Got my hot little hands on a shocking piece of film footage, purporting to be a documentary of a legendary Rick Fielding concert in Blind River, Ontario, sometime in the early 80's. It certainly looks like Rick Fielding, and it's definitely in Blind River...you can tell by the audience. In a desperate attempt to ward off the infuriated crowd, who are throwing beer bottles and other objects, chanting "Oz-zie! Oz-zie! Oz-zie!", and rushing the stage, Fielding finally rips off all his clothing and performs "House of the Rising Sun" stark naked onstage, covered only by a Martin Guitar. The place goes nuts! They won't let him off the stage, so he playes the solo from "Stairway to Heaven", and they go nuts again. He then turns around and moons the crowd while making a fast escape out the back door to his van. Total pandemonium!!!

That's when I knew it was faked. Rick Fielding does not have "Mother Never Loved Me!" tattooed on his buttocks.

- LH