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Senior Year 1968, I know, old as ****. The Who played a concert in our high school gym. They were killing time before playing the Grande Ballroom. Tickets were a few bucks. Got the whole show including the destruction during My Generation!!! Debra and Joan went on to become the band's groupies and the un-named male is still a roadie for the group!! arniez

I thought it was lucky they were willing to play😀 arniez

Your high school let The Who play a show? Lucky you. My junior high let The Harmonica Rascals do a show in the gym in the mid/late 70's.

I would have killed to see them in that period. I saw them twice, but it was the '80's after Moon died, so it almost doesn't count.

Sunn Amps!

At this rate it should only be a year or two.

KEEEEEP GOING!!!

I was in Southfield MI at the time. I was also .at the Grande show as well. Saw them 2 other times at the Grande, IIR correctly Joe Cocker opened the other shows but 68 Arnie

Where were you living Arnie? I was at the Grande show in Detroit in '68. Was completely blown away. It was such a dive but everybody who was anybody played the ballroom.

That is supercool!! I don't recall The Who touring the midwest, while I saw Rush front bands in the midwest for years till they finally made it. You had an awesome high school!!!

Shooting Star fans should check out The Beckies:

Luca Benedetti Trio Hooker and Booker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iznz7yb2BFA

In the early days I was using north American 9-ply Birch plywood which wasn't too heavy and had a decent stiffness to it. The second version of my cabinets I went with 13-ply 18mm (around 3/4") Baltic Birch B/B faced on 5 sides and 36mm (around 1-1/2") on the baffle. Baltic birch is ultra stiff but very heavy. The advantage was that no sound output was used to vibrate the walls of the cabinet and no bracing is required on a 1-1.5 cubic ft. 1x12" cabinet. Baltic birch won't add coloration to the sound if well damped on 5 walls. 3M makes a very densely compressed 3/4" fiberglass sheet that is designed specifically for acoustic treatment, and is way more effective that R19 fiberglass. The advantages of Pine are extreme light weight, easy to cut and shape, and less expensive, but, you loose a lot of sound output to cabinet vibration if it isn't well braced. And it probably adds some color to the sound....in a good way.