I
think these next 3 years were very special. At this time
Dad,
"Buster" was still healthy and had the best connections to
the "STARS."
I, Larry Bonoff, had come into my own making a name
in booking country music artists. Those who know me I am, was, and forever
will be lost in the 60's; many concerts during these years reflected my
taste.
Enjoy the
memories with me!
WE ATE WELL ALSO
check out these tours before they became house hold names - 2 out of 3
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WINTER IN PHOENIX
now - back to the summer concert season!
WARWICK MUSICAL THEATRE - summer series
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An
Evening With The Statler Brothers and
Helen Cornelius
June 29
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An
Evening With Jeffery Osborne
July 7
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Happy
Together Tour starring The Turtles - The Grass Roots –
The Buckinghams & Gary
Lewis And The Playboys
July 8
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July 9
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An
Evening With Sergio Franchi and Freddie Roman
July 11- 12 - 13
Sergio is pictured with his wife Ava who keeps his dreams alive -
www.sergiofranchi.com
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An
Evening With
Air Supply
July 15
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An
Evening With Tom Jones
July 16 -17
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An
Evening With Charlie Daniels Band
July 18
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An
Evening With Billy Crystal And Natalie Cole
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An
Evening With Chaka Khan
July 20
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An
Evening With Loretta Lynn
July 21
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An
Evening With Sha Na Na
July 22
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Snow White
July 23 11 a.m.
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An
Evening With Rick Nelson
July 24
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An
Evening With Robert Guilaume - TV's Benson
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An
Evening With Laura Branigan
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The
Golden Boys starring
Fabian - Bobby Rydell - Frankie Avalon
July 29
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An
Evening With Ray Charles
July 31
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An
Evening With Roger Whittaker
August 1
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An
Evening With Eddy Arnold & Boots Randolph
August 2-3
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An
Evening With The Everly Brothers
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Alice in Wonderland
August 6
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An
Evening With Gordon Lightfoot
August 8
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Purple
Rain - Tribute to Prince
August 9
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Rock
Legends - Del Shannon - Lou Christy -Bo Didley &
Tommy
James And The Shondells
August 10
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An
Evening With Johnny Cash
August 11
I got an email from a long time WMT and Johnny Cash Fan - We spoke via
emails and Mike gave me
permission to post it - It made me smile and helps to remind me what an
impact the "Tent" had.....
Subject:
Johnny Cash August 11, 1985
Larry,
I
grew up in
moved off to attend school in
now reside in
When I lived in
center of the Universe for me. I went to every concert I could.
I worked
at
a huge part of my youth and warmest memories.
I actually met you from time to time as I would ride my bike to the
theatre
early to see the action of the musicians unload their equipment. I
was a
fifteen year old kid who just loved music and the Warwick Musical Theatre
was my venue to experience that.
On August 11, 1985, Johnny Cash came to the theatre. I read that he
was
coming in the paper so I wrote Johnny Cash's people to see if I could get
a
chance to meet him. He had always been my favorite and he was
actually
coming to
(Johnny Cash's Manager) sent me a pass. I brought it to you the
afternoon
of the show. You were in a Mercedes and you rolled the window down
and read
my backstage pass and told me to hold on to it and before the show you
would
bring me to meet Johnny Cash. Before the show you brought me, a 15
year old
kid who thought the world of Johnny Cash backstage to meet him. You
also
took a picture of him and I in that trailer-like backstage area.
That picture hangs in my office today.
Just a word of thanks and appreciation. I'm not sure if I ever
thanked you
for that. I was kind of excited. That night Johnny Cash also
gave me his
harmonica's after playing Orange Blossom Special on stage. I was on
the
fifth row and he called me up. I shook his hand and put those
special
harmonica's in my pocket and went home.
That was a great night in my life. I am also thankful that you took
that
picture of me and the Man in Black.
If you would like the picture for your collection or just to view it, I
would be glad to send it to you.
Thanks again. I know this is a random e-mail but I was fooling
around on
the computer and came across the history of the theatre and I thought I
would try to convey one of my experiences of the grand ole Warwick Musical
Theatre.
Sincerely,
Michael Stravato
E-mail: mstravato@familychurch.org
The
picture below was taken after the show at the Sundome in Sun City Arizona
- tour off album
me
with the highwaymen - a real country show for the outlaw country fan -
(between Cash & Waylon - WOW!)
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World
Wrestling Federation
August 12
ok - do you remember? The Rockers - Shawn Michaels & Marty Jenetty
The
Bossman - at this time he was an
Alabama Prison Guard
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Emperor's New Clothes
August 13 11 a.m.
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An
Evening With
Peter Paul & Mary
August 15
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An
Evening With
Smokey Robinson
August 16
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An
Evening With
Dom Deluise
August 17
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An
Evening With Tammy Wynette & Louise Mandrell
August 18
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Pinocchio
August 20 11 a.m.
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A
Night Of 1000 Laughs -
Norm Crosby - Rip Taylor - Allen
& Rossi - Bobby Kelton
August 21
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An
Evening With Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
August 22
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An
Evening With Paul Anka
August 23
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An
Evening With Weird Al Yankovich & John Sebastian
August 24
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An
Evening With Bill Cosby
August 25
Bill signed this as a joke in response to the Patti LaBelle incident -
another story!
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an evening with Merle
Haggard
Aug 26
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An
Evening With
Chuck Berry
August 27
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An
Evening With
Helen Reddy & The Smothers
Brothers
August 29
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An
Evening With Connie Francis
August 30-31
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An
Evening With Joan Rivers
September 6-7
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