Bad Company and the Climax Blues Band was a real nice double bill.

The Climax Blues Band had a couple of radio hits that you knew which is always nice for an opening act.

The first Bad Co. album was still huge at the time and “Can’t Get Enough” was a big radio hit. Paul Rodgers is still a great vocalist and just recently played Town Hall supporting The Royal Sessions album.

The lasting memory from this particular Madison Square Garden concert however was not the actual musical performances but what was observed in the rafters during the show.

We were sitting opposite the stage about midway up during Bad Company’s set and up toward the left of us you could see that a fire had been started by some fans. The fire quickly grew to the point that at least one seat was fully engulfed in flames inside the Garden arena. Somehow no one seemed particularly fazed by this and the band played on.

The sky
Is burning

Rock On

GQ