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Fact #169096

When:

29071968

Short story:

The Bob Seger System, The Amboy Dukes (including Ted Nugent), The Rationals, Savage Grace and Third Power play in an outdoor concert for 20,000 fans at Oakland Mall, Troy, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The event will come to be considered a turning point in the evolution of the Detroit rock scene.

Full article:

Jim Tarsal (bassist, Third Power) : Nobody expected that kind of a crowd. It might have been one of the things that started kicking' off those kinds of outdoor concerts. Everybody enjoyed being together and seeing so many bands at one time.
(Source : Grit, Noise And Revolution: The Birth Of Detroit Rock by David Carson)