Famous figures could force free entry into sixties events

Evidence

Stern remembered another disturbance caused by Harry Smith, who began screaming when he wasn’t allowed in free. Leary and Metzner had a definite policy against free tickets. “Well, Harry got in free because I told Timothy that if Harry didn’t get in free, there wasn’t going to be a show and there’d be a riot.” — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1939

Categorization

• CANDY: Harry Smith (of Anthology of American Folk Music) threatening a riot over a free ticket — a fun, self-contained anecdote.