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Related: About this forumJoe Walsh, David Crosby to headline Kent State's May 4, 1970 commemoration concert
KENT, Ohio Kent State University on Wednesday announced that Joe Walsh and David Crosby will headline a benefit concert as part of the 50th commemoration of the deadly shooting of protestors by National Guardsmen on May 4, 1970.
The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 2 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, KSU said in a news release. It is part of a series of events to commemorate the shootings, in which the Ohio National Guard killed four students and injured nine others when they opened fire on a crowd protesting the Vietnam War and bombing of Cambodia.
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redstatebluegirl
(12,503 posts)Ohiogal
(35,188 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,503 posts)Cirque du So-What
(27,619 posts)I will go that week anyway for other events commemorating that horrific event.
Ohiogal
(35,188 posts)I hope youll share your experiences with us!
marble falls
(62,527 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 20, 2020, 03:35 PM - Edit history (1)
and got a draft included. Saw Wild Butter, the Brambles, Lacewing ....
Wonderful times!
Ohiogal
(35,188 posts)Kent alumni here from the 70s. Remember the Numbers Band?
marble falls
(62,527 posts)childhood home where he claimed he took his fist victim, in Bath. He also formed the Waitresses
Know all the Hueys, Harvey Gold and I are still Friends. Devo recorded their first records in my basement.
Ohiogal
(35,188 posts)Except I dont think Id want to own Dahmers house.
marble falls
(62,527 posts)woods and parks, I've seen it for decades, I always coveted it even before Jeffrey became known.
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Crowman2009
(2,847 posts)You mean the tracks that wound up on the "Hardcore Devo" collection? That's awesome!
marble falls
(62,527 posts)Crowman2009
(2,847 posts)They finally played "Mechanical Man" live.
marble falls
(62,527 posts)Crowman2009
(2,847 posts)Here's a video from one of their concerts:
Ohiogal
(35,188 posts)marble falls
(62,527 posts)murielm99
(31,525 posts)Holy cats. I was in college when that happened.
SergeStorms
(19,339 posts)I was a Junior. We all gathered in the campus Rathskeller that evening to plan demonstrations. Time sure does fly. We certainly lived during interesting, and very, very strange, times.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)they also need Jackson Browne, Rage Against the Machine, and especially have John Fogarty sing Deja Vu (All Over Again).
Hell, just bring together the surviving performers from Woodstock and the No Nukes shows.