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Summer 1997 photo showing Patrick Carney, Gabe Schray, Steve Caynon, and Jermaine Blair performing at Kent's Europe Gyro. Michael Carney shown at lower right.

Music

Black Keys Member Patrick Carney and His Early Days in Kent's Music Scene

Jason Prufer
Mar 5, 2013

Photos of Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney performing at Europe Gyro in 1997 reveal a window into Kent's late 1990s underground music scene.

Photo of Paul Simon performing in the Memorial Gym (now the MAC Center) at Kent State University on Saturday, October 20, 1973. Image courtesy of The Burr, Kent State Student Media and Kent State University Libraries. Reprinted with permission.

Arts & Entertainment

Paul Simon's Jam Packed 1973 Homecoming in Kent State's Memorial Gym

Jason Prufer
Sep 20, 2012

Paul Simon came to Kent State in October of 1973 to headline a glorious Homecoming weekend in the Memorial Gym.

Circa late 50s early 60s photo showing the boarded up Opera House in Kent at the corner of Columbus and North Water Street where W.C. Fields and his vaudeville troupe "The Monte Carlo Girls" performed on December 16 and 17, 1898. Credit: Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Arthur J. Trory photograph collection.

Arts & Entertainment

W.C. Fields and his December 1898 Debacle in Kent, Ohio

Jason Prufer
Jun 21, 2012

In December of 1898 a young W.C. Fields came to Kent to perform with his Vaudeville troupe and barely made it out of here.

Bo Diddley with Numbers Band guitarist Michael Stacey performing live at JB's on Friday, September 12, 1980. Image courtesy of The Burr, Kent State Student Media. Reprinted with permission and Kent State University Libraries

Arts & Entertainment

Bo Diddley's $2,000 Barn Burner with The Numbers Band at JB's back in 1980

Jason Prufer
Nov 21, 2011

One night back in 1980 Bo Diddley came to Kent and blew the roof off of JB's

George Carlin with his wife, daughter (left) and members of Kent State's All Campus Programming Board walking through one of the plazas of the Small Group Dormitory at Kent State University on Monday, April 17, 1972. Michael Solomon half pictured on the way right. Image courtesy of The Daily Kent Stater and Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries

Arts & Entertainment

George Carlin's 1972 Nickel Tour of Kent State

Jason Prufer
Oct 26, 2011

In 1972 George Carlin spent an entire day and more touring the Kent State campus and getting into some other things before headlining a sold out show in what is now Cartwright Hall

Circa 1981 photo of JB's shows a sliver of what that strip looked like circa the time of the Red Hot Chili Peppers show. Shown in the photo are Bob Scully aka "Downtown Bob" (in between the J and B) and F Models member Bill Ferrell.

Arts & Entertainment

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1984 Punk Funk Explosion at JB's Down in Kent

Jason Prufer
Aug 14, 2012

In November of 1984 The Red Hot Chili played one the earliest shows of their career at JB's Down on North Water Street here in Kent. From all accounts it was a wild affair.