Concert Photography from 1976 - 1986     

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1994 - October 31, 1978, Longbranch Saloon, OK
AC/DC - 1982, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK
Accept  - April 1985, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
Aerosmith - October 11, 1978, Myriad, OK and backstage Aerosmith Party photos
Moses Allison - February 19, 1978, Blue Onion, Norman, OK
Ambrosia - November 3, 1978, Myriad, OK (Backstage groups shots also)
America - February 27, 1977, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Angel - May 13, 1977, Civic Center, OK (Color shots also)
April Wine - November 30, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
Asleep At The Wheel - October 19, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Axe - Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
B-52's - September 29, 1979; Agora Theatre, Dallas, TX
The Babys, April 8, 1980, The Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK; backstage photo with Cheap Trick at the Myriad, April 8, 1980
Bad Company - May 18, 1977, Lloyd Noble, OK, May 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK and September 14, 1979, Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK
Bangles - October 1984, OK
Barooga - October 21, 1980 and 1983, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (color photos also and group shots backstage)
Beach Boys - September 29,1979; Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK; April 18, 1977; July 23, 1976, Color Shots taken at Arrowhead Stadium
J.T. Bear - January 1979, Boomer Music Hall, Norman, OK
The Beat - March 20, 1980, Boomer Music Hall, Norman, OK
Jeff Beck - July 23, 1976, Arrowhead Stadium, MO
Bee Gees - August 4, 1979; Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK
Pat Benatar - December 15, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Elvin Bishop - January 1979, Boomer Music Hall, Norman, OK (backstage photos also)
Black Sabbath - November 18, 1978,  Myriad, OK (Color shots)
Bon Jovi - May 1985, Oklahoma City, OK
Karla Bonoff - January 23, 1980; Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK (Color photos also), January 19, 1978, L loyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
Boomtown Rats - April 1979, Cains Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
Boston - February 14, 1979, Myriad, OK
David Bowie - April 10, 1978, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX
Jackson Browne - January 19, 1978, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Bill Bruford - July 13, 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Billy Burnette - 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK (Backstage photos)
John Cale - March 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK (Backstage photos)
Joe King Carassco - September 12, 1982, Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City, OK
Cars - August 8, 1979, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK; 1980 - Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK
Cheap Trick - Texxas Jam III photos, June 1980, Dallas, TX; group shot of Cheap Trick and The Babys backstage at the Myriad, April 8, 1980, Oklahoma City, OK
Cheap Trick - July 4, 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK ; Texxas Jam III, 1980, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Color shots also)
Eric Clapton - April 30, 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (Color shots also)
Stanley Clarke - September 1979, Old Lady of Brady, Tulsa, OK
Code Blue, 1980 - Dallas, TX (Backstage photos)
Commodores - October 22, 1978, Lloyd Noble, Norman, Ok (photos on OU campus and Color shots also)
John Cougar - 1980, Myriad, OK
Cramps - August 2, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK; backstage group shots
Crosby Stills Nash - November 25, 1977, Myriad, OK
Christopher Cross - March 1980, OK
Tim Curry - August 14, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Charlie Daniels - September 8, 1979 Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK and Fiddle Contest at Sound Warehouse September 8, 1979
Devo - August 7, 1980, Agora Theatre, Dallas, TX
Doobie Brothers - July 23, 1976, Arrowhead Stadium, MO
Ronnie James Dio - December 1985 and Texxas Jam XIX, July 19, 1986
Eagles - February 14, 1980, Myriad, OK; July 6, 1977, Myriad, OK; November 8, 1976, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK; backstage photo of Cheap Trick with Joe Walsh, Dallas, Texxas Jam III
ELO - February 6, 1977, Myriad, OK (Color shots also)
Exile - October 11, 1978, Myriad, OK
Fabulous Poodles - February 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (Color shots also); January 1980
Fabulous Thunderbirds - 1979-1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Firefall - November 16, 1978, Civic Center, OK and July 23, 1976, Arrowhead Stadium, MO
Fleetwood Mac - May 17, 1977, Fairgrounds Arena, OK; July 23, 1978, Cotton Bowl JAM II, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Color shots also); Group shot at Fairmont Hotel in Boulder,
Flock of Seagulls - October 2, 1982, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Dan Fogelberg - August 9, 1977, Gammage Auditorium, Phoeniz, AZ (Color shots also)
Foghat - 1979, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Steve Forbet - February 9, 1979, Boomer Music Hall, Norman, OK
Foreigner - September 9, 1979, Tulsa, OK  and (Foreigner party with Bryan Adams around Birthday Cake, Norman, OK)  and Texxas JAM III, June 7, 1980
Arlyn Gayle - December 1, 1978
Peter Frampton - July 30, 1977, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK, color shots also
Genesis - February 4, 1977, Tulsa Municipal Theatre, Tulsa, OK, 1982, Myriad, OK
Gentle Giant - June 6, 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
George Thorogood and The Destroyers - March 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Robert Gordon - April 15, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Grim Reaper - August 1985, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Texxas JAM VIII)
Guess Who - April 20, 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Gulliver - May 1979, Boomer Theatre, OK
Sammy Hagar - November 11, 1979, Lloyd Noble; February 14, 1979, Myriad; 1980, Roklahoma; June 1980, Texxas Jam III, Dallas, TX; February 22, 1979, Tulsa Municipal Center, Tulsa, OK; July 19, 1986 (Color photos also available)
Randy Hansen - June 14, 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
John Hartford - 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Head East - February 1980, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK; July 1, 1978 at Texxas Jam I, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX; April 20, 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Heart - April 1, 1980; Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK; June 18, 1978, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Hounds - November 14, 1979, Boomer Theatre, OK
Ian Hunter - July 19, 1979, Dallas Palladium, Dallas, TX
Iggy Pop - March 28, 1980, Boomer Theater, Norman, OK
Iron Maiden - March 1985, Myriad, OK
Jefferson Starship - March 17, 1980, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Jethro Tull - April, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (Color shots also)
Billy Joel - March 20, 1979, Myriad, OK (Color shots also)
Elton John - October 9, 1980, Myriad, OK
Tom Johnston - November 16, 1978, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Journey - Backstage group shots, July 22, 1979 at the Myriad, OK
Bon Jovi - July 24, 1984, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Kansas - July 22, 1979, Myriad, OK
Kenny and the Kasuals - March 28, 1980; Boomer Theater, Norman, OK
Chaka Khan - March 19, 1978, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Kinks - September 9, 1979, Old Lady of Brady, Tulsa, OK
The Knack - November 1979, McFarland Auditorium, Dallas, TX (Color photos also)
Krokus - Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (Color shots)
Robin Lane and The Chartbusters - July 17, 1980, Zoo Amphitheatre, Ok
Ronnie Laws - 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Little Feat, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
Little River Band - Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl JAM ?)
Keel - July 19, 1986, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (TEXXAS JAM XIX)
Kenny Loggins - November 16, 1978,  Civic Center, OK
Loudness - September 6, 1985, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Loverboy - April 5, 1981, Civic Center, OK; backstage group shot also
Nick Lowe - August 8, 1979, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Chuck Mangione - January 20, 1980
John Mayall - January 1979, Boomer Theater, Norman, OK
Delbert McClinton - October 14, 1978, Blue Onion, Norman, OK
Michael Stanley Band - October 12, 1979, Blue Onion, Norman, OK
Midnight Flyer - November 1981
Joni Mitchell - August 3, 1979, Zoo Amphitheatre, OK
Molly Hatchet - March 1980, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK; Publicity photos at Peaches Music Store (group shots)
Eddie Money - July 1, 1978, Texxas Jam I, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Backstage photos)
Moody Blues - December 5, 1978, Myriad, OK (Backstage photos of keyboard player Patrick Moraz)
Motley Crue - September 6, 1985, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Michael Murphy - Blue Onion, Norman, OK
Willie Nelson - January 13, 1978, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK, February 22, 1979, LLoyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
New Barbarians - May 13, 1979, Ft. Worth, TX (Tarrant County Convention Center) Color photos also
Willie Nile - July 2, 1980, Dallas Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
Night Ranger - November 1985
Ted Nugent - January 26, 1979, Fairgrounds Arena, OK; January 14, 1977, Fairgrounds Arena (Color photos also)
Oklahoma - August 20, 1977, Boomer Music Hall, Norman, OK
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - October 6, 1979, Lloyd Noble Center; July 23, 1976, Arrowhead Stadium, MO
Ozzy Osbourne - July 19, 1986, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, (TEXXAS JAM XIX)
Outlaws - March 19, 1980, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Pearl Harbor and The Explosions - February 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - August 1, 1978, Civic Center, OK; January 9, 1980, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK (Color shots also)
Point Blank - November 30, 1979, Lloyd Noble,  Norman, OK; July 17, 1980, Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City, OK
The Police - November 12, 1980, McFarland Auditorium, Dallas, TX (These shots are no longer available)
Pousette Dart Band - Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
The Pretenders - September 13, 1981, Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK
John Prine - June 1, 1978; March 31, 1978
Queen - February 25, 1977, Moody Coliseum, Dallas, TX and August 8, 1980, Myriad, OK
Ramones - 1979, Wintergarden, Dallas, TX; February 12, 1978, Cain's Ballroom (Color shots also)
Willis Allen Ramsey - 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
REO Speedwagon - January 1980, Myriad (group shots backstage also); June 28, 1977, Civic Center, OK
Rockets - 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Roklahoma - September 6, 1980, Stage shots of crowd and Banner from Press Box, (photos of Pat Benatar, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar)
Romantics - April 13, 1980, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
The Romeos - November 10, 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK; backstage group shot also
Linda Ronstadt - April 26,  1980, November 15, 1977, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (Color photos also)
Diana Ross - 1979, Myriad, OK
Todd Rundgren (Utopia) - March 15, 1977, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Rush - February 1, 1980, April 25, 1981 and May 1983, Myriad, OK; January 14, 1976, Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK
Johnny Rush - April 30, 1978, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Sad Cafe - February 15, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Boz Scaggs - November 29, 1977, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Scorpions - August 24, 1985, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (TEXXAS JAM VIII)
Bob Seger - October 15, 1978, Myriad, OK (Color shots also) and October 21, 1980, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK
Patti Smith - June 20, 1978, Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
Specials - 1980, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK; backstage group shot also
Jimmie Spheeris - November 8, 1980, Boomer Theatre, OK
Rick Springfield - September 1981
Bruce Springsteen - December 1, 1978, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Spyrogyra - April 27, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK (group shots backstage also)
Squeeze - 1980, Cains, Tulsa, OK
Billy Squier - August 8, 1980, Myriad, OK
Starcastle - April 28, 1977, Civic Center, OK
Jefferson Starship - March 17, 1980, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
Rod Stewart - November 30, 1977 Myriad, OK (Color photos also) and October 1984, Myriad, OK (color photos also)
Stillwater - April 7, 1979, Civic Center, OK
Rolling Stones - July 13, 1978, Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Styx - November 30, 1979, Lloyd Noble (color photos also); November 3, 1978, Myriad, OK; May 13, 1977, Civic Center, OK (Color shots also)
Sue Saad and the Next - Boomer Theatre, OK
Supertramp - June 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK
Talking Heads - October 14, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Tantrum - April 7, 1980, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (Group shots also with Savoy Brown) and Ponca City, OK,  April 6, 1979 or 1980
Bram Tchaikovsky - September 9, 1979, Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK
Texxas Jam I - July 1,1978 (Includes Head East, Cheech and Chong, Journey, Eddie Money, Van Halen, Aerosmith) and crowd shot from press box
Texxas Jam II - June 9, 1979 (Includes Sammy Hagar, crowd shots, Boston, Van Halen)
Texxas Jam III - June 21, 1980 (Includes Eagles, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar)
Texxas Jam VIII - August 21, 1985 (Includes Scorpions, Victory, Grim Reaper, Ted Nugent, Bon Jovi, Deep Purple)

Texxas Jam XIX - July 19, 1986 - Keel, BTO, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Krokus, Ronnie James Dio, WASP)
Thin Lizzy - April 1980, Myriad, OK; February 25, 1977, Moody Coliseum, Dallas, TX
Billy Thorpe - 1979, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Toto - March 28, 1979, Civic Center, OK
Tourists - 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK (Annie Lennox of Erythrimics)
Pat Travers - November 11, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK; January 3, 1979, Civic Center, OK (Color shots also) and 1979, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX; Nov. 11 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK
Trillion - March 28, 1979, Civic Center, OK and Sound Warehouse promo photos
Tanya Tucker - February 22, 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (backstage photos)
Jethro Tull - April 25, 1979, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK; and Sound Warehouse promotion
Van Halen - July 1, 1979, Civic Center, OK; Roklahoma, Owens Field, September 6, 1980, November 18, 1978, Myriad, OK; July 1, 1978, Texxas Jam I, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX), and July 19, 1986, Cotton Bowl, TX (Texxas JAM XIX) - color photos also
Van Wilks - April 1,1979, Myriad, Oklahoma, OK
Gino Vannelli - April 5, 1979, Lloyd Noble, OK
Victory - August 24, 1985, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (Texxas JAM VIII)
Jerry Jeff Walker - January 13, 1978, Lloyd Noble, OK
Muddy Waters - April 30, 1979, Lloyd Noble,  Norman, OK
Bob Welch - June 18, 1978; March 31, 1978
Werewolves - 1978, Boomer Music Hall, Norman, OK
Whitesnake - 1979 or 1980 a couple of shots and of Jon Lord as Keyboardist
Lenny Williams - February 9, 1979, Lloyd Noble, OK
The Who - July 2, 1980, Dallas Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
Johnny Winters - 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Gary Wright - November 28, 1977, Civic Center, OK; July 1976, Tulsa Municipal Center, Tulsa, Ok (Color shots also)
Yes - 1980, Tulsa, OK; October 1978, Tulsa Municipal Center, Tulsa, OK (Color shots also); September 26, 1980, Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK
Henny Youngman - November 9, 1979, Boomer Theatre, Norman, OK
Frank Zappa - Zoo Amphitheatre, OK
ZZ Top - December 29, 1979, Fairgrounds, OK

 
COLOR SLIDES OF CONCERTS
Accept – April 1985, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (5 slides)
Black Sabbath – Nov 18, 1978, at the Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (11 slides)
Boston - February 14, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (11 slides)
Karla Bonoff – 1/23/80, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK (4 slides)
Boston – February 14, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (11 slides)
Cheap Trick, July 4, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (17 slides)
Commodores – October 1978, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (11 slides)
Fleetwood Mac - November 1979, Kansas City, KS (24 slides)
Dan Fogelberg - 8/9/1977, Gammage Auditorium, Phoeniz, AZ (4 slides)
Sammy Hagar – Texxas JAM III, 1979, and Tulsa, OK (54 slides)
Iron Maiden – March 1985, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (24 slides)
Jethro Tull, at Sound Warehouse, April 1979 (11 slides)
Billy Joel – March 20,1979, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (9 slides)
The Knack - November 1979, Moody Coliseum, Dallas, TX (10 slides)
Krokus – April 1985, Lloyd Noble, Norman, OK (22 slides) & 1986, Texxas JAM IX, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (40 slides)
Kenny Loggins – November 17, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (9 slides)
Ted Nugent – 1/14/1977, Fairgrounds Arena and 1978 (14 slides)
New Barbarians – Keith Richards, Stanley Clarke, Ron Wood, June 1979 (26 slides)
Tom Petty, August 1978, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK backstage (5 slides) 1979 & 1980 at Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (16 slides, a couple are 1978 at Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK)
Ronnie James Dio – 1986, Texxas JAM IX, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (11 slides)
Bob Seger – October 15, 1980, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (10 slides)
Styx – November 30, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (31 slides)
Rod Stewart – November 30, 1977, Myriad, OK (13 slides)

Billy Thorpe – September 1979, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (7 slides)
Pat Travers – 1978, January 3, 1979, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (5 slides)
Van Halen –1986, Texxas JAM IX, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (25 slides)
Yes - 1978, Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK (12 slides)

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COLOR NEGATIVES
Angel – 5/13/1977, Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK (1 roll)
Bad Company – 5/18/1977, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (2 rolls)
Beach Boys – 7/23/1976, Kansas Coliseum, KS (1 roll)
ELO – 2/6/1977, Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK (1 roll)
Fleetwood Mac – 5/17/1977, Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (2 rolls)
Dan Fogleberg – 8/9/1977, Gammage Auditorium, Tempe, AZ (2 rolls)
Foreigner – 6/28/1977, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK (1 roll)
Peter Frampton – 7/30/1977, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK (2 rolls)
Genesis – 2/4/1977, Tulsa Municipal Center, Tulsa, OK (1 roll)
Keel - 7/19/1986, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX (1 roll)
Ted Nugent – 1/14/1977, Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (1 roll)
Ramones – 2/12/1978, Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, OK ( 2 rolls)
Linda Ronstadt – 11/15/1977, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, OK ( 2 rolls)
Gary Wright – 4/28/1977, Civic Center, Oklahoma City, OK (1 roll)