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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt'>About a month back someone asked whether the Average White Band was the
opening band for the Clapton’s Rainbow Concerts in 1973. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Well from this statement by John Pidgeon (Let It Rock – February 1973),
it would appear as though the AWB opened for the first show only: “There
were two shows at the Rainbow on Saturday, the first begun by the support
group, the Average White Band, at five-thirty.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hope that clears that bit of history, unless you were there and know
differently.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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