I was wondering if anyone knew anything about where Rare Earth toured in 1972. I saw them in a concert in 1971-1972 (I think) in West Virginia. Does anyone have any info about where they appeared?
John-In 1971 Rare Earth played quite a few shows as special guest with Sly+The Family Stone. They played at NYC's Madison Square Garden as well as many other venues in the northeast U.S. Off the top of my head I couldn't tell you the dates, however, I can ad one definite date for 1972. 12/11/72 at what is now called Avery Fisher Hall in NYC's Lincoln Center and Rare Earth was headlining. I still have the program page with the date and a photo of the band. At this show the band was presented with a gold record for Rare Earth In Concert by record company execs onstage during a short break between songs. I might have something with the garden date on it, I will take a look next time I have a chance. They also did some shows during this era with Deep Purple if that's any help. Up until a few years ago I still had numerous copies of Circus rock+roll mags which contained a concert section that listed concert dates with the venue, city and state for many acts and Rare Earth was among them. I now regret getting rid of them. JockoD
I recall a Chicago concert on Friday, April 7, 1972, the day after a blizzard. They also came to Chicago July 8 & November 7. I think all dates were at the Arie Crown.
I saw Rare Earth in Huntington WV in November 1971. The opening act was Don McLean, a then-unknown guy with a guitar who was about to release 'American Pie'. The middle act was Chase who was known for their single 'Get It On. I liked Rare Earth but as a 14 year old trumpet player I was there to see Chase, a rock band with 4 great trumpet players including the amazing Bill Chase. The concert was the Homecoming Concert for Marshall University, about a year after a plane crash at Huntington's airport claimed 75 lives including most of the players & staff of Marshall's football team. Less than 2 years after the concert Bill Chase and 3 other members of his band died in plane crash while en route to a performance.
