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Bryon Tosoff
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4/14/2026 10:48:45 AM
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What is the largest crowd / venue you performed at
I was in a competition in the 70s i think 1976 where I won first place for my original song and a cash prize, there was around 3000 people in Penticton BC, lots of angst after the show which I heard about afterwards and bitter people in the competition and family and friends complained that I was too professional! wow human nature is nasty
Other performances was a duo I was in with a guitarist we performed a number of songs in the 90s My buddy programmed the Yamaha RX 7 and we did a bunch of rock tunes for an afternoon fun day in Victoria BC at a convention. maybe 500 souls there in the old Victoria Memorial arena which was demolished in 2003 (maybe our sound contributed to its demise) lol
Lots of solo performances of my own music and church type special music that ranged in size from a few hundred to a couple thousand people
Other events I did in bands over the years were nominal size maybe a 100 to a few hundred
Most of the other places were weddings, political celebrations, restaurants even played at celebration of life events where I provided background music with maybe 50-10- 200 people
some here I a sure have played in front of larger crowds, I always reveled in the spotlight to show off my chops, youth ,being young, enjoying the moment ,even as I matured and got into my 40s and 60s it was enjoyable to provide music for others entertainment, the piano though was always my best friend ,
I rather like the real acoustic sound over the digital or electric or other keyboards, the acoustic piano has a magical essence to it
now we have 1000s who can listen to our recordings without our being anywhere!!
okay
storytime bring it on folks
bryon
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Social Spit
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4/14/2026 9:08:48 PM
Palisades Roller Rink, they turned it into a huge concert venue in the 80's, few thousand kids, jumpin off the Stage...
Think I posted this awready...
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Bryon Tosoff
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4/14/2026 11:29:22 PM
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Kicking Azz , killer works!! Solid tripping vibe!!
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Seismo Electrifried
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4/21/2026 12:26:08 PM
Flora-Bama Lounge on the Beach, Orange Beach, AL/Perdido Key, FL....split right down the middle by the State Line of the 2....I've played several openings for National Acts with other Local Musicians.
If you get down or over this way, it is a MUST SEE-VISIT-DRINK/SMOKE-CHASE WOMEN OR WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE Experience on Weekends between May and September. Come On and Party....NO Politics allowed, just good Fun and Fellowship!! You WILL have Fond Memories!!
FLORABAMA
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Chris Hance
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4/26/2026 9:20:06 AM
In the 80's I played with a band "HotLips", we played a free festival on May the 1st and the "hippy convoy", and the "satans slaves" biker gang showed up as well as all the music fans,
We all took acid and space fudge about an hour before going on stage, it was wild.
Some of the guys said there was around 2000 punters there, but in reality it was more like 600.
Great times, :)
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Gregg-Sterling30
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4/27/2026 8:01:01 AM
I recall being backstage at a Black Sabbath concert back in the day. Let's see now, Ozzy was singing about 20 feet from me and I joined in with some significant hand clapping in front of 12,000 cheering fans at Cobo Hall,,
Does that count?
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Bryon Tosoff
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4/27/2026 8:59:12 AM
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Of course , clap on clap off
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Duane Flock
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4/27/2026 10:03:21 AM
I went with some friends to a concert in the Angeles Forest mountains with about 500 people. The bands bass player was late, and my buddy knew the band, and he asked if I could fill in. After about 5 songs, the bassist showed up and I asked if I could play guitar for a few tunes. The band agreed, and me and the Lead player had a "shoot-out" on a blues tune that rocked the venue. A year later I saw the lead singer at a party, and she ran up and hugged me.
I worked at Dow Chemical and every year around the 4th of July we did a benefit gig to raise money for our deployed troops overseas. Our facility had 9 plants and employed 3k-4k that came out at lunch.
Others include United Way 2k-3k
Lyons Club Crab Feed @1k
A few local city festivals ..........
D.
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Bryon Tosoff
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4/27/2026 10:53:42 AM
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Cool fun Time Duane, sounds like you rocked it out, your chops are always killer
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