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Re: the big leap....and slide



Thanks for the info. I guess I saw him do it in '76 then. When did he start doing
it?

magik

TAPEBOY@aol.com wrote:

> >>Can anyone figure out when he stopped doing that move during WGFA?<<
>
> Pete stopped doing the leap and slide during WGFA (which we used to call 'the
> big leap') at the end of the '76 tour.   After that,  to the best of my
> knowledge,  he only did that again twice,  at Shepperton for the filming in
> '78 and at the Masonic Temple show in Detroit in 1979.    At the Detroit show
> during 'Music Must Change' Pete tore his pants,  and wore a robe for the rest
> of the song,  then went back to the dressing room and changed from fairly
> tight pants to much looser white 'painter' type pants.
> In the process of putting on these looser pants,  he also put on his knee
> pads,  which he otherwise wasn't wearing on the tour.    He did the leap
> during WGFA that night because he had the knee pads on.   (or did he have the
> knee pads on because he wanted to do the leap?....)  jared