You must be joking!
A funny thing happened on the way to a gig…as the season of good cheer is upon us; musicians reveal the lighter side of rock
RORY GALLAGHER: “The trouble started just after we’d gone on stage in Wichita during the American tour we’ve just finished. The place was packed with about 7,000 kids. The atmosphere felt really good and I went straight into ‘Messin’ With The Kid.’ All these kids at the front were jumping up and down shouting, but I realized that they weren’t looking at the band after a while.
“I
turned round and realized that my amplifier had gone on
fire. The flames were shooting out from
it. There was a cooling fan at the back
and that only helped spread the fire. I
didn’t know what to do so I just stayed calm, hoped for the best and
played
on. The Towering Inferno wasn’t in
it. The roadies came running onto the
stage with extinguishers to try and put the fire out, and they managed
to plug
me into a spare amplifier.
“Seeing
my little amplifier on fire nearly broke my
heart. The amp is about 20 years old, a
real collector’s item. I insisted on
having it repaired.
“The
next day we set out to find somebody who could put it
into working order again. Eventually we
found this guy who had been at the gig and had seen the whole thing
happening. He had sat and watched the
episode on stage with binoculars."
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This article comes from the December 20, 1975 issue of Melody Maker
Thanks to Brenda O'Brien for passing it along
reformatted by roryfan
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