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A lot of what I saw was at the Anderson Theater in the East Village. Later on it was the Fillmore East. Also two shows at Hunter College in Manhattan. I used to go to the Cafe Au Go Go a lot in Greenwich (West not East) Village. Blues Project was sort of the house band.

My most memorable Cafe Au Go Go jam was Eric Clapton and others including Al Kooper. Was on a Saturday or Sunday, daytime. I was using the men's room urinal when Al Kooper jammed in and splashed a lot of water on his face to cool down. I said something to him and he said even less to me. Clapton had a huge mop of Afro hair in that phase

You frequented the Fillmore in its heyday, for sure. Did you see Hendrix there on New Year's Eve, '69? Or the Allman Bros in '71? ...Or The Band ...anytime?

Kooper was great, especially when he played with Dylan and Mike Bloomfield. But that was a few years before then ....in '66-'66.

My favorite concert experience was at a small club in "the valley" in L.A. -- The Palomino...in Feb. of 1987. Taj Mahal was playing, but some unexpected guests showed up. I was just sitting at the bar having a few drinks with a buddy (sitting to my left), and I noticed that none other than Bob Dylan was sitting right next to him (to his left). Freaked him out to no end, huge Dylan fan that he was. But he got me back when he pointed out who Dylan was talking to --- George Harrison. So we warily initiated the conversation and ended up rapping with them for about 5 minutes ....both were very pleasant and funny. Then a two young hot blondes approached them and they forgot about us pretty quickly ...lol.

Anyway, John Fogerty also showed up and and the three giants jammed classic rock tunes with Taj and his amazing band (featuring Jesse Ed Davis on guitar) till about 2:00 AM. It was an all-time night.