The Haunt
This show was a rare and important event, a great accomplishment for The Haunt. The longstanding reggae legend Toots Hibbert was to play at the tiny Haunt in the alley on Green Street in Ithaca. I don't know how owner Jon Peterson did it but somehow he convinced the Maytals to make an appearance at the Haunt on the night before their Rochester gig.
When the roadies went to unload the truck, they saw the inside of the place and insisted that there was no way the band's equipment was going to fit on the stage. Appropriate pressure was asserted by management and they streamlined the set-up on the fly, using only certain pieces of their regular stage set-up. My roommate and I went to both the early and the late shows that night. The next day we woke up and immediately decided we were heading to Rochester that afternoon.