October 11, 1970 (Sunday)
Gym, Sauk Valley College
Dixon, Illinois, U.S.A.
Tom Evans's Aunt Grace (his mother May's sister) lived in Illinois in 1970 and
came to this gig at Sauk Valley College with her husband and four boys. Grace
was 10 years older than Tom.
Grace: "I pushed the band a lot on the
radio station before they came into town. I took all of my boys to that show. In
order of age in the pictures it was Mark, Michael, Matthew, and Mitchell. We met
them before the show at my house. The little girls were from Rockford, Illinois.
They lived across the street from me.The college was about fifteen minutes away,
in a car.
They performed very well. The crowd reacted very favorably. There were a lot of groupies.
The photos in the bus were taken after the show. They did come back to my house,
spent a night there, and we all drank wine. My husband got out a bunch of glasses
and Tommy said, "Oh, you collect these!?" and we laughed, because my husband
was a Bausch and Lomb salesman. We took some pictures in my backyard before they
left.
It's been twenty years since Tommy passed away. I can still see him in Liverpool
on my lap, with a patch over his glasses. He was such a sensitive man; a lovely man."
backstage at Sauk Valley Colege
from left to right: girl #1 (neighbor of Aunt Grace), Tom
Evans, Tom's cousin Mitchell (on drums), Tom's cousin Matthew (behind Mike), Mike
Gibbins, Pete Ham, girl #2 (neighbor of Aunt Grace)
backstage at Sauk Valley College
from left to right: Tom's cousin Matthew, Pete Ham, Mike
Gibbins
onstage at Sauk Valley College
Tom Evans, Mike on drums behind him, and Pete in the background
(far right)
on the tour bus
Bill Collins, Tom Evans; Fergie (Badfinger roadie) in the
2nd row
on the tour bus
left to right: unknown man reading, Bill Collins, Tom's
cousin Matthew (in gold shirt), Tom Evans; Fergie in the 2nd row (far right); Joey
Molland in back seat holding acoustic guitar
in the backyard of Tom's Aunt Grace's house (October
12, 1970):
Bill Collins (sitting with dog), Tom's cousin Mitchell
(green shirt), Tom Evans, Tom's cousin Mark (back), Tom's cousin Matthew (gold shirt,
in front), and Tom's cousin Michael (far right in striped shirt)
photos from Tom Evans's Aunt Grace
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