If These Seats Could Talk ...
It's not nearly as famous as say Madison Square Garden, but many musicians and bands from the 1950s and onward ascended the ranks by performing at the 3600-seat arena known as Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
We're talking the likes of:
- Bill Haley & His Comets,
- Frank Sinatra,
- The Beach Boys,
- The Rolling Stones,
- Ray Charles,
- Emerson Lake & Palmer,
- The Who,
- Led Zeppelin,
- The Grateful Dead,
- Yes,
- Elton John,
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band,
- and MANY, MANY others ...
One interesting fact is that the iconic band Led Zeppelin turned down a prestigious gig at the Woodstock Music Festival and instead played at Convention Hall on that historic date of Saturday August 16th, 1969:
Just check out SetList.fm: Convention Hall Asbury Park Concert Setlists to see the huge listing of artists who have performed at Convention Hall.
So if these old plywood and cast-iron seats could talk - what stories they would tell!!!
PS: I'd love to see the grand tally of how much weed was smoked and how many beers were spilled in these seats in Convention Hall 🤪
Other posts is this series:
- Slippery Walk to Convention Hall in Asbury Park
- Audra Mariel & A Real Human Jazz Band
- Scenes from Asbury Park
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All images @cognoscere and taken on Sunday December 10th, 2017 in Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey (Sony RX100 V)
I love places like this , history of legands speaks for itself
Definitely a lot of legends have performed there!
What an amazing venue in an iconic town! Thanks for reminding me about my younger days!
My Pleasure!!!
wow... beautiful pictures of amazing place...!!!!
upvoted and followed..!!!
Awesome, thanks!!!
Don't forget the kind of LSD trips some of those people must've had! xD
Very true!!!
WOW VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY
THANKS @cognoscere
HAVE A NICE DAY
Thankyou @goldcoin!!!
Excellent photographs. All places are very beautiful to look at.
Thanks for stopping by!!!
This is wonderful photography
Upvote-Resteem
Thanks so much!!!
Fantastic photography
Resteem
Glad you liked it!!!
really a great convention hall appriciate it and also ur photographs which u take from every angel @congnoscere sir and also tell us about it
Thanks!!!
beautiful story!
Thanks!!!