Grande Days - Rob Tyner

The Grande Ballroom is a historic live music venue located at 8952 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The building was designed by Detroit engineer and architect Charles N. Agree in 1928 and originally served as a multi-purpose building, hosting retail business on the first floor and a large dance hall upstairs. During this period the Grande was renowned for its outstanding hardwood dance floor which took up most of the second floor.

In 1966 the Grande was acquired by Dearborn, Michigan, high school teacher and local radio DJ Russ Gibb. Gibb was inspired by visiting San Francisco's Fillmore Theater, and envisioned a similar venue in Detroit for the new psychedelic music and a resource for local teenagers. Gibb worked closely with Detroit counterculture figure John Sinclair in bringing in bands, both from San Francisco and harder-edged psychedelic rock bands gathering around Detroit's Plum Street community like the MC5. National and international acts - as well as future Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers - of this period included Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Cream and The Who, The MC5, The Thyme, and The Stooges served as house bands, assuring weekly performances. The Grande also featured the avant garde jazz of John Coltrane and Sun Ra.

Performances of this period were frequently advertised by the distinctive psychedelic handbills of Gary Grimshaw and Carl Lundgren. The Grande's rock and roll countercultural experience was extensively documented by Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair.

This video was made in the interest of sharing Grande memories. If any artists or photographers object to the images used without permission I apologize .

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[sammykicksass1]

Keep the rock living on, wish i was born 20 years earlier haha

[plumstreetmusic]

Nice morph job with the Spirit postcard. I recently found my original copy. I remember Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs walking on stage, stark naked, playing a gong. I was sitting six feet of Baker's drums the night that Cream first performed Sunshine of Your Love in Detroit--15 minutes long, mostly solos, Clapton broke his B string during his solo but didn't miss a lick.He just jumped back and forth over the missing string. Wow!

--John

[michelesaintthomas]

Rob Tyner is and always will be the GOD of the Grande! A cool rockin' song with a sound and message, that is felt as it inspires!

[DONGOE]

I have this on CD. I think it's pretty rare.

This song captured the feeling that you got while witnessing a concert at Detroit's Grande Ballroom.

[shutdownthefed]

his voice was best suited for the strip down beat garage sound....this 80's squeeling guitar shit is too cheesy,....rob you are a beast none the less!

[weaselidiotu]

shit those posters are good

[milkmaid50]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh the days/daze........

Talk about wild nights.........some of the best memories of my life (well, as least the ones I can actually remember ).

Old Grande Lady