I rented a little PA system and put it in the back seat of my '52 Pontiac and drove around to the colleges in New England, wherever I could plug in my equipment ... I would find a student union building or a fraternity house or — if I was really lucky — a sorority house. And just plug in and start playing. And play until the authorities figured out I really wasn't authorized to play there. They'd throw me out, of course. And that made me an instant hero with the students. And I started actually getting a following that way.