HW: Isle of White 1970 - Huw freaked on acid

[Chuck Rosenberg]

In a message dated 11/17/00 5:07:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mel at MVA.U-NET.COM writes:

> 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

JAYsus!! I didn't know it was all _that_ serious! I revoke my joke. Sorry,
Huw. Glad you recovered. Charles Hugh Rosenberg