Northwest Dance Halls
Garden Auditorium
Corner of Hastings and Renfrew
Vancouver, British Columbia
Some of the bands that rocked this place during the early years of NW music were:
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The Centaurs Chicago Transit Authority Chuck Berry Janice Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company Black Snake Bobby "Blue" Bland James Brown Chilliwack The Collectors Devo Django Bill Dogget Fats Domino Jason Hoover & The Epics Fleetwood Mac Gene Vincent Greadful Dead Don & The Goodtimes The Imperials James Cotton Blues Band Jeff Beck Group w/Rod Stewart John Little John BB King The Orbits Joy of Cooking Long John Baldry |
Motherhood
Ricky Nelson Northwest Company Paul Revere & The Raiders Pink Floyd Poppy Family Quicksilver Messenger Service The Rascals Ray Charles Little Richard Walter Rossi Max Webster and Rush Savoy Brown Seeds of Time Del Shannon Sly and the Family Stone Spring Streetheart The Sonics Taj Mahal Conway Twitty United Empire Loyalists Vancouver Playboys Vancouver Shades Vanilla Fudge |
Others ?
One of the best shows at the Gardens was Vanilla Fudge with Pink Floyd as an opening act. Later, Floyd came back as a headliners and brought one of the first surround sound systems. They closed with " Set The Controls" and the gong behind the band rose up and exploded. The lights came up and a guy in the section to us was wearing a gorilla suit.Brian Shields, May 2007
When I saw Streatheart at The Gardens, they were backing up RUSH.
Gary Johnson, March 2008
Last
Update: 21 March 2008
Credits:
Chris Wolfe, Terry Coan, Steve Jensen,
Jim Wilson, Greg Windwick, Rick Hill, John
Gedak, Dale Gerrard-Peck, Dennis MacFadden, Gary Johnson, Gregory
Melle, Brian Shields, Roger
Stomperud