Fact #101452
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Short story:
Joe Cocker And His Grease Band, Fleetwood Mac, King Crimson and The Voices Of East Harlem play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Full article:
Mick Fleetwood (drummer, Fleetwood Mac) : There had been mumblings on the American tour; Peter started trying to persuade us to give all our money away. We had all these band meetings in hotels, and we'd sit there for hours, basically going over that whole Haight-Ashbury hangover. John and I would say, Well, you can do it, but we aren't giving our fucking money away. Pete would say, You're wrong, you're wrong; it'll all come back on us, I'm telling you.
Once we were playing the Fillmore East and he came over to the drums and mumbled, We've got to do it. I knew what he was talking about. He wanted us to play for no money, for nothing. Later on in the set, I called him over and said, while were still playing, I won't give my money away, Pete, but what we should do is continue doing what we're doing, but do with the money something constructive, like finance an orphanage. That's as far as it got. But, as we all know, he gave it away in the end.
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Once we were playing the Fillmore East and he came over to the drums and mumbled, We've got to do it. I knew what he was talking about. He wanted us to play for no money, for nothing. Later on in the set, I called him over and said, while were still playing, I won't give my money away, Pete, but what we should do is continue doing what we're doing, but do with the money something constructive, like finance an orphanage. That's as far as it got. But, as we all know, he gave it away in the end.