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Scarce original color 13.5 x 24 poster for the ‘Youth for Vietnam Veterans Benefit Concert’ held at the University of Kansas’ Allen Field House in Lawrence, Kansas, on November 11, 1986, which lists John Fogerty, George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, Stephen Stills, and Mike Finnigan as performers, signed in black felt tip by Fogerty, Thorogood, and Stills, in black ink by David Crosby and actor Jon Voight, and in blue ballpoint by Finnigan. Affixed to a same-size foamcore mount and in fine condition, with a few small surface dings.
Concert coordinator Craig Krueger: ‘In 1985, I began to organize the Youth For Vietnams Veteran Concert which took place November 11, 1986. Because David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and John Fogerty all promoted peace, I contacted their management and each of them individually. I wrote to David Crosby while he was in Huntsville, Texas. I was very pleased when he wrote back to me that he would be happy to perform after he was granted parole. David performed with Stephen Stills, John Fogerty, George Thorogood, and Michael Finnigan. Also at the concert along with performers were Peter Fonda and Jon Voight.’
Crosby was sentenced to five years in a state penitentiary following his April 1982 arrest at Dallas' Cardi's nightclub for felony cocaine and weapon possession; despite the songwriter's noted anti-violence stance, he began carrying a handgun shortly after the murder of John Lennon. Crosby began serving his sentence on March 6, 1986, but was released on parole after five months, a stint he affirms helped kick his drug addiction.
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