Speaking of drumsticks, I have a story to tell about a drumstick "souvenir."

I was at a 10 Years After concert in Portland, Oregon in about 1969 or 70 when they had "festival" seating in the concert hall, meaning everyone sat on the floor.

In one of the the songs with a rapid fire tempo the drummer was getting really wound up and on a hard rimshot he broke his drumstick in half and sent the end flying into the audience. It came straight out toward me and impaled the leg of a kid sitting on the floor in front of me. The kid pulled it out of his leg and had to wrap the wound with someone's tee-shirt to slow the bleeding, but he was excited that he had a broken drumstick from 10 Years After!

Jack
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