“Garden Party” is Singer/Songwriter Rick Nelson’s (5/8/40 — 12/31/85) lyrical recollection of his participation in Richard Nader’s “Rock ‘n Roll Revival” concert held on October 15, 1971. The title is in reference to the concert venue, Madison Square Garden, New York City.

In the company of pop and rock legends of the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Nelson sang a number of his hits of the period, such as “Hello, Mary Lou,” backed by his Stone Canyon Band.

Things turned sour when Nelson, dressed in the style of the time and wearing shoulder-length hair, started singing the Rolling Stones’ “Country Honk,” a Country version of their own “Honky Tonk Women.” Booing crescendoed, Mr. Nelson left the stage, and never returned.

Stone Canyon Band released “Garden Party” as a single in 1972. Lyrics include references to Chuck Berry, Bobby Rydell, and Bo Diddley, who also played at the concert, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and more. It reached sixth place on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart and was the band’s last chart hit.

Mr. Nelson worked in radio, television, and film, as well as on the concert stage. His first professional appearance was in 1949, on “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” a radio comedy program about his parents and their family. He portrayed himself.

Truckin’ (Grateful Dead, 1970), All Right Now (Free, 1993), and Institutionalized 2014 (Body Count, 2014) have nothing to do with driving a truck.

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