many years ago, there was a band which traveled the east coast and perhaps other areas as well playing the larger better club circuit.

I don't recall the name of the band. They always played to packed houses when they came to Jacksonville. SRO, line out the door, and the fire marshal always made a point of checking the club when they were in town.

Anyway, they did a really good series of cover tune/dance music sets..... BUT.... the coup de gras was their last set. This is what everyone came to see. It was a show set. No dancing.....as they roped off the dance floor in front of the stage.

They had several shows since many clubs back then were open, with bands, 6 nights of the week. The shows included KISS, Alice Cooper, and some other acts of the day. Those were the 2 I saw. In the shows, they did the fire eating that KISS did, and they "hung ALICE" at the end and put him in a coffin as the road crew carried the coffin off the floor.

There were 2 other "show bands", both of which, incorporated interesting things in their normal dance music sets throughout the evening. Neither of those did the tribute band thing like that first band I mentioned.

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