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Moon Township floral shop decorated Rolling Stones’
private plane in fresh flowers
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all it a true “Moon-light Mile.” Out of the blue, in the
fall of 1989, a small flower shop in Moon Township was
called upon to perform a service for a London-based
band called The Rolling Stones, whose members apparently
had an affinity for freshly cut flowers both in their plane and in
their salads. The owners of the Bright and Beautiful flower shop,
Lynne and Susan Scott, were nonplussed by the request, which
came by way of the Rolling Stones’ stewardess, but leapt into
action to fulfill the priority-one request. The floral arrangements
requested were to be mauve, blue and pink in order to match
the plane’s interior, which was decked out with a living room,
meeting room, bar, bedroom and multiple bathrooms. Whether
or not the interior design was truly a concoction of the Rolling
Stones is unknown, but we do know the plane had been
chartered by Neil Diamond prior to the Stones’ acquisition of
the jetliner. The Scotts, who speculated that they were chosen
because they specialized in unusual flowers, not only fulfilled
the request, but were assured they would be utilized by the
band during any future tours that came through Pittsburgh.
Whether or not that came to fruition was highly uncertain. The
tour in question – the Steel Wheels Tour – was a revival tour for
the Stones, who had been dormant for seven years. Because of
the age of the band at the time, the tour was mockingly renamed
the “Steel Wheelchair Tour.” But the Stones ultimately had the
last laugh because not only did the tour prove to be the most
profitable rock tour of the time, but it was also one of the largest
tours of the time, spanning the U.S., Europe and Japan. ■