Word: teas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Boston Tea Party...
...Angeles) and it is clear in retrospect that the notorious apathy and lack of interest displayed by Boston crowds in earlier years was merely a function of the fact that three were just no congenial rock dance-halls around. Which is another way of saying that the Boston Tea Party is doing for Boston what the Fillmore Ballroom did for San Francisco...
Considering the area's huge college population there was obviously no inherent reason for Boston's rock drought and the organizers of the Tea Party had the foresight to realize that a well-run, inexpensive, and attractive rock establishment would, in all probability, draw large and enthusiastic crowds. And so it proved. The Tea Party has had some down periods (notably early this summer before the left Beck Group then on its first triumphant tour of the U.S. brought the doldrums to an abrupt end) but the major part of the story is one of continued and extravagant success...
...SUCCESS was not unearned. The Tea Party is a large square hall with a low stage. When it is full of people, as it often is, the performers seem very close to the crowd, nearly submerged BY it--which makes it all very warm and intimate--not intimidating as is the case in some circus-like arenas. The simplicity of the setup does mean that acoustics are virtually non-existent but this is made up for by the immediacy and directness of the sound, which comes out quite powerfully amplified over the speaker system...
...addition the Tea Party boasts a lively, competent organization. The friendly and hip young managers are widely respected throughout the rock industry, and especially so by rock musicians. Most of the groups who appear here seem genuinely pleased with the hassle-free treatment they receive from their handlers at the Tea Party. The importance for rock groups of sympathetic contact with the managements of the clubs they stop at on tour should not be underestimated. Eric Clapton explains the Cream's notorious record of poor live performances by saying that the groups was often harried by insensitive officials...