Andrew Ames Jul 16, 2023

And...Tim Bogert, of Cactus, kept having some kind of problem with his bass guitar or amp, and eventually walked off stage after about 3 or 4 songs, never to return. I guess he was pissed...Ha - !

Andrew Ames Jul 16, 2023

The Jethro Tull Concert was cancel because Ian Anderson had a cold, or a sore throat. It was cancelled last minute because they weren't sure if Ian Anderson was well enough or not to perform that night. That day, April 6, 1971, WNEW-FM, A NYC radio station kept saying that the show was ON, right up until we left N.J. by bus to get to the Fillmore East. The locally somewhat famous WNEW-FM DJ, Scott Muni kept saying that the show was on, so we hopped the bus and took the A train downtown to the Fillmore East, where they told us that the show was cancelled, and we had two or three options. One - get a refund, Two - see that night show which was Humble Pie, Cactus, Edgar Winter's White Trash and Tin House, a 3 piece bluesy band, formed from 3 members of EWWT, Three...I Think...See that night's show and buy tickets for the rescheduled Jethro Tull show. I believe that we took Option Three. The ONLY puzzling thing is this...If I'm remembering correctly, how did they get tickets printed so damn fast for a rescheduled show - ?
It could have been option Two, and we could have bought tickets for the rescheduled Jethro Tull show at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, NJ, from the Red Barn clothing store, a ticket distributor for the Fillmore East.

I've always felt that this slap-dash put together show served as a practice run for Humble Pie's album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore, recorded on May 28–29, 1971.

Rock's In My Head Apr 30, 2018

April 6: EDGAR WINTER’S WHITE TRASH/ HUMBLE PIE/ CACTUS/ TIN HOUSE @ FILLMORE EAST funny how things work out for some bands. I have tickets to see Jethro Tull and Edgar Winter’s White Trash at Fillmore East. I hadn't seen Edgar with this newer incarnation of his band White Trash but I did see part of White Trash at the Fillmore auction a few months ago. White Trash is pretty happening in that their leader, Edgar Winter,was a sight to be hold playing saxophone, keyboards, drums, all with an incredible enthusiasm and screamingly loud vocal ability. Jethro Tull canceled at the last minute and HUMBLE PIE (new house band) and CACTUS(also a semi regular house band) were added as replacements. Tin House also appeared.