Summer of 1977 … Vance was playing
with The Jim Kale Show and had just moved into
his first house. Burton was on the road
with a full slate of dates through to the fall,
promoting his second solo album, My Own Way
to Rock. His drummer, Jim Gordon,
left the band in the middle of the tour.
Burton's road manager couriered a tape to Vance,
and three days later, the remainder of the
backup band arrived in Winnipeg for a
rehearsal. The following day - July 22,
1977 - Vance was on stage with Burton in
Edmonton AB.
- Burton Cummings - vocals, piano
- Michael Rheault - keyboards, percussion, vocals
- Danny Weis - guitar, vocals
- Ian Gardiner - bass
- Vance Masters - drums, percussion, vocals
Burton
opened several dates that summer on Alice
Cooper's "King of the Silver Screen" tour in
both Canada and the USA. Alice's stage set
was designed as a giant TV, with a slit screen
allowing Cooper and his dancers to jump into and
out of it in choreographed sequences during
songs.
There was usually an "intermission" of about 45
minutes between Burton's set and Alice's show.
Alice's band for this tour:
- Alice Cooper - vocals
- Steve Hunter - guitar
- Dick Wagner - guitar
- Prakash John - bass
- Pentti "Whitey" Glan - drums
- Fred Mandel - keyboards
Vance
spent quite a bit of time with Whitey on the
Alice dates.
In the early 1980s, Vance's wife (Bev) worked at
a club in Winnipeg called Broadways. By
then, Danny Weis (Burton's guitar player) and
Prakash John (Alice's bass player) were in a
group called The Lincolns, based out of
Toronto. Vance reconnected with both Danny
and Prakash when The Lincolns played Broadways
February 8-13, 1982.
The links under Memorabilia show some photos
Vance took with an SX70 along with the pocket
litter that hitched a ride home in Vance's
luggage and drum cases from different cities
on the tour ... key tags, reviews, ads, stage
passes, programs, etc. Even some fake
"money" from Alice Cooper's set.
DATE
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TOUR INFO
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MEMORABILIA
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July
22, 1977
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Edmonton, Alberta
Venue: Edmonton Coliseum
Accommodations: Edmonton Inn
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AIRLINE BOARDING PASSES,
STAGE PASS, & HOTEL
ITEMS
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July 28, 1977
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Madison, Wisconsin
Venue: Dane County Coliseum, 7:30 pm
Accommodations: Holiday Inn
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NEWSPAPER PROMO, STAGE
PASS, & DAILY SCHEDULE
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July 29, 1977
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Omaha, Nebraska
Venue: Civic Auditorium Arena, 8:00 pm
Accommodations:
Holiday Inn
CONCERT REVIEW (Omaha World
Herald, July 30, 1977)
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AIRLINE BOARDING PASS,
AIRLINE LIQUOR MENU, &
DAILY SCHEDULE
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July 30, 1977
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Kansas City, Missouri
Venue: Kemper Arena, 8:00 pm
Accommodations:
Holiday Inn |
HOTEL POSTCARD, STAGE
PASS & DAILY SCHEDULE
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July 31, 1977
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Wichita, Kansas
Venue: Henry Levitt Arena at Wichita
State University
Accommodations:
Holiday Inn |
DAILY SCHEDULE &
ALICE COOPER ENTOURAGE ROOM
NUMBERS
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August 2, 1977
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Rockville, Maryland
Accommodations:
Holiday Inn
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HOTEL SCHEDULE AUGUST 1
- 15, AIRLINE BOARDING PASS &
TRINKET
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August 4, 1977
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Scranton,
Pennsylvania
Accommodations:
Holiday Inn |
HOTEL KEY TAG &
"MONEY" FROM ALICE COOPER SHOW
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August 6, 1977
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New York, New York
Venue: Dr. Pepper Music Festival in
Central Park, 6:30 pm
Accommodations: St.
Moritz on the Park
OFFICIAL CONCERT PROGRAM PAGE |
STAGE PASS, HOTEL ROOM
ASSIGNMENT, & SOAP WRAPPER
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August 7, 1977
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Louisville, Kentucky
Venue: Freedom Hall
Accommodations:
Stouffers Louisville Inn
CONCERT REVIEW
(Courier Journal Louisville, August
8, 1977)
Side note: Ian got quite sick on
stage during this show.
Temperature was sitting just a bit over
90°F (32.7°C) with high humidity when
the show started. 14,000 in
attendance.
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AIRLINE BOARDING PASS,
AIRLINE SOAP WRAPPER, &
INVITATION TO THE TROUBADOUR
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August 8, 9, 10, 1977
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Detroit, Michigan
Venue: Cobo Arena
Accommodations: Michigan Inn
CONCERT REVIEW (The Michigan
Daily, August 12, 1977)
Live audio recording of this date set to
still photos can be heard at the bottom
of this page under MUSIC
LIBRARY.
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AIRLINE BOARDING PASS,
HOTEL KEY, & ALIVE ENTERPRISES
INVITATION
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August 13, 1977
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Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
Venue: Myriad Convention Centre
Accommodations: Hilton Inn
HILTON INN BAND ROOM NUMBERS
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AIRLINE TICKET &
BOARDING PASSES
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August 20, 1977
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Vancouver, British
Columbia
Venue: PNE at the Pacific Coliseum
Accommodations: Hyatt Regency Vancouver
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CONCERT TICKETS
(UNUSED), AIRLINE BOARDING PASSES,
& HOTEL KEY TAG
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August 25, 1977
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Venue: Milwaukee Arena, 7:30 pm
Accommodations: Holiday Inn
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DAILY SCHEDULE &
SHOW SCHEDULE
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August 26, 1977
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Terre Haute, Indiana
Venue: Hulman Center, Indiana State
University
Accommodations: Sheraton Inn
The flight from Milwaukee to Terre Haute
involved a stopover in Chicago to change
to a private
12-seater plane for the final leg.
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DAILY SCHEDULE, AIRLINE
BOARDING PASS, HOTEL ROOM
ASSIGNMENT, NEWSPAPER PROMO &
PHOTO OF 12-SEATER
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August 27, 1977
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Chicago, Illinois
Venue: International Amphitheater
Accommodations: Holiday Inn
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DAILY SCHEDULE &
PHOTO OF CHICAGO SKYLINE
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August 28, 1977
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Cedar Falls, Iowa
Venue: UNI-Dome, University of Northern
Iowa
Accommodations: Holiday Inn
This date was the last show with Alice
Cooper.
The roadies from Alice's band got Burton
alone backstage and doused him with 4
pails of water and a bucket of milk.
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DAILY SCHEDULE, AIRLINE
BOARDING PASS, NEWSPAPER PROMO,
BACKSTAGE PHOTO & CROWD PHOTO
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September 2, 1977
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Toronto, Ontario
Venue: CNE Grandstand 8:30 pm
Accommodations: Hyatt Regency
Burton opened this concert by leaping
onto the white
grand piano just as the lights came up
for the first time. Randy's appearance
was unscheduled and there was no
rehearsal for any of his material.
Two members from
Alice Cooper's band (Prakash John and
Whitey Glan) also took the stage to play
for the latter part of the show
CONCERT
REVIEW (The Globe and Mail, September 3, 1977)
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DAILY SCHEDULE, BOARDING
PASS, NEWSPAPER PROMO, STAGE PASS,
4 PHOTOS FROM OFFSTAGE LEFT &
RIGHT
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September 10, 1977
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
Venue: Concert Hall 8:30 pm
Hometown
PRE-CONCERT ARTICLE(The Winnipeg Tribune, September 9, 1977)
CONCERT REVIEW(The Winnipeg Tribune, September 12, 1977)
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PRE-CONCERT PROMO, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR VIEWS OF THE WINNIPEG CONCERT HALL
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Vance Masters & Michael Rheault
Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan
(Photo credit:
David M. Perich)
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Uchi Sugiyama
One of Alice Cooper's Dancers
Chicago, Illinois
(Photo credit: Vance Masters)
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Sheryl Goddard Cooper
Alice Cooper's wife, also a Cooper
dancer, warming up before the show.
Chicago, Illinois
(Photo credit:
Vance Masters)
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Alice Cooper
Chicago, Illinois
(Photo credit: Vance Masters)
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Alice Cooper & Steve Hunter
Terre Haute, Indiana
(Photo credit:
Vance Masters)
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Burton Cummings
CNE, Toronto, Ontario
(Photo credit:
Bev Masters)
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Vance Masters
(Photo credit:
David M. Perich)
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Burton Cummings
(Photo credit:
Unknown)
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Danny Weis
(Photo credit:
David M. Perich)
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BURTON CUMMINGS
