STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Fifty years ago, on Oct. 26, 1974, the Richfield Coliseum opened its doors with a legendary concert headlined by Frank Sinatra. Over the next two decades, the venue in Summit ...

Facing a group of about a dozen Memphians, Charles "Chooch" Pickard gestured upward toward an old wire-covered clock, affixed high on a wall, surrounded by thousands of empty seats inside the junk ...