Originally Posted by
stingbeelee
OK, my friend and I were about 10 years old. We had gotten a paper route in Detroit. For doing a good job with the paper route, his mother said that she would take us to a concert. I was a nerd who was somewhat sheltered - I had to be in the house when the streetlights came on, had to be polite, etc. We chose the "big show of 1970" at Cobo Arena which had, to the best of my recollection, the following artists: Mad Dog and the Pups, The Detroit Emeralds, The Originals, David Ruffin and Paliament-Funkadelic. His mother dropped us off, and said she would get us later. All the acts were great and we were having a good time. Closing the show was Paliament-Funkadelic. They came out with wild clothes, wild hair, someone in a diaper, one had a wild floppy hat on with high heel boots, one was wearing an outfit that looked like a colorful KKK outfit, some had no shirts on, one was wearing a cape like thing! But they sang "I bet you", "Testify", "Look at what I almost missed", and were playing loud distorted guitar. Mind you, I was ten and had never been to a music concert. Then they brought out a six foot weed toke. My friend and I were utterly shocked at this. His mother, who was looking for us, came up to us and saw what was happening on the stage. She screamed at the ushers "You let my children see this, How dare you, What is wrong with you?!!!"; she grabbed us by the ears and dragged us out. We never saw the end of the show. Up to that point, I had never seen such a spectacle live and in-person.
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