Fact #185181
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The Who play at the Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Full article:
Sheila Arthur (fan) : Emerson Lake and Palmer were in Atlanta doing a concert... not the same night as the Who but within a day or two of their show. My friend Sue and I had gone to the Hyatt following ELP's Atlanta show to meet them because we never thought we'd have a chance with the Who. But, when we got to the Hyatt, we sat down for a snack and a coffee in the main dining room on the first floor and, lo and behold, just a few tables away was Keith Moon. He invited us to come join him at his table where the rest of the band were also stationed.
Things get a bit foggy, but somehow Keith went back to his room for one reason or another and told us to meet them in the Hyatt's bar in an hour or so. We used this time to our advantage and hooked up with ELP. Soon it became clear that there was an interesting rivalry between the two bands. When we got to the Hyatt bar and rejoined the Who they said, "They're the Indians and we're the Chiefs! Who would you rather be with?!,” and of course we admitted to liking the Chiefs a lot better. Soon thereafter Keith invited us to the following day's show in Miami. We partied till the bar closed (3AM or so) then caught a taxi back to the dorm to get packed, but first stopped and got several bottles of cheap champagne at an all-night grocery. We packed and screamed and woke up all the girls in the dorm as we tore around and got ready and screamed and shared the bubbly.
Amazingly enough we made it back to the Hyatt by daybreak and onto the plane by about 8 AM or so. My friend who came with me to the Miami concerts was Sue ***, and the Who gave us the nicknames of "Pickles and Spam." I was Pickles. Sue had a really bad complexion and earned the Spam moniker for this reason. Everyone on that 1971 US Tour had nicknames: Pete Townshend was 'Towser,” Keith was “Fred,” and Roger Daltrey was “Barney” from the Flintstones. Their Miami concerts were Thanksgiving weekend in 1971.
(Source : http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/terrace/4475/picklesandspam/pickles.html)
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Things get a bit foggy, but somehow Keith went back to his room for one reason or another and told us to meet them in the Hyatt's bar in an hour or so. We used this time to our advantage and hooked up with ELP. Soon it became clear that there was an interesting rivalry between the two bands. When we got to the Hyatt bar and rejoined the Who they said, "They're the Indians and we're the Chiefs! Who would you rather be with?!,” and of course we admitted to liking the Chiefs a lot better. Soon thereafter Keith invited us to the following day's show in Miami. We partied till the bar closed (3AM or so) then caught a taxi back to the dorm to get packed, but first stopped and got several bottles of cheap champagne at an all-night grocery. We packed and screamed and woke up all the girls in the dorm as we tore around and got ready and screamed and shared the bubbly.
Amazingly enough we made it back to the Hyatt by daybreak and onto the plane by about 8 AM or so. My friend who came with me to the Miami concerts was Sue ***, and the Who gave us the nicknames of "Pickles and Spam." I was Pickles. Sue had a really bad complexion and earned the Spam moniker for this reason. Everyone on that 1971 US Tour had nicknames: Pete Townshend was 'Towser,” Keith was “Fred,” and Roger Daltrey was “Barney” from the Flintstones. Their Miami concerts were Thanksgiving weekend in 1971.
(Source : http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/terrace/4475/picklesandspam/pickles.html)