Update

Tim, my old partner in radio crime from Lehigh, commented on my post about George Carlin. He agreed with me that it probably was the Mitchell Trio that Carlin opened for in the late winter on '67. He also reminded me that the Mitchell Trio was introducing their new member at that time. Chad Mitchell, after whom the trio was named had left. His replacement was a fair-haired boy by the name of John Denver.

Tim also asked if I remembered the time that the students of Lehigh got scolded by Simon and Garfunkle. Their show was delayed, as I remember the scenario, because they got stuck at another college and had to get a plane to get to Lehigh. Their opening act was Eric Burdon and the Animals, famous for a number of great songs including House of the Rising Sun, Sky Pilot, and that eternal end-of-the-school-year anthem, We Gotta Get Out of This Place.

Well, Burdon and company were in an experimental phase or something. (Maybe it was just drunk college students only wanted to hear the hits.) Their show was not well received. Simon and Garfunkle were backstage finally to hear some of this unfair treatment of another band. They came out and did their show and were their stellar selves. But in an interview with the college paper, The Brown and White, they scolded us for our behavior.

Or wait a minute, was it Jefferson Airplane who got stuck at another school? Two things strike me as I write this. First that memory can sure play tricks after 41 years. And second, how lucky we were in those ancient days or yore when the big names came to college concerts. That was their bread and butter on tour. Sure there were the SUPER STARS who only did arena-type concerts, but to see groups like these and others in your own college field house was great.

I do know it was Simon and Garfunkle that scolded us, though.