▁top ▁rock ▁acts ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁earned ▁them ▁the ▁nick name ▁" that ▁little ▁ol ' ▁band ▁from ▁Texas ", ▁an ▁image ▁that ▁was ▁further ▁employed ▁after ▁their ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁Labor ▁Day ▁show ▁at ▁Texas ▁Memorial ▁Stadium ▁in ▁Austin . ▁The ▁concert — ph ot ograph s ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁taken ▁and ▁used ▁for ▁their ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁F and ango ! ▁album — was ▁the ▁last ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁at ▁the ▁stad ium ▁until ▁a ▁May ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁E ag les ▁concert , ▁as ▁the ▁artificial ▁tur f ▁was ▁dam aged ▁by ▁row dy ▁fans . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Texas ▁Month ly ▁Tal ks ▁interview , ▁guitar ist ▁and ▁vocal ist ▁Billy ▁Gib b ons ▁re called ▁the ▁event : ▁" I ▁remember ▁having ▁to ▁sit ▁face - to - face ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁Dar rell ▁Royal , ▁trying ▁to ▁explain ▁why ▁his ▁Ast ro T ur f ▁had ▁been ▁car ved ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁Texas , ▁which ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁ 5 0 - yard ▁line ▁into ▁the ▁ 4 0 - yard ▁line , ▁but ▁we ▁had ▁a ▁great ▁time . ▁Sant ana ▁came ▁along , ▁and ▁Joe ▁C ocker ▁performed . ▁Bad ▁Company ▁was ▁there , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Jay ▁Boy ▁Adams ▁and ▁Jimmy ▁Page . ▁It ▁was ▁just ▁such ▁a ▁huge ▁turn out — a ▁great , ▁great ▁event ." ▁ ▁Stage ▁design ▁and ▁show ▁production