Fact #116833

Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) : We played some major venues in the States on the bill with some heavyweight artists, and we went down great at every venue except the first shows at the Fillmore East, which we did as special guest to the Steve Miller Band, and the Fillmore West with Procol Harum and Poco.The audience appeared to be too stoned to participate with us and we were somewhat taken aback by this as we had previously been spoilt by the enthusiasm of audiences to clap and sing along, but then they would be hyped up or fuelled on alcohol and not marijuana which tends to have an intense chilled out effect on those that indulge making them want to relax and listen and not get up and jump around, etc.
We did a benefit show at the East, also on the same bill was Laura Nyro, we went down a storm there as we did with Rod Stewart and The Faces at the Downtown Theatre in Detroit and we headlined over Humble Pie at some venues including the Tea Party in Boston and got great newspaper reviews as we did when we headlined over Black Sabbath and Badfinger in Portland, Maine, USA. We also did a great gig at a college where we were special guest to Mountain.
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