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I just thought id post this again as im sure its been covered.A great performance to behold.

This is a little before your time, isn't it Scotty? I remember them well. Better to forget the hair, though. I want that 450/12 that he's playing ... top of my wish list

MC5, yeah, cool. The naissance of blues-based hard rock. Them, Grand Funk, Sabbath ( they were once a blues band) many more picking up the adrenaline count in the early seventies. Right on.

Kira,Im a mere babe in the wood!

Thanks Scotty - love the MC5!

To add to that treasure, check out the 4001 and the 450/12 on "The American Ruse"

He's put Gibson pickups in that 450

It also ended up with a Gibson TOM. After seeing Sonic's Mapleglo 450/12 on the back cover of the "High Time" album, I had to have one. The first Mapleglo 450 I found was from 59, and that started me on the path to getting more and more '59 Rickenbackers in Mapleglo. Whenever someone suggests that Rickenbackers are for "twee" bands, I play them "City Slang" by the Sonic Rendezvous Band (Fred Smith's post-MC5 band). That usually shuts them up.

"And now from Nova Scotia, a lovely gal named Anne Murray."

If you dig the five at all, you gotta track down a copy of the "never officially released" bio film "MC5: A True Testimonial." Fascinating, if a bit depressing...

Hey Kyra was during my time though

I remember hopping the fence, with not a dime in my pocket, at an oval dirt track in Mt. Clemens to see the MC5 in or around '69 or '70.

Absolutely one of the best bands of the 60s that never made it. Sheer power, great stage showmanship, great songs, and the power of a revolution behind them, the MC5 had it all. Too bad all of the other elements horribly sabotaged what should have been a superstar career.