Feb 20, 1971 (53 years ago) Fillmore East New York, New York, United States
Ticket Prices: Orch $5.50, Rear Orch $4.50, Mezz $3.50
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Living in rural NJ we each told our parents we were staying over another’s house, and 4 of us snuck into the “City” to see Black Sabbath. We we 16-17 years old long haired hippie kids from the sticks.... made the YUGE mistake of trying to snort a Seconal for the 1st time outside the Fillmore ....bad idea... Got inside remember SLB getting onstage and playing at about 125dB... ruined my hearing.... then another band no one had ever heard of took the stage and tore the roof off.... J Geils Band....I remember jumping up and down on my seat until it broke.....forcing me to stand the rest of the show.... I remember a 30 minute rendition of “Serve You Right to Suffer” and just going berserk to this band along with the rest of the hall.... BS finally came on and well they were ok....JG had stolen the show for us.... we then embarked on a mission to find JG’s album in the Village somewhere which we did I think on St. Marks somewhere.... but in then missed the last train home....😳 we then had no choice but to go and wait in the Port Authority bus station on 8th and 42nd.... when it was REALLY NASTY.... till the 1st bus at like 4 or 5 am..... All in all a mostly unforgettable night.... and my hearing is still fucked.... Rock and Roll, Baby!!
FEBRUARY 20: BLACK SABBATH/ J. GEILS BAND/ SIR LORD BALTIMORE Three nights after THE FACES I am back in FILLMORE EAST in orchestra seats toward the back of the hall to see a show with an acquaintance of mine, not necessarily a friend, but a nice guy nonetheless who had a ticket for me, a late show, scheduled for 11:30PM. The first act was SIR LORD BALTIMORE, a trio out of Brooklyn who had a drummer who was also their lead vocalist. Rumor has it that Bill Graham, after seeing this band perform that weekend decided that he had had enough. These guys were the pits. J. GEILS BAND out of Boston was next. I wanted to see them after hearing their record played many times by Bobby “Wizard” Wayne, the DJ on WCBS-FM. The WIZARD played their stuff as often as he could. Then, BLACK SABBATH. Whew, while Geils was good, I still to this day did not know what to make of Sabbath. They were unique with a grinding, slow, and very loud set. After arriving home with the sunrise I went to bed but not to sleep as the music was still ringing in my ears.
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