According to Wikipedia, Ian Hunter toured as Todd Rundgren's guitarist for 11 East Coast shows in 1980.
Really?
I saw 7 East Coast shows in 1980 and I only remembered Ian being at one, a benefit for the Boat People at NYC's Palladium, and it wasn't as Todd's guitarist. He was just a performer, a special guest. So, I looked up that Boat People benefit, and the info I found said that Todd played a solo set.
I'M SO CONFUSED!
I did find this, with a lot of help from Frank B.
The show:
A benefit for John Anderson's presidential campaign, live at Cleveland's Agora, 10/20/80.
Here's the band:
Todd Rundgren (guitar, vocals)
Ian Hunter (guitar, piano, vocals)
Tom Mandel (keyboards)
Stephen Dees (bass)
Michael Shrieve (drums)
Special appearance by Mick Ronson.
This show oozes energy, even if the Beatles' cover is a bit misguided.
Enjoy, please. And if any of you Toddheads can clarify the touring info, please send in your cards and letters.
THE SET LIST
DO YA
BLACK & WHITE
LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN
ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY
ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS
NEEDLES & PINS
CATHY'S CLOWN
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
BLACK MARIA
ONE WORLD
BASTARD
THE LAST RIDE
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
JUST ANOTHER NIGHT
COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU
LET'S GET ON WITH IT
JUST ONE VICTORY
CLEVELAND ROCKS
Ladies and germs, Todd The Hoople.
ZIP FILE
18 comments:
thanks for the show, thats the way to start a Monday!!
i believe these were the shows they did together:
Todd Rundgren & Ian Hunter - 10-19-78 Atlanta GA
10-09-80 Ontario Theater, Washington DC
10-15-80 Orpheum, Boston MA
07-30-82 Pier 84, New York NY (with Ian Hunter)
(in addition to the Agora show)
Fantastic. Looking forward to this. Thanks once again Sal.
Nice One Sal!
Thank you Sal! I saw this same show October 18, 1980 at the Agora Club in Youngstown Ohio.No Mick Ronson and the Beatles cover was just as crappy.
Really nice set. Good balance of Todd and Ian material works nicely. Liked this a lot! Keep 'em coming!
Ronson and Hunter....nasty...
Wikipedia will be undergoing a Mobetta remix soon
wow, thanks for this - I saw them perform together at a John Anderson benefit at the Agora Ballroom in Tampa FL
oh MAN, this is so cool! what a great show, great sound quality love it. And Sal, I hear you about the new Todd box set, but I'm a freak for this stuff, I bought it the day it came out. Can't resist having it all in one place like that in high quality, and the packaging is nice too.
Long Live Todd!!
Sal,
Thanks for posting this. I was at this show and it was great.
I saw a Todd and Ian Hunter show in Miami at The Agora there as well right around that time ('80 or '81 ).
Thanks for your great post! I saw Rundgren and Hunter & company play a John Anderson benefit concert in Buffalo, NY (actually a suburb of Buffalo, called Cheektowaga) on 10/22/80. It was the 1st of 2 shows that night, the final performances of the tour. This sure brought back memories...
I was at the Tampa show at The Agora Ballroom.
John Lennon was murdered that night.
No one spoke a word on our hour long ride home.
Great post.
I was at the show
in DC October 10, 1980 at the Ontario Theater. It was a John Anderson Benefit.
Like you, I was confused.
Who would open?
The answer was that no one did.
Ian and Todd played with the same band. They would play a Rundgren or Utopia or Nazz song, then alternate with Ian's solo material or one from Mott. They alternated like that, back and forth, the entire set.
Both were on stage at the same time, playing on each others material, playing in each others band.
Yes, it was awesome.
Thanks for posting this. I saw this tour at a club (I think it was Uncle Sam's) in Buffalo, but don't recall the date.
I too was at that show at the cleveland agora, there were fans from both camps, but todd pretty much owns cleveland, the first side of back to the bars was recorded at the same club, the anderson benefit was a high octane show, the boys were buzzed and having fun, and then mick ronson shows up and the place went ballistic! ah, good times!
There was also a John Anderson benefit show at the Agora Ballroom in Hallandale, Florida. (There were supposed to be two performances on the same night, but they ended up combining them as one performer--can't now remember which--was complaining of throat problems.) A special guest drummer sat in on a Rundgren song, but I was never sure who it was--possibly Willie Wilcox?
--DaBass
I was the Agora Ballroom in house sound man. I still have my backstage pass signed by Todd, Ian AND Pat Travers from that night.
John Alllen, P.E.
They also played a benefit for John Anderson in Buffalo in the Fall of 80. I was there and have the stub and T-shirt....
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