Drugs and Rock and Roll - Any Personal stories?

bigsteve said:

I was around for the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti White Panther doings around 1968-71. Got to hang around "the house" on State St. when the MC5 was jamming. Was at the Grande Ballroom when Janis and Big Brother recorded their first album. That was the night I bought a couple tabs of acid from Arthur Brown ("I Give You Fire".

True story - In 1969 I helped bring the MC5 to Grand Valley State to do a benefit for Fran N******* who had been busted for obscenity. The 5's big hit was "Kick Out the Jams Motherfucker" and GV was in a real conservative community. The local prosecutor said he would jail the band if they used the MF word on stage. We got word to Tyner, the lead singer, and he started the song with "Kick out the jams Mister prosecuting attorney".

Anyone else get up close and familiar to rockers and dope?

BigSteve.

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Bose said:

Partied with Johnny van zant and his band in the early 80 at a local festival. Formally Austin Nickels band. Johnny was a cool southern dude.

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bigsteve said:

I was around for the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti White Panther doings around 1968-71. Got to hang around "the house" on State St. when the MC5 was jamming. Was at the Grande Ballroom when Janis and Big Brother recorded their first album. That was the night I bought a couple tabs of acid from Arthur Brown ("I Give You Fire".

True story - In 1969 I helped bring the MC5 to Grand Valley State to do a benefit for Fran N******* who had been busted for obscenity. The 5's big hit was "Kick Out the Jams Motherfucker" and GV was in a real conservative community. The local prosecutor said he would jail the band if they used the MF word on stage. We got word to Tyner, the lead singer, and he started the song with "Kick out the jams Mister prosecuting attorney".

Anyone else get up close and familiar to rockers and dope?

BigSteve.

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Colo MMJ said:

Didn't the MC 5 singer take a dump in a bucket at one gig?

Iggy and the Stooges would have been gigging around Michigan at that time.

Iggy was some what bitter because they could have been stars but he nd the Stooges just wanted heroin.


Iggy was famous in the R&R crowd as his choice of entertainment consisted of blow jobs from 15 year old groupies. The Stooges were known for 3 chord licks and junk. I don't remember Rob shitting on stage.

What I found most interesting about the Motor City 5 was their politics. They were envious of what they saw as black street cred. Thus the White Panthers - "I'm just a white boy but I can be bad too". Big John (?) led the WP and pulled a 10 year gig for possessing 2 joints. A lot of us got political because of the perceived injustices to street drug users.

Bob Seger was just coming up then and he bought a farm near us on Kensington Road in Milford, Michigan. His girlfriend had a knack for handling kids who were having bad trips and we carted more than a couple kids up there for her to help. Bob was always a first class dude without the scandal crowd shadowing so many of the early Detroit area rock and rollers.

Flashback - chugging sneaky Petes (Bali Hai wine with Pabst Blue Ribbon beer) and hitting Thai sticks as we cruised Woodward Avenue in the city.

BigSteve.

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Gquebed said:

Uhhhh....

Used to roll up black hash gaggers, lie down between the stereo speakers and smoke while listening to 2112 over and over again, before putting on any one of a dozen other Rush albums.

You mean like that? Lol

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potpimp said:

I had gotten to know Buddy Richardson before he joined White Witch from Tampa. They became huge in the south and fronted once at a college for the one-hit-wonder "Lobo". Lobo actually brought out their tiny little Fender amps, plugged them in and started playing. Everyone thought it must be some sort of joke so they went along with the first song. Into the second song they realized that it was not a joke; this was their setup and their music, so people started throwing coins at them. They stopped without finishing, played their hit song, grabbed their little amps and got out of there. The auditorium began the chant "WHITE WITCH, WHITE WITCH, WHITE WITCH, WHITE WITCH" until they came back out and played for another two hours. Afterwards, me and a friend were invited into their tour bus and got blazed with the band. It was a magical evening. My personal favorite song by them was "It's so nice to be stoned", which is right here for your listening pleasure:

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Bose said:

How did I miss this band?

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