~ ~ ~  #5  THE SPECTRUM, PHILLY  ~ ~ ~ 

 Friday, May 1, 1970

My fifth and final show was at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, with an audience capacity of 14,000.  My bright green ticket showed a $6.00 price.   Once I arrived there, I hung around outside the arena talking to a security person.  He told me if I stayed there with him long enough, I would eventually see the band return from dinner in their limo.  Sure enough, he identified their limo approaching, and it sped right past us and into the building.  I then raced to get inside to my seat.  I missed the Staples Singers opening act, but I didn't care.  I knew that I had gotten a glimpse of their arriving limo, and I was thrilled.

This show is partially featured on Absolutely Live, where the announcer says the Fire Marshall will not allow the show to go on until the aisles are cleared.   I was in that audience;  it was bedlam.  No one was in their seats, the aisles were clogged.  I worried that the Fire Marshall really would shut the show down;  I didn't know if it was a bluff, or if that really could happen with an arena-full of 14,000 rabid, chanting fans.  For some reason, I cannot remember what Jim was wearing.

Set list :   Who Do You Love  <>  Roadhouse Blues  <>  Break On Through  <>  "Feel It"  <>  Back Door Man  <>  "Love Hides"  <>  Back Door Man  <>  Ship Of Fools  <>  Universal Mind  <>  When The Music's Over  <>  People Get Ready  <>  Mystery Train  <>  Away In India  <>  Crossroads  <>  Wake Up!  <>  Light My Fire  <>  Maggie M'Gill  <>  Roadhouse Blues (reprise)  <>  Been Down So Long  <>  Rock Me  <>  Carol  <>  Soul Kitchen

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