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1981 (Houston Show July 18):

* REO Speedwagon
* Heart
* Blue Öyster Cult
* Foghat
* The Rockets

Note: Savvy was originally scheduled to open but was bumped by REO Speedwagon's management (same management as The Eagles in 1980). Show lineup confirmed by Steve Jones of Savvy.

1982 (Dallas-June 12, Houston-June 13):

* Journey
* Santana
* Sammy Hagar
* Joan Jett
* Point Blank Band

Sammy Hagar had a guita… Morer stolen backstage at the Cotton Bowl show, it was returned later that day. However, Hagar vowed to never play it again after it had been handled by someone else and lit it on fire on stage the next day at the Houston show.

1983 (Dallas - June 18, Houston - June 19):

* Styx (Kilroy Was Here tour)
* Sammy Hagar
* Triumph
* Ted Nugent
* Uriah Heep

Trivia: Ted Nugent and Rik Emmett joined Sammy Hagar on stage in Dallas for their version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." Tommy Shaw recalls these shows as being some of the worst of his career. He claims to have feared for his life as his band was performing a play after some of the best hard rock bands of the day had performed.

1984 (June 10):

* Rush (Grace Under Pressure tour)
* .38 Special (Tour de Force tour)
* Ozzy Osbourne (Bark at the Moon tour)
* Bryan Adams (Cuts Like A Knife tour)
* Gary Moore (Victims of the Future tour)

Trivia: Bryan Adam's drummer for this show was Matt Frenette of Loverboy.

1985 (August 24): Cotton Bowl in Dallas

* Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers tour)
* Scorpions
* Night Ranger
* Bon Jovi
* Grim Reaper
* Victory

1986 (June 19):

* Van Halen
* Loverboy
* Dio
* Krokus
* Keel
* Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Trivia: Leslie West joined BTO on stage to perform Mountain's "Mississippi Queen."

1987 (June 20): Cotton Bowl in Dallas

* Boston
* Aerosmith
* Whitesnake
* Poison
* Tesla
* Fahrenheit

Trivia: The live concert footage for the video "I Won't Forget You" was filmed at this performance. Also, Poison was joined onstage by Paul Stanley for their performance of KISS's "Strutter".

1988 (a.k.a. "The Monsters of Rock", July 3):

* Van Halen
* Scorpions
* Dokken
* Metallica
* Kingdom Come

This was the show where Sammy Hagar lost his voice after only a couple of songs and then he promised to play a free show in Dallas. A few years later they did just that at Dallas' West End.

Although he was never scheduled to play, Ted Nugent showed up every year and joined in.
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The Texxas Jam was the informal nickname of an annual summer arena rock concert called the Texxas World Music Festival (1978-1988). It was held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas and in Houston, Texas at either the Astrodome or Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University.

Artists who performed at the Texxas Jam:

1978 (July 1): Texxas Music Festival, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas (General Admission - $13.00)

* Local battle of the bands winner Blackstone
* Walter Egan
* Van Halen
* Eddie Money
* Atlanta Rhythm Section
* Head East
* Journey
* Heart
* Ted Nugent
* Aerosmith
* Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
1979: (June 9): Texxas Music Festival, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas (General Admission - $15.00)

* Boston
* Heart
* Van Halen
* Sammy Hagar
* Nazareth
* Blue Öyster Cult
* TKO

1979 (August 26): Cotton Bowl in Dallas, officially called "The Last Concert of the Last Weekend of the Last Summer of the Seventies", aka "Farewell To A Texas Summer"

* Rush (Permanent Waves "warmup" tour)
* Foghat
* Pat Travers
* Billy Thorpe
* Point Blank Band
* Little River Band
1980 (June 21):Cotton Bowl in Dallas

* Eagles
* Cheap Trick
* Foreigner
* April Wine
* Sammy Hagar
* Christopher Cross
* Savvy Less

TEXXAS JAM 1982 #1
DALLAS TEXAS
COTTONBOWL
TEXXAS JAM 1982 #2
HOUSTO TEXAS
ASTRODOME
1982 (August) (Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX) This show was referred to as "The Super Bowl of Rock N Roll". This show was late summer & was not truly considered a Texxas Jam.
Le Roux was the warm up (beginning) act. {I was there..}
'Ozzy Osbourne
Loverboy (Stole the show!)
Foreigner
Notes: The order of appearance was La Roux, O… Morezzy Osbourne, Loverboy, and then Foreigner. Notes: Ozzy had a shaved head and black makeup around his eyes – from a distance, it looked like a skull.

1982 (Dallas-June 12, Houston-June 13)
Journey
Santana
Sammy Hagar
Joan Jett
Point Blank
Notes: It was a hot day that day. Sammy Hagar had a guitar stolen backstage at the Cotton Bowl show; it was returned later that day. However, Hagar vowed to never play it again after it had been handled by someone else, and lit it on fire on stage. Right before Santana's set the house music mix played their hit "Winning", the lead singer and other band members came onstage and motioned to the sound mixers to try to get the song cut off, afterwards the band did not play "Winning" during their set Less

JONE JET
TEXXAS JAM 1982 #2
HOUSTON TEXAS
ASTRODOME

Notes: The order of appearance was La Roux, Ozzy Osbourne, Loverboy, and then Foreigner. Notes: Ozzy had a shaved head and black makeup around his eyes – from a distance, it looked like a skull.

1982 (Dallas-June 12, Houston-June 13)
Journey
Santana
Sammy Hagar
Joan Jett
Point Blank

1982 (August) (Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX) This show was referred to as "The Super Bowl of Rock N Roll". This show was late summer & was not truly considered a Texxas Jam.
Le Roux was the warm up (beginning) act. {I was there..}
'Ozzy Osbourne
Loverboy (Stole the show!)
Foreigner

FORIGNER
TEXXAS JAM 1982 #1
DALLAS TEXAS

OZZY OSBOURNE
TTEXXAS JAM 1982 # 1
DALLAS TEXAS
COTTON BOWL

POINT BLANK
TEXXAS JAM 1982

TEXXAS JAM 1982 #2
HOUSTON TEXAS
ASTRODOME
Texxas Jam 1982 Setlists
JUN
12
1982
Date
Saturday, June 12, 1982
Venue
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX, USA
So far there are setlists of 5 gigs.

Saturday, June 12, 1982
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Journey
Point Blank
Sammy Hagar
Santana