Chris Murphy in Corpus Christi - 1973
from Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis, pages 62-63:
Our next gig was in Corpus Christi, opening for Michael Murphey, who'd had a hit with the song "Wildfire." […]
A bit before show time, David Allan gave each band member and myself a small, Lone Ranger-style mask, and insisted that we put them on backstage. The masks obscured our vision[. …]
Finally the band felt their way onto the stage[. …] Then David Allan threw them another curve ball. He strode to his mike stand, looked out at the packed house, and started playing the guitar intro to Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode."
The band had never played … more >>
Chris Murphy, Miles To Go: The Lost Years: An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road with Miles Davis (New York City, 2002), p. 62-63. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430575048550 accessed: 1 September, 2024
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'Johnny Be Goode'
written by Chuck Berry |
performed by David Allan Band |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1973 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |