Chris Murphy in Michigan - 1973

from Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis, pages 36-37:

The last gig I did before the world tour was at Pine Knob Pavilion in Michigan--a lovely outdoor venue with a covered stage and seating, and open seating on the grassy hills beyond. It was a very mellow scene, with people hanging out and playing frisbee on the lawn.

Miles was now playing keyboards. He had recently asked me to hook up a wah-wah pedal on the organ to supplement the volume pedal, but he'd never gotten around to learning how it worked. I repeatedly asked him to try the pedal out so he could learn how to operate it, but he was having none of that. Now the band was in …   more >>

cite as

Chris Murphy, Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis (New York City, 2002), p. 36-37. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430382891114 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Michigan

Listeners

Chris Murphy
music technician, personal assisstant, road manager, Guitarist […]
1940's-

Listening to

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jazz organ music performed by Miles Davis

Experience Information

Date/Time 1973
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Thu, 30 Apr 2015 09:34:51 +0100
Approved on Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:28:43 +0100