Posted on 16/08/03
Lester bangs the gong one last time
Mainlines, Blood Feasts,and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs ReaderEdited by John MorthlandAnchor Books, 432 pages, $23It was a hot summer night in 1971, maybe 1972. On stage at Detroit's Cobo Hall, Boston's J. Geils Band was performing its usual tight, R & B-soaked set before a typically rambunctious crowd. But on this night, at this moment, there were not six band members, but seven. Stage left sat a chair, a desk and an Underwood typewriter. And there, a large, jovial-looking, long-haired fellow was beating on the keyboard for all its worth -- presumably, in time to First I Look at the Purse, or whatever song the band happened to be playing.
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