Friends recall Tony Ruffino as promoter who put state on concert map | Bob Carlton - Bham News

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-Tony Ruffino, the concert promoter who put Birmingham on the map as a tour stop for such iconic rock bands as the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers and R.E.M., has died.

 

-From the first show he promoted in Alabama -- a Jimi Hendrix concert at Memorial Coliseum in Tuscaloosa in 1969 -- until he retired from the concert business in 2004, Mr. Ruffino was synonymous with almost every major rock show that came to the state during that span.

Hendrix. The Stones. Led Zeppelin. The Who. Joni Mitchell. Jackson Browne. Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Eagles. Stevie Wonder. Crosby, Stills & Nash. Bruce Springsteen. Bon Jovi. Van Halen. U2. Widespread Panic. The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

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