The one about Rick(y) Nelson and Madison Square Garden.

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From https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rick-nelson/garden-party

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On October 15, 1971, he played a "Rock & Roll Spectacular" show with fellow '50s stars Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Bobby Rydell at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He was expected to play his hits, and at first he obliged, opening with "Be-Bop Baby" - not one of his more meaningful songs but a consistent crowd-pleaser. After delivering a few more hits and getting rousing ovations, he started playing newer material, including his country-rock cover of "Honky Tonk Women" from his yet-to-be-released album Rudy the Fifth. For that one, he moved to the piano, and when he finished the song and walked back to his guitar, he heard an unusual sound: booing.

Nelson had been playing his newer songs at collage shows, and they were well-received. This audience was different though, comprised of some oldies purists who thought the experience was about the hits and nothing but the hits. The booing unnerved Nelson, who played one more song before cutting his set short and leaving the building.

This experience prompted the former teen idol to write "Garden Party," which became his first US Top 10 hit since 1963's "For You." He died in a plane crash in 1985 at age 45.

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Rick Nelson Garden Party

John Mcintyre

Published on Aug 24, 2010

Song: Garden Party (Live)
Artist: Ricky Nelson
Album: Rock 'n' Roll at the Garden: 60 Year Celebration
Writers: Ricky Nelson
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[Scotch-Irish]

1. I loved Ricky Nelson's songs. The early ones and the later ones.

The crowd in Madison Square Garden were needing a trip down memory lane, and Ricky used the venue to change the direction. If I were his manager, I would have suggested he break his new music first on radios and albums, and let his old fans get used to it before he laid it on them in person.