Rock Scene (June '74).
Monday, November 22, 2010
When Alice Met Stevie and Lemmy/Hawkwind at the New York Academy of Music 1974/Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together!/"Local Talent"/Planetarium Rock
Folks said they wanted more Hawkwind so back into the barn archive for a look around. Let's see. Warhol superstars. Check. Alice Cooper. Check. Danny Fields AND Lee Black Childers. Double check. Stacia. Yep. Stevie Wonder, Cherry Vanilla and Spencer Davis. The collaboration between '74 era Wonder and Hawkwind makes the mind boggle. The competition was always interesting and the Coop was there as usual to check them out (or poach Stacia for his own stage show). Most impressed by the "local talent," uptown from checking out the Stilletos, Harlots of 42nd Street or Magic Tramps and hoping to get close to Dave Brock, Nik Turner or Lemmy. Dig Nik in full Arkestra mode! Rock Scene's bold assertion that it featured the "the stars backstage" was never truer.
Rock Scene (June '74).
Rock Scene (June '74).
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I wonder what Stevie Wonder thought of Hawkwind. I wonder which "Local Talent" Lemmy got down with.
ReplyDeleteI did Hawkwind's first US album review and got to go to this party, which was even bigger than this article. It doesn't mention Peter Gabriel, who was behind me in line. United Artists did a great thing with the party; the problem was that after that they didn't really do much for Hawkwind. Sad, because the "classic" Hawkwind lineup only ever toured the US twice, and with minimal PR work done. There was a later tour with Bob Calvert (the original vocalist) after that, but it was too late then....
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