Journey Through The Past

[jamestkirk]

Have you ever been to Electric Ladyland......? Sweet. I'm taking the whole trip today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj9q-vhjbms

All Along The Watchtower IOW--7.7 million viewers can't be wrong....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwCBh0z3Hs

Take a trip with me on a journey through the past...who knew we would lose all our favorites so soon after this concert? Jimi, Jim. Janis...



The Music LIVES on!

[jamestkirk]

Ghosts upon the road.....from the album of the same name.

I was stranded up in Cambridge Mass it was the Winter of 62
Before that in a torn down building up on Beacon Hill
I made my money mowing lawns that fall and juking in a band
The air was full of energy only a few could understand....

....Ghosts upon the road
They were ghosts upon the road
Just ghosts upon the road.


Even on a sunny day, makes for a sweet rainy day song that still gives me chills....10+ minute story teller's tune by the best. Great chilling blues harp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7jaxp5mSg

When you have time, give it your time...light a candle, close your eyes.

[jamestkirk]

Reminds me.... of the 60's ....my folks told me in junior high when I started my little garage band..."that's cool..but as soon as the hair gets long, you 're out of the rock biz". Oh, those Beatles were such a bad influence!

So, anyway, as I was saying there were all these songs about "letting your freak flag fly" and "Almost Cut My Hair"...and "Easy Rider"...all that innocent feeling of being a part of something really new, something bigger than yourself, and there was hope for a real change coming in the world...revolution, right on, n' all.

This song just really takes me back and gives me a bittersweet feeling thinking about the current state of jaded times and loss of innocence.

Give a listen to this beautiful, bittersweet song about not letting yourself be too free, not too alive...Don't Let Your Hair Grow Too Long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yen_Z0rV ... re=related

Rock on and don't be a fraid to let your freak flag fly!!

[jamestkirk]

EASY RIDER is such an iconic 60's hippie/freak movie. So much great music in there....couldn't have been a better soundtrack for the 60's if it had made as a music documentary.

I saw it at the theatre back in the day and was likely just a bit hazy , but I was wondering what subsequent generations thought of the movie in general and music specifically.

LET YOU R FREAK FLAG FLY. Here is the Byrds' doing "Ballad of Easy Rider"....still holds up quite well. Beautiful. And some fine video from the film. Peter Fonda, Dennis, Jack were so cool.... Of course the ending didn't help our attitude about red necks and "pigs". If possible, we were even more pissed at the red necks and Nixon as we walked out of the theatre..the whole anti-establishment thing!

The music...Jimi, the Byrds, Steppenwolf, The Band. Dylan was asked to contribute, but was reluctant, so the Byrds coverd "It's Alright Ma, I'm only Bleeding" For the title song, Dylan wrote the first verse and said simply, "Give it to Mcguinn. He'll know what to do with it." Man, did he ever!

Oh ya..."The Ballad of Easy Rider"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNjzzDNIJWw

Let your freak flag fly!

[twilla]

Most of that movie was filmed in Taos area and Penasco NM
one of my favorite places to go to get away in the mountains
going there this weekend
Can't wait to get a rejuvenation shot.

[jamestkirk]

This goes back to the Nick Drake days....from Nick's dear friend--John Martyn

Both gone now, sadly. RIP. John wrote and dedicated his brilliant "Solid Air" to Nick. I've posted this before but since I am listening to it again, I thought you all might enjoy it too...

May you never be with out a hand to hold........

"MAY YOU NEVER".....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOi_wxypeGc ...beautiful. live performance.

[jamestkirk]

A classic for your listening enjoyment....1975. The a great song almost
25 years later and Eric doesn't drop off a bit!! I know twilla is always looking for some good after dinner music...Moni and all!

TIME RUNS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN...A 10 minute masterpiece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsXDenaWuJI

& "WOMAN, SHE WAS GENTLE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0InO3gKA ... re=related

From "Stages/The Lost Tapes". The tapes for Eric Andersen's
masterpiece were supposed to be sent to the NY label offices, but there was a mix up and they were "lost" for over 30 years in a warehouse in
LA. Only discovered recently, the devastating loss that knocked
Andersen off course for decades, is finally available.

25 years later...."SPANISH STEPS"...amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEfgxXJstWM

Have a great weekend all!!

[twilla]

A classic for your listening enjoyment....1975. The a great song almost
25 years later and Eric doesn't drop off a bit!! I know twilla is always looking for some good after dinner music...Moni and all!

TIME RUNS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN...A 10 minute masterpiece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsXDenaWuJI

& "WOMAN, SHE WAS GENTLE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0InO3gKA ... re=related

From "Stages/The Lost Tapes". The tapes for Eric Andersen's
masterpiece were supposed to be sent to the NY label offices, but there was a mix up and they were "lost" for over 30 years in a warehouse in
LA. Only discovered recently, the devastating loss that knocked
Andersen off course for decades, is finally available.

25 years later...."SPANISH STEPS"...amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEfgxXJstWM

Have a great weekend all!!

Thank you
Sorry it took me so long to post.
That music makes me wish I was soaking in one of NM hotsprings or my hottub at home with a cup of hot irish coffee. ( I have a cold right now )
Woman , she is gentle is very nice.
That is disheartening about his "lost" tapes.
Hope your leg/ankle is healing nicely Scott
What ever you do don't try to scratch it with a coat hanger!

[jamestkirk]

Thanks, twilla. The ankle is slowly getting better. Another month or so.
It's ok with the walking boot, but if I stretch wrong in my sleep the pain can be unbearable. Those torn ligaments with an ankle sprain/break take so long to heal. But mostly it feels fine..just no long Autumn walks with the boot.
I last about 10 minutes. Ouch.

But really, all is good!!!



here's some nice early Tom Waits...Virginia Avenue!! Nice honky tonk mellow piano blues.
http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Waits/Clos ... nia+Avenue

[twilla]

Thanks, twilla. The ankle is slowly getting better. Another month or so.
It's ok with the walking boot, but if I stretch wrong in my sleep the pain can be unbearable. Those torn ligaments with an ankle sprain/break take so long to heal. But mostly it feels fine..just no long Autumn walks with the boot.
I last about 10 minutes. Ouch.

But really, all is good!!!



here's some nice early Tom Waits...Virginia Avenue!! Nice honky tonk mellow piano blues.
http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Waits/Clos ... nia+Avenue

glad to hear you are in a boot already

Yes nice honky tonk, cut the rug music.

[jamestkirk]

Some of the strangest and most beautiful folk psych music ever created is on this brilliant album by Tom Rapp of Pearls Before Swine. If you haven't heard it before, which is likely...PLEASE trust me and give it a shot.... "Balaklava"

Here is the WHOLE LP from last.fm for a listen. If you haven't the time, go to this track--
"I Saw The World"... so beautiful...."why don't you do joy...."

http://www.last.fm/music/Pearls+Before+Swine/Balaklava

Everyone who hears this thinks Rapp had to be one of the most stoned hippies ever when he wrote this. Tom just laughs, 'My first two albums are considered the druggiest, and i had never done any drugs at that point. I smoked Winston cigarettes at the time, so these are all Winston-induced hallucinations."

[jamestkirk]

Time for the most devastatingly perfect cover of "High Flying Bird" you will ever hear! The covers by We Five or Judy Henske don't come close.

By Wizards Form Kansas....Bill Graham loved this band so much, they were regulars at Fillmore East and also opened for such greats as Cream & Hendrix. Any who love Quicksilver will appreciate the Wizards' who play with the same brilliant intensity.

HIGH FLYING BIRD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZLsUhk ... re=related

& Here is a brilliant cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Codine"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM4iBWDAkH8


...and for quick review--
http://hippy.com/review-518.html


You gotta give your ears this aural treat!

[Yardbird]

jameskirk - I just listened to a couple of songs from Balaklava...great stuff! I have been trying to locate this on ebay and my my local independent record stores, but no luck yet. The search continues!

[jamestkirk]

jameskirk - I just listened to a couple of songs from Balaklava...great stuff! I have been trying to locate this on ebay and my my local independent record stores, but no luck yet. The search continues!

Glad you like it.....ebay has a couple of nice vinyl copies...at "Balaklava, ebay music".

The intro recording of the last surviving bugler from the Charge of the Light Brigade always gives me chills! ...and then into the great LP....

A must have for psych lovers and Tom Rapp is so underrated. Pearls Before Swine IS Tom Rapp with a rotating group of backing musicians.

Don't we have good taste, yardbird?!!

[jamestkirk]

This one goes way back in the "Way-Back Machine"......

The Rockets....pre-Crazy Horse with Neil Young...
I can see why Neil loved these guys (from listening to this LP again)
--released in '68....

Here is a great tune from their only LP...as the Rockets. They released a
couple LPs as Crazy Horse..the first one is brilliant too. Danny Whitten --RIP.

Have a free listen..this takes me back. Anyone else know & love these guys?
http://therisingstorm.net/audio/02-wont ... l-stay.mp3

[twilla]

This one goes way back in the "Way-Back Machine"......

The Rockets....pre-Crazy Horse with Neil Young...
I can see why Neil loved these guys (from listening to this LP again)
--released in '68....

Here is a great tune from their only LP...as the Rockets. They released a
couple LPs as Crazy Horse..the first one is brilliant too. Danny Whitten --RIP.

Have a free listen..this takes me back. Anyone else know & love these guys?
http://therisingstorm.net/audio/02-wont ... l-stay.mp3

Thanks for the music lessons
and the introduction
I can see why Neil loved them too

[jamestkirk]

FEVER TREE

FAR AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, with their mix of jazz, heavy classical, and
psychedelic rock. The ycan give me a drug free high every time...did in th e60's...
still do today!!

Texas based like 13th Floor Elevators and Bubble Puppy. But they ooze California through every note!!! Most know San Francisco Girl,
but the rest are brilliant.

As fully great as any 69's band...period. This fave of mine can get me soaring
every time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGqEWxf ... re=related THE SUN ALSO RISES

A BETTER BEATLE COVER I'VE NOT HEARD HERE.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9Z1M7XrMI WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAY TRIPPER

And a raga rave-up guitar break that rocks here...UNLOCK MY DOOR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9b7Sn-q ... re=related



FOR YOUR WEEKEND ENJOYMENT......CHEERS!

[jamestkirk]

Byrds great Gene Clark just might be might favorite solo artist ever.

He rarely covered anyone else, but this is a great cover of a John Fogerty song, along with Carla Olson. They had a magic together. Sadly, Gene died at the young age of 46, while making plans to record their second album together.

Enjoy...country rock at it's best

....a bit of an Everly Brothers feel to it don'tcha think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgFFDElj ... re=related

[twilla]

scott
I like the mandoline in that one

[Saint Jimmy]

This one goes way back in the "Way-Back Machine"......

The Rockets....pre-Crazy Horse with Neil Young...
I can see why Neil loved these guys (from listening to this LP again)
--released in '68....

Here is a great tune from their only LP...as the Rockets. They released a
couple LPs as Crazy Horse..the first one is brilliant too. Danny Whitten --RIP.

Have a free listen..this takes me back. Anyone else know & love these guys?
http://therisingstorm.net/audio/02-wont ... l-stay.mp3

Yeaa I know this shit, got lost in my memory thow.
Dont know how but it takes me back to my school time(pre'96).

Thnkzz for digging it up(in my brain), you are like an encyclopidia man.

I think Neil is the key for me, witch got triggerd by the song "sweet home Alebama"(I hope Neil young will remember). Love that song but hate it thet it puts neil down. althow it made me look him up

[jamestkirk]

Ya, twilla..nice mandolin!


And to St. Jimmy....
ya, it 's ironic that Lynyrd Skynyrd's put-down song of Neil and his classic tune introduced you and many others to Neil Young.


...or made us appreciate him even more!

[jamestkirk]

The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark

Considered one of the best Country Rock LP's ever recorded....with Doug Dillard & Gene Clark. This track...Train Leaves Here This Morning is credited to Gene and Bernie Leadon (later founder of The Eagles). Bernie said he only added a small bridge or something and that it was all Gene's song, but Gene gave him credit, & shared royalty of course...that's just the kind of good guy Gene was. Ironic since Crosby and McGuinn did all they could to keep Gene from getting to many songs on the Byrd's LPs...they were jealous of Gene's great songs and subsequent bigger royalty checks.

A masterpiece of an album....here is Gene and Bernie's song...I love it more than the Eagles version....how about you??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9GQDKkh ... re=related

Great GREAT stuff!!!

[lovemygirl]

...great stuff indeed....

[jamestkirk]

I appreciate all your kind words and indulgences by listening to my
recommendations......

So now with your input and indulgences, please give a listen to likely my favorite Gene Clark song.....
which is saying a lot since Gene "Byrd" is one of my top favorite solo artists!

Here is his FROM A SILVER PHIAL from his highly regarded album &
masterwork...NO OTHER.

http://www.bomb-mp3.com/download.php?mp ... lver+Phial



Enjoy, friends....and I can't recommend "No Other" enough....
You will be getting "No Other" by post too, Ed!

[twilla]

James
you got me looking all these guys up and I learned something
I have always been a glen fry, don henley, joe walsh fan and also
Poco, I did not realize their interconnection to each other and the Flying Burrito brothers,Buffalo Springfield, Ringo Star etc
I had fun reading all that
Thanks
man

[jamestkirk]

James
you got me looking all these guys up and I learned something
I have always been a glen fry, don henley, joe walsh fan and also
Poco, I did not realize their interconnection to each other and the Flying Burrito brothers,Buffalo Springfield, Ringo Star etc
I had fun reading all that
Thanks
man

There's just a little bit of magic in the county music we're singing....
I love POCO!....The interconnection between Byrd's and Springfield is amazing...CSN & Y, Poco, Burritos, Dillard and Clark, Firefall, Spirit,
Manassas, Souther-Hillman-Furray Band, Tom Petty (worshipped
McGuinn, was a real groupie).....what family tree!!

[twilla]

and the conections to Dan Folgelberg ?sp

[jamestkirk]

and the conections to Dan Folgelberg ?sp

His great tribute to Buffalo Springfield with..."The Innocent Age"
...Richie Furry of Buff sang on it.

[jamestkirk]

Great Baroque POP in the vein of the Left Banke/Beatles....1966
later covered by Linda Ronstadt...very nice...

YOU'RE A VERY LOVELY WOMAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCkdFPrt ... re=related

if you want a little more....here is the flip side of the 45.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXFEuKKh ... re=related



For those who love the 60's this is it... in song...at least one, or two sides.

[jamestkirk]

So many 'new', lost tracks showing up nowadays! Songs by favorite
artists....buried in someone's attic or basement or record company warehouse.

We never really thought about it back then--that there might be lost,
rejected or alternate takes..really great tracks that we would have loved to
hear but would not get the chance....

until now!


Do you all have any favorite songs by a favorite artist that have finally
seen the light of day?
Let's share em.....

40 years after his death, we finally got to hear the songs Nick Drake intended
for his fourth album....unfortunately buried until now.
His untimely death put a stop to what could have given him some much
deserved recognition.

TIME OF NO REPLY from the "Made To Love Magic" CD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iwFlvyg ... re=related



BRILLIANT and beautiful! If you haven't enjoyed Nick before,
this may do it for you!