Chicagoetry: Great Moments in Rock Dancing, Number Two

GREAT MOMENTS IN ROCK DANCING, NUMBER TWO

J. Geils
Band

at Soldier
Field,

1977:
Sly Stone

failed to
show

at Petrillo
Bandshell

in '71, and live
music

was BANNED
on the

lakefront (can you IMAGINE?!)!
Until 1977, and, ladies and gentlemen,

"The Super Bowl
of Rock!"

FELLAS!
Number One (of

four):
Emerson, Lake

& Palmer
with a 60-piece

orchestra!
But Peter Wolf

stole
the day!

Frug-ing, Ponyi-ng,
Shimmy-ing, Monkey-ing

his brains
out,

boog-a-
loo-ing, man, and lookin' lookin' lookin' lookin'

foh a
LUV

to call
his own!

Probably fried
to his hat

on every drug
imaginable, too,

but MAN,
you shoulda

been
there.

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J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood's poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.