Northwest Dance Halls
Shale at the Ad Lib - 1981 - photo courtesy of Chris Bentley
Shale at the Ad Lib - 1981
The Ad Lib
Kent, Washington

Some of the bands that performed at this place during the early years of NW rock and roll were:


Airborne
Baby Gunn
Blue Sky
The Bones
Bounty Hunter
Chaser
Child
Crown
Dartanian
Eddie GIllan and The Cools
Excalibur
Foot Lucy
Freeway Jam
Hootus
Hostage
Ictus
Jaugernaut
The Machine
Mercenary
The Names
Omega
Penrose
Red Ax
Redline
Ronnie Lee
Shale
Shyanne
Soldier
Street Talk
Sweet Talkin Jones
Whiterock
 

Others?


Image Courtesy of Chris Bentley

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Last Update:  21 September 2007

Credits:  Mike McElhoe, Laura Oberto, Chris Bentley, Bill Cantlon, Joel Johnson, Danielle Robertson