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This is a attempt to get a as complete as possible gig list of Captain Beyond. They did in total like 60 gigs the first time around, i.e. between 71 and 73, probably like 40 in 1976, like 20 during the "Dawn Explosion"-period and a few in 79...
All this info was compiled by myself with the help of Lee Dorman, Willy Daffern, Jimi Interval, Bobby Caldwell, Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, Simon Wilson (info on gigs in Madison 1976 and Oshkosh 1977 and beyond), Tim Shockley (for Hammond 76 fotos), Beth (for Rockford 76 fotos), Rick Kline (info on the 79 gigs in Wisconsin), Ken Krochmal (ticketstub of Dayton 73), Scott Nuckles (info on Dayton Palace 73), Kevin Weiser (info on Houston 72), Ryan Meehan (info of Nashville 79 gig), Jack Jalove (info on Chicago 73 and 77 gigs), Marc Skobac (Bikershaw, New York Gaelic Park, Philadelphia and Minneapolis 72 dates), John Barlow and Jon Barrett (infos on Hollywood Bowl 72 gigs), Nuke (info on Whisky 72 gig date), Bill Seamans (info on Minneapolis 72 and Minnesota 77),Larry Hubbard (for Info on Baton Rouge 72), Geoffrey R. Teese (info on Charlotte 72 and Spartanburg 76/77 gigs), LeDog (for info on Kansas City 73 and Lawrence 77 gigs), Mark Berrier (for info on Dallas 77), the very loyal Captain Beyond fan (for the pictures of the Florida gigs in 99), Dan Shepard (info & pics of Lakeland 2000 gig), R Michael Horan (for info on Indianapolis 73) and from messages on some websites and other reports about some show of Captain Beyond.
If YOU out there reading this have any info, or correction to complete this list, please get in touch.
Thanks in advance. H. K. @
(Line-up as on first album, except where indicated)
Captain Beyond at their very first gig in Montreux.
Montreux (Switzerland), Jazz Festival 30.04.72 (1st gig ever)
Set list: I Can´t Feel Nothing (Part 1) / As The Moon Speaks (To The Waves Of The Sea) / Astral Lady / As The Moon Speaks (Return) / I Can´t Feel Nothin´(Part 2) - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void.
Rod Evans with Captain Beyond at the Paris, Olympia gig.
Paris (France), Olympia 01.05.72 (supporting Doors without Jim Morrison)
Rod Evans with Captain Beyond at Bickershaw Festival.
Bikershaw Festival, near Lancashire (UK), Festival 05-07.05.72 (w/Grateful Dead, Donovan, Kinks, Hawkwind etc.)
London (UK), Roundhouse 06.05.72 (w/Rod Stewart & Faces)
(note: these four were the only gigs outside the US in the seventies!)
Louisville (Kentucky), Convention Center 08.07.72
Memphis, The Shell 09.07.72
Hartford (Conn.), Dillion Stadium 10.07.72 (supporting Badfinger and Rod Stewart & Faces)
Philadelphia, Spectrum 12.07.72 (supporting Head, Hands & Feet and Allman Brothers)
New York (Bronx), Gaelic Park 13.07.72 (supporting Allman Brothers)
Odessa (Texas), Ector County Colosseum 14.07.72
El Paso (Texas) County Colosseum 15.07.72
Bobby Caldwell: "we did a major summer Tour with Alice Cooper and Jo Jo Gunne..."
Phoenix, Manzanita Speedway 16.07.72 (supporting Canned Heat & Alice Cooper)
Poster for Phoenix show.
Boise (Idaho), Firebird Raceway 18.07.72
San Diego, Concourse 22.07.72
Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl 23.07.72 (supporting Alice Cooper "School's Out" tour and Jo Jo Gunne)
Minneapolis, Armory 27.07.72 (supporting Alice Cooper)
Chicago, Amphitheatre 28.07.72
New York, Central Park 30.07.72 (a.k.a. 17.07.72) (supporting Sha Na Na)
Set list: Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over - Dawn Explosion - Mesmerization Eclipse / Drum Solo / Mesmerization Eclipse .
Lee Dorman: "that show was a desaster, we had been thrown coins at us by the audience, who didn´t seem to like us..."
Rhino: "that show was great, we had fruits flying everywhere..." Whatever this may mean-Ed.
Boston (Mass.), Gardens 31.07.72
Tampa (Florida) 10.08.72
Miami, Jai Alai Fronton 11.08.72 (a.k.a. 19.08.72)
Set list: I Can´t Feel Nothing (Part 1) / As The Moon Speaks (To The Waves Of The Sea) / Astral Lady / As The Moon Speaks (Return) / I Can´t Feel Nothin´(Part 2) - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over.
Jacksonville (Florida), Colosseum 12.08.72
Atlanta (Georgia), Musical Auditorium 14.08.72
Nashville, Tenn.72 (w/Alice Cooper & Ursa Major)
Rhino @ the Hollywood Bowl.
Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl 15.09.72 (not 15.10.72!) (supporting Gentle Giant and Black Sabbath)
Los Angeles, Whisky 19.09.72 (3 or 5 nights in a row, it varies whom of the original members I ask...)
Las Vegas, Flamingo Hotel 10.72 (with War without Eric Burdon. This show is disputed, if it took place. Two original members say that CB never player in LV, while one original member says yes. One eyewitness backs it up seriously as being a member of the audience. Anyone else?)
Houston, Tx., Music Hall 21.10.72 (supporting Trapeze)
Oaklahoma, Civic Center 09.11.72 (supporting Trapeze)
More shows in Texas, Luciana and probably Oaklahoma supporting Trapeze 72/73
New Orleans, Municipal Auditorium 72
Arlington, Texas 72 (Club show)
Indiana 72 (w/ZZ Top)
Charlotte, Coliseum 72 (Captain Beyond was one of several artists at a day long show with Renaissance, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker, Brownesville Station, and headliners Allman Brothers)
Geoffrey R. Teese, who attented the show, reports: "...'Tho' I can't remember the date, I believe it was late in 1972. They played their entire 1st LP and even a couple of tunes from the 2nd. Rhino played a great solo with a talk box. They even had a large mirrored ball come down from the very top of the coliseum to bounce the light around. Rod sounded great, as did the entire band. I just couldn't believe that four guys were putting out all that sound..."
New Orleans, Warehouse 31.12.72 (not exactly a Captain Beyond gig, but Bobby Caldwell was guesting with the Allman Brothers)
Dayton, Oh., The Palace 16.03.73 (with Charlee; CB cancelled show and Joe Walsh's Barnstorm filled in)
Ticket stub for cancelled show in Dayton.
Kansas City, Memorial Hall 25.03.73 (with Savoy Brown)
Flyer for Captain Beyond gig in Kansas City.
Fresno, Ca. 73 (supporting Climax Blues Band and Electric Light Orchestra, only 250 people in the audience; only show with "Sufficiently Breathless" line-up)
New Orleans 73
Kansas City, Memorial Hall 73 (Captain Beyond played on a bill after Bob Seger and before Ted Nugent and the Amboy Jukes)
Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl 15.09.73
Charlotte, NC 73
Austin, Mother Earth Club 73 (small club, "Dancing Madly Backwards" was done twicw, in the set and as encore.)
Philadelphia 73 (supporting Jethro Tull)
Arlington, University of Texas Hall 06.10.73 (supporting King Crimson)
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Drifting In Space - Pandora's Box - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays / Frozen Over - Mesmerization Eclipse / Drum Solo / Mesmerization Eclipse -- Stone Free.
Baton Rouge 07.10.73 (supporting King Crimson)
Chicago, Aragon Ballroom 10.73 (w/Quicksilver, 5000 people in the audience)
Texas 73 (Festival with Wishbone Ash)
Lee Dorman: "...one of the best gigs we played and one of the last with Rod,... there were like 8.000 people in the audience and they went wild as soon as we hit the stage... we had no airplay, no nothing, it was just word of mouth...")
Dayton, Hara Arena & Exhibition Center 25.10.73 (w/Dixie Peach and Flash)
Ticket stub for Captain Beyond gig in Dayton.
Ken Krochmal: "...of course, Captain Beyond was the feature act, and all I remember, musically, is that we were completely blown away by their set. Rhino was wearing a coonskin hat, and was playing some incredible stuff. My recollection of this night is one of extensive use of a mirrorball and other lighting, a theramin, and some incredible music. This night was an amazing, watershed musical event in our young lives, which we will never forget."
Omaha, Nebraska, The Royal Terrace Ballroom at Peony Park 02.11.73 (1st act: Bob Seger, 2nd: Captain Beyond, 3rd: Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes)
Kansas City, Municipal Auditorium 11.73 (w/Spooky Tooth and REO Speedwagon, Captain Beyond pulled out and were replaced by BTO!)
Charlotte (North Carolina), Coliseum 21.11.73 (w/Canned Heat & John Mayall)
Atlanta, Richard's 23.11.73 to 28.11.73 (CB seem to have performed 6 nights in a row)
Frank G. Holliday: "...they where greatdoing all the first album and selected cuts off the second. A lightermoment during their show, was when Rhino (who was wearing a head band)shook his head and the head band fell down over his eyes like a blindfold. He never missed a lick as he got rid of his "blindfold". I sitin front of Lee Dorman, of course since I am a bass player too, but since we had got there at around 5 that afternoon and had front row table; wasable to watch and enjoy the whole show. Bobby's hair was so long, hehad it pulled back with 3 rubber bands spaced down the lengths of hisponytail. I believe their first song was Distant Sun. Been a long timebut am very glad to have watch them perform during that period..."
New York, Academy of Music 15.12.73
Indianapolis, Convention Center 29.12.73 (w/Rare Earth, REO, BOC etc.)
Newspaper Advert for Captain Beyond gig in Indianapolis.
San Pedro, Ca. 31.12.73 (last gig w/ Rod Evans)
Georgia, Southwestern College 07.02.74 (this gig had been announced, but seems unlikely to have happened, as Rod Evans had already left by then. Or maybe with a stand in vocalist...)
(Line-up: Rhino, Lee Dorman, Bobby Caldwell and vocalist Jason Cahune)
Bobby Caldwell: "We did four months of gigs, one time 19 gigs in a row that started in spring of 76."
The set list on this tour included: Raging River of Fear, Dancing Madly Backwards/Armsworth/Myopic Void, Mesmerization Eclipse, Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro)/Frozen Over, Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time Since Come And Gone) and some new songs, that eventually may have turned up on the third album "Dawn Explosion". No songs from the second album "Sufficiently Breathless" seem to have been performed on this tour.
Arkansas (?) 76 (first gig w/ Jason Cahune)
Baton Rouge (?) 76
Milwaukee, Wisc., REVS (?) 05.76
Captain Beyond @ Charlotte's Web: L to R Jason Cahune, Lee Dorman and Rhino.
Rockford, Illinois, Charlotte's Web 03.05.76
Madison, Wisc., El Tejon 05.05.76
Ticket stub for Captain Beyond gig in Madison.
Appleton, Wisc. 76
Captain Beyond @ Hammond: L to R Rhino, Jason Cahune, Lee Dorman and Bobby Caldwell.
Hammond, Indiana, Parthenon Theatre 20.05.76 (supported by Blackfoot and Star)
Tim Shockley reports: "...a friend and I had first row, in front of Lee Dorman. Other than them being awesome, I remember Lee having many problems with his bass or amp that night. Also remember watching Bobby Caldwell closely. He would do drum rolls while turning his left hand from palm up (standard) to palm down (match) all in one motion! Rhino was on the far side of the stage, but I remember him looking like the coolest guy on the planet! Guitar God city!"
Ticket stub for Captain Beyond gig in Hammond.
Elkin, NC, Lyric Theatre 22.05.76
Chicago (Schaumberg), Illinois, Beginnings 76 (supported by Budgie)
Kannapolis, NC, Sgt. Pepper's Club '76
Pasadena, Tx., Cactus Club 06.76
Dallas, Tx., Gerdies (down the road from Mother Blues) 06.76
Autin, Tx., Mother Earth Club 06.76
(Line-up as on "Dawn Explosion", all shows happened in the midwest, no show in west coast/California or east coast.)
Spartanburg, South Carolina, The Midnight Sun 77
Madison, Wisc. 19.05.77
Oshkosh, Wisc., Buster's 22.05.77
Ticket stub for Captain Beyond gig in Oshkosh.
Chicago (Waukegan), Night Gallery Club 26.05.77 (500 people in the audience)
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Breath Of Fire (Part I and II) - Sweet Dreams - Fantasy - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays / Frozen Over -Guitar Solo / Oblivion / Instrumental Jam - Mesmerization Eclipse / Drum Solo / Mesmerization Eclipse -- Dawn Explosion.
Chicago (Schaumberg), Beginnings 77
Oaklahoma City, ?-Bar 06.77
Tulsa (Oaklahoma), Cain's Ballroom 77
Lawrence (Kansas), Lawrence Opera House 77
LeDog reports: "I remember that show clearly. The band was over an hour late taking the stage, and we were scared shitless they werent gonna show. But right after they took the stage, Lee Dorman started the riff for Distant Sun and away we went! Bobby Caldwell was playing an unusual set of drums whose brandname escapes me, but the ride and floor toms flared at the bottom, almostresembling a tuba! He had a giant gold hoop in each ear... they definetely played Starglow Energy and Do Or Die..."
White Bear Lake (Minnesota), Sunset Bar 77
Dallas (Texas), Electric Ballroom 77
Austin (Texas) Armadillo World Headquarters 01.06.77 (w/Deaf School) Willy Daffern fell off stage during the show!
Corpus Christy (Texas), Ritz Music Hall 05.06.77 (w/ Too Smooth)
Houston (Texas), Liberty Hall 10+11.06.77
Poster for Captain Beyond shows in Houston.
Detroit (this was supposed to be the last gig of the tour, but the show was cancelled!)
(Line-up: Lee Dorman & Bobby Caldwell with vocalist/lead gitarrist Robb Hanshaw and gitarrist Randy Skirvin). Only a couple of shows supporting Iron Butterfly (Lee Dorman and Bobby Caldwell were in both bands):
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Rock And Roll Woman (?) - Shake Me By The Hand (?) - Fantasy.
Beloit (Wisc.), Sgt. Pepper's Club 07.79
Kenosha (Wisc.), Dad's 07.79
Kenosha (Wisc.), Brat Stop 07.79
Nashville, Tennesee Theatre 02.08.79
San Bernadino, Ca. 79 (with Rare Earth and Blues Image)
(Line-up: Ryno, Bobby Caldwell, Dan Frye, Jimi Interval, Jeff Artabasy)
Captain Beyond @ Sweden Rock. Picture by Hartmut Kreckel
Solvesborg 12.06.99 (Sweden Rock Festival w/Budgie, Dio, Deep Purple etc.)
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Breath Of Fire (Part I) - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over - Sufficiently Breathless - Everything Is A Circle - Ranging River Of Fear - Fantasy - Starglow Energy - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Time Since Come And Gone) - Mesmerization Eclipse -- Oblivion.
Flyer for Captain Beyond gig @ Sweden Rock.
Orlando, Club LaVela 18.07.99 Jamming for DJB
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Sufficiently Breathless - Starglow Energy - Fantasy
Captain Beyond @ Club LaVela.
Orlando, House Of Blues 13.08.99 (supporting Atlanta Rhythm Section)
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Sufficiently Breathless - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over - Fantasy - Starglow Energy - Raging River Of Fear.
Idialantic, Club Hustler 15.10.99
Set list: Taped Intro (Voyages...) - Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) / Armworth / Myopic Void - Breath Of Fire - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over - Sufficiently Breathless - Raging River Of Fear-Fantasy - Starglow Energy - Mesmerization Eclipse.
Captain Beyond @ Club Hustler 15.10.99.
Idialantic, Club Hustler 17.12.99
Jeff "The Count" Artabasy of Captain Beyond @ Club Hustler 17.12.99.
Orlando (Winter Park), F. B. I. Club 18.12.99
Set List: Fantasy - Distant Sun - Dancing MadlyBackwards / Armworth / Myopic Void - Sufficiently Breathless - Gotta Move - Thousand Daysof Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over - Don't Cry Over Me - Starglow Energy- Night Train Calling (Crystal Clear) - Raging River of Fear -- Mesmerization Eclipse
Ryno & Jimi Interval of Captain Beyond @ F. B. I. Club 18.12.99.
(Line-up: Ryno, Bobby Caldwell, Dave Muse, Jimi Interval, Jeff Artabasy)
Lakeland, Music Ranch 09.12.00
Set List: Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards / Armworth / MyopicVoid - Sufficiently Breathless - Raging River of Fear - Don't Cry Over Me -Fantasy - Starglow Energy - Night Train Calling (Crystal Clear) - Everything is a Circle -Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro) / Frozen Over -- Mesmerization Eclipse.
Captain Beyond @ the Music Ranch, Lakeland 09.12.00.
(Line-up: Ryno, Bobby Caldwell, Steve Petre, Kyle Rhoades, Jeff Artabasy)
Clearwater, Club More 28.07.01
Set List: Distant Sun - Dancing Madly Backwards / Armsworth / Myopic Void - Breath Of Fire - Thousand Days Of Yesterday - Frozen Over - Sufficiently Breathless - Raging River Of Fear - Fantasy - Starglow Energy - Mezmerization Eclipse.
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