Mississippi River Festival

REO Speedwagon flew in to Bethalto and drove over to have a backstage party with the Eagles in the mid ’70s. Jackson Browne recorded a song for his Running on Empty record in a room at the Edwardsville Holiday Inn, appropriately titled “Edwardsville Room 124.”

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The last show under university management was The Captain and Tennille in 1977, a far cry from the day The Who stepped on stage.

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