The iconic Pusi-Kat poster in color – 1968
I was 15 or 16, and occasionally keyboards, but mostly roadie/fan of Flash, the SA band (San Antonio) with Chris Geppert (now Christopher Cross). We played the Pusi-Kat several times. I usually hung in back with the lighting guy, who would let me do the “oils” psychedelic show while he did the lights.
Of course I remember seeing Spirit, the guitarist with the “infinite” sustain on his super cheap Sears guitar, and their hit “I Got a Line on You, Babe”.
BUT the indelible, never-to-forget, memory was sitting in the back and looking at this freakish black guitarist during afternoon soundcheck. I knew something was wrong because…well, what was it? Oh, OK, he was playing guitar backwards!! Yea, it was Jimi Hendrix on his maiden voyage tour with The Experience. Was I stoned or had he transported me into some other reality?

The only comparable memory was when Flash drove up to Austin to open for Led Zeppelin. Backstage I walked by Robert Plant, who looked at me like “WTF are you doing here?” I was 16 or 17 and looked 13. Hah! Great memories! 😎👍‼️