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Date Posted: 03:09:02 02/21/06 Tue
Four of us hitch-hiked from Columbus, Ohio. Three of us were from Portsmouth, Ohio and I beleive one from Michigan. Myself,(Henry Mason),John Rupurt,Dave Crisp and the other guy. I was 20 years old, I wish I could go back! The weather was good for the trip. We stopped at a bar in Louisville called the "Friend In Hand" and had couple of beers. We were headed toward Evensville but the bartender told us that the State issued an injunction against the concert but that the promotor was fighting it. As we got closer to Evansville some other freaks told us that they had the stage up and everything and had to take it down and move it to an island in the Wabash River.We found it on the map and proceded in that direction. Along the way we heard that the island was on two state borders so Illinois had called an emegency session of the legislature to stop the concert. By that time however, there were over 50,000 of us there already and I guess they decided that it would be easier to just let it happen.We got there early Friday evening and it was really hot and humid. It was 98 degrees with 98 percent humidity. We saw a guy on the dirt road on the way in selling peach mesculine. Well it must have been mosltly crystal meth because I could sit down or sleep for over twety four hours and in all that heat I thought I was going to have a stroke. I had to go all the way to the edge of the island to find some shade. It was a huge cow pasture, really, that's why they called it Bull Island. They were still trying to get the stage up and PA working. Trucks had been delayed and or confiscated and The concessions refused to open. There were portapotties but they couldn't get in to empty them and they were overflowing. They brought in a well drilling rig and drilled 25 wells so we could get water and cool down. I don't remeber for sure but I don't think anyone played until Saturday. I remember that they didn't get the lumber to finish the roof and they had tarps stretched over the stage. Cheech And Chong came out for a while but it started raining and they were getting the shit shocked out of them. Finally Cheech threw the mike down and walked off the stage. I was right up front against the fence and talking to the security guys. A dude gace me a hit of some pink acid and the security guy showed to the people in the OD tent for me to see if it was OK. It was. Pretty clean too. I remember Flash, Bang, Albert King, Canned Heat, Mike Quatro,Balck Oak (wow) Ramatam and no one had heard of the Doobie Brothers and they came out and kicked ass...did several come backs. During Albert King some naked dude was tripped out and running around. He went up on the stage and tried to tackle Albert King. King was a big dude and just sorta jerked his guitar sideways and flung the dude across the stage. On the last night Ramatam played and they were great...Mike Pinera, April Laughten... Ithink Mitch Mitchell was on drums. Mike and April traded licks. They were really good. Much better live than on the albums. The last night a guy with a tray like a cigarette girl came round with a sign that said"Berkley Sugar Cube" we all took one and the world melted. It was the cleanest sid I ever did. No edge to it at all. During Balck Oak Jim Dandy said" I want that girl and guy that have been staring at each other to cut the shit and get it on" I looked a the girl in front of me and we climbed into my sleeping bag and took care of business during " Lord Have Mercy On My Soul". While Canned heat was Playing I had to do a number 2 and I found a place over in the weeds to squat. I heard someone a few feet away and there was a chick with a bowl of hashish doing the same thing. She offered me some and we sat there during thet song " Girl Boy Woman and a man"...doing our business. Weird. next day they closed it down and everybody started leaving. I guess someone broke into the concessions and gave the food and cigs away and then a fire started in the parking lot. I hitched home with the crotch of my pants ripped out and no underwear (I had used them to wipe on). I had my t-shirt tied around my waist so you couldn't see my balls. Fotunately we got home in one or two rides.
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