I will have to go thru the scrapbooks, but I do remember some childhood conversations bits of going to the different theaters. It was a different age...as most walked then too...some trolleys....but the shoemaker must have been busy.
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I know there were others like the Music Hall as I recall relatives talking about and I know there were famous folks on the stages too here... Maybe when steamboats came to Pawtucket |
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April 4, 2009 Dear JimmyJimmy, Actually, in the late 1970's the small venue 2,200 seat, acoustically-perfect Leroy Theater launched the rock and roll careers of Bob Seger, Pat Benatar, Blondie, Jean Luc Ponty, Parliament/Funkadelic and many other groups. The concert most missed at the Leroy by many residents of the city happened in winter 1977 when a relatively unknown Detroit rock growler Bob Seger visited Pawtucket . My friend invited me to the show, with an admission fee of $1.00. I politely said no, having never heard of Seger. For over three hours, to only 50 people, Seger played "Night Moves" , "Old Time Rock and Roll", "Ramblin', Gamblin' Man" and other songs. About one month later, Seger released "Night Moves" as a single. The album "Night Moves" proved one of the better album of the 1970s; Seger never played a small arena ever again. The Seger concert proved to be one of the Leroy's best final days. Peace, Jim |
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Does anyone recall the Broadway Theater that was a neighborhood house in the Pleasant View area? |
