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Yes he was, but it was basically a bunch of rowdie GI's having a good time he was with. Many of the guys that went with my Dad were guys that got moved to Germany from Vietnam so the guys were cutting loose and rightfully so. He never talked much about the Hells Angels thing that happened there other than to say that the German police took care of their asses. His Captain that was with him had taken some pictures at the show but the camera got ruined by the heavy rain. Would have loved to have had those now.Man oh man was your dad ever lucky to see Jimi! My all time favorite
I'm not sure what really happened but I know Jimi played the day after he was supposed too. It was raining both days but the first day they had all kinds of electrical problems which really through the whole festival into chaos. The Hells Angels (I assume it was the German chapter) started a bunch of fights and the police could not handle it until they brought in the big boys from somewhere then they cleaned house. As far a Billy I guess the story is someone slipped a lot of acid into his coffee and he freaked out. Jimi did end up performing though but not for very long.Ah! Are you talking about the Isle of Ferman 9/6/70? Yeah I heard Jimi was really miserable then. Wasn't that when Billy Cox went home after being too weirded out by all the trippin' and kind of lost it? Then the bikers stole all the money from the show?
I worked a few gigs for Jethro Tull, he is one cool cat man. Chill as hell and a really nice guyfrank9310 wrote:Then Jethro Tull several times, Roy Buchanan.
Oh man Rhino. I know you're a hug fan that is a shame. The Allmans did a string of concerts here in SoCal starting sometime back in the 90s, I think we saw them a dozen or more times and they were some of the best shows I ever witnessed. Then all of a sudden they stopped coming, shortly after Dickey was kicked out. Of course his songbook disappeared from their set lists when he did, and I haven't seen them in a long time. Always dreamed of a trip to The Beacon Theatre.slowpokerhino wrote:That would be a great show. Have yet to see the Allmans, Warren or Derek live.
For some reason they don't seem to ever come around here.
Man what a concert that had to have been, you know you are old when you can remeber $5.00 concerts. Just think what it would cost to see Zeppelin today if you could even get tickets.MATHIEU wrote:How's this for $5.00, Kinetic Playground Chicago
opening act Savoy Brown
Next...........Jethro Tull
Headliner......Led Zep
I also saw The Who as back up to Hermans Hermits
Bowie with Adrian Belew, Elton John as warm up (as a trio) to Derek & the Dominoes
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