HW: GONG tour '97 (or whenever)

[Jeremy R. Horne]

On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Damon C Capehart wrote:

> Heya... I e-mailed the guy who coordinates the GONG tours in the U.S. with
> the idea of putting HW and Gong on a joint-venture-tour of some sort.
> This was his reply:
>
> ---------- begin included message ----------
> > Hi damon,
> > Yes, your idea has been considered before and has its merits problem is
> > that although touring together does lower cost it also lowers profits as
> > many fans are the same etc.  However it still can work if there's enough
> > support in the land.  We are still working on the concept.  Any details
> > you have re  the Hawks would be helpful.
> ---------- end included message ----------
>
> So I told him what we here at BOC-L know so far (around May, slightly
> larger venues [~1000], Jim Lascko and to an extent Mr.Rats doing most of
> the coordinating, etc.).  I also said the following:
>
> "I plan on asking the people on the Hawkwind newsgroup if they can provide
> the 'enough support in the land' to put the two bands together."
>
> I told him either you guys could directly send him your opinions
> concerning the matter, or we could simply discuss it here on BOC-L and
> then I could summarize our discussion and send it to Mr.Gongdude for his
> perusal and consideration.  As you can see from the following, he has
> decided on the latter option.
>
> ---------- begin included message #2 ----------
> > Send out the feelers and let me know your opinion first then we can
> > proceed from there if the interest is there.
> > Take Care.
> ---------- end included message #2 ----------
>
> In other words, what would you guys think of Gong and HW touring together
> in the U.S.? :) :)
>
> Damon "I think it would be awesome!" Capehart
>
I know my crowd would follow them for several shows.