Red Hot Chil Peppers Knoxville Convention Exhibit center 1989 Benny Smith Collection LR

Another outstanding show poster (fully signed by the band too) shared by Benny Smith from his extensive music ephemera collection. While the Chili Peppers had already played on The Strip a couple of times during the mid-1980s at tiny venues like Gabby's, in 1989 they played at the Knoxville Convention Exhibit Center (aka the World's Fair Exhibition Hall) in the basement of the Holiday Inn, now the Marriott Knoxville Downtown. Anthony Kiedis and Flea were kicked off a local radio station for using an unsavory word! (Benny Smith Knoxville Music Collection/KHP.)