On July 20, 1976, Uncle Sam’s hosted Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express. Skip Jones’s review described the scene as “half price drinks, thick smoke, and loud, loud music.”
At 11:00 Auger appeared and the crowd ate up the British organ and keyboard God’s performance. Jones ended his review with “Hats off to Uncle Sam’s for some good live music and let’s all hope for more of the same.”
In the review, much was made of the difficulty Jones had in locating manager Steve McClellan in the huge building. McClellan was quoted as saying he had only been manager there for six months.
Local heroes Jesse Brady opened the show. Jesse Brady was moving into something called “sophistarock,” or maybe “half-baked,” although it made no difference to the girls in front.
+(Review: Insider, August 1976)
Brian Auger
July 10, 1976