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Below is a list of Rhinoceros live dates spanning the group's career, The Rhino site would love to hear from anyone who can add, confirm or correct dates. We would also be interested to hear from anyone who has any special memories of the dates in question. Send email to:
Many thanks to all the people that have written in with gig information!
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1968 |
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John Finley (lead vocals); Alan Gerber (piano, lead vocals); Doug Hastings (lead guitar); Danny Weis (lead guitar, piano); Michael Fonfara (organ); Jerry Penrod (bass) and Billy Mundi (drums). |
| June (16) |
Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles with Love and Taj Mahal (Stephen Stills and David Crosby in the audience?)
(see poster below) |
| June (25) |
Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles. |
| July (12-13) |
Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles with Big Brother & The Holding Company. |
| July (19-20) |
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles with Love. |
| August (31) |
Grande Ballroom, Detroit (Cancelled). |
| September (9-11) |
Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles with Spooky Tooth
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| September (19-26) |
Café Au Go Go, New York. |
| September (24) |
Central Park Mall, Central Park, New York with Spooky Tooth, Traffic, Wind In the Willows and others. |
| September (27) - October (5) |
Café Au Go Go, New York with Tim Hardin, John Lee Hooker (weekends only), and Van Morrison and Billy Mitchell (opening night only). |
| October (10-13) |
Steve Paul's Scene, New York? |
| October (23) |
University of Stony Brook Gym, New York. |
| October (25-26) |
Fillmore East, New York with the Moody Blues and John Mayall's Blues Breakers. |
| October (29) - November (3) |
Steve Paul's Scene, New York with Larry Coryell. |
| November (22) |
Senaca Falls, NY |
| November (23) |
Electric Factory, Philadelphia |
| November (24) |
Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, Virginia with Steve Miller Band (headlining) and Vanilla Fudge.
Thanks to Rob Marchner, who worked with the band on the shows - Nov 22/23/24 |
| December (7-8) |
The Hawk's Nest, Toronto. |
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1969 |
| January (17) |
Steve Paul's Scene, New York. |
| January (19) |
Steve Paul's Scene, New York (cancelled) as Penrod has left. |
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John Finley (lead vocals); Alan Gerber (piano, lead vocals); Doug Hastings (lead guitar); Danny Weis (lead guitar, piano); Michael Fonfara (organ); Steve Weis (bass) and Billy Mundi (drums) |
| January (25) |
Rock Pile, Toronto, Canada. |
| January (31) |
Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore. With Mother Earth, Nazz, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Spirit. |
| February (7-8) |
Fillmore East, New York with Canned Heat and Pentangle. |
| February (11-13) |
Steve Paul's Scene, New York |
| February (28) |
Electric Factory, Philadelphia with Valentine |
| March (1) |
Electric Factory, Philadelphia with Valentine |
| March (27-29) |
Boston Pop Festival (Boston Tea Party), Boston Arena, MA, with The Grass Roots, Canned Heat, The Crazy
World of Arthur Brown, Daddy Warbucks and Caldwell-Winfield Blues Band, Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation |
| April (3) |
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York with Ten Years After and Blood, Sweat & Tears. |
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John Finley (lead vocals); Alan Gerber (piano, lead vocals); Doug Hastings (lead guitar); Danny Weis (lead guitar); Michael Fonfara (organ); Peter Hodgson (bass) and Billy Mundi (drums). |
| April (19) |
University of Hartford Gym, Hartford, Connecticut. |
| April (25) |
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, with Chuck Berry and Conqueror Worm |
| April (26) |
The Cellar, Arlington Heights, IL. |
| May (9) |
Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Connecticut with Jeff Beck Group. |
| May (16-18) |
Electric Circus, Toronto, with Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck |
| May (23?) |
Big Pow Wow Festival, the Seminole Indian village, Hollywood, Florida with the Grateful Dead, Johnny Winter, Sweetwater and others. |
| May (24) |
St. Mary's High School, Greenwich, Connecticut. |
| May (29) |
'First Worlds Fair For Youth', the New York Coliseum, New York with Tommy James & the Shondells. |
| June (?) |
Brien McMahon High School, South Norwalk, Connecticut. |
| June (13) |
Central Park Mall, Central Park, New York With B.B. King and others. |
| June (27) |
Action House, Island Park, New York. |
| June (28) |
Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, New York with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. |
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John Finley (lead vocals); Alan Gerber (piano, lead vocals); Danny Weis (lead guitar); Michael Fonfara (organ); Peter Hodgson (bass) and Billy Mundi (drums). |
| August (1-2) |
Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York, with Spooky Tooth, Procol Harum and NRBQ. |
| August (8-9) |
Action House, Island Park, New York. |
| August (?) |
Asbury Park Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey with Vanilla Fudge. |
| John Finley (lead vocals); Danny Weis (lead guitar); Michael Fonfara (organ); Larry Leishman (lead guitar, vocals); Peter Hodgson (bass) and Duke Edwards (drums/vocals). |
| August (29) |
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with Mind Garage and Iron Butterfly (headliner) |
| September (19) |
University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. |
| September (26) |
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania. |
| September (27) |
Wagner College Sutter Gym, Staten Island, New York. |
| October (24) |
Mahopac High School, Mahopac, New York |
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Ticket courtesy of Ron Greene |
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| October (31) |
Queen's College Colden Auditorium, New York. |
| December (12) |
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA |
| December (25-31) |
Bitter End, New York with the Chapins. |
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1970 |
| January (29-31) |
Boston Tea Party, Boston with The MC5 and The Staple Singers. |
| February (6-7) |
Fillmore East, New York with Delaney (& Bonnie and Seals and Croft?) |
| February (20) |
University of New Haven Gym, Connecticut. |
| February (27) |
Felt Forum, Madison Square Gardens, New York. |
| March (21) |
Warehouse, New Orleans. |
| April (19) |
Carnegie Hall, New York with Ten Wheel Drive. |
| April (25) |
St. John's University Alumni Hall, Queens, New York. |
| May (8) |
Upsala Viking Hall, East Orange, New Jersey. |
| May (29) |
Staples High School, Westport, CT. The James Gang (with Joe Walsh) were the opening act.
Two shows, one at 7:30 and one at 10:30pm |
| June (5) |
Hunington House, Valley Stream, New York with Jones Family. |
| June (6) |
Someplace Else, Queens, New York. |
| June (12-13) |
Fillmore East, New York with Procol Harum and Seals & Crofts. |
| June (19) |
East Meadow High School, Garden City Hotel, with Jones Family. |
| July (10) |
Tapawingo, Woodbury, Conn |
| August (1) |
Powder Ridge Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut with Van Morrison, Ten Wheel Drive, Joe Cocker and others.
Rhinoceros were billed to appear at this festival, but it was cancelled by court injunction. The full story of what happened can be found here:
About Rockest 70 - http://www.chronos-historical.org/rockfest/ |
| August (5-9) |
Whisky A-Go Go, West Hollywood. |
| August (21) |
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago. |
| August (26) |
46th Street Theater Rock Palace, New York with Little Richard and The Illusions |
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John Finley (lead vocals); Danny Weis (lead guitar); Michael Fonfara (organ); Larry Leishman (lead guitar, vocals); Peter Hodgson (bass) and Richard Crooks (drums). |
| September (20) |
Central Park Mall, New York. |
| September (26) |
Loew's 46th St. Theater, Brooklyn, New York. |
| September (29) |
Steklin Hotel, Greenwood Lake, New York. |
| October (1-2) |
Action House, Island Park, New York. |
| October (30-31) |
Academy of Music, New York. |
| December (12) |
Depot, Minneapolis. |
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John Finley (lead vocals); Michael Fonfara (organ); Larry Leishman (lead guitar, vocals); Peter Hodgson (bass) and Eric "Mouse" Johnson (drums). |
| April (4) |
St. Lawrence Market, Toronto. |
| Having moved to Toronto in early 1971, the group continues to play live locally until October 1971. |
Poster for Love, Rhinoceros and Taj Mahal
at the Kaleidoscope, Sunset and Vine,
Hollywood June 16 1968. |
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The following dates are incomplete and we would be interested to hear from anyone who can provide more accurate and detailed information about when these dates took place and who else was on the bill. Send email to:
1) Shows at the Whiskey-A-Go Go, West Hollywood, California, Hullabaloo, Los Angeles,Santa Monica Auditorium and Pasadena Auditorium - all in June/July 1968.
2) Date at the Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles in 1968 with Three Dog Night.
3) Dates in the Toronto area, including the Hawk's Nest in December 1968 and three dates at Waterloo University in Ontario, Canada also in December 1968.
4) Date with Blood, Sweat & Tears at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, probably late 1968.
5) Date with Blood, Sweat & Tears at the Kaleidoscope, Los Angeles in 1969, probably April.
6) East Meadow High School, Garden City Hotel, Long Island, New York in May or June 1969.
7) Date at the Cellar, Arlington Heights in Chicago with The Hunns.
8) Appearance alongside Manfred Mann, Sha Na Na, Byrds and others at the Southeastern Massachusetts University in Darmouth at the "Woods of Dartmouth" weekend outdoor concert, probably 1969 or 1970.
9) Show at Asbury Convention Hall, July or August 1970 with either Iron Butterfly or Ten Years After.
10) Different live shows with the NRBQ and Chubby Checker.
11) Summer or fall 1969 TV show in Baltimore with The O'Jays.
12) Show with Chuck Berry, Mass Destruction and Black Sheep in Port Dover, Ontario in summer 1970.
13) Show at Kingston Armory, Kingston, Pennsylvania with Canned Heat, probably 1970.
14) Show at Dino's in Middletown, New York in late spring/early summer 1970.
15) Show at a Movie theatre in Irvinton New Jersey, in 1969 or 70. Opening for a screening of The Beatles MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR!
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