Northwest Dance Halls

Kerrisdale Arena
41st and West Boulevard
Vancouver, BC

What were some of the bands that rocked this place during the early years of NW music?
 

The Clash
Jimmy Cliff
Bill Haley and the Comets
The Collectors
Devo
Family Tree
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
The Jam
Jefferson Airplane
Magic Fern
Motorhead
Ozzie Osbourne
Painted Ship
The Prowlers
Redbone
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Soul Unlimited
Spirit
Springfield Rifle
Tom Northcott
Peter Tosh
The Who
Yardbirds
Young Rascals
Splt Enz

Others ?

I went to Kerrisdale Arena when I was about 16 (1969). The opening act was Spirit ( I Got A Line On You) and the headliners was the Young Rascals. The Young Rascals, who would later become the Rascals, were brilliant.

Felix wore some big hairy animal vest... he had to be boiling. The band was just about to play their last song when I heard over the sound system "Brian please come to the front door you're Mom's here to pick you up."  I went out and told Mom that this was the last song and probably an encore. My Mom, God rest soul, waited and I was Groovin"

Brian Shields, April 2007

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