH time enjoying this timeless music. I really miss those days and at the time we didn't have a clue how lucky we were to have so many great bands coming to our little town for such a small price. "Ohh memory lane man--music is so great for bringing back all those old feelings--I love it so much!"
Wish I could go back in time and see this Styx with Dennis DeYoung the best sweet Madame blue Dennis's best vocal
They were fantastic! Talent talent talent !!!!
The Golden Era of Arena Rock and none did it better!
My babysitter took me to see them in Ft. Worth, TX when I was 12, The Grand Decathlon Tour in 1979. My first concert. I got the black sleeved concert shirt and wore it the next day to 6th grade...they played with Point Blank opening and Styx rocked it hard! It was awesome!
You had the coolest babysitter, lol.
@@7piecebucketI really did...Nancy
Saw them the first time in 76 at Commack Arena in NY. They were the warm up band for JGeils and Blue Oyster Cult. Didn’t know who they were until they played Lady. They were really good. Made me a fan. The place got trashed that night. Security gates were torn down people were in the catwalks up above. Parking lot was covered with broken glass. What a wild night I’ll never forget. I had a great time👍✌️
That's a great triple-bill!
Imagine having a band where you could put together a set list like this!!
I saw that concert in Vancouver. Frickin blew me away!! I waited with baited breath for whatever months. Baby's was backing them up. Styx came on and I will never forget their opening "Welcome to the Grand Illusion". That band and that album were my favourite growing up. I was 14 at the time. I predicted their first song was going to be Grand Illusion and their last one Grand Finale and I was right. Then I think it was Dennis DeYoung asked for any requests and I said Lady and right as it rolled off my tongue, they started the opening of that song on the grand piano. I will NEVER forget that concert for as long as I live. I LOVE Styx!!!!! 😍
What An Experience Indeed. I'm Happy You Got To Enjoy It 😊
Wow... before Pieces of Eight even existed!
The critics of yesteryear be damned! Styx was. and is, still excellent to this day. 1999-present Styx, abd Dennis DeYoung's solo act, are as good as ever.
I saw them a week ago and they are better now than then…😉
Hear hear
Been a huge styx fan since 1977 Bought the Grand Illusion cassette tape when I 1st got to GMT-A School and it played everyday in BEQ 780 Nas North Island! finally SAW SYTX at soaring eagle casino really small venu near central michigan university in 2023 and it was AWESOME! MY 31 YEAR OLD SON WAS THERE WITH US AND i THINK HE WAS MORE PUMPED ABOUT SEEING styx THEN i WAS BUT THEN HE DID GROW UP LISTENING TO STYX AND COME SAIL AWAY IS HIS FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME!
My first concert, March 29, 1978, Mahogany Rush opening for Styx on this same tour...Hara Arena, Trotwood (Dayton), Ohio...Ticket was 6 bucks...T-shirt was 8 bucks...Incredible Show
This is just fantastic! A great live show, every song a killer with twice the power it has on the record! Would have loved to have seen this band at their peak. And this would have made a stunning live album ... and still Pieces of Eight to come out
I don’t know if these guys are the Gods of Rock. But they sure as Hell are the Angels !!!! Finest harmonies!! “ Tell me where are you going , Sweet Mademoiselle”
Those guitars sound incredible, this sound man knew his craft. Plus it being all analog makes it superior to anything digital.
I used to see them at Chicago's south suburban high school gyms in the early 70's.
They played at my HS , as TW4 in about 1971. Palos Hills, Illinois. They would practice at some of the surrounding Forest Preserves . Always liked them!
The 1970s... what a decade!!!
I saw Styx in October 1978 at McNichols Arena in Denver Colorado. Thin Lizzy was the opening act. What an incredible concert it was! Thank you thank you thank you to the person who posted this video! What great memories of this wonderful concert!! I got to see Styx again in 1996, but they were not nearly as good in 1996 as they were in 1978.
I was at that show. It was my first concert and still have great memories of that night.
@@anthonymorgan5085 Sounds like an incredible night
@@anthonymorgan5085 Styx was my first concert as well, Nov. 1978 Memphis Tn.
Saw them on this tour in early 1979. The Baby's opened for them. Such a great night for a small-town high school kid.
I just discovered that John Waite (Missing You) was with the Babys at the time. And their bassist was none other than current Styx bassist Ricky Phillips
@@bp-ob8ic Also Jonathan Cain was with them before he joined Journey.
Babys opened for journey in Detroit and blew them away the same night journey live was recorded at cobo
Thanks for posting, just an amazing show, this was the Zenith for Styx, tearing it up on all cylinders, and writing the best songs of their career. Wish I was there. I got to see the Return to Paradiso Tour in 96... 4th row, center, it was incredible.
Man in the wilderness made the hair on my arm stand up, Grand Illusion was a very influential album when I was learning rock ‘n’ roll. Listening to Tommy describe going on tour with Kansas and then writing this song after a show and then seeing it so many years earlier, when it was a new song sung by him, it’s pretty damn awesome.
Saw them for $5 yes Five dollars at the Indiana State fair in 1978. I was 13 yo. And i was mesmerized. Had to learn the guitar. 44 years later, Styx is still playing and i am too!!
I Seen Styx ( Grand Illusion Tour ) Along With Ram Jam, Who Did The Song: Black Betty On My 18th Birthday 1977 In Lansing, Michigan. What A Great Show & Party, Plenty Of Smoke & Booze. Miss You Cuz J. Arriaga R.I.P.
Saw Styx and Crack The Sky in '76 for $3.50 General Admin.
Tommy's first Tour
A very relevant band in music history. Greatful for having seen them 4 times in Canada in the 70's. Lost my virginity to their music. 😆🇨🇦
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and now we know . 😕❓
Went to a
Foghat concert. A band called Styx was second billing. By the end of the concert, STYX were the headliners in my mind. A fan ever since.
Are u kidding me
Luv me some Foghat tho
Dennis DeYoung...THE ONLY keyboardist/singer Styx should've EVER had...PERIOD.
Laurence is awesome ....DDY needed to go in a different direction
Agree wholeheartedly
the problem with Dennis is that he let his ego get the best of him, as often happens. despite the fact that the other band members did not want to go in the same direction as he did, Dennis refused to compromise and ultimately the others gave up the will to fight for what they wanted. it led to the Kilroy Was Here “Rock Opera” which was a critical and commercial failure. Tommy & JY despised having to wear costumes and act out roles and dialogue during what should have been a classic rock concert.
i was at the Texxas Jam the Summer of ‘83 with an all-star line up: Uriah Heap, Ted Nugent, Triumph, Sammy Hagar and the highlight of then night was when Ted, Sammy and Rick Emmett (Triumph) jammed for a 45 min set of Zeppelin tunes. the crowd was worked up into a frenzy and eagerly awaited the headline act.
then Styx took the stage which started with their Kilroy mini movie and within a matter of minutes, the crowd was booing and even throwing things at the stage…not that i condone that behavior but it is what happened. the next 15-20 min saw the vast majority of fans walking out as the band (professionals every one of them) continued to labor through the show. what i witnessed at the Cotton Bowl repeat itself at countless venues across the US that summer and by the end of the tour, Tommy quit the band which ultimately it led to the end of Styx.
i do not wish to dismiss the talent and showmanship of Dennis DeYoung, i had seen Styx 3 times prior and they always put on an excellent show. i will always remember the white Grand Piano that he played seemingly fearlessly as it floated a good 20ft or more above the stage. was he wearing a safety harness? if he was i certainly couldn’t tell but it was spellbinding.
my point to this story is that when it comes to the great bands, in most cases it’s not any one individual that makes it happen but the combination of exceptional talent from each member that creates the magic as a whole and it is that energy that captivates the audience. while there are rare exceptions, typically when you mess with the formula you often lose the magic.
I love everything about your music forever your all awesome ❤💯🎸🤘
These where the good old days of rock and roll
I m 44 , Queen fan, i just discovered their 11 first albums since a few months. A lot more cohérent than Queen used to be. Genius at work. Styx is amazing. Really heavy and prog. Dennis deyoung is a giant of rock ' n roll
thanks so much for posting this ....Stellar , phenomenal .......
saw Styx in concert on the next 4 album releases and tours ,.... my musical heros are these guys here...
extremely underrated drummer John Panazzo ... R.I.P. ...... ( joined Chicago musicians union at age 11 !!!!! , brilliant drummer )
Once upon a time,before the world went mad.
I was there.
How in the Hell this band not in the Rock n roll hall of fame?????
cause the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is a joke
Same reason they won't let Grand Funk, Bad Company, Foreigner, REO, The Guess Who, and so many others in. They're a bunch of woke douchebags who'd prefer Missy Elliot, NWA, Mary J. Blidge , Jay Z, etc. You know -real rock bands. They truly are a joke.
Styx and Kansas were snubbed to make room for M&M to be in the HOF.
Stop caring about the RRHOF. It doesn’t matter.
@hklinker thank you for your advice,
moron, and stop replying on people's post, there's some advice for ya😆😆
I only saw them once, for their Paradise Theatre tour, it was pretty amazing
So did I. Mobile Alabama January 1981. Awesome!
what a great album and album cover - I played at the paradise in Boston and imagined that I was in some way connected to the aura of this album
@@RobertLansing-mg8kc also the record disc itself had the design embedded into the plastic
never noticed - I'm checkin right now!!@@Redspeciality
I was there also@@michaelgibbons863
This is really great. Didn't know this concert existed. Thanks for sharing it. Shows the great heights a band can attain when it boasts two talented vocalists.
Try 3
They were great then and they are great now. Thank you for the video..:))
Love STYX saw them once in concert in San Diego CA in 1983 one of the best concert I've been to !!So many great memories ❤❤❤❤❤🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
People, and some band members hated so much on Kilroy. When it was one of the most entertaining shows I have ever seen. I used to work at our civic center and I got to see a ton of concerts.The sold out house that night sure was entertained. JY and Tommy were having a hell of a time. I was up front and anybody could see. I have seen then in Europe and the US. A band you must see live to appreciate them. Wish they would all get together and do a Farewell Tour.
I saw Styx & Buster at Wendler Arena/Saginaw Civic Center on August 24, 1978 in the very front row! Tommy Shaw was right in front of me. I was 13 years old! 6,348 people paid $8.50 each to rock. Rock & Roll Never Forgets!
William Johnson 13. Just about the age of any Styx fan back then. I saw them on that same tour; The Grand Illusion. As a matter of fact, watching this vid takes me back to the Long Island Arena and the very same tour. One year earlier, when they were promoting "Equinox," they were Aerosmith's warm up act.
@@arkady714 - So, all those concerts they played were full of thirteen year olds? 🤔
@@crusheverything4449 13 to 15 year olds for the most part, yes! In college I got dragged to one of their concerts and it looked like a babysitter’s convention with weed. In my day, Kiss was the grade schoolers’ group and Styx was for those entering puberty (including myself).
@@arkady714 - I saw dozens of concerts back then, including Styx, and, while there were certainly some young teenagers present, it’s an overstatement to say the crowds were “mostly 13 year olds”. I know, I was there.
Seen them countless times; mostly with REO! One of my fave bands!
WOW!!! Some of the best music......EVER! I saw them several times in concert and each and every one was something special. Thanks so much for posting.
I grew up listening to these guys. AWESOME concert. Thank you for posting.
I got to see this tour. So fantastic. I only wish this were in color, but I'm happy to have any piece of this memory.
A few things that are hard to notice, there are two boxes up front that JY and Tommy stood on and they lit up in multiple colors from below. Also, the Crystal Ball had lasers bouncing off it which was epic as hell. This setlist was never matched in the 10 or so times I've seen them since.
Also saw the Paradise Theater and Mr. Roboto tours with this line up. Sad they can't get back together.
This was the only time I recall them doing extended jams at the end of songs which really added to the live experience and made them more of a real rock band than a lot of people gave them credit for.
Saw this show January 20 1978 with my brother Russell in the Salt Palace in Salt lake City Utah , Awesome show !!
A concert made up of Equinox,
Crystal Ball & The Grand Illusion.
THE BEST, 3 of their all-time greats.
I saw them in this time period. The
Concert I saw had a guitar duel
between Tommy & JY, as Tommy
being introduced as the new guy
from Alabama.
My absolute favorite live performance of a great song ever… sweet madame blue 1978. I heard it on a crappy little transistor radio late one night and recorded it on an equally crappy cassette recorder and to this day it still fills me with fire to listen to it
Fantastic! Saw them many times in the '70's...great memories...one of the best bands of all time! Thanks so much for uploading!!💜💜
What an absolute treat, I was only 8yr old when this happened, Im now 57 and have been a fan ever since then. I only wish they would have continued forever. Stix is truely one the best bands ever to leave thier mark on music, All I can say to them is Thankyou for all the GREAT MUSIC over the years. its a shame we all get older!
I was 14 and have been enjoying this great music like you. Always sounds good and takes me back to much better times.
I saw them two months later on this tour, only my fourth rock concert, ever. They played a theater in Albany. That was a good thing, because the following year they would get too big for theaters. Same setlist (minus "Born for Adventure"), same stage moves. At the tender age of 20, I was suitably impressed. The only minor complaint was placing "Miss America" as the encore. That made the show a bit anticlimactic. If they had made "Come Sail Away" the encore, that would have brought the house down. "The Grand Illusion" and "Equinox" got a lot of play in my fraternity house, but that was the first time I had heard the song "Crystal Ball". That turned into my favorite Styx song and album. Despite the muddy sound on this film, it's a great memento of the classic days of Styx. Thanks a lot for the upload! By the way, the opening band was this TERRIBLE band called Striker that was never heard from again!
Killer version of Miss America...
I was there too. The Palace. I had seen them a few yrs earlier as well for the Crystal Ball tour. Same place. Funny. I don't even remember the opening act you mentioned...
@@vinvizion That's probably because they weren't memorable!
Damn, it's 1977 and I'm at the Jackson County Exposition in Medford, OR. The entire place reeks of weed and these guys are ripping the shit out of the place.
saw that one and when they opened for rush at the armory