Gathering Of The Tribe
May 1, 1970
DETROIT -- The Tribal Sinfonia decided to have a party and invite the “entire world” on May 10 — they didn’t quite make that goal but they did manage to get 5000 people to Hines Park on 48 hours notice.
The band had gone into the park to jam the preceding weekend, with acoustic instruments, and about 75 people had gathered around to watch them. So they decided that the concert was a dynamite way to both promote themselves and have a good time. With the aid of a heavy lawyer and their manager A1 Linden, they managed to get permits for the freebie from the City’s Department of Public Works, going over the heads of the two police departments who’d turned them down.