1980s
Year: Date: Event:
1980
1/22/1980 Phil Woods Quartet
1/25/1980 Son Seals
1/26/1980 Son Seals
2/5/1980 Dixie Dregs
3/7/1980 Warren County String Ticklers
3/8/1980 Warren County String Ticklers
4/8/1980 Marshall Chapman w/ The Confidentials
4/9/1980 Marshall Chapman w/ The Confidentials
4/23/1980 Jeff Lorber Fusion (featuring Kenny G, with last name and hair)
4/26/1980 Bill Quateman
5/13/1980 Ben Sidran
9/23/1980 Whitewater
9/26/1980 Heath Bros.
9/29/1980 Arlo Guthrie
10/3/1980 Albert Collins
10/4/1980 Albert Collins
10/18/1980 Pressure Drop
10/23/1980 Robin & Linda Williams
12/5/1980 Skunk River Bluegrass Band
12/9/1980 Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie
12/13/1980 Popenhagen & Serlath
12/16/1980 Lamont Cranston Band
1981
1/16/1981 Skunk River Bluegrass Band
1/23/1981 Peter Lang
1/24/1981 Peter Lang
1/30/1981 Pool Hall Waltz Band
2/6/1981 Warren County String Ticklers
2/9/1981 Lorber Fusion
2/13/1981 Sam Rivers
3/10/1981 Larry Groce
3/16/1981 Ritchie Cole & Alto Madness w/ Ben Sidran
3/17/1981 Ritchie Cole & Alto Madness w/ Ben Sidran
3/31/1981 Grasslands
4/10/1981 Son Seals
4/11/1981 Son Seals
4/14/1981 Vernon Windsor w/ Dave Milberg
4/24/1981 Jay Boy Adams
4/25/1981 Jay Boy Adams
4/28/1981 UNI Jazz Ensemble
5/4/1981 Tony Brown
6/16/1981 John Lee Hooker
6/29/1981 Ken Joles
7/13/1981 Ambivalence
7/28/1981 Albert King
9/1/1981 Lonnie Brooks
9/22/1981 Jethro Burns w/ Norman & Nancy Blake and Warren County String Ticklers
10/3/1981 John Scofield Trio
10/6/1981 Taj Mahal
10/9/1981 Dave Rudolph
10/10/1981 Uncle Vinty & the X-Cleavers
10/12/1981 Rich Beachler & Paul Micich
10/15/1981 Muse
10/16/1981 David Friesen w/ John Stowell
10/17/1981 David Friesen w/ John Stowell
10/24/1981 Truly Original Band
11/9/1981 Muddy Waters
11/11/1981 ISU Jazz Band II
11/12/1981 Ambivalence
11/17/1981 Willie Dixon
11/18/1981 Koko Taylor
11/20/1981 Skunk River Bluegrass Band
12/1/1981 James Cotton
12/3/1981 Robin & Linda Williams
1982
1/22/1982 Corky Siegel Band
1/23/1982 Corky Siegel Band
1/30/1982 John Fahey
2/6/1982 Leon Redbone
2/13/1982 Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs
2/18/1982 Heath Bros.
2/20/1982 Pat Metheny
2/25/1982 Son Seals
2/26/1982 Son Seals
2/27/1982 Son Seals
3/2/1982 Red Gallagher
3/4/1982 Jim Hall Trio
3/9/1982 Ruth MacKenzie
3/26/1982 Fenton Robinson
3/27/1982 Fenton Robinson
4/1/1982 Airto & Flora Purim
4/2/1982 Comedy Workshop
4/17/1982 Papa John Creach
9/9/1982 Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows
9/16/1982 Jim Post
9/23/1982 Gary Burton
9/24/1982 Kings of the World
9/30/1982 Lamont Cranston Band
10/1/1982 Gove Scrivenor
10/8/1982 Ruth MacKenzie
10/9/1982 Jan Garbarek w/ Eberhard Weber
10/15/1982 John Hammond
10/16/1982 Jorma Kaukone
10/21/1982 Muse
10/22/1982 Redz Band
10/23/1982 Legendary Blues Band
10/26/1982 Robin & Linda Williams
10/27/1982 Stowell Friesen Group
10/28/1982 Stowell Friesen Group
10/29/1982 Gateway Trio
11/19/1982 Peter Lang
11/20/1982 Peter Lang
12/4/1982 Pat Hazell Band
1983
2/18/1983 Dan Hunter
2/19/1983 Past Due Rhythm Band
2/19/1983 Marshall Chapman
2/23/1983 Mike Reilly & Gang w/ Doug Maynard Band
3/4/1983 Mr. Myers
3/5/1983 Shiny Bits
3/11/1983 Nucleus
3/12/1983 Red Gallagher
3/29/1983 Muse w/ Hubert Temba
3/31/1983 Robin Flower
4/8/1983 Son Seals
4/9/1983 Vernon Windsor
4/15/1983 Waters & Tyler w/ Strawman
4/16/1983 Shadowfax
4/23/1983 Leon Redbone
5/4/1983 Son Seals w/ Pat Hazell, Duane & Floppy and Beagle Bop
9/10/1983 Mr. Myers
9/13/1983 Dean Stevens & Randy Sabien
9/16/1983 Short Stuff
9/17/1983 Mother John
9/24/1983 Gary Burton
9/30/1983 Killer Bees
10/1/1983 Koko Taylor
10/11/1983 Airto & Flora Purim
10/20/1983 Robin & Linda Williams
10/21/1983 ISU Jazz Combo
10/22/1983 Itals/Roots Radics
10/28/1983 Betsy Kaske
10/31/1983 Kilimanjaro
11/4/1983 Tom Arnold w/ Goldfish Revue
11/5/1983 Adam Makowicz
11/10/1983 Michael Gulezian
11/12/1983 Lonnie Brooks
12/2/1983 Michael Johnson
12/3/1983 Larry Coryell w/ Michael Urbaniak
1984
1/20/1984 Loose Goose
1/21/1984 Past Due Rhythm Band
1/27/1984 Caribe
2/1/1984 ISU Jazz Combo
2/3/1984 Warren County String Ticklers
2/4/1984 Charles Postlewate
2/8/1984 Redz Band
2/9/1984 The Klezmorim
2/10/1984 Muse
2/13/1984 Des Moines Big Band
2/15/1984 Reilly’s Homegrown
2/17/1984 Albert Collins
2/18/1984 Caliope
2/22/1984 Special Delivery
2/24/1984 Leo Kottke
2/25/1984 Paul Block & The Flip Kings
2/29/1984 Bobcaygeon
3/2/1984 Simon & Bard
3/3/1984 Jim Post/Waubeek Trackers
3/4/1984 Jeff Lorber Fusion
3/7/1984 Mother John
3/21/1984 Muse
3/28/1984 Mondo Tango
3/29/1984 Rosi Gowdy
3/30/1984 Michael James Band
3/31/1984 The Roches
4/5/1984 Robin Flower
4/6/1984 Ronald Shannon Jackson w/ The Decoding Society
4/7/1984 The Hellbillys
4/9/1984 Leon Redbone
4/10/1984 Chris Proctor
4/11/1984 Strait Deal
4/12/1984 Strawman
4/13/1984 Shangoya
4/14/1984 Son Seals
4/27/1984 Rhythm Rockers w/ Uptown Rulers
5/2/1984 Lonnie Brooks w/ Pat Hazell Blues Bandaganza
5/11/1984 Peter Lang w/ Mr. Myers
9/5/1984 Mighty Joe Young
9/8/1984 Redz Band
9/15/1984 Lamont Cranston
9/18/1984 Trapezoid
9/20/1984 Michael Gulezian
9/21/1984 Gary Burton
9/22/1984 Eek-a-Mouse
9/27/1984 Alma Iowana
9/29/1984 Sugar Blue
10/4/1984 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
10/10/1984 Robin & Linda Williams
10/16/1984 Preston Reed
10/19/1984 Voss & Osborn
10/20/1984 Uptown Rulers
10/23/1984 Susan Shore & Nathan Bell
10/25/1984 Taj Mahal
10/26/1984 Batterie
10/29/1984 Hoodoo Gurus
11/2/1984 David Grisman
11/3/1984 Strawman
11/7/1984 The Del Fuegos
11/13/1984 Arlo Guthrie
11/16/1984 David Becker Tribute
11/17/1984 Past Due Rhythm Band
12/4/1984 Michael Johnson
12/11/1984 Waubeek Trackers
12/12/1984 Carol Montag
12/13/1984 Rambling Boys of Pleasure
12/14/1984 Suburbs
12/15/1984 June Millington
1985
1/17/1985 Shangoya
1/18/1985 Diedre McCalla
1/19/1985 Bobcaygeon
1/22/1985 David Bromberg
1/24/1985 Dave Moore
1/25/1985 Steve Tibbets
1/26/1985 Claude Pate
1/29/1985 Frederick Moyer
2/12/1985 String Trio of NY
2/15/1985 Ipso Facto
2/16/1985 Vanessa Davis
2/19/1985 Greg Brown
2/22/1985 The Service
3/1/1985 Bobby’s Blue Band
3/2/1985 Heartland Consort
3/6/1985 George Russell
3/7/1985 Claudia Schmidt
3/25/1985 Makoto Ozone
3/26/1985 Rare Silk
3/29/1985 Son Seals
3/30/1985 Tony Brown
4/2/1985 Suzanne Vega
4/3/1985 Raldo Schneider
4/4/1985 Koko Taylor
4/6/1985 The Replacements
4/10/1985 Al DiMeola
4/11/1985 Leon Redbone
4/12/1985 Long John Baldry w/ Kathi MacDonald
4/13/1985 Boys with Toys
4/17/1985 Whetstone Run
4/18/1985 Rayguns
4/20/1985 Pocketwatch Paul
4/23/1985 Larry Groce w/ Carol Montag
4/26/1985 Who Ska Doo w/ Redz Band
4/27/1985 Cinnamon T
4/29/1985 Chris Proctor
4/30/1985 Ellipses
5/2/1985 Wallets
5/3/1985 Lavender Lace
5/4/1985 Willie Dixon
5/7/1985 Queen Ida & Her Bontemps Zydeco Band
5/9/1985 Stephen Bishop
5/10/1985 Hoo Ska Doo
5/13/1985 Tower of Power
?/??/1985 Game Theory
8/??/1985 Mighty Joe Young
9/7/1985 Killer Bees
9/11/1985 Alexander O’Neal
9/12/1985 Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows
9/19/1985 Green On Red
9/24/1985 Pure Prairie League
9/26/1985 Paul Butterfield Blues Band
10/16/1985 Bonnie Koloc
10/18/1985 John Sebastian w/ David Bromberg
10/19/1985 Buddy Guy & Jr. Wells
10/24/1985 Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows
10/25/1985 Carla Sciaky
10/26/1985 La Bamba & The Hubcaps
10/29/1985 Chick Corea
10/30/1985 Chick Corea
10/31/1985 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
11/1/1985 Tricycle Thieves
11/13/1985 Robin & Linda Williams
11/15/1985 Mr. Myers
11/21/1985 Michael Gulezian
11/23/1985 Safari
12/6/1985 Jim Post
12/7/1985 The Wallets
12/10/1985 Asleep At the Wheel
12/11/1985 Greg Brown
12/13/1985 Bobby’s Blue Band
1986
1/18/1986 Neoterics
1/24/1986 Son Seals
1/25/1986 Morrison & Schmidt
2/13/1986 Matt Murphy
2/14/1986 Safari
2/15/1986 Mammy Nuns
2/20/1986 Scott Cossic
2/22/1986 John Lawton Blues Quartet
3/1/1986 Bo Ramsey
3/4/1986 Gregg Allman
3/7/1986 Bill Molenholf
3/19/1986 The Muskrats
3/22/1986 Free Hot Lunch
3/24/1986 John Scofield
3/28/1986 Koko Taylor
4/3/1986 Tower of Power
4/5/1986 James Cotton
4/24/1986 The Verandas
4/25/1986 John Scofield
4/27/1986 The Beat Farmers
4/30/1986 Lonnie Brooks
5/1/1986 Lonnie Brooks
5/2/1986 Aron David
5/3/1986 Mr. Myers
5/7/1986 Carol Montag
5/10/1986 Shrooman Truman
9/13/1986 Tony Brown
9/20/1986 Robin & Linda Williams
10/1/1986 Go Dog Go
10/2/1986 Carla Sciaky
10/3/1986 Bo Ramsey
10/9/1986 Buddy Rich
10/10/1986 Buddy Guy & Jr. Wells
10/11/1986 Michael Gulezian
10/16/1986 Richard Thompson
10/25/1986 Ipso Facto
10/31/1986 Sugar Blue
11/21/1986 Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang
11/1/1986 David Bromberg
11/22/1986 The Law
12/4/1986 Blue Riddim Band
12/5/1986 Leo Kottke
12/6/1986 John Abercrombie
12/11/1986 Nobody’s Business
12/12/1986 James Cotton
12/13/1986 Redz Band
1987
1/16/1987 Black Star Reggae Band
1/23/1987 The Magnolias
1/24/1987 Peter Kaukonen
1/29/1987 The White Sisters
1/30/1987 The Law
1/31/1987 Leo Kottke
2/3/1987 ISU Jazz Trio
2/5/1987 ISU Jazz Trio
2/19/1987 ISU Jazz Quintet
2/20/1987 Headhunters
2/21/1987 Trip Shakespeare
2/27/1987 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2/28/1987 Claude Pate
3/1/1987 Soul Asylum
3/17/1987 Spootiskerry
3/19/1987 Muse
3/20/1987 Jim Post
3/21/1987 Cellophane Ceiling
3/24/1987 Gary Burton Quintet
3/26/1987 Blues Fuse
3/28/1987 Morrison & Schmidt
4/3/1987 Lonnie Mack
4/4/1987 Johnny “Clyde” Copeland
4/16/1987 Mammy Nuns
4/17/1987 Off Balance
4/18/1987 Redz Band
4/21/1987 Richard Thompson
4/22/1987 Young Fresh Fellows
4/23/1987 Crazy 8’s
4/24/1987 Prof’s Blues Review w/ Gloria Hardiman
4/25/1987 Killing Floor
4/28/1987 Blue Band
4/29/1987 Lonnie Brooks w/ Scott Hampton and Mark Flora
4/30/1987 Lonnie Brooks
5/1/1987 Spoo Monkeys
5/8/1987 Nobody’s Business
5/9/1987 Fenton Robinson
8/28/1987 Redz Band
9/4/1987 The Weables
9/10/1987 Muskrats
9/11/1987 Schoolyard Truce
9/12/1987 Service
9/17/1987 Little Women
9/18/1987 ISU Jazz Quartet
9/19/1987 Muse
9/24/1987 Full Fathom Five w/ House of Large Sizes and Dangtrippers
9/25/1987 XEQ
9/26/1987 Jimmy Dawkins
9/29/1987 David Friesen
10/2/1987 Greg Brown
10/3/1987 Electric Cats
10/8/1987 Scruffy The Cat w/ Lies
10/9/1987 Tony Brown
10/10/1987 John “Mad Dog” Watkins
10/17/1987 Ken Jolls
10/29/1987 The Special Consensus Bluegrass Band
10/30/1987 The Hollowmen
10/31/1987 Li’l Ed & the Blues Imperials
11/5/1987 Nancy Bierma
11/6/1987 Robin & Linda Williams
11/7/1987 Zoot Suit
11/13/1987 Project H
11/14/1987 Glenn Davis & Straight Shooter w/ Big Time Sarah
11/17/1987 Airto & Flora Purim
11/21/1987 Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang
12/9/1987 Dave Moore
12/12/1987 Redz Band
1988
1/22/1988 Vendetta
1/28/1988 Electric Cat
1/29/1988 Trip Shakespeare
1/30/1988 Shalita
2/12/1988 Antidote
2/13/1988 Dion Payton & the 43rd St. Blues Band
2/18/1988 Radoslav Lorkovic
2/19/1988 Ruby Trees
2/20/1988 Morrison & Schmidt
2/26/1988 Orquesta de Jazz y Salsa Alto Maiz
2/27/1988 The Jayhawks
3/5/1988 Eddie Kirkland
3/9/1988 Bell & Shore
3/23/1988 Alma Iowana
3/24/1988 Terry Gibbs
3/25/1988 Four Mile Creek
3/26/1988 Valerie Wellington
3/30/1988 Mal Hombre w/ Morrison & Schmidt
3/31/1988 James Williams
4/1/1988 Close Call
4/1/1988 Peter Ostroushko & Pat Donohue
4/2/1988 Ipso Facto
4/7/1988 ISU Jazz Quintet
4/8/1988 Cam Waters
4/9/1988 Son Seals
4/14/1988 The Kinsey Report feat. Big Daddy Kinsey
4/16/1988 Mal Hombre
4/18/1988 Romanovsky & Philips
4/19/1988 UNI Big Band
4/21/1988 John McCutcheon
4/22/1988 Little Women
4/23/1988 The Contras
8/27/1988 The Slugs
9/9/1988 Taz Band
9/10/1988 Dangtrippers w/ House of Large Sizes and Eclectics
9/16/1988 2 Back Beat
9/17/1988 Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters w/ Jerry Portnoy
9/23/1988 Gear Daddies w/ L.J. Booth
9/24/1988 Sundogs
9/30/1988 Ruby Trees
10/1/1988 Joanna Connor
10/4/1988 fIREHOSE w/ Screaming Trees
10/6/1988 Greg Brown
10/7/1988 Morrison & Schmidt
10/8/1988 Blue Hippos
10/12/1988 Stu Calhoun Trio
10/13/1988 Trip Shakespeare
10/14/1988 The Service
10/15/1988 Long John Baldry
10/21/1988 Puppet Show
10/22/1988 Muse
10/30/1988 Patrick Hazell
11/3/1988 Sundogs
11/4/1988 Robin & Linda Williams
11/5/1988 Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater
11/9/1988 Orquesta de Jazz y Salsa Alto Maiz
11/10/1988 David Lindley & El Rayo-X (first use of new sound system!)
11/11/1988 Radoslav Lorkovic
11/12/1988 Gloria Hardiman
11/16/1988 Ossian
11/18/1988 ISU Jazz Quintet
11/30/1988 Scruffy the Cat
12/3/1988 Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows
12/9/1988 Mal Hombre
12/10/1988 Redz Band (New Year’s Eve party)
1989
1/20/1989 House of Large Sizes
1/21/1989 The Service
1/27/1989 Magnolias
1/28/1989 Bo Ramsey
2/3/1989 Regulators
2/16/1989 Pat Donohue
2/17/1989 Local Hero
2/25/1989 Dangtrippers
2/28/1989 Willie “Big Eyes” Smith & the Legendary Blues Band
3/2/1989 Moja Nya
3/3/1989 Bucket #6
3/4/1989 John Watkins Group
3/8/1989 Ferron
3/23/1989 ISU Jazz Quintet
3/24/1989 Carol Montag
3/25/1989 ISU Jazz Quintet
4/1/1989 Charlie Musselwhite
4/4/1989 Washington Squares
4/6/1989 Volcano Suns w/ Roger Miller
4/7/1989 The Colors w/ Dakota Dave Hull and Cam Waters (terrace party)
4/8/1989 CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
4/14/1989 Redz Band w/ Sundogs and Full Fathom Five (terrace party)
4/15/1989 Rosi Gowdey
4/26/1989 Utah Phillips w/ Skip Jones
4/27/1989 Joe Louis Walker
4/28/1989 Little Women w/ Tony Brown Band (terrace party)
4/29/1989 Love Tractor w/ Too Much Joy
5/2/1989 Texas Instruments
5/13/1989 Lonnie Brooks
5/16/1989 Little Charlie & the Nightcats
6/13/1989 Preston Reed
6/16/1989 The Muskrats
6/17/1989 Jimmy Johnson
6/19/1989 Nancy Bierma Quartet
6/29/1989 Peter Ostroushko
6/30/1989 Big Daddy Kinsey & The Kinsey Report w/ James “Son” Thomas (terrace party)
7/5/1989 Dr. John the Night Tripper
7/7/1989 House of Large Sizes
7/8/1989 ISU Jazz Quintet
7/20/1989 Richard Thompson
7/22/1989 Dion Payton & the 43rd St. Blues Band
8/1/1989 Plaid Retina w/ Bazooka Joe and Shamrock Shakes
8/5/1989 Jimmy Johnson
9/1/1989 Soul Asylum (terrace party)
9/8/1989 Bo Ramsey & the Sliders
9/12/1989 Peter Leitch All-Star Quintet
9/14/1989 House of Large Sizes w/ Masque and Full Fathom Five
9/15/1989 Randy Sabien Quartet
9/16/1989 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
9/20/1989 Romanovsky & Phillips
9/22/1989 Kwame w/ Rude Beat League and Devon (RedStripe/Jahm Rock Reggae
Connection Tour)
9/26/1989 Royal Crescent Mob
9/29/1989 Due Process
9/30/1989 Koko Taylor
10/6/1989 Koko Taylor
10/10/1989 Itals
10/18/1989 Leo Kottke
10/20/1989 Sundogs
10/21/1989 Lucky Peterson w/ Stepchild
10/26/1989 Robin & Linda Williams
10/27/1989 ISU Jazz Quartet
10/28/1989 Scruffy the Cat
11/3/1989 Mooky Byrd
11/4/1989 John Hammond
11/9/1989 John Scofield Trio
11/11/1989 Close Lobsters w/ The Dead Beats
11/17/1989 Elaine Elias
11/26/1989 Eek-a-Mouse
11/30/1989 Bell & Shore
12/2/1989 A.C. Reed & the Sparkplugs
12/8/1989 Mal Hombre (New Year’s Eve Party)
12/9/1989 Buddy Guy