t ▁think ▁the ▁word ▁was ▁musical . ▁And ▁the ▁Be e ▁Ge es , ▁of ▁course , ▁had ▁a ▁hit ▁record ▁called ▁Massachusetts , ▁but ▁what ▁did ▁I ▁know ? ". ▁ ▁Starting ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁Den ver ▁was ▁heading ▁the ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁bill ▁at ▁The ▁Cell ar ▁Do or , ▁with ▁F at ▁City ▁opening ▁for ▁him , ▁just ▁as ▁Den ver ▁had ▁opened ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁club ▁for ▁then ▁head lin er ▁ ▁David ▁Stein berg . ▁After ▁T ues day ▁the ▁ 2 9 th ' s ▁post - Christ mas ▁re - open ing ▁night ▁( Cell ar ▁Do or ▁engag ements ▁ran ▁from ▁T ues day ▁to ▁Sunday ▁and ▁this ▁book ing ▁was ▁for ▁two ▁weeks ), ▁the ▁three - head ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁a partment ▁for ▁an ▁imp rom pt u ▁jam . ▁On ▁the ▁way , ▁Den ver ' s ▁left ▁thumb ▁was ▁broken ▁in ▁a ▁collision . ▁He ▁was ▁r ushed ▁to ▁the ▁ER , ▁where ▁the ▁thumb ▁was ▁put ▁in ▁a ▁spl int . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁they ▁got ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁a partment , ▁he ▁was , ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁words , ▁" w ired , ▁you ▁know ." ▁▁ ▁But ▁when ▁D ano ff ▁and ▁Ni vert ▁ran ▁through ▁what ▁they ▁had ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁working ▁on ▁for ▁about ▁a ▁month , ▁planning ▁to ▁sell ▁to ▁Johnny ▁C ash , ▁Den ver ▁" fli pped