Seals and crofts

[Rick Schmidlin]

I saw them June 30, 1974 at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ .The show featured Seals & Crofts, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Maria Muldaur, Souther, Furay and Hillman. The tickets were $6.00, I wish concert were that cheap for kids today.

Has anybody else seen them with mandolins?

[jferg9]

Yes indeed..........saw them at a Baha'i conference in Quebec city in mid-70s and again in Kansas City in 1981 or 82. I've always loved their music. Dash was awesome on the mandolin. If you go on You Tube and type in Seals & Crofts thee is an old video of them playing at the OR State Fair in early 70s with Dash on the mandolin. He looks quite funky with the top hat and cowboy boots and the whole get up. I was trying to see the mandolin he was playing and seemed to think it was a Gibson but I could be wrong as it has been awhile since I saw the video. There are some other S & C videos on there as well.......Summer Breeze, Hummingbird, etc
Great old memories.........:-)
Peace,
Jim

[jferg9]

PS.......At the Quebec City conference in '73 or '74(ish) they played an impromptu concert in front of a packed room and I was right down front seated on the floor not 10 feet away from where they were sitting and it was a fantastic concert. I was about 16 at the time and that was where I 1st fell in love with the mandolin..........:-)

[lovethemf5s]

I saw them play in the gymnasium at Oregon College of Education in Monmouth, Oregon. This was in the early 70's just before they had a hit record. It was a really entertaining show and Dash shined on the mandolin. If I recall correctly he was playing a 20's Gibson A model.

[Glassweb]

Saw 'em do their first show at The Fillmore East... too high to remember much except I dug em. I got to meet them once when I snuck into CBS studios where they were doing a taping with Bill Withers. I have no idea how I got in there, but I wound up in their makeup room chatting with them! Dash had what I believe was a sunburst A4. Very cool cat... I remember some talk about Kalamazooooo... one of those days I'll never forget!

[nashvillebill]

Yes indeed..........saw them at a Baha'i conference in Quebec city in mid-70s and again in Kansas City in 1981 or 82. I've always loved their music. Dash was awesome on the mandolin. If you go on You Tube and type in Seals & Crofts thee is an old video of them playing at the OR State Fair in early 70s with Dash on the mandolin. He looks quite funky with the top hat and cowboy boots and the whole get up. I was trying to see the mandolin he was playing and seemed to think it was a Gibson but I could be wrong as it has been awhile since I saw the video. There are some other S & C videos on there as well.......Summer Breeze, Hummingbird, etc
Great old memories.........:-)
Peace,
Jim
That brings back alot of memories- unfortunately one of the videos from the Oregon fair is video footage put together with audio from the record. I haven't heard that song in years- what a great song- still holds up. My best friend in high school and I had an acoustic duo and did Seals and Crofts, America and stuff like that. The theme song from our high school prom was "We May Never Pass This Way Again". Here's the one with the original sound:Seals & Crofts live (http://youtube.com/watch?v=DTG1vNKdxwo&feature=related)

[nashvillebill]

Here's a video from youtube with S&C playing an uplugged version of Summer Breeze that sounds better:

Seals & Croft live (http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEF470mXqU4&feature=related)

[Rick Parrish]

In Bahai communities, we still listen to a lot of Seals and Crofts as well as solo pieces by Dash (they're both Bahai as well as Jim's brother, Dan aka "England Dan". I don't know if you've heard, but Dan is quite ill with a very aggressive form of cancer. I hope those of us so inclined will keep Dan in our prayers.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Here's a video from youtube with S&C playing an uplugged version of Summer Breeze that sounds better:

Seals & Croft live (http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEF470mXqU4&feature=related)
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[Jason Kessler]

The first concert I ever saw...early 70's...some huge sports stadium in Connecticut...

[Paul F]

As a teenager, I listened with headphones to a promotional performance in a Chicago radio studio. The next night I saw them in a small club, The Quiet Knight, on Belmont Ave., and after, they stayed around to mingle and chat with the audience over by the bar (though I think they didn't drink, themselves). Their musicianship blew me away. I recalled the mandolin sounded very electric. Well, it was, and often resembled a guitar in the way it was played.

[Steve-o]

The theme song from our high school prom was "We May Never Pass This Way Again". Here's the one with the original sound:Seals & Crofts live (http://youtube.com/watch?v=DTG1vNKdxwo&feature=related)
Yeah Bill, that was our class song too in 1975, as it was for many during that era. I saw S&C in 1976 I think at Pine Knob in the Detroit area. Great show. I stuck around for their "fireside chat" or whatever they called it (sharing their Baha'i faith). It was a wonderful opportunity to meet them up close. Great memories...all catalogued in a patchwork quilt of inspiration for taking up the mandolin.

[jferg9]

Thanks for the video links and the added memories re: S & C and also ED & JFC. I too heard about Dan Seals and his battle with an aggressive form of Ca. Had a chance to back up sing for him at a Baha'i conference in NYC in 1992. My wife and I were part of a 400 member chorus. During the lunch break I was back stage and talked with him for 10-15 minutes and then he and I and my wife went out for a sandwich at one of the vendor stands outside the Javitz centre. He was very approachable......like talking to your neighbor. We had never met him before that event.
I will definitely keep he and his family in my prayers.
Peace,
Jim

[nashvillebill]

In Bahai communities, we still listen to a lot of Seals and Crofts as well as solo pieces by Dash (they're both Bahai as well as Jim's brother, Dan aka "England Dan". I don't know if you've heard, but Dan is quite ill with a very aggressive form of cancer. I hope those of us so inclined will keep Dan in our prayers.
Very saddened to hear that- Dan's one of the best singers on the planet.

[garyblanchard]

I saw them back in the early 70's at the Baltimore Civic Center. I don't remember many details but remember that they blew me away with their music. (No, I wasn't high - I just have a bad memory. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif ) AFter the show people were invited to stay if they liked to learn more about the Bahai faith. Very intersting talk.

[Chiledog]

I wish I could have seen them, but I was late childhood, nine years to be precise, but I remember the music! #Mom always had the radio tuned to "Top40" radio stations...remember them? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Mom did not like Country Music, and neither did my Dad. #Which is kinda funny when you are born and raised in Texas http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

Thanks to everybody for the clips and the stories...wow!

Peace,
Todd

[Bob DeVellis]

I saw them at Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts back in the '70s. They were the opening act for Roberta Flack. Not the most memorable concert I've ever been to.

[Peter LaMorte]

I saw them in 73 at Carnegie hall, NYC. It was a great show, can't say I remember too much , that was another lifetime ago.
Peter

[Jim]

Saw them in Indianapolis in 72 or 73. First I'd heard of the Bahai faith and though I'm not religous I found it admirable in it's acceptance of others and their beliefs. The show was good and they were good players. Sort of lost track of them by the late 70s. I too am sorry to hear about Dan Seals illness. Cancer Sucks.

[Steve K]

Saw them at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu in 73 or 74.

[B. T. Walker]

I saw them in Fort Worth in '74(?). #Daytime, outside. #They were really good. #Talked some about Ba'hai faith. #That's starting to be a long time ago, so my memory is shaky. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif