Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association. Vol 40. No. 7. April 13 1977

Country Joe Revisited

Country Joe Revisited

David,

ALL AROUND HIM HE SEES POVERTY AND DESPAIR

The above tour was organised by NZSAC on a sale to campuses only. What each campus made of it's 'purchase' was it's own problem/responsibility. The situation at Massey is considerably different to that at Victoria.....
a) being a small campus they needed more public support and
b) having inadequate facilities in their Union they needed a different venue downtown to cater for that same public.

In Wellington it is impossible to book a venue or a well-known support act for a Saturday night particularly at short notice. With their concert being on a Sunday they faced fewer problems in both respects.

As far as the support act went, we felt a low key act would be more suitable given the nature of Joe's music. For the same reason ie. more personal atmosphere, our own Union Hall was considered a suitable venue.

We may have erred on these points - but if audience response is assumed a fair measure - then support act. venue and show as a whole proved popular.

As for the price - trying to break even was our only concern. Bearing in mind that Massey were relying on greater patronage. Although I cannot give figures I understand that with an only slightly larger audience. Massey lost only marginally less than did Victoria.

We attempted to play host to an international act as a finale to Orientation. For those who were there I'm sure that the price was acceptable and the show worth the effort.

Yours Faithfully,

A. Moore-Jones