re: Pictures from days gone by....

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Tommy Teepell, who was there, says his son Taylor found a poster promoting the British bands' visit 50 years ago.

It was headlined by Herman's Hermits, with The Who billed second (go figure …). The Blues Magoos and The Inn Crowd also performed.

Tommy says Dr. Mike Montalbano told him his dad and uncle (Mickey and S.J. Montalbano, of Montel Records) put on the outdoor concert:

"If I remember the story correctly, The Who agreed to play for $500. I will never forget how shocked we (Mike, Dr. Bill Welch, Barry Bloomberg and others) were when Peter Townshend, of The Who, finished by grabbing his Fender guitar by the neck and swinging it into their Vox amps until everything was on fire.

"Not sure how you can afford to do that when you only made $500. But hey, they were kids; what did they know?

"I think we paid $5 a ticket.

"Mike told me later that he, his dad and his uncle spent the next day on False River teaching Peter Noone, lead singer of Herman’s Hermits, how to water ski."

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