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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 5, 1991 faces n places Good Energy helps Bay area Honor promoter from wire reports in an exuberant civic Celebration that served As a Salve for the disaster racked san Francisco Bay area about 300,000 Rock music fans flooded Golden Gate Park on sunday for a free concert dedicated to the late impresario and local icon Bill Graham. Many of the bands that Graham helped catapult from the City a psychedelic music scene to International stardom volunteered to play at the Celebration which invoked a 1960s ethos that in san Francisco has never entirely disappeared. The grateful dead Santana Joan Baez and Crosby stills Nash amp Young All turned out for a laughter love and music a a tribute to the brass lacks Rock promoter with a social conscience who died at age 60 in a helicopter crash a week and a half ago. A the Only place you can do something Liker this on six Days notice is san Francisco a said Gregg per loft executive vice president of Bill Graham presents. A the Community has always supported our efforts and you have to give something Back to the  the 5 /2-hour concert which was held on an in seasonally warm Day and Drew a crowd estimated by police at 300,000, seemed to have come at the right Lime for the Bay area which is still reeling from grahams death the wind swept wildfire that ravaged the Oakland Hills last month and the disastrous Loma Prieta earthquake two years ago. An air plane dropped hundreds of carnations on the crowd Beach balls bounced atop the throngs and the audience a who ranged from tie dyed Flower children to men in Bermuda shorts toting video cameras a appeared More intent on celebrating life than mourning its loss. A san Francisco needed some Good Energy a said Eddie Mantani 41, a waiter who first heard Crosby stills Nash amp Young play in his High school gymnasium in i%6. Quot this shows the Bay area can still get  grammy award Winner Bobby Mcferrin opened the event with a scat version Carlos Santana loft performs with Cesar Rosas of the group los Lobos during a tribute sunday to Bill Graham. Of the National Anthem. Comedian Rubin Williams led the crowd in a Roar of a Wyo Bill a and borrowed from sports with a round of the  a i wonder if Bill a in heaven organizing a show a Williams said. A a he a up there saying a hey Elvis you re on  a Aaron Neville Sang ave Maria As san Francisco Ballet dancer Evelyn Cisneros danced a piece specially choreographed for the concert. Berkeley fixture Wavy Gravy put in an appearance As did san Francisco mayor Art Agnos. To close the concert Baez led the crowd in an Cappella rendition of amazing Grace. Graham died when his helicopter went Down in heavy fog oct. 25 As he returned Home from a Huey Lewis concert in Concord Calif also killed were his companion Melissa Gold and his Pilot Steve  in love wife says the wife of supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas says Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment because she was in love with him and a never got what she  / Virginia Thomas also said Faith helped her and Thomas through his Stormy Senate confirmation hearings a it was spiritual warfare a she said in people Magazine. A Good versus evil. We shut the Kitchen blinds and turned on Christian Praise music to survive the worst  Virginia Thomas said she believes Hills allegations were a obviously political because of their timing. Hill claimed during the confirmation process that Thomas harassed her when she worked for him in the Early 1980s. A in my heart i always believed she was probably someone in love with my husband and never got what she wanted a Virginia Thomas  s next project Johnny Carson already is working on one of his first Post Toni if show projects a a to special on political humor. It will air As the 1992 presidential Campaign starts he said in to guide. Carson Steps Down As Host of the tonight show in May. The special will contain political humor a going All the Way Back to president Coolidge and will also have a lot of new material about current politicians a he said. A after 35 years of daily work on the tube a five years with a daytime show and 30 years with tonight a i am looking Forward to slowing Down a bit and taking time to smell the Flowers a he said. A but i am definitely not  Speaks out the director of Arnold Schwarzenegger s terminator movies scoffs at suggestions that filmmakers Are responsible for violence in society. 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