Lynyrd Skynrd Contract and Rider February 1975
by RandytheRude
Lynyrd Skynrd Contract and Rider February 1975
by RandytheRude
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Love seeing actual details from those old shows
An extremely reasonable rider request. Date says 1975 so they were already huge then. Only surprise is they only requested one case of beer per show. The riders for artists now are insane.
this is a cool slice of history right there
love stumbling across these old band contracts
lol the beer rider was doing the heavy lifting there
love how they listed the beer like it was serious business
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I love how it’s Section 9 (IX) on page 15.
That’s one giant rider.
Pretty nice of them to insist the support act also got a dressing room.
I’d love to have that framed and hanging on my collectible wall
Cakes for the crew!
Surprisingly restrained…
towels, clean and dry, fourteen (14) in number
The one for “The Pink Floyd” is very similar but also mentions linen tablecloths and silverware. But it’s written in the king’s English so it sounds extra pompous.
Sick piece to have.
This is remarkably unremarkable, if not for 2 cases of Coca Cola seeming like a lot of coke just for the band.
This is an extremely reasonable and moderate Ryder.
So the hate for the deli tray stands the test of time
Reminder that most of the stuff in there (like “_clean_ lavatories” with towels and soap…) were things that, originally, the tour manager figured didn’t need to be itemized on a rider until some stop on some tour taught them that it needs to be put in writing.
So if they fill the venue they get 50k? Is that what that means? $50,000 in 1975 is over $300,000 today.
If written today, it would include a clause that says “And no Dasani!!”
I like the fact that they want 2 trash cans and a broom… a clean stage is a happy stage and need a place to throw those beer cans, but it seems they could have had the same hot food for the crew, unless a full roadie is a sleepy roadie.
An old rock band played our county fair 20 years after there last hit. They requested multiple cases of whiskey, cartons of cigarettes and an “On site throat specialist.” We listed the local veterinarian as our specialist.
Pretty reasonable and it’s obvious that most of these items stem directly from poor experiences they’ve had on previous gigs. I imagine the next revision specifies “limo must be powered by a standard gas engine; limo may not be powered by guinea pigs, chinchillas, or any other type of small rodent”
They totally missed an opportunity to ask for three steps toward the door.
I can’t believe there were no requests for bottles of Jack Daniel’s 🤣
The most mind blowing fact of this whole thing is $5 for advance tickets and $6 for door tickets…..thats wild. You cant even find concert tickets for probably under $250 before all the wild fees today for any top tier performance.
Accoutrements, my fuck that’s fancy
“One case of coors”
My fuck that’s fancy
Not too crazy
We saw them on this tour with MTB. Ronnie fell off the stage a few song in and was taken to the hospital. The crowd had no clue until MTB came out to finish the set. This was one of the few shows from that era I can(somewhat) remember.
Requesting rooms to be cleaned. They don’t want to have That Smell lingering
Two Bottles of Mateus!
no deli tray please!
Where was this signed? In sweet home Alabama?
Love that they liked Chivas Regal.