SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM
ROCK CONCERT POSTERS

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THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM WAS BUILT IN 1928 AND SURVIVED UNTIL IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1998.  SOME OF THE BIGGEST ACTS IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PERFORMED IN THE COLISEUM.  THESE INCLUDED THE BEATLES AND JIMI HENDRIX AMONG OTHERS.  OTHER MAJOR ACTS PERFORMED AT THE ADJOINING MUSIC HALL (A SMALLER VENUE). PLEASE SEE AN IMAGE OF THE COLISEUM BELOW.  AS I RECALL, WE ENTERED A SIDE DOOR (ON YOUR LEFT AS YOU VIEW THE SCREEN) TO ENTER THE COLISEUM.  RIVALS TO THE COLISEUM CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF THE OTHER HUGE VENUES IN HOUSTON SUCH AS THE HOFHEINZ PAVILLION OR HOUSTON MUSIC HALL.

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 CREAM PERFORMED IN THE HOUSTON COLISEUM
ON THEIR FAREWELL TOUR IN 1968


ANOTHER SUPERSTAR PERFORMED IN THE HOUSTON COLISEUM!


THE BEATLES PERFORMED IN THE HOUSTON COLISEUM
IN AUGUST 1965.  THE OWNER OF THIS TICKET WROTE ON
IT "THE DAY I TOUCHED JOHN LENNON!"


 LOOK AT THE LINE-UP FOR THIS SHOW AT THE HOUSTON COLISEUM!
THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, GRATEFUL DEAD, BYRDS AND POCO
ALL ON THE SAME BILL FOR THE "ROCK JUBILEE"


I WENT TO THIS TRAFFIC CONCERT AT THE HOUSTON COLISEUM!
TRAFFIC WAS GREAT, BUT FAIRPORT CONVENTION WAS
REALLY BORING.


THIS IS A COOL POSTER PROMOTING A CONCERT WITH
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE, ZZ TOP AND
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS


I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST REAL ROCK CONCERT THAT I EVER
ATTENDED AT THE  SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM.  IT PROMOTES
A PERFORMANCE BY ERIC BURDEN & WAR, BUDDY MILES AND THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS. THE HANDBILL IS AUTOGRAPHED BY BUDDY MILES AND OTHER
STARS WHO PERFORMED AT THE 1970 SHOW.


THE  SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM HOSTED A NUMBER OF INCREDIBLE SHOWS.
THIS CONCERT INCLUDED QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, JOHN MAYALL AND ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.


THE COLISEUM HOSTED THIS SPECIAL APPRECIATION NIGHT FOR LOCAL
RADIO DJ STEVE LUNDY--A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN ROCK AND ROLL
RADIO WHO SOON LEFT HOUSTON'S KILT RADIO STATION FOR LOS ANGELES.
  THIS BOXING STYLE POSTER PROMOTES SHOWS BY ERIC BURDEN AND THE ANIMALS AND A
VARIETY OF LOCAL TEXAS BANDS INCLUDING THE MOVING SIDEWALKS
AND THE CHESSMEN (OF DALLAS).


IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE THE TICKET FOR THE SHOW. THIS OVERSIZED
TICKET FOR THE COLISEUM'S STEVE LUNDY APPRECIATION
 CONCERT IS INCREDIBLE!!!



STEPPENWOLF ALSO PERFORMED AT THE SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM


1940s Era Postcard of Sam Houston Coliseum

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