In 1984 or 5, I was hanging out on the Mall in DC during the 4th of July.
Wondering up and down the Mall, checking out the “American Folk Life Festival” aspect, we stumbled into a tent with live music.
There where no more than 30 people under this tent and we watched George Thorogood and John Lee Hooker, together, going all out !!!
Hey...Hey..that’s pretty good...I’ve wanted to see Thorogood....
In 1971 I was in college in DC. In May two nights before a big war protest march I took a walk down to the mall. As I was climbing the hill in front of the Washington Monument I heard familiar music being played. As I reached the crest and looked down on the mall I saw Jefferson Airplane playing live to a crowd of about a thousand very happy and very stoned fans.