This from Michael [LoVE] on Fillmore West
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:07 pm
Michael was happy for me to share this email....I asked him about his gigs at the Fillmore West--
Santa Monica Auditorium gig a week before Love appeared at Fillmore WEST
I know it's strange to think that there are no tapes of early Love, but it was a time pre-Woodstock...slightly before music fans began to think of live rock performances as something that should be preserved on tape or film for eternity. They were there to just have a good time. I remember the Fillmore West gig when I was still with the Sons of Adam really well, right down to where we stayed (with some cool people in an old apartment in the Haight) Kenny [Forssi of LoVE] spent the night there with us too, for some reason. He was sleeping on the floor and he woke up the next morning and said, "Man, my lungs feel like they've been to a barbeque." Chet Helms was there the night before. He was smoking opium with another guy from a big long pipe. Dipped a stick into a small jar then wiped the opium over a tiny bowl. He offered some to Randy [Holden] and Randy said "No". The Sons of Adam didn't even drink booze.
When I was with Love we stayed at The Richelieu. Much more upscale. Even had a coffee shop.
Take care, Michael
Santa Monica Auditorium gig a week before Love appeared at Fillmore WEST
I know it's strange to think that there are no tapes of early Love, but it was a time pre-Woodstock...slightly before music fans began to think of live rock performances as something that should be preserved on tape or film for eternity. They were there to just have a good time. I remember the Fillmore West gig when I was still with the Sons of Adam really well, right down to where we stayed (with some cool people in an old apartment in the Haight) Kenny [Forssi of LoVE] spent the night there with us too, for some reason. He was sleeping on the floor and he woke up the next morning and said, "Man, my lungs feel like they've been to a barbeque." Chet Helms was there the night before. He was smoking opium with another guy from a big long pipe. Dipped a stick into a small jar then wiped the opium over a tiny bowl. He offered some to Randy [Holden] and Randy said "No". The Sons of Adam didn't even drink booze.
When I was with Love we stayed at The Richelieu. Much more upscale. Even had a coffee shop.
Take care, Michael