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It was an unscheduled refuelling stop in Winnipeg en route to San Francisco from London.

The four of them stepped on to the tarmac, signed a few autographs, and John Lennon gave a brief interview to local reporter Bob Burns.

Best part was when Burns asked Lennon about the comfort level on the flight.

Burns: You got to stretch your legs, I suppose?
Lennon: Well, amongst other things, yes. (smiles at the TV camera)

The lads would play several shows in Canada between 1964 and 1966, but they were all in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. They never again returned to Winnipeg as a group.

First photo is Sonny Barger's grave marker in a Sacramento, California, cemetery. The second photo is the Hells Angels' section of a cemetery in Oakland, where he said he wanted to be buried. Apparently, he relocated back to Oakland from Arizona a couple years before he died because he knew he didn't have long to live and he wanted to be buried with his Hells Angels brothers in Oakland.

It seems absolutely bizarre that Barger, whose entire identity was wrapped up in the club, would not get a Hells Angels' grave next to his friends in Oakland and that he wouldn't even have the club's patch on his gravestone.

But there are also lots of theories floating around, one of which is that he was quietly kicked out of the club a year or so before he died. I also believe two of his wives turned out to be police informants, which did not bode well for him.

It also says "Vietnam" on his gravestone, which is weird, because Sonny Barger never served in Vietnam. He only served six months in the US Army in 1956, which was before US involvement in Vietnam.

Anyway, I thought this would make a good discussion.

This might seem pedantic, but I am sick and tired of seeing Canadians spell this word the incorrect American way - "center" - when referring to the middle point or central location.

The word is CENTRE in Canada, in every use. If you spell it "center," you are spelling the word incorrectly.

Let this be the last time this has to be said.

It has been said that Terry the Tramp (1939-1970) was the prototype for the "biker look" that was copied by others and became so popular in later years. He has even been credited for starting the trend of cutting the fingers off leather gloves. He was definitely way ahead of his time for 1967.

Why is Miami such a breeding ground for people like West and ToKtAm ThOmAs?

He was certainly a good writer who was colourful, but it seems like there were few bands Lester actually liked, LOL.

He did like garage-rock and, of course, The Guess Who, but he hated prog-rock and most of the music of his era.

He constantly lamented that "there's nothing going on" anymore.

He was definitely a character and a piece of classic rock history, though.

There's so many ....

Richard Kuklinski claimed to have whacked Jimmy Hoffa, Carmine Galante, Paul Castellano and Roy DeMeo.

Take your pick; there are these and so much more.

Mine is the "I've had a long night and I hate the fuckin' eagles!" scene.

Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and some other acts stopped in Winnipeg as part of the Festival Express Tour that summer.

The story goes that Janis left her hotel, flagged down a taxi, and told the driver, "Take me to where all the freaks are," and this is where she was dropped off.