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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Several members of the band Rose went on to perform as Toronto. They had hits including 'Your Daddy Don't Know.' Brian Allen, part of both Rose and Toronto, co-wrote 'What About Love' that was a monster hit for Heart.
I know that Rush played Cleary in 1974 or 75, as I was an usher at the gig. The student body president at Herman, Dennis Minello, organized the whole thing. The administration at Herman would let him bring the band to the school so he decided to do it on his own. A bunch of his freinds worked the door and did the ushering for it. We got to eat some sandwiches with the band. Fly By Night had just come out and they were just starting to get airplay on the radio. Loudest concert I have ever been to. The reason the Herman administration refused to allow the concert there was because of a concert by Ted Nugent the previous year had caused so much damage to the gym. Also, when I was in grade 9 in 1970 the Stooges played at Herman. Wildest concert I have ever seen. Iggy was in rare form showing his "Raw Power".
It was the fall of 1974 that RUSH & Rose played Belle River High School.I still have the blue credit card sized ticket from that night but there is no year printed on the ticket.I remember sitting cross legged on the gym floor watching the band and being blown away by the energy of their songs.I had been playing guitar for a couple of years by then and my eyes were fixed on Alex Lifeson.I managed to pick up some of 'Working Man' and I played the hell out that riff for weeks thereafter.The song 'In The Mood' also stands out in my memory from that night.
Good times indeed during that time period.Very lucky to have grown up during the 60' and 70's.Only wish my kids could have experienced such a quality explosion of musical groups during their teen years.
RobS January 30,2013
"Is this Embassy Hotel related in any way to the Embassy Hotel that stood on Dundas St. in London? The Embassy Hotel was a great place to party back about 10 years ago but was destroyed in a fire a few years back."
Rob,no the Embassy Hotel( now the Little Memphis Cabaret) in Windsor was not associated with the one in London.In around 1981 our family purchased and operated the Embassy Hotel until about 1990.The name was then changed by the new and present owner.
this one time after i'd dropped out of highschool in essex i met up with some girlfriends at the embassy diane gammon and denise brown told me my husband's stripper ex girlfriend lori nelson was working there as a waitress on the side with my name on her shirt when she tried to beat her up chased her into the men's bathroom because she danced with the guys better than her and she also told me one time her and john oates got so drunk on a bender weekend there they went down to city hall and got married but last i heard he asked her to get an anullment so then i heard he hooked up with some guy and got a recording contract