Rolling Stones Concert - Ft Collins CO - July 20, 1975

Thanks for being here! ☕ If you enjoy these videos and want to support the channel, you can buy me a coffee → https://buymeacoffee.com/upmy9cqst9 Original photographs I took with my Nikkormat camera with a 400mm telephoto lens. Charlie Daniels Band, and Rufus & Chaka Khan were the opening acts. Be sure to hit the "Like" button 👍 and subscribe to my channel. Per "The New Scene Weekly": "On Sunday, July 20, the Stones played their second show in Fort Collins, CO (the first being November 7 1969, Moby Arena) to a crowd of 40,000 at Hughes Stadium, with Charlie Daniels as the opening act. Colorado State Patrol reported vehicles backed up on Interstate 25 from Harmony Road to the Windsor exit. Many people parked along the adjoining streets to avoid the one-dollar parking charge at the stadium. The day before, the local drive-in close by was renting out camping and parking, and a local band played through evening while people tailgated. This was the infamous show when Elton John, dressed in an L.A. Dodgers windbreaker and cowboy hat, joined the band on stage for their opening number “Honky Tonk Woman,” which reportedly was the only Stones song he knew at the time. Mick Jagger later introduced Elton as “Reg from Watford.” After several songs, John reappeared and remained until “Midnight Rambler,” ten numbers later! Billy Preston and Ian Stewart were reportedly upset with John’s aimless noodling, as was Keith Richards, due to his presence hampering access to the keyboards throughout the performance. Numerous statements from concert-goers recall people booing, and the band having a difficult time getting him to leave the stage. After the show, the Stones even turned down Elton’s offer to take a helicopter to a ranch for a barbecue." According to an excerpt from Elton John's autobiography, and as per KUSA-TV: "Cocaine gave me too much confidence for my own good. If I hadn’t been coked out of my head when the Rolling Stones turned up in Colorado and asked me to come onstage with them, I might have just performed 'Honky Tonk Women,' waved to the crowd and made my exit. Instead, I decided it was going so well, I’d stay on and jam along to the rest of their set, without first taking the precaution of asking the Stones if they wanted an auxiliary keyboard player." "For a while, I thought Keith Richards kept staring at me because he was awestruck by the brilliance of my improvised contributions to their oeuvre. After a few songs, it finally penetrated my brain that the expression on his face wasn’t really suggestive of profound musical appreciation. I quickly scuttled off, noting as I went that Keith was still staring at me in a manner that suggested we’d be discussing this later, and decided it might be best if I didn’t hang around for the after-show party." MLA: “ROLLING STONES: July 20, 1975 Hughes Stadium.” Northfortynews.com. N.p., 2 Nov. 2015. Web. 6 Oct. 2020. MLA: Author: Sylte, Allison. “'Coked out' Elton John Really Irked the Rolling Stones during a Show at CSU's Former Stadium.” KUSA.com, KUSA-TV, 14 Oct. 2019, www.9news.com/article/news/history/elton-john-rolling-stones-fort-collins/73-6ff221e3-c818-4943-afcd-072482f4b8a6. Lyrics to "Gimme Shelter": Ooh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very street today Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bull lost your way War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder yeah It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder It's just a shot away It's just a shot away, yeah The floods is threatening My very life today Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away Kiss away, kiss away Source: LyricFind

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