1984 Tour Dates
These dates come from a gig calendar created by a booking agent and updated on the road by MF.
1984
January
1/12 – 13 Ojai, CA Rehearsals at Chaparral Auditorium
1/14 Ojai, CA Nordhoff High School
1/15 Seal Beach, CA McGaugh High School South 21st Shuffle video
1/16 Fresno, CA Fresno High School
1/17 Open
1/18 Modesto, CA Modesto Junior College
1/19 Danville, CA Monte Vista High School
1/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
1/21 Santa Cruz, CA Coconut Grove
1/22 San Mateo, CA San Mateo High School
1/23 Santa Rosa, CA Luther Burbank Arts Center
1/24 Off in LA
1/25 Los Angeles, CA Beverly Theatre
1/26 El Cajon, CA East County Performing Arts Center
1/27 Off in Phoenix
1/28 Tempe, AZ McClintock High School
1/29 Las Vegas, NV Bonanza High School
1/30 Beaver, UT Beaver High School
1/31 Provo, UT Brigham Young University
February
2/1 Hyrum, UT Mountain Crest High School
2/2 -3 Off
2/4 Gresham, OR Centennial High School
2/5 Kennewick, WA Kennewick High School
2/6 -7 Seattle, WA Highline High School
2/8 Off
2/9 Spokane, WA Shadle Parke High School
2/10 Kalispell, MT Outlaw Inn
2/11 Helena, MT Helena Junior High School
Blue Birdland
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
The Last Dive
Coconut Champagne
The Way We were
Bebop Buffet
Ganesha
Take the A Train
Central Park
Rocky
2/12 Powell, WY Northwest Community College
2/13 Riverton, WY Central Wyoming College
2/14 Casper, WY Casper Event Center
2/15 Denver, CO Rainbow Music Hall
2/16 Travel Day to Oklahoma City
2/17 Lawton, OK Cameron University
2/18 Oklahoma Cita, OK Putnam City West Auditorium
2/19 Ft. Worth, TX Caravan of Dreams
2/20 Hutchinson, KS Hutchinson Community College
MF’s son Bentley passes away
2/21 Off
2/22 El Dorado, KS Barton County Community College
2/23 Springfield, MO Drury College DiBlasio Stories
2/24 Mt. Vernon, IL Times Square Mall
2/25 Indianapolis, IN Glendale Mall AD
MF plays a spectacular show in the mall’s atrium, showing no signs that anything is wrong.
Jeff Lashway is in attendance.
Set 1
Blue Birdland
Birdland
South 21st Shuffle
Take the ‘A’ Train
Set 2
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
Bebop Buffet
Set 3
Central Park (This tune filmed by local TV)
Ray Brinker Drum Solo
MF Hit Medley: MacArthur Park/Chameleon/Sometime/Hey Jude
Rocky
2/26 Bloomington, IL Illinois Wesleyan University
2/27 Rolling Meadows, IL Rolling Meadows High School (Tour ends)
2/28 Fly Home
March
3/1 – 3/10 Vacation
3/11 Fly to Washington DC Syndicated article
3/12 Rehearsal at Blues Alley
3/13 – 17 Washington, DC Blues Alley
3/18 NY, NY New York Brass Conference
3/19 Richmond, VA J.R. Tucker High School
3/20 Travel Day
3/21 Off
3/22 Russellville, AR Arkansas Tech University
3/23 Travel Day
3/24 Kansas City, MO Kansas City Music Hall
3/25 Joplin, MO Missouri State University
3/26 Stigler, OK Stigler High School
3/27 St. Louis, MO Bayless High School
3/28 Off
3/29 Bloomington, WI Thomas Jefferson High School
3/30 Off
3/31 Marshfield, MN Marshfield Senior High School
April
4/1 Wilmot, WI Wilmot High School
4/2 Warsaw, IN Wagon Wheel Playhouse
4/3 Holly, MI Holly High School
4/4 Ft. Wayne, IN Embassy Theatre
4/5 Monmouth, IL Monmouth College
4/6 Off
4/7 St. Charles, IL Norris Cultural Arts Center
4/8 Tinley Park, IL Tinley Park High School
Birdland
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BeBop Buffet
Central Park
MF Hit Medley
Rocky
Portuguese Love
4/9 Indianapolis, IN Decatur Central High School Article PROGRAM
PHOTO1 PHOTO2 PHOTO3 PHOTO4 PHOTO5 PHOTO6 PHOTO7
2 Sets, which included:
Birdland
South 21st Shuffle
Bebop Buffet
Central Park
MF Hit Medley
Rocky
4/10 Youngstown, OH Boardman High School
4/11 Lorain, OH Southview High School
4/12 Rochester, NY Monroe Community College
4/13 Off
4/14 Meadville, PA Alleghany College
4/15 Somerset, PA Somerset High School
4/16 West Milford, NJ West Milford High School
4/17 Schenectady, NY Proctor Theatre
4/18 Off
4/19 Pennsauken, NJ Halloran Plaza
4/20 – 21 NY, NY The Bottom Line
4/22 Off
4/23 Southbridge, MA Southbridge High School
4/24 Framingham, MA DUCAS
4/25 West Hartford, CT Conard High School
4/26 Rye, NY Rye High School
4/27 Travel Day
4/28 California, PA California University of Pennsylvania
4/29 Cincinnati, OH Walnut Hills High School
4/30 Travel Day
May
5/1 Travel Day
5/2 Durant, OK Southeastern Oklahoma State University
5/3 Abilene, TX Hardin-Simmons University
5/4 – 5 Dallas, TX Capers Club
5/6 Houston, TX Rockefellers
5/7 Off
5/8 New Albany, MS
5/9 Birmingham, AL Grundy’s
5/10 Douglas, GA South Georgia College
5/11 Melbourne, FL Johnny’s Hideaway
5/12 Islamorada, FL Jay’s Club
5/13 Tampa, FL Tampa Theatre
5/14 Winter Park, FL Villa Nova Restaurant
5/15 Travel Day
5/16 Travel Day
5/17 El Paso, TX Big Apple
5/18 Tucson, AZ Amphitheater High School
5/19 Phoenix, AZ Jockey Club
5/20 Kingman, AZ Kingman High School
5/21 Off
5/22 San Jose, CA Cabaret Club
5/23 Reno, NV Wooster High Schol
5/24 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
5/25 Off
5/26 Anaheim, CA Disneyland
5/27 Anaheim, CA Disneyland (Tour ends)
Set I
Blue Birdland
Birdland
South 21st Shuffle
Bebop Buffet
Set II
Blue Birdland
Central Park
Whistle While You Work
Coconut Champagne
MF Hit Medley (McPark, Chameleon, Sometime, When You Wish Upon a Star, Hey Jude)
Set III
Blue Birdland
The Last Dive
Sesame Street
As Time Goes By
Rocky
5/28 – 6/16 Vacation
June
6/17 Fly to Detroit, MI
6/18 Detroit, MI Hotel Pontchartrain
6/19 Off
6/20 Canton, OH Hall of Fame Fitness Center
6/21 Off
6/22 – 23 Atlantic City, NJ Tropicana Hotel
6/24 Travel Day
6/25 Chicago, IL NAMM Convention
6/26 Chicago, IL Randhurst Shopping Center
6/27 Springfield, OH Cliff Park
6/28 NY, NY Avery Fisher Hall ‘MF All-Stars’, Kool Jazz Festival
6/29 Joliet, IL Rialto Square Theatre
6/30 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
July
7/1 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
7/2 Off
7/3 Youngstown, OH Idora Park
7/4 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue (ads)
7/5 Dayton, OH Gilly’s
7/6 Off
7/7 Moosic, PA Rocky Glen Park
7/8 East Meadows, Long Island, NY Eisenhower Park
7/9 Ocean City, MD Fenwick Inn
7/10 – 12 Off
7/13 West Dennis, MA The Columns
7/14 New Haven, CT The Greens
7/15 Dundee, NY Glenora Wine Cellars
7/16 Off
7/17 Washington, DC Blues Alley
7/18 Milburn, NJ Papermill Playhouse
7/19 Wakefield, MA Colonial Hilton
7/20 Louisville, KY Kool Jazz Festival
7/21 Buffalo, NY Tralfamadore Café
7/22 Off
7/23 Detroit, MI Pontchartrain Hotel
7/24 Calumet City, IL River Oaks Mall
Blue Birdland
Birdland
South 21st Shuffle
Coconut Champagne
Bebop Buffet
Blue Birdland
Rocky
7/25 Oak Brook, IL Oak Brook Shopping Center
7/26 Vernon Hills, IL Hawthorne Shopping Center (Tour ends)
7/27 – 28 Off
7/29 MF leaves for India
August – MF in India
By this time, MF had cut a trumpet, bone, and sax from the lineup and added guitar and percussion. Guitar had been added sometime in early summer before the horn positions were eliminated in late summer.
September
9/17 MF travels to Los Angeles, CA
9/18 MF arrives in Los Angeles, CA
9/25 MF flies to Kansas City, MO
9/26 – 27 Rehearsal
9/28 Manhattan, KS Kansas State University
9/29 Travel Day
9/30 Mason City, IA North Iowa Area Community College
October
10/1 Milwaukee, WI Attic West
10/2 Green Bay, WI Carlton Celebrity Room
10/3 Rhinelander, WI Holiday Acres
10/4 Off
10/5 Morris, MN University of Minnesota
10/6 St. Peters, MN Gustavus Adolphus College
10/7 Sioux Falls, SD Nite City
10/8 Fridley, MN Totino Grace High School
10/9 Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Auditorium
10/10 Off
10/11 Rockford, IL Midway Theatre
10/12 Indianapolis, IN Hyatt Regency Ballroom
10/13 Selma, IN Wapahani High School
10/14 Bloomington, IN Indiana University AD Article1 Article2
Blue Birdland
Expresso
Central Park
South 21st Shuffle
Bebop Buffet
Santa Claus is Coming to Town (DiBlasio flute solo)
Mira, Mira
Hit Medley: MacArthur Park, Chameleon, Hey Jude, Rocky
Birdland
10/15 Springfield, OH Wittenberg University
10/16 Off
10/17 West Bend, WI West Bend High School
10/18 River Grove, IL Triton College, Robert M Collins Center
10/19 Charlotte, MI Charlotte Junior High School
10/20 Grosse Isle, MI Grosse Isle High School
10/21 Canton, OH Umstattd Hall
10/22 Off
10/23 Pomona, NJ Stockton State College
10/24 Winchester, VA Handley High School
10/25 Silver Springs, MD Springbrook High School
10/26 Durham, NC North Carolina Central University
10/27 Harrisonburg, VA James Madison University
10/28 Buckingham, PA Central Bucks High School East
10/29 Off
10/30 Uncasville, CT St. Bernard’s High School
10/31 New Haven, CT Palace Theatre
November
11/1 – 2 NY, NY The Bottom Line
11/3 South Plainfield, NJ South Plainfield High School
11/4 Oswego, NY SUNY, Laker Hall
11/5 Off
11/6 West Chester, PA West Chester University
11/7 Nashua, NH Nashua High School
11/8 Somerset, MA Somerset High School
11/9 Amesbury, MA Amesbury High School
11/10 West Point, NY Eisenhower Hall Theatre
11/11 West Orange, NJ YM-YWHA of Metropolitan New Jersey
11/12 Off
11/13 Morganza, MD Chopticon High School
11/14 Greenville, NC East Carolina University, Wright Auditorium
11/15 Off
11/16 Charlotte, NC South Mecklenburg High School
11/17 Carrollton, GA West Georgia State College
11/18 Murfreesboro, TN Middle Tennessee State University
11/19 Lexington, KY Breedings Club
11/20 Lebanon, OH Lebanon High School
11/21 Affton, MO Affton High School
11/22 Travel Day
11/23 – 24 Ft. Worth, TX Caravan of Dreams
Also record demo
11/25 Off
11/26 Yukon, OK Yukon High School
11/27 Miami, OK Northeast Oklahoma A & M, Fine Arts Auditorium
11/28 Off
11/29 Dayton, OH Gilly’s
11/30 Wexford, PA North Alleghany Senior High School
December
12/1 Buffalo, NY Tralfamadore
12/2 Rochester, NY The Red Creek
12/3 Off
12/4 – 9 Washington, DC Blues Alley (Tour ends)
12/31 Dearborn, MI Hyatt Regency
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