In further news after the success of Operation White Elephant recounted up thread, where Chris Rea was able to get Adolf Hitler into an early grave as a gibbering, drooling wreck, he decided it was time for some R&R, so he packed some gear into the Time Transit, and took himself off to the 1970 Isle of Wight festival, where a musician in a Transit Van blended in perfectly, he managed to blag the chance to jam along with Taste, but was the cause of a huge row when he asked Rory Gallagher if he kept his guitar under the Irish Sea, eventually this ended with the band’s breakup, the night before that he played with Kris Kristofferson, but tripped and pulled cables out of the PA, causing the audience to boo them off as there was no sound, then on the Saturday he wandered on stage during Joni Mitchell’s set, as a hippie called Yogi Joe, and nearly had her booed off stage, luckily she rallied and turned the crowd round after Chris was removed from the stage, then on the Sunday he was invited by his Middlesbrough mate Paul Rodgers to join FREE on stage, where they both joined in with Alright Now to a tumultuous reception, then in the early hours of the 31st he got to play along with Jimi Hendrix, however that was beset with problems, mostly a security radio was heard over Jimi’s amp, it was Chris shouting 1-9 for a copy breaker breaker & car 54 where are you down the thing, however the way they segued little wing into fool if you think it’s over was sublime, but sadly the film was lost in an editing accident, much to Chris’ annoyance, but all to soon it was time to go home and think of where his travels should take him next.