Twin Cities Music Highlights

Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders

November 17, 1970

November 17-18, 1970
Opened by Suite Charity

Wayne Cochran, about to throw a bottle. Photo courtesy Sharron Grohoski. From First Avenue: Minnesota’s Mainroom by Chris Riemenschneider, MNHS Press, 2017

According to a couple of reviews in the December 3, 1970, issue of Hundred Flowers, Cochran’s schtick was to be as racist, sexist, and generally insulting as possible to our fair city. And the audience ate it up. (Sharron Fingerhut didn’t remember it that way at all and had the best time!) Cochran came with a 21 piece band and three backup singers.

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