HW: Isle of White 1970 - Huw freaked on acid

[Michael Blackman]

That 'person' should have been beaten sensless - what a stupid thing to do
grrrrrrrr

Mb


----- Original Message -----
From: Melvyn Vincent <mel at MVA.U-NET.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Isle of White 1970 - Huw freaked on acid


> >>> > perhaps it was meant to be a reprise of the '70 gig (Isle of
Wight??)
> >where
> >> Huw freaked out on acid...you know, that whole "retro" thing... :)
Chuck
> >
> >Tell me more, please...
> >
> >Mb
> >
> This is the story roughly as told to me by Huw and his wife Marion earlier
> this year.
>
> During the gig that HW were doing on a makeshift stage outside the gates
to
> the Isle of White Pop Festival.....Some person handed a bottle of 'apple
> juice' to the band for 'refreshment'.
> Huw Lloyd Langton gulped back a few mouthfuls not knowing that it had been
> spiked with something like 5 shots of liquid acid/LSD.
> No laughing matter....as it very nearly killed the guy. Huw was
> hospitalised and did actually 'die' at one point. The dose he got was so
> high that it took him a period of 6 months to 'come down' from the
effects.
> One does wonder what long term affects such an overdose could have on a
person.
>
> melvyn
>