Memory:Dag MacLugh

This fan memory was written by Dag MacLugh.

Ah! So long ago!

I caught GG at the Guild Hall in Cambridge, England, in March or April, 1972. I'd never heard of them (being American, on vacation in the Mother Country), and happened to see a flyer advertizing their concert. What the hell? thought I. I'd just kissed a lovely bird goodbye, and had an evening to kill before heading north to Edinburgh.

Was I lucky, or what? Such a concert! Wall to wall sound, that stuffed Ye Olde Guild Hall with Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Jazz--you name it! The piece de resistance, though, was the drummer who, in the midst of his set, bounced his sticks off the floor and caught them, without missing a beat! Unbelievable!