Sunday In The Park

SUNDAY IN THE PARK

The crowd at the free Community Park Program concert at Diana Oughton Memorial Park last Sunday, June 27, was only about half as large as it had been on previous Sundays. Probably the main reason was the heat -- it was about 100 degrees and people were melting. It may have been partly because the bands that were featured aren't very notorious around here yet.

The Bad Foot Blues Band, consisting of four young Ann Arborites, kicked off the program. They played well with good rhythm and the people dug it. They're a young band, though, and they need help from all the people around.

The RFD Boys were next. They were the first country band to hit the Oughton Park scène this summer. The boys all worked on acoustical instruments--bass, mandolin, guitars. Some people really had a hoedown when they were pickin'.

After the Boys played, Ken Kelley from the Psychedelic Scapegoat Six spoke about the Grand Jury subpoenas and the demonstration on Tuesday in Kennedy Square (see article on page 3 )

Bad Luck & Trouble Blues Band helped a lot of the healthy dancers in the front to get high. Their music was killer and together blues rock with some stupid words - all this "come on baby it will be alright racka, racka, racka, come up to my room sweetie we'll do fine" stuff. They also voiced that they wanted to "show all the girls in the audience where it's at," which ain't where it's at. Great rock and blues, but in need of better lyrics.

Last was Buddies in the Saddle, who Commander Codyites have called the best band in Ann Arbor. Good old country blues rock and roll from another great band native to the most rocking town in the country.

The food counter every week has good healthy snacks -- cider, apples, oranges, rice & vegetables. People who don't understand why natural food is so much better only need to go to a busy roadside Howard Johnson's and look at the customers. They are old, have no or very little hair, and look like pizzas, hamburgers, and hotdogs. In the food lots of preservatives, grease, and junk to make cells with. We don't look like that  -- yet. Keep shunning healthy food and look out!

At the park there is an ice cream truck for those who got to have some skonk, with lemonade made mostly with refined sugar.

After the concert was over the people picked up the garbage off the poor old grass, which is badly in need of the rains. Those who wanted to work on the street theatre for the Scapegoat Six demonstration stayed to rehearse. Anyone was eligible who was alive.