12:00AM Wednesday November 29, 2000
By KATHERINE HOBY
Chameleon Kiwi music promoter Hugh Lynn is selling more than 40 years of concert memorabilia – but the stories stay with him.
Like the first time he met veteran underground rocker Lou Reed.
“We ran out of petrol outside a mental asylum in Dunedin,” Mr Lynn says. “Lou thought it was a sign from God.”
Or the keenly awaited first local concert by Joe Cocker, where he was so out of it he was singing with his back virtually to the audience.
“New Zealanders don’t like that sort of rubbish,” Mr Lynn says. “It was so disappointing. He didn’t get half the crowd the next time. That’s what Kiwi fans are like – they don’t forget.”
Or how about Neil Young singing a waiata at a Ngati Whatua marae while cradling two special needs children in his arms? Baca entri selengkapnya »
