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SONIC’S RENDEZVOUS BAND
A Poster History - 1975-1980
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Band Members:
Scott Asheton - Drums
W.R. "Ron" Cooke - Bass (to Spring '76)
Scott Morgan – Guitar/Vocals
Gary Rasmussen - Bass (from Spring '76:
Fred "Sonic" Smith – Guitar/Vocals
1974 – PROTO-YEAR
Ad for the Michigan Palace in Detroit for a show by Tim Buckley with Catfish Hodge and the Scott Morgan Group on May 4, 1974. This is the earliest booking we’ve found for the Scott Morgan Group, the group will eventually become Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, but more than a year away.
The first description of the origin of the band came in the January 11, 1974 issue of the Ann Arbor SUN newspaper in Ann Arbor, which reported that the band Lightnin’ was “restructuring”, with Scott Morgan and bassist Terry Trabandt leaving the group.
Morgan and Trabandt were reported as working with former MC5 members Fred Smith (guitar) and Michael Davis (bass/keyboards), as that pair’s short-lived band Ascension had ended. Former MC5 drummer, Dennis Thompson, who was also in Ascension, was rumored to be joining a band to be called the Detroit All Stars, which would also include Mitch Ryder on vocals, Ron Cooke on bass, and possibly Wayne “Tex” Gabriel on guitar.
Later, the July 12, 1974 issue of the Ann Arbor SUN listed the members of the Scott Morgan Band as Scott Morgan, Fred Smith, Mike Davis on bass, Terry Trabandt on guitar and Bill Figg on drums, so this may have been the line-up for the Michigan Palace show.
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The earliest poster/flyer that we've found for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, at Alban’s in Lake Orion, Michigan, August 23-25, 1974. The band line-up was Fred “Sonic” Smith and Michael Davis, both ex-MC5, with James Allen and Jeff Vail. The Fifth Estate newspaper described the venue, also known as Alban’s Country Cousin, as “High powered rock music in the boondocks, and boy the people jump around in here”.
This one is such a bit of an outlier that it warrants a closer examination, and we do find somewhat supporting evidence in Michael Davis’ autobiography “I Brought Down The MC5”. He devotes only three pages from the MC5’s final appearance on New Years’ Eve 1972 to the “bright, crispy cold day in January 1975” when Davis was arrested at his home by DEA agents. The years of 1973 and 1974 are given only few words, but here are the passages regarding Davis’ musical activities for those years:
“Fred Smith had kept in touch with me. We had managed to stay friends despite the falling out I had with the group. He had a notion that I might be better equipped to sing than play bass guitar, and I had those thoughts myself.
“We decided to form a group with a different bass player, Dennis (Thompson) as the drummer, and me singing lead and hammering on a small Casio keyboard. I think we placed an ad for a bass player, which was answered by a fellow named John Hefti, whom we hired without trying anyone else. We played mainly cover tunes. After a couple weeks of practice, we got booked to play the bowling alley bar in Lincoln Park.”
After describing damaging his vocal chords attempting to sing three sets a night, Davis writes:
“I was losing confidence and I was very afraid of disappointing Fred. We got together with another guy named James Allen (one of the names on the above flyer), who was an accomplished keyboardist. He was a nephew of the famous union leader Jimmy Hoffa.
“We called our new band Ascension, after the John Coltrane album. It was pretty much organized by Fred, and mainly featured Fred’s latest originals.
“We played a couple of gigs locally, but we didn’t ever gel as we had hoped. After a line-up change or two, Fred came up with the name Sonic Rendezvous. I played at least one live show as Sonic Rendezvous, trying to sing Fred’s songs and play keyboard, but I didn’t have what it took at all. I think we both decided to let it go. Of course, a couple of years later, Fred put together Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with Scott Morgan, Scott Asheton, and Gary Rasmussen, to considerable acclaim in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area (and in years to come, the rest of the world).”
Back to the above flyer, the name of James Allen is confirmed, we might conclude that Jeff Vail is the drummer, and Michael Davis did perform as part of a band named Sonic Rendezvous.
Still on the fence, but we don’t know what motive would have prompted a pretty obscure fake. As ever, we remain open to suggestions and information from our well-informed audience.add text.
1975
An ad for the “Ann Arbor premier” of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Chances Are on May 25, 1975. Notwithstanding an earlier flyer from August 1974, this is probably the first real SRB show. The ad name-drops the former bands of the group, Fred Smith from the MC5, Scott Morgan from the Rationals and Lightnin’, and bassist Ron Cooke from the band Detroit. Since the ad does not name-drop the Stooges, this must be before drummer Scott Asheton joined the band. The drummer was probably the guy in the promo photo shown below, named Miguel “Mike” Martinez.
Note that the ad uses Leni Sinclair’s famous photo of Fred Smith performing with the MC5, as there were obviously no live shots of SRB yet.
Early promo photo for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, with (from right to left) Scott Morgan, Fred Smith, Ron Cooke, and drummer Miguel “Mike” Martinez(?)
The events section in the May 23, 1975 issue of the Ann Arbor SUN newspaper confirms the first show, it has the correct day of the week, Sunday, but has the date wrong as the 24th. It also mentions two immediately following shows, on Monday and Tuesday at the Red Carpet Lounge in Detroit, again with the wrong dates. The concert database has them correctly as May 26-27, 1975 at the Red Carpet.
The concert database also has a listing for a show at Chances Are in Ann Arbor on July 7, 1975, a Monday night, confirmed by an events listing in the Ann Arbor SUN.
Disc #1 of the 2006 6-CD Box Set is called Chances Are 1975, most likely to be the July 7th show. It has (13) tracks, and can be heard here:
https://archive.org/details/sonicsrendezvousbandcd1chanceareliveatannarbor1975
1976
A number of significant events going on in this concert calendar excerpt from September 5, 1975, Bob Seger in the second of his two nights at Cobo Arena for the performances that will be released as the “Live Bullet” album, Ron Asheton’s New Order appearing in Ypsilanti a month since their arrival in Michigan, they will recruit ex-Virgin Dawn guitarist Ray Gunn and return to Los Angeles, and the final summer free concert of the year in Ann Arbor on September 7, 1975, with Tribe, Carolyn Crawford and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band (live broadcast on WCBN radio – could a tape exist?).
If SRB performed at the free concert, there were in total, a scant five shows by Sonic’s Rendezvous Band in seven months of 1975.
Schedule for Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan, starting with the Whiz Kids on March 8-9, 1976, followed by Lightnin’, Masquerade, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band on March 15th, Luther Allison, Coal Kitchen and Shooter.
Poster/flyer by Freddie Brooks for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 15, 1976. Photo is by Marty Agosta and SRB logo by John Benson.
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band performed at The Huron Inn in Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1976. All three sets from that night were recorded and released as part of the 2-CD “Space Age Blues”, released on the UK label Easy Action in 2016. The second set of the night, alone, was also released as “No Sleep Till Ypsilanti” on the Bang! Records label in Spain in 2020.
Band members were Fred Smith, Scott Morgan, Scott Asheton, and Ron Cooke. Here is the entire Space Age Blues album with (18) tracks recorded live at the Huron Inn, plus (4) tracks recorded at “Chances Are, Ann Arbor, MI (Date unknown, late '75-ish)”
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band - Space Age Blues (album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jsEsI5XLZc&list=OLAK5uy_lzLbRAJVjG4Fx_fxedPfMjUm4Mel4QKTI
A review of “Space Age Blues” can be found here:
https://www.i94bar.com/albums/space-age-blues-sonics-rendezvous-band-easy-action
An ad for The Roadhouse, outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with an excellent line-up, starting with Carolyn Crawford, followed by Rusty Day & the High Rollers, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band on April 16-17, 1976, and Honeyboy. The SRB line-up was Scott Morgan, Fred Smith, Ron Cooke, and Scott Asheton.
The Roadhouse, about ten minutes north of downtown Ann Arbor, was opened by promoter Peter Andrews in March 1976. Honeyboy had performed at the Grand Opening. The band, with guitarist Jim McCarty, drummer Johnny Bee, bassist John Fraga, and guitarist Dennis Robbins, was an early incarnation of the Rockets. Singer Dave Gilbert first met the band at the Roadhouse during one of his visits back to Michigan from LA
Poster/flyer by Freddie Brroks for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at The Roadhouse outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 16-17, 1976. Photo is by Marty Agosta and SRB logo by John Benson.
The schedule of events at Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Sonic’s Rendezvous Band appearing on April 26, 1976.
Poster/handbill for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 26, 1976. Unless indicated otherwise, we are assuming that SRB flyers/ads were all composed by the band’s manager Freddie Brooks.
Poster by Freddie Brooks with photo by Marty Agosta for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Chances Are in Ann Arbor, Michigan on June 7, 1976. The venue had changed their name to Second Chance just a week before this show. The poster lists Ron Cooke on bass.
Cheap Trick returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 2, 1976, again at the same venue except that the name had changed in the fourteen weeks since their last visit, from Chances Are to Second Chance. It was their eighth show of the year at “the Chance”.
The next night, August 3, 1976, Sonic's Rendezvous Band played there for their sixth time.
Poster, presumably by Freddie Brooks for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 3, 1976. This poster is the first to show Gary Rasmussen on bass, so the concert in Bad Axe, Michigan, when he replaced Ron Cooke on bass has happened since the previous poster on June 7th.
Specific dates aside, the story of the transition from Ron to Gary is well told at the always excellent I-94 Bar website is found here:
https://www.i94bar.com/features/sonic-s-rendezvous-band-the-one-that-got-away/gary-and-rock
Poster, presumably by Freddie Brooks for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 24, 1976. Photo by Jo Ann Uhelszki.
Poster, presumably by Freddie Brooks with photo by Jo Ann Uhelszki for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 20-21, 1976. Also on the bill, we find The Punks from Waterford, Michigan.
A collection of ads for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 20-21, 1976.
Poster by Dennis Loren, with Rockets logo by Gary Grimshaw, for a killer show at the Showcase Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on September 26, 1976, featuring the newly reformed, five-piece, Rockets, Ted Lucas & the Atomic Spike-Drivers, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and The Punks from Waterford, Michigan.
Newspaper ad for the Detroit Rock Show at the Showcase Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on September 26, 1976, featuring the newly reformed, five-piece, Rockets, Ted Lucas & the Atomic Spike-Drivers, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and The Punks from Waterford, Michigan.
Gary Grimshaw illustration of the up-coming Gil Scott-Heron show.
A strange ad with a date stamp for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Rockets, Ted Lucas & the Spike Drivers, and the Punks at the Showcase Theatre (formerly the Eastown) in Detroit, Michigan on September 26, 1976.
1977
Poster, presumably by Freddie Brooks, with photo by CREEM magazine’s JoAnn Uhelszki for the Sonic’s Rendezvous Band’s first shows of the new year, at the Roadhouse near Ann Arbor, Michigan, on January 5, 1977 and over the weekend on the 7th and the 8th.
Poster, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Rockets at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on February 22, 1977.
There are recordings from this night that can be found below:
Sonic's Rendezvous Band – Live at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan (2/22/77)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sonic%27s+rendezvous+second+chance+1977
A poster and an ad, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for the Ramones with Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 28, 1977. Labeled as “A New Wave Rock & Roll Assault”, it was more of a mutual admiration society, the Ramones were stoked to meet members of the MC5 and the Stooges, and the Michigan rockers certainly admired the Ramones, who already had two excellent albums to their name, something that SRB would never achieve.
This was the Ramones’ second Michigan appearance, but their first as a headliner, they had previously opened for the Flamin’ Groovies in Royal Oak in October 1976.
It was also at this show that Carey Loren and Niagara from Destroy All Monsters first met Ron Asheton, newly returned to Michigan after his Los Angeles band New Order had imploded.
A photo from the Ramones and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band show at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 28, 1977.
An ad for the Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and Jett Black appearing on April 11, 1977.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Rockets at Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Michigan on June 4, 1977.
A recording of this concert appeared as CD #2 of the 6-CD box set released in 2006, and it can be heard here:
https://archive.org/details/sonicsrendezvousbandcd2livelampherehighschoolmadisonheights1976/02+-+Asteroid+B-612.mp3
Poster/ad, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with Mugsy, and the professional debut of the “Phase Three” seven-piece Destroy All Monsters, at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on June 12, 1977.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at the Red Carpet in Detroit, Michigan on June 17, 1977.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at the Red Carpet in Detroit, June 22-25, 1977.
A poster with the line-up for June 1977 at the Red Carpet Lounge in Detroit, Michigan, including the Rockets, Tantrum, Jett Black, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, June 22-25, 1977, Rob Tyner’s solo version of the MC5 and Ruby Jones. From what we can read of the fine print, we agree this is a great line-up.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, for the Ramones’ third Michigan show, on June 26, 1977, back at the Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the second time, with Sonic’s Rendezvous Band opening again (the “Rock & Roll Rematch”), but also with the addition of Destroy All Monsters.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Romantics and Brataxis at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 22, 1977.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, with photo by Robert Matheu for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and the Romantics at the Ballroom in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with two shows nightly from August 31, 1977 through September 4th.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books,r for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Romantics and the Mutants at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 26, 1977.
The November 1977 issue of Greg Shaw’s BOMP! Magazine featured a story on Sonic’s Rendezvous Band titled “Detroit’s Guitar Army is on the March Again!”
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Seatbelts at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 14, 1977. This appears to be the earliest use of the handwritten scrawl logo for SRB, the familiar scrawl is by Patti Smith. Also, the earliest found poster for a show by the Seatbelts.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Seatbelts at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 14, 1977, with the handwritten scrawl logo by Patti Smith.
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One of three different poster/flyers, all presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Romantics and Destroy All Monsters at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 5, 1977.
The second of three different poster/flyers, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Romantics and Destroy All Monsters at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 5, 1977.
The third of three different poster/flyers, presumably by Freddie Books, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Romantics and Destroy All Monsters at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 5, 1977
1978
Poster/handbill, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with The Look at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on January 9, 1978. This is the earliest found poster with The Look, whose first show had been on November 17, 1977.
Comprised of musicians of previous bands, Tantrum, Zooster, and Roxwell, and guitarist Sam Warren, who had played in an early version of The Rockets and with Mitch Ryder, The Look would become the first Michigan band to appear on MTV, three years from here.
An ad for the Ramones and the Runaways at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan on January 14, 1978. Not mentioned is the opening local group Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, but recording of their set is linked below.
Although missing from the database, it appears that Sonic’s Rendezvous Band opened for the Runaways and the Ramones at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan on January 14, 1978, as this recording with (7) tracks can be heard below:
Sonic Rendezvous Band – Live in Detroit, Michigan (1/14/78)
https://archive.org/details/sonicsrendezvousbandcd3masonicauditoriumdetroit14jan.1978
Poster/flyer by Freddie Brooks, for Patti Smith with Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 6-7, 1978. It was Smith’s first Ann Arbor appearances and demand for tickets was high, so a third show was added for February 8th.
On the first night, Smith’s band was stranded in New York by a snowstorm, after a long delay she decided to take the stage solo and recited her poetry. At the end of her set, she manipulated some noise from a guitar and ended with a rendition of “Happy Trails”.
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band followed with a set of music. The author of the show review in the Michigan Daily newspaper had no idea who the band was and described them as “…three noisy guitars obscuring nondescript vocals with a heavy underlying beat provided by a truckdriver type drummer with a tattooed forearm…not a pretty group musically or otherwise. The members sport matted hair, pasty faces and ratty clothes that made Smith look like Lauren Hutton.”
On the final night, the day that the review was published, SRB guitarist Fred Smith opened the band’s set by blowing his nose with the paper, saying, “As long as those squares are writing shit like this, I know we’re doing all right.”
A yellow version of the poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Patti Smith with Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 6-7, 1978.
Newspaper ad for the Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan with the Patti Smith Group and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band appearing February 6-7, 1978, with the logo/photo for SRB by Marty Agosta and John Benson.
Poster/flyer, possibly by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band wit the Reruns at the Red Carpet Lounge in Detroit, Michigan, March 13-14, 1978, with a photo of drummer Scott Asheton, whom a Michigan Daily newspaper show review described as “a truckdriver type drummer with a tattooed forearm”. Since these are the only “Detroit 1978” shows, except for Masonic and Bookies, we’ll assume that the 2006 album “Too Much Crank” (reissued in 2018 as “Electrophonic Tonic”) which are labeled “Detroit 1978” were recorded over these shows at the Red Carpet.
The complete album, which includes the studio versions of “City Slang” and “Electrophonic Tonic”, plus (7) live tracks can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxGwGOeGYAc
Poster/handbill, possibly by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Mutants and The 27 at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 4, 1978, with the news that SRB would be backing Iggy Pop on his upcoming European tour, but it would be without SRB member Scott Morgan. Former Stooges keyboardist Scott Thurston rounded out the band.
A recording of this show was the first of the late-90’s releases of found recordings of the band. Titled “Sweet Nothing”, it was released in 1998 with eight tracks. A more complete, ten-tracks were released as Disc 4 in a 6-CD box set in 2006. The ten tracks can be heard here:
Sonic Rendezvous Band – Live in Ann Arbor, Michigan (4/4/78)
https://archive.org/details/sonicsrendezvousbandcd4secondchanceliveatannarbor4april1978
Newspaper ad for the Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 4, 1978, the night of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band’s last local performance before three-fourths of the band leave for Europe to tour as Iggy Pop’s band.
A “tour blank” poster for Iggy Pop’s European tour, May through June 1978, with the backing band of members from Sonic’s Rendezvous Band (minus Scott Morgan) and Scott Thurston on keyboards. Although these shows are not counted as SRB shows, we will follow this tour.
This full-page ad from a Dutch music newspaper would confirm that the TV Eye tour, with Iggy Pop, Scott Thurston, Scott Asheton, Fred 'Sonic' Smith, and Gary Rasmussen, started earlier than most sources cite, with three shows in the Netherlands, May 3-5, 1978.
On the same date that Alice Cooper’s show in Saginaw, Michigan was recorded, May 10, 1978, somebody got a tape recorder into Iggy Pop’s show in Vitrolles , France, the fourth or fifth show of his European tour with members of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band.
Iggy Pop – Live in Vitrolles, France (5/10/78)
https://archive.org/details/iggy.pop.-meets.-sonics-rendezvous-vitrolles-salles-des-fetes-10-05-1978
Poster for Iggy Pop in Toulouse, France on May 13, 1978, the fifth show of the European tour with three-fourths of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band as his backing group.
Iggy Pop Meets Sonic's Rendezvous May 13, 1978 Toulouse, Halles Aux Grains, France
https://archive.org/details/iggy-pop-meets-sonics-rendezvous-toulouse-halles-aux-grains-13-05-78
Iggy Pop Meets Sonic's Rendezvous May 16, 1978 Badalona, Pabellon De La Joventud, Spain
https://archive.org/details/08-little-doll
Somewhere around the 10th show (sources are conflicting) of Iggy Pop and Sonic’s European tour, in Helsinki, Finland on May 22, 1978, and another taped show.
Iggy Pop – Live in Helsinki, Finland (5/22/78)
https://archive.org/details/04-the-endless-sea
The fifth of seven live recordings from Iggy Pop with Sonic’s European tour, at the Domino Club in Stockholm, Sweden on May 24, 1978.
Iggy Pop – Live in Stockholm, Sweden (5/24/78)
https://archive.org/details/audio-iggy-pop-meets-sonics-rendezvous-domino-club-stockholm-24-may-1978
Iggy Pop Meets Sonic's RendezVous May 27, 1978 Gothenburgh, Brunnsparken, Orebro (Sweden)
https://archive.org/details/iggy-pop-meets-sonics-rendezvous-gothenburgh-brunnsparken-orebro-sweden-27-may-1978
The seventh of the seven live recordings that we have from Iggy Pop’s 1978 European tour with three-fourths of Sonic’s Rendezvous Band plus Scott Thurston, in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 29, 1978.
Iggy Pop – Live in Copenhagen (5/29/78)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eknX7kR4jPM
Red flyer, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band at Bookie’s Club 870 in Detroit, Michigan, July 28-29, 1978, possibly the band’s first show since three-fourths of the group returned from Europe backing Iggy Pop for 16 shows over five weeks, with rehearsals, the guys had been away for two months. They had returned in mid-June.
“City Slang” is written across the top of the red flyer, indicating that the sole recording by SRB during their time as a band, the legendary single with the same song on both sides, stereo and mono, existed three months before the release date of November 1978 that is printed on record sleeve, indeed, there are a few “special preview editions”.
The Reuns and the Thugs each had a night opening these two shows.
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – City Slang (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtqTAvv2kDA
A photo from the webpage linked below which is a live show by Sonic's Rendezvous Band at the Tri-County Events Center in Celina, Ohio on August 10, 1978:
https://archive.org/details/sonics-rendezvous-band-live-at-tri-county-10th-aug-1978
Handbill/flyer, possibly by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and the Cult Heroes at the Funny Farm in Wayne, Michigan, August 27-28, 1978. From the note at the bottom, the single “City Slang” was intended to have a B-side called “Gone With The Dogs”, slated for a September release.
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – Gone with the Dogs (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87SkqJb2CAI
Backside of the handbill/flyer for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and the Cult Heroes at the Funny Farm in Wayne, Michigan, August 27-28, 1978.
A second poster/flyer, by Hiawatha Bailey, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and the Cult Heroes at the Funny Farm in Wayne, Michigan, August 27-28, 1978.
The poster history of Sonic's Rendezvous Band continues - HERE
A collection of ads for Patti Smith’s highly anticipated debut Michigan appearance, at Ford Auditorium in Detroit on March 9, 1976. A show review in the SUN newspaper mentioned a pre-show press party at the Lafayette Coney Island, which is where she first met Fred Smith. Fred joined the band on stage for their encore of "My Generation", for the first time with more to come.
