Festival No. 0000069 · Est. 1980
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Somewhere in Seattle
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Seattle Center
- Address
- 305 Harrison St. 98109
- City
- Seattle, US
Somewhere to sleep it off
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For the record
About the artists
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Bo Diddley was born in Mccomb, United States, on 30 December 1928, and died on 2 June 2008, aged 79. Plays blues, blues rock, electric blues, funk, r&b, rock, rock and roll. -
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Danny O'keefe was born in Spokane, United States, in 1943.
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King Sunny Adé was born in Osun, Nigeria, on 20 September 1946. Plays jùjú.
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Oingo Boingo formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1972, and split up on 31 October 1995, after 23 years. Plays 2 tone, alternative rock, art punk, grunge, jazz, new wave, post-punk, punk.
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Ray Charles was born in Albany, United States, on 23 September 1930, and died on 10 June 2004, aged 73. Plays blues, jazz, jazz blues, r&b, soul.
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The Animals formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in 1963, and split up in 1983, after 20 years. Plays blues rock, british blues, british rhythm & blues, mod, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Three Dog Night formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1968. Plays pop rock, rock, soft rock.
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Will Ackerman was born in Palo Alto, United States, on 16 November 1949. Plays new age.
A guest 100% for Danny O'keefe at Bumbershoot 1983 festival, Seattle on Sat, 03 Sep 1983
It was a beautiful magical show. I had been a fan of his ever since his his song “Good time Charlie” came out and I had bought and played and played the album. In 1983, his type of music was not that popular and it was more of a past star coming back to life. He probably never stopped playing. bit for a good portion of the audience were younger people that had never heard of him. He won over everybody with his beautiful voice, folky type of music, and guitar playing. Great reception of him and lots of applause from what I remember. Wish I could remember who else we saw that day, but I think it was Ray Charles ?
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