Wow, that was a blast from the past! I was there one of my first concerts also! I went to all of the super bowl's of Rock, cant even remember who played at them all
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

I had the oppportunity to work stage/backstage at all four events,Pink Floyd, ELP, and Foghat were soome of the other headliners, Journey was pissed when they got backstage because nobody knew who they were.

You guys are right, but who played at the one with Aerosmith and Jeff Beck at Comiskey that summer????
I seem to remember Rick Derringer...but can't quite get the rest clearly.
Hmmmm, wonder why.

The whole summer was a blast. All of the superbowl of rock concerts were great. I was at all of them.

Friggin great times

Dr Henderstone (Ha Ha HA)

It was a blast and Nugent ROCKED!!!!
I wish I could live those days all over again

At Comiskey that summer with Aerosmith and Beck it was Ravi Shankar who played. It was Beck who was playing when the roof caught on fire and people started freaking out! I'll never forget it was so hot they turned the fire hoses on and filled up an area by the dugouts and the chicks were taking their tops off! Good to be young!!!!

Sorry, have to correct my last attempt at a post. At the Aerosmith, Beck World Series concert it was Derringer and Jan Hammer, not Ravi Shankar. Too many years ago...... Hottest day of 1976though, over 100 degrees that day!

Yup !! Rick Derringer played that concert...in chaps with his butt hangin out !! That was the same concert where a fire broke out in the upper grandstand too !! Great time !!

Does anyone know who the back up band was at the Rolling Stones concert at soldiers field back in the 70's? I have a bet with my duaghter that it was Bob Marley.

Please help.

Close, it was Peter Tosh.

That summer the concert I went to see was Foghat, Climax Blue, J. Geils Band, and ELP. I had just graduated HS and was invited to tag along with my older sister and some of her college friends (my girlfriend was invited, too) Kind of a grad gift from my sister.

Anyways, the concert was AWESOME! I had seen ELP a couple of years before by themselves in Chicago, but having all four bands together made it a great day.

All of the Super Bowl of Rocks were at Soldier Field.
Super Bowl of Rock #1 was Foghat, Climax Blue, J. Geils Band, and ELP. 6/4/77 Foghat Live was recorded at that time. And the ELP had the 70 piece orchestra. I'm pretty sure ELP only played 1 or 2 shows with it, they went broke, It was the WORKS Vol. 1 Tour. It was very very hot that day. It was attended by 85,000 people and was General Admission. NO milk jugs.

Super Bowl of Rock #2 was Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent. Nugent was
dodging 1 gal. milk jugs. It looked like a giant pop corn machine. "And here is a song for all of that Chicago Pussy" was Hey Baby. It was also attended by 85,000 people and was General Admission.

Super Bowl of Rock #3 Sucked it was headlined by Peter Frampton and bearly had 20,000 people.

1977--the year my major concert cherry was busted. I was 16 and just able to drive in January. The first real concert I ever saw was Boston at the Chicago Stadium that March. They rocked and we, of course, were wasted. Even if you didn't smoke anything yourself, you would have gotten high just breathing in the Stadium air. The bathrooms were trashed with puke in every sink, stall and urinal. That was disgusting...but memorable.

But, then there was Pink Floyd at Soldier Field...OMG...what an incredible experience!! I won't be able to do the whole experience justice here. Just imagine yourself having partied all day in 90 degree heat and humidity and then hearing Wish You Were Here, the entire album, for the first time. Yes, it will blow your mind. It was really the Animals tour, which they played from beginning to end, complete with all the floating and flying animals you've seen and heard about. If those two albums weren't enough, they also played Dark Side...I swear it was the whole album, too. The movies they played to accompany the music and lights were the weirdest, wildest, most mesmerizing videos I had ever seen. Nothing I ever saw in my long history of concerts after that even came close. Ever!! And, I've seen all the greats.

Of course, the Super Bowls of Rock that summer were pretty awesome, with Nugent being a great showman. I love to contrast his handling of the milk jugs with that of Frampton later that summer. Where Nugent was taunting the crowd and threatening to kick all 95,000 asses, Frampton stopped playing because he said he didn't want anyone to get hurt! What a wimp. Of course, that just caused the crowd to be even more diligent in putting a sea of jugs up on the stage. Ha! It was great! Gotta love Chicago.

Living on the IL/WI state line, we also took in shows in Milwaukee. Not to be outdone by Chicago, Milwaukee staged the Grand Slam and World Series of Rock at Milwaukee County Stadium. Among the acts I saw there were Fleetwood Mac, Heart, CSNY and a whole host of others.

Speaking of Wisconsin, another totally unforgettable show was Clapton and Jackson Browne at Summerfest on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee in 1978 or '79. Maybe 1980. It was memorable not only for two awesome performers, but also because I was nearly trampled to death by the surging crowd when they opened the gates--it was general admission and we were in the front. I slipped when the crown surged, my ankle got stepped on and twisted, and some very large guy held back the throngs as I regained my footing. We ended up center stage about 5 rows back. I got some excellent photos that night with my 35mm Nikon.

Those were the days.......

Pink Floyd was the first or second Super Bowl of Rock at Soldier Field in 1977. Nugent was after Floyd, and .38 Special also played at that show with the others listed above. The Frampton show also had Rick Wakefield (but not, Yes) and Styx, among others that escape me now. That was some good time rock 'n roll.

I, too, remember the water jugs making the stadium look like a giant popcorn popper. It was awesome.

That's exactly what I thoght - popcorn machine. My older brother took me to that show - I was 12. Our parents just about kicked his butt when we got home because I got sunstroke, but it was worth it. I also remember going to Comiskey Park to see Aerosmith, Foreigner, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, AC/DC and Walter Egan. Aerosmith were horrible - such a letdown. Forigner was incredible. AC/DC were still unknown at the time, but they wound up stealing the show. There's a famous picture of Angus on Bon Scott's shoulders with the old Sox scoreboard in the background - the good old days. I think the ticket price for all those bands was about 12 bucks. That won't even cover the parking fee nowdays.

My first concert was the Super Bowl of Rock that Nugent headlined. It was real hot that day and I remember people passing out from the heat.

We arrived real early and were passing a door that suddenly opened up and we rushed it to run onto the field. We were within the first 20 rows or so. We were afraid to leave the spot because it was right in the middle of the stage.

I must admit that .38 Special didn't impress me at the time. Then Journey came out but not initially with Steve Perry. They were okay until Perry joined them. Then the crowd started paying attention because of his voice and energy. I remember when they were done with their set the crowd was really going.

REO was next and they continued with the energy. They had come out with a live album that was pretty popular and they were well received. Their set sounded like their live album.

Lynyrd Skynyrd was next and I remember them carrying Ronnie Van Zant to his spot on the stage because he had a cast on his leg. He never moved from that spot. I only knew a couple of Skynyrd songs and it's too bad because they rock. I know one thing, they ended their set with a bang, Freebird. The crowd went nuts. Then I remembered that they carried Van Zant off again and they left the crowd buzzing with that finale.

Nugent came on and he was great! I too remember looking back and seeing all the milk carts being thrown up in the air. The stadium looked like a popcorn machine. I remember Nugent saying something like "Try to hit my motherfucking ass, nothing dangerous now."

To this day, that was the best concert I've been to. All day affair with my friends from high school and just partying and rocking. Great memories of that show.

What a GREAT concert! General admission, so we got to Soldier's Field about 5:30 a.m., and drank beers and smoked outside sitting, waiting in line (I think I was already hung over by the afternoon--and it was scorching hot).

When we got in, we rushed to stake out an area on the grass, but our blankets were continuously encroached upon, and our space became smaller and smaller.

.38 Special was the first band--there because of being Van Zandt brothers. I remember them being in cowboy hats, and playing for a VERY short time--they were practically booed off stage, and people were throwing stuff at them.

Journey--I recall Steve Perry looking skinny and wearing a red jump suit, and he had some pretty good pipes.

REO--Great band, great tunes (I was a big fan back in the day).

Lynyrd Skynyrd--Good tunes. I think they did like a 12-minute version of Freebird--the extended "concert" version.

Terrible Ted--I thought he came on with "Dog eat Dog" and right before that, they had a couple of big snarling dogs, one chained up at either end of the stage (could have imagined that).

The plastic milk jug/water jug incident: These things were all over the place, in the air like giant snow. Problem is, some folks were throwing up half-full ones instead of just empties. It was NUTS for I don't know how long--these things just going up and down. Then Nugent said something like, "Why don't you throw 'em at me, you motherfuckers?" and almost immediately they came like an aerial sea from the back of the stadium to the front and to the stage. They were piling up on the stage and the roadies were kicking them off, trying to keep it clear.

JJ, Chicago

Was there for this great show too
.38 special
journey
reo
lynard
Ted

What a day!

rip ~ Pete

Damn what great memories

someone behind us threw a styrofoam ice chest with ice water and drenched about 15 of us :)

I have seen a lot of great concerts and this ranks right up there

Hey, whats so funny about peace love and understanding

Jeff

FYI Perry wasnt with Journey at that Chicago show, it was Robert Fleischman.

Wow - just returned from the Hangover 2 with my 15 year old son and we are sitting here he says "did you go to Woodstock ?" I said I was 10 your grandma would never have allowed it -But I told him _ I went to Super bowl of Rock Game 1 2 and 3- in Chicago 1977 - then I had him google it and we found this page-- It was GREAT Ted had been my favorite for years- and thank you for the memories

What a great day. I was just talking about this the other day with my kids. Lynard Skynard, Ted Nugent, REO, Journey & .38. Sounds like a reunion tour....hell they are all still playing 34 years later:)

Remembering the concert is a little foggy as you might imagine. But, I remember Ted Nugent the most. Sweaty Teddy was at the height of his career back then and I believe he just came out with the album cat scratch fever. Talk to anyone who attended a concert and everyone will talk about the plastic milk jugs. Security allowed the jugs filled water and water melons. Being that Ted Nugent was the last act of the night most of the milk jugs were empty and people started throwing the empty jugs at Ted. Ted took it in stride and dared them to throw them at him. He said he will kick all 95,000 of your asses. Well that's all he had to say. We were sitting in the bleachers about 150 yards away from the stage but high up. Basically we were in the opposite end zone of the stage. When the crowd started throwing the jugs at the stage, and because of my vantage point, it looked like popcorn popping. There were so many jugs on the stage that the stagehands had to sweep them off with a broom and they just kept coming. Had to have been one of the craziest thing I've ever experienced. Everyone there would remember the “Jugs”

I was there too!!! What an incredible feeling to remember what it felt like to be there with the greats! Rock'n Roll!! Hey Ravnina Sept 1st...Lynyrd Skynyrd!!!! Gonna be there for Freebird

it was so hot that day the Nugent Concert. The jugs were brought in with water as so many people were dropping like flies from heat exhaustion. I think I was 16 and it was my first concert. What a trip. I couldn't hear for a week! Good times, good memories!

Susan
Class of 80, Waukegan East High School

I have been to 100's of concerts in my life, but the most memorable was Super Bowl of Rock III. It must've been 101 degrees that day!
The whole milk jugs = popcorn popping was the most incredible thing to see, it was absolutely mesmerizing! Then WHAM I got nailed in the head with a half full mild jug & if my husband hadn't grabbed my arm I'm sure I'd have fallen & been SERIOUSLY injured. My neck has never been the same since, but wth we all have aches & pains & the story of how I fricked up my neck is one that I love to tell! & as I recall, when the jugs started piling up on stage Terrible Ted screamed at the crowd "All right you Mother F*ckers, I can take anything you can throw at me!"
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME concert!!!

Me and two of my friends were there, I was 17 years old. General admission that day and I fought my way to the front row. It was "Dog Eat Dog" up there or you could say "Survival of the Fittest". I loved every minute of it. Ted Nugent was like a god that day. The sound system that they had for the Nugent show was unbelievable. I think it was like 250,000 watts total. People heard it in Indiana. Sadley Skynerds plane crash was a couple months later. And the jugs, who could forget the jugs.

Has to be one of my FAV conert of all time the friends the music the parties.I wish wit all my heart I could go back if only for that weekend

I was there and it was my first concert as well. I was a year older, (HS Freshman), and I remember everyone passing around weed, (joints, bowls, ect). I thought wow, and the cops can't do anything about this... cool... Well, now so many years later, I am a 24 year veteran cop! How life changes,huh?

Greatest collection of bands that summer, by far.... and a fantastic concert.

I was at that concert too... forgot all about the water jug incident with the Nuge... Was my senior year in HS and we just had a blast going to those SoR concerts! BTW, does anyone else there for the Skynyrd show remember Ronnie Van Zant having some sort of cast or bandaging on his leg around the ankle? I seem to remember seeing that since he always performed barefoot anyways... but I can's say for sure and I've never uncovered any pics of those performances. Thx!

Was at the Super Bowl of Rock III, Comiskey Park with Aerosmith (twice) and the Stones Concert at Soldier Field. All memorable and, as I recall, there was some kind of scandal that the promoters had sold far more tickets than they reported, leading to complaints about too many people in the venue and legal actions later that included Nugent. No matter, this was Chicago and nobody expected things to be on the up and up, we just expected the job to get done, which it was, in spades.

I was on the edge of the field about a third of the way back from the stage. It was hot and they allowed in water jugs because of a heat wave (early global warming?) that had lead to issues in the first concert of the SBOR series. It surely kept people from getting heatstroke, but all those empty jugs presented a problem later on, he he.

I saw a couple of fights, a lot of interesting characters, tried to keep our square yard of space from shrinking to no avail, admired the girls in tank tops and feathered hair -- they all had an ease and grace then that was so beguiling, see the movie "Almost Famous" for a mere hint of it -- and had a massive concert experience that blew us all away almost literally.

I had forgotten about .38 Special, I mean ... who cares? They are still around? Why?

Steve Perry DID play with Journey at this show, not that I cared one way or the other, but I recall them introducing him as their new guy. They were too lite for me, but I admit they played quite well. In those days most bands new how to play their instruments and write songs. No opening up of laptop and using backup recordings or autotune. You were live, raw and had no gimmicks to rely on. Anyone who could not play didn't last a week. Even bar bands could play well back then.

REO kicked ass and surprised me (this was before they went pop metal and had their big hits) with their ability to master such a massive arena. I thought their live record was a little tinny sounding, but tha day they were deep and full and hit it. I recall the guitarist Gary Richrath especially and the way he toyed with the crowd.

Skynyrd was an old hand at this, despite Ronnie Van Zandt's being in a leg cast. They were fantastic live and very accomplished players. They had a new gutiarist, Steve Gaines, with them, and played some nice massive arena rock boogie and mile-high honky tonk with their usual swagger. Yes, Virginia, Freebird was great.

Nugent came on and everyone went nuts. This was terrible Ted at his absolute peak, long before he lost the plot and became the American-flag-diaper-wearing tiresome right wing clown that he is now. He was full of life, tearing it up, and had a passel of great songs to draw on. Every one seemed to be a killer tune. Midwestern guys all had a bit of Ted in them and this was our voice and sturm and drang. In the waning light, Ted roared. His playing was tough and inventive, and that guitar he had, the hollow body, was full of the best wall-of-sound artistry.

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Then it happened. The thousands of empty milk jugs lurking in the crowd, inanimate, but waiting silently, suddenly launched straight up into the air as if on some very raucous cosmic Chicago cue. It rained milk jugs. It looked like snow. Me and a friend constantly were picking up milk jugs that landed next to us and relaunched them. It was a sight to behold. Damn, where was my camera?

Nugent was nonplussed and said something to the crowd about the jugs heading his way. Big mistake. ALL the jugs started flying his way, and soon ended up on the stage. Where Ted would do one of his trademark runs and bent-knee skid power chords knee deep in jugs, flying up in the air. Roadies kept coming on between songs to sweep the jugs into the open area in front of the stage between songs. Finally all the jugs ended up there, and normality was restored and the concert progressed. Just an occasional jug would pop up from the crowd after that, like an afterthought. Great concert.

I can't remember getting home, but I couldn't hear properly for a couple of days and I later found out Ted wore huge earplugs.

Aaah youth. Great times. Free, not a care in the world and full of characters and good times. If I could only date a girl who had actually been to that concert, my life would be complete.

Notes on Comiskey Park concert: The line-up was Stu Daye (not sure why I recall that, never saw or heard of him since and I remember nothing of his set). Rick Derringer, Jan Hammer and Jeff Beck, who were terrific, the stadium then catching fire right near where I was sitting with a couple of friends, and finally Aerosmith.

I saw Bill Veeck walking around in the crowd and he was cheered by everybody. He later testified in court in favor of the kids behavior during the fire, saying they were careful and evacuated the area without panic or pushing. An outdoor concert in Stickney was almost prevented by a lawsuit, and Veeck's testimony was instrumental in the judge deciding to allow it. Veeck was such a great guy, he just loved a crowd, especially a paying one.

The Stickney concert had an odd line-up, I was there as well. It had the guy who did "Dreamwaeaver", Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Yes. All played extremely well. Okay, I was barely paying attention to the Dreamweaver guy. Frampton smoked -- sorry, the guy could rock at that time --, Lynrid Skynyrd was awesome, with Van Zandt saying they should put a cork in a nearby smokestack, and Yes was sustained pleasure, absolutely terrific -- this was before they went commercial with Geffen.

Great times, great music that still holds up. In a few years the seventies rock boom was pretty much played out, and I moved on to new wave and punk, although I never stopped liking the early seventies rock stuff and defending it to the death. I still think there was incredible music made back then, It was a special time, America was still building things and girls were tan, fit and free with their hearts. We all were. No cell phones, nobody checking on us, just the roads all open, friends, and adventure around every corner. Chicago was a powerhouse. And so were we. I love life in general, but especially that time.

Salute to the young, the sunstruck, and the altered, and a great concert at Soldier Field it was.

My first concert was Pink Floyd at Soldier Field. That place was hot and crowded. So crowded that our seats were on the aisle and people walking on the aisle behind us would stop and sit on our seat backs.

Anyhow there were lots of pretty large out door shows in those days, Soldier Field, Comisky Park, Washington Park Race Track (Frampton, Aerosmith and gary Wright was one I think) Good stuff.

I also saw the stones at Soldiers Field. Southside Johnny, Peter Tosh, Journey, then Jugglers and Accrobats and finally the Stones. The most drugs I ever saw was at this show, they were everywhere and lots of them. But the show was pretty memorable.

We were at all those concerts also that year...Bob L.''Ron K.''Andy V.''Bruce S.''Alex R.''...stoners from the Berkeley, Bellwood, Hillside area.......The Burnout Brigade...lol...

All sbr @ soldiers were the best. Perry was... with journey, marley & tosh were with the stones (some girls)Aerosmith was @ comiskey, ac/dc, foriegner. Don't recall anthing burning, my girlfriend got sick and took her to the van.Maybe that was disco sucks nite!!

It puzzles Me Why Any of these Bands Never Released Any Live Concert Footage of those Incredible Shows At Soldier Field! Oh Well,.Maybe One Day!!

I do remember that Steve Perry was announced after maybe 2 songs as the new singer

I cant argue that it was Perry, I can only say I remember the band saying here is our new lead singer

wiki agrees with you that Perry didnt appear public;y UNTIL OCT 1977

But I do remember the band making that announcement and all the great songs

IT MATTERS NOT

IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS I HAVE SEEN and I have seen many many gret ones

jeff

I haven't seen it posted here, but I could swear that UFO played at one of the SBoR concerts... I went to them all in Chitowm but can't remember which one they played at. Any help here from all you fellow SBoR party animals??? Rock on!

-RJ (Fleener)

UFO played with Seger, Derringer & Frampton- who may have owned 1976, but people were streaming out of Soldier Field as he sang "I'm In You"...his 15min appeared up..

I was in the fron row for that show. The line-up went Derringer, UFO, Segar, and Frampton. UFO was outstanding. I think it was only about 7 or 8 months before they played at the Ampetheatre (Where "Strangers in the Night Live" was recorded). OUTSTANDING Show...Except for Frampton. Everybody left about 15 minutes after he appeared on stage.

August 1977 Superbowl of Rock Show at Soldier Field in Chicago my first concert,who was there ?? I know UFO was,they are the only band I remember,.Its driving me nuts,I half remember Journey,but I can't believe I saw Nugent, Speedwagon & Skynyrd I knew who Skynyrd & nugent were.I'm sure we didn't stay through the whole thing, we were there early like really early.Does anyone remember how the line up went & times?

I'm glad somebody else remembered Steve Perry wasn't yet singing for Journey. It's been so long ago, I almost started to doubt myself.
Although the 38 Special, Journey, REO, Skynyrd, Nugent day was absolutely unbelievable, I find myself wishing I was also able to attend the UFO, Seger, Derringer, Frampton event. At least I was able to see UFO shortly thereafter when they recorded their Strangers in the Night album. Now that was one hell of a concert. I still love listening to the album knowing that one of those drunken screaming voices belonged to me.