PARTY AT THE BANDSHELL — No matter the year, whenever the Allman Brothers were in town, the beer was sure to flow freely. The State of Florida dictating the “legal” drinking age was no more controversial than in 1980. Most students on the UF campus, were somewhere in the 18-21-year-old window.
Beer Drinkers, Hell Raisers
ZZ Top
1973 — Tres Hombres
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Allman Brothers and shadow by dave hogerty
Missing The Show
(ABOVE) Not all the good time was had on the Bandshell stage and lawn. Some music lovers made their own fun, without hearing a note.
(TOP) On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Allman Brothers guitarist, Dickey Betts played to a large (Southern) UF crowd at the Bandshell. That day on the lawn, as always, the liquor flowed freely.
• THE ALLMAN BROTHERS @ THE BANDSHELL (1982)
Nell’s Take Out (WHERE KEGS WERE SOLD)
Alcohol consumption was a part of any show on the University of Florida campus, and such a reality always rubbed UF’s Christian conservative administrations the WRONG WAY.
In 1973, the legal drinking age in Florida had been lowered to 18, to the loud objection of the state’s leaders, especially UF President Stephen C. O’Connell.
In 1979, with a higher frequency of alcohol-feuled incidents on college campuses, the effort to raise the age intensified. The next year (1980), the Florida legislature managed to raise the age to 19, but that did little to please the conservatives, who wouldn’t be satisfied until the age was returned to 21.
The “liberal” argument to lower the age was loudest in the years of the Vietnam War. It was argued that if an 18-year-old could be drafted to kill and die in a Southeast Asian jungle, then that 18-year-old should be allowed a beer at Lillian’s Music Store.
“Whiskey Drinking Woman”
1973 — Nazareth
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dave hogerty
Starting with Duane Allman’s legendary session work at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, The VH1 documentary follows the Allman Brothers band, that spent much of their time in South Georgia, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Gainesville.
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (DEEP DOWN IN FLORIDA)
BO DIDDLEY (AFTER MIDNIGHT)
SPACE TRUCKING (1971)
ALLMAN BROTHERS (1981) WATCH IT
Songs of the North Florida South
ALLMAN BROTHERS (NATIVE FLORIDIANS)
@ THE BANDSHELL
SEA LEVEL (CHUCK LEAVELL)
THE DIXIE DREGS (SOUTHERN FUSION)
EAGLES w/ JIMMY BUFFETT
FRANK ZAPPA (HALLOWEEN 1979)
PAT BENATAR @ THE FLORIDA GYM)
TALKING HEADS (POST PUNK AT THE BANDSHELL)
road trips
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (TICKET QUEST)
THE POLICE (ROADTRIP TO TOMMORROW)
DIRE STRAITS (VINNY’S NIGHT IN JACKSONVILLE)
ROLLING STONES (TANGERINE BOWL)
MOVIES (ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW)
tom petty (HOMECOMING ’81)
GAINESVILLE’S FAVORITE SON
FATHER KNOWS BEST (MEET EARL, TOM’S DAD)
MUDCRUTCH (1971) THE INTERVIEW
A LITTLE GIRL’S BLUES” (TOM’S LONG DISTANCE LOVER)
YOU GOT LUCKY (TWO TICKETS TO TOM PETTY PARADISE)
ALLMAN BROTHERS (FLORIDA NATIVES)
@ THE BANDSHELL
SEA LEVEL (CHUCK LEAVELL)
THE DIXIE DREGS (SOUTHERN FUSION)
TOM PETTY (GAINESVILLE’S FAVORITE SON)
MUDCRUTCH (1971) INTERVIEW
“YOU GOT LUCKY” (TWO TICKETS TO TOM PETTY PARADISE)
EAGLES w/ JIMMY BUFFETT
FRANK ZAPPA (HALLOWEEN 1979)
PAT BENATAR @ THE FLORIDA GYM
TALKING HEADS (NEW WAVE @ THE BANDSHELL)
road trips
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (TICKET QUEST)
THE POLICE (ROADTRIP TO TOMMORROW)
DIRE STRAITS (VINNY’S NIGHT IN JACKSONVILLE)
movies
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (MOVIE WITH NO END)
road trips
DIRE STRAITS (VINNY’S NIGHT IN JACKSONVILLE)
ROLLING STONES (TANGERINE BOWL)
movies (back home)
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
OriginalNoise
“The Thrill is Gone”
Marshal Tucker Band
1976 — Fire on The Mountain
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