[Slowhand] Blind Faith Festival (that never happened)

[Jeff Elliott]

So you're saying fabrication and exaggeration in the press existed in the
60s and 70s as well?  How surprising!

Sent from my windy, snowbound home office in Northern Virginia.

Cheers,
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Aleshin [mailto:deltanick at comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:00 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: Re: [Slowhand] Blind Faith Festival (that never happened)

Kevin,

I attended the Blind Faith concert at Madison Square Garden on 12 July 1969.
There was no riot -- I repeat, NO RIOT -- at the concert.

There was a small incident during which a police officer may have slightly
manhandled a concertgoer who got on stage or attempted to get on the stage.
My recollection is that Ginger Baker tossed one of his drumsticks at the
police officer. After some 20 or 30 seconds, everyone calmed down and the
concert continued. There were no arrests, and nobody was taken away. Simply
put, there was NO riot. A recording of the concert proves what I write here.

Imagine my surprise when a week or two later "Rolling Stone" published an
article indicating that there was a riot at the concert.

Don't always believe everything you read in the press.

				DeltaNick

P.S. Another myth: Bob Dylan did NOT get booed off the stage when he "went
electric" at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. The recordings of the event
prove this one too.