"Before the ZZ Top gig, we'd played one, count them ONE gig in the U.S., which was some outdoor thing near Lansing Michigan."
      - Ian Grandy
      via email to Skip Daly, May 2009

"I was at the North Side Drive In Rush concert of 18 May 1974 (that date sounds about right to me). I was actually doing a black and white video recording of the event for the local (MSU) cable station. Unfortunately I doubt any of the tape of that event still exists, though it is possible. I vividly remember lying on my back, with a video camera, shooting up past the guitar into what I assume was Geddy Lee's face. Being a somewhat pedantic fellow I just thought that I would make one definite correction and a comment. The tour date listing has Dr. John on the bill for that show, in fact Dr. John did not show up (making for a rather ugly crowd at times) and the New York Dolls were the replacement act, not exactly an act the Lansing crowd "got". Secondly, I think I remember the announcer saying that this was the first time the band had been out of Canada...I was 16 at the time..."
      Regards,
      Mark K Mondol
      via email April 2009