Talk:August 13, 1967 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC/@comment-39798975-20190613174645

I was there. Pete cut his finger (pinky I think) doing the "windmill." He was whiping blood all over those white pants. Even blood on the body of his Strat. Now, the cool part. Pete went off stage for a few seconds and came back with a different guitar and then "My Generation" began. He destroyed the cheap guitar so fast he left stage and came back with his Strat, plugged in and started ramming the speaker cabs again. Finally, he gets around to bashing the Strat on the stage floor several times until the neck broke and the body went skittering across the stage into some guys arms, standing in the front row, plop! Then that guy shoved it under his shirt or jacketand turned to leave the area.

He was the guy that was playing bass on his Start until I joined my 1st band and had a real bass (Hofner Club bass) then he left to do other bands playing guitar. But, I did get to see the body. It had blood stains and assorted coins glued to the body and I think some sparkly stuff here and there. The guy who grabbed it went on to work for PRS Guitars and had the most amazing job.

OK, back to the actual concert. Can you imagine The Who opening of Herman Hermit's? My date wanted to see Hernan Hermit's and I bought tickets not knowing The Who was opening the show and the crowd was obviously there for The Who. When they finished and the stage getting ready for Herman, the venue lost at least 60% of the audience. That must have felt awful, to see most everyone leave before you even started to perform, hehe.