This ad ran in the Windsor Star in February, 1973. It advertises upcoming bands playing at the Embassy Hotel, one of the bands scheduled in the ad was a little Canadian band by the name of Rush.
Today the Embassy Hotel, is best known as the Little Memphis Cabaret. If you’re a music fan at all, think about the fact that Rush once played in this buildingnext time you cruise by the corner of Tecumseh and Alexis.
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Bob Seger played Massey High School in 1969, if I recall correctly.
I'm pretty sure that Ted Nugent also either played at Massey or Centennial back in the 60s or 70s. This predates me, but my father told me about him playing at a Windsor high school at some point.
I saw The Amboy Dukes at Centennial High in about 1970 - louder than ever!
We were most fortunate being so close to Detroit. The Embassy had many early Detroit talent play there. When Detroit rocked we saw locally at the high schools and bars: Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, etc. Rush played at Belle River High and partied at the King George Hotel after the concert. The owners at the time almost threw their sorry asses out for insisting some sandwiches be made while saying " we'll be famous some day ", they got the sandwiches !
I agree with Bob C, Mike G'tz and Jerome B----Rush at Belle River High. I was in Grade 9 so it was the fall of '74 or early '75. I know they are in the yearbook. I remember the band, Rose--the guys in the Rose band were cuter but Rush's performance blew us all away!! Never heard the story about the King George Hotel....too funny especially since I worked across the street at the Belle River Mini-mart!
The Amboy Dukes played at Belle River High in the 70's they kept blowing the breakers finally Nugent got pissed and said the next time i play here i'm bringing my own #*#@!power Kiss was going to play at the Embassy but i guess their platform boots were too high for the stage i saw the Dukes play at the Intersection(Hall&Tecumseh) in the late 60's he swung his guitar around to get some feed back during a song his guitar strap let go and his guitar ended up going thru the wall
Uriah Heep played at the Capital on University back in about 93-94
Ah, yes, the King George... I drove by that corner last week while out Belle River way.... the first bar I ever played in Essex County.
Rose, Abraham, Rush... all played St Clair College Pub in the early/mid-70's as well - it was fantastic to have high grade Toronto bands down this way. And yes, Gary, I have heard the story of Nugent throwing his guitar through the wall at The Intersection, and SO MANY high school gymnasiums were under powered back then.... we all just waited for the breakers to blow. Whoa, it was screaming loud.
Can you confirm a date for the Uriah Heep gig at the Capitol? I can't remember that one at all.
Scott i can't give you the exact date that the HEEP played at the Capitol i think they were in Detroit for a show over there and just decides to do something here in windsor ,i remember my wife came home from work and said the Heep are playing friday night at the Capital i don't know how she found out i lost my mind when she told
I remember one of my older brothers telling me that Ted Nugent played W.F. Herman in the mid`70`s. I wish I had been a teenager in the early to mid `70`s. Awesome cars, great music, an unbeatable social scene ....