Rock & Roll News

Five Years of Successful Struggle

The Rainbow People's Party is happy to report that the historic January 24th rock & roll stomp-down celebration/benefit for the National Lawyers Guild at the Grande Ballroom was a smash, bringing together over 1,000 rainbow people on a Monday evening to support the people's legal defenders and get down under the jams.

The benefit was called "Five Years of Struggle" to commemorate the successful protracted effort of young people in Michigan to reform the state's anti-marijuana laws, beginning with the bust of John Sinclair and 55 other people at the Detroit Artist's Workshop January 24, 1967. Four bands, including Detroit, with Mitch Ryder, UP, Harvey Khek, the Motor City Mutants, and a huge crowd kicked out the jams in support of the Detroit Chapter of the Guild, an organization of lawyers and legal workers dedicated to defending the people from a repressive state machine. After expenses, a total of $1,149 was netted to help further the work of the Guild, which runs ads on FM radio to let people know that they want to serve the people and how to get ahold of them. They're farout. (Guild staff attorney Buck Davis has been one of John Sinclair's main lawyers in his victorious struggle to get out of the marijuana slam.)

The scene at the Grande thoroughly dispelled any false notions of the death of rock & roll or of high energy tribal stomping. The people's recent victories in the marijuana fight combined with the people's music to push the energy and spirit level at the old Grande to heights far exceeding even the legendary old days. Don't miss the next one.

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

-Dave Sinclair, RPP