Chuck Berry. Melbourne Australia. 1971 or so...

He started 1 1/2 hours late, during which time the 'bouncers=thugs' amused themselves by beating up the restless concert-goers. The mood got really ugly.

When he finally came on, he constantly berated the scratch backing band - who were all very competent and very popular local musos. He was keeping the tour costs down by working with a local scratch-band in each town.

He played for one set = forty-five minutes and walked off - show is over.

The delay in starting the show was caused by him waiting backstage for a large wad of cash from the gate - over and above his contract price. Karma got him - he was busted in Brisbane that same tour attempting to smuggle wads of aussie dollars out of the country. He pulled the 'holding-out-for-gate-cash trick' more than once that tour.

The performance itself? Hard to say...

ausiebloke