This is one of a series of posts expanding on my 50 States in 50 Dates blog by documenting the global touring adventures of George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers and the earlier years of their career.
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Mississippi Nights.
Date: January 29, 1979.
Venue: Mississippi Nights. 914 North 1st St. St. Louis, MO. 63102. USA.
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Venue Exterior:
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Venue Interior:
1979:
Above: Randy Hansen’s Machine Gun perform at Mississippi Nights in August 1979. Source: Facebook.
Opening Act: Street Corner Symphony.
Poster / Flyer / Handbill: I have not yet seen a poster, flyer or handbill for these concerts. Please send me a note if you have a lead.
Press & Promotion:
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch. Jan. 25, 1979. Pg. NN.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch. Jan. 25, 1979. Pg. 3C.
Ticket Price: $4.
Ticket Stub: I have not (yet) seen a ticket stub for the Destroyers’ concert at Mississippi Nights in January 1979. If you have a scan or a photo to share, please send me a note.
Attendance: Unknown. Mississippi Nights had capacity for an audience of 600 people prior to a renovation in 1988.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch. Jan. 18, 2023.
Set List: Unknown.
Was the Concert Recorded? Unknown.
Concert Photos: I am still looking for any photos from this concert. Please send me a note if you know of any.
Concert Reaction: I not yet found a contemporary printed review of this concert from 1979. If you have a lead, please send me a note.
Other Notes: None.
Fate of the Venue: Mississippi Nights closed in January 2007. At the time of this writing, the site is now a parking lot.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch. Jan. 27, 2007. Pg. C1.
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