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The other 1969 concert that changed music: ‘one of the most important stories in rock history’
Revival69 glimpses into starry Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, which gave Beatles fans a new look at John Lennon
When Brower got the notion to finance a festival boasting the pioneers of rock – not just Chuck Berry but also Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent – he had no idea that each of those artists could barely fill a club at the time. Alice Cooper on stage in Revival69 Photograph: GreenwichWhen they landed in Toronto they were greeted by a jarring sight – a motorcade of 80 clearly stoned bikers, whose flagrant drug use was tolerated by the police only because of Brower’s connections to the rich Eaton family. Even so, he viewed Ono’s vocal as an inspired piece of protest art, capturing the horror of war much in the manner of Jimi Hendrix’s feed-back-strewn version of the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock.
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