The Rolling Stones 1972 and 1975 Parties at the Trident
February 15,2010 by Bobby Lozoff
There was definitely a party which I was at on a Monday night in 1972. There was another Stones Trident affair in 1975 but no private party. BGP just gave the crew a block of tickets for this 75 concert tour. This latter tour was the one with the fancy-assed stage which housed a huge inflatable phallus.
BTW: If you are documenting Trident and Rolling Stone interaction don't neglect Altamonte. Milton Hunt had something to do with security for that ill fated affair.
I remember the very private 72 party because I was the only bar tender and previously Billy Rice and myself had invented the Tequila Sunrise (another documented long story) so when Mick walked to the bar and asked me for a margarita I asked if he would like to try a sunrise. He liked it to the extent that he and the rest of the crew took the recipe across the country on the 72 tour. By this time we had simplified the recipe to tequila orange juice and grenadine.
Bill Graham hosted this party,it was not a Trident party and we didn't know about it till several hours before the event. It was for the Stones personnel and BGP heavy weights. We were always closed on Mondays and late Monday afternoon Frank showed up at my Sausalito house, and asked if I would go in to set up the bar for a private party that night. The party was not open to all Trident employees only those of us who were working to take care of the guests. Our gift and payoff were tickets to the show for all employees the following day. BGP security was used to block all access to the Trident especially media. Heaviest security I ever saw at the big T. This was a very sedate dinner party considering it was for the Stones. No jamming and carrying on. Just a nice place to host the Stones quietly.
My memory of the "Stones" party was that it was the first tour with Ron Woods on guitar, and Mick was still married to Bianca. There was a rift with Bill Graham so the band all wore the same white caps and kept changing jackets with each other so they could divert attention from Mick (the birthday boy). They were so pleased at the success of their stunt when the cake was placed by (Bill Graham) in front of Bianca, totally dumbfounding him. Bill Graham wore a purple velvet robe trimmed with ermine, Ron Wood had on a chamios suit, the waitresses had on their most revealing string vests and "hotpants."
Thanks for fanning the embers (with a magnifying glass) on the focal point of an era. The camp atmosphere was the networking style of a youthful creativity for many seekers. May many find inspiration in your information.
Brad "Flash" Flaherty
The Stones earlier that evening at the Cow Palace
Mick an Ron Photo: Flash
*Bill Graham generously gave all the Trident employees a pair of tickets to the Stones Concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The first night Mick said, "Hey Oakland, how're you doing?" and was booed. The next night he corrected himself. . . no problem.
Photo: Flash
*Barry, myself and Peter [the cold side guy] cooked that night. Security locked us in, gave us Trident T shirts, and we stayed all nite. Sushi was the main course. (1975) from Harold Erman
Posted by Mark Lomas at 2/13/2010 2:30 PM 
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Categories: The Rolling Stones
Tags: Mark Lomas Rolling Stones Sausalito California the Trident Restaurant the Trident Sausalito Trident
Bill first introduced the Stones to the Trident in June 1972,the tour when they played Winterland as opposed to Oakland or Cow Palace. The festivities are described(in some detail)in Bob Greenfield's book "STP", an in depth look at the Rolling Stones 1972 tour. Twas a Monday evening, and Frank was out on work furlough.
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Bobby, I don't know how much you remember and don't remember because we were always pretty high; but I was tending bar with you that night '72. Mick ordered a couple of margaritas and I remember making them with real lime juice, not the bottled juice; a special touch we reserved for our friends. Mick was quiet, cordial and generous.
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This is Pat Little responding...Yes it was quite an evening with the Stones. I got a call a few hours before the dinner and was dressed and ready to go. I was so excited. I remember when Mick went to the end of the bar and ordered the margarita. His shirt was open and I thought wow he's in great shape. Many of us retreated to the deck for a toke or two and then back to serving the stones and trying to look cool but scarce. It was quite the evening.
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