As a teen in Dayton, OH we had a teen club in the lower level of a shopping center.
The stage was 12” high so we were “right there”.
Saw the Vogues, Hollies, Simon&Garfunkle...and many more top groups at the time.
The warm-up group before S&G (and stayed on as the backing band) was a local group called the McCoys (”Hang on Sloopy”). They were led by singer/guitarist Rick Zehringer who later moved to LA & changed his name to Rick Derringer who became a highly acclaimed musician in his own right playing Steely Dan among others.