ROCK 'n' ROLL news
Yoko Ono and John Lennon made a surprise guest appearance at the John Sinclair Benefit held in Ann Arbor on December 10th. Fifteen thousand people turned out to see speeches and performances by luminaries who ran the gamut of rock and politics: Bobby Seale, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Rubin, STK, the Up, Ed Sanders, Commander Cody, and Allen Ginsberg.
ROCK 'n' ROLL news
Yoko Ono and John Lennon made a surprise guest appearance at the John Sinclair Benefit held in Ann Arbor on December 10th. Fifteen thousand people turned out to see speeches and performances by luminaries who ran the gamut of rock and politics: Bobby Seale, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Rubin, STK, the Up, Ed Sanders, Commander Cody, and Allen Ginsberg.
John & Yoko played only four songs, accompanied by David Peel and the Lower East Side, Jerry Rubin, Leslie Bacon and CREEM’s own Toby B. Mamis. The set, all of which was acoustic, included three tunes John has recently written, including “Attica State,” “Free John Sinclair,” and “Luck of the Irish,” a sort of IRA battle hymn based upon “The Patriot Game.” The performances were taped, for possible release on Apple. (Neither Peel, Rubin, Bacon or Mamis, as far as we know, is contracted, for recording purposes.) Full details and pictures of the benefit will appear in next month’s CREEM.