Perhaps you think this is just another aluminum hat story and it involves UFOs or Mothmen. Perhaps it might ... but the story is still true ... and there are witnesses. One of the witnesses was the Cadillac Man.
It was the start of a really big day at the Cleveland World Series of Rock. People laugh at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... and they have good reason for laughing ... but the World Series of Rock kicked major ass and Jesse Colin Young was opening it that day. I think after him was Santana and then after that Crosby, Still, Nash AND Young. This was the last time they toured together and they came out to play ... but not in the rain.
The sky was looking bad and rain had started but there was enough shelter on the stage that Jesse Colin Young could do his set. He could see what was happening and took a break after his first song to tell everyone:
We have to work together on this to make the rain stop. If we all pull for this as one, I believe we can make the rain stop at the end of this song. Are you with me?
At the end of the song, the clouds blew away and the sun came out. It stayed that way for the rest of the day.
So, how do you think he did it.
I'm telling you it happened as I saw it and I'm not the only one. Of course, Lotho was trippin' balls so you may not value his testimony quite so much but I'm sure Cadillac Man had not taken any acid ... even if it would have been one of the all-time best places and times to take some.
Update:
It's not fair to tease you with the mention of CSNY and then not tell you what happened. Many, many people cover their songs on acoustic guitars and think they have it all figured out but that isn't what they did. It was part of it but by no means all of it.
For the first hour, each did an individual fifteen-minute set playing acoustic. For the second-hour, each did an individual fifteen-minute electric set.
Then they came out and played all-electric together and they blew the name of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young to the stratosphere ... all accompanied by a huge fireworks show. This was one of the all-time best rock shows I have ever attended and I've been to the best.
If you think of these guys as just sitting around a campfire, you've got it so far wrong!
It was the start of a really big day at the Cleveland World Series of Rock. People laugh at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... and they have good reason for laughing ... but the World Series of Rock kicked major ass and Jesse Colin Young was opening it that day. I think after him was Santana and then after that Crosby, Still, Nash AND Young. This was the last time they toured together and they came out to play ... but not in the rain.
The sky was looking bad and rain had started but there was enough shelter on the stage that Jesse Colin Young could do his set. He could see what was happening and took a break after his first song to tell everyone:
We have to work together on this to make the rain stop. If we all pull for this as one, I believe we can make the rain stop at the end of this song. Are you with me?
At the end of the song, the clouds blew away and the sun came out. It stayed that way for the rest of the day.
So, how do you think he did it.
I'm telling you it happened as I saw it and I'm not the only one. Of course, Lotho was trippin' balls so you may not value his testimony quite so much but I'm sure Cadillac Man had not taken any acid ... even if it would have been one of the all-time best places and times to take some.
Update:
It's not fair to tease you with the mention of CSNY and then not tell you what happened. Many, many people cover their songs on acoustic guitars and think they have it all figured out but that isn't what they did. It was part of it but by no means all of it.
For the first hour, each did an individual fifteen-minute set playing acoustic. For the second-hour, each did an individual fifteen-minute electric set.
Then they came out and played all-electric together and they blew the name of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young to the stratosphere ... all accompanied by a huge fireworks show. This was one of the all-time best rock shows I have ever attended and I've been to the best.
If you think of these guys as just sitting around a campfire, you've got it so far wrong!
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