Forseegood - nostalgia at your request

I remember the early 60s; the cafe Wha and the Village Gate.  High on LSD and listening to Bob Dylan live before any one know who he was.  There was a great store on 4th street that sold LSD and Peyote over the counter before it was illegal - no thanks to Timothy Leary.

Ah yes, love before Aids - the days of the quickie without worries :).

[desrt]

The Dead and the Starship free in Golden Gate Park.
Zepplin at Kezar Stadium before Bill Graham moved Day On The Green across the bay to Oakland.
The Who at the Cow Palace when Keith Moon passed out and they called for a volunteer drummer from the audience to finish the show.
Hot Tuna, Muddy Waters, and Clifton Chenier on a triple bill at Winterland.
Yes, Poco, and Focus(!) on a triple bill at Winterland.
John McLaughlin opening(!) for Jeff Beck at Winterland.
The original, five piece Mahavishnu Orchestra at Berkley Community Theater.
Weather Report and Return to Forever on a double bill at BCT.

And on and on ......

Wish I could remember more of it. Major regrets.

[Myown]

Bob Dylan,,great huh....I love "Just like a Woman."  His music was/is so great - the lyrics and music both. Something about a musician that sweeps a woman off her feet or maybe its because of my love for music I feel that way. Alot of men don't always open up about themselves and when we can see the inside of a man by the music he writes, you get to see the real person that he is. Yeah guess I fell in love with Bob back then and if I put on one of his albums, I'll probably fall back in love again. I'm glad my husband is not jealous about me being in love with Bob Dylan. LOL

[FrontRangeMom]

If I may crash your nostalgia thread...

Santana, Jesse Colin Young concert in the park at the Berkeley Civic Center.  Elton John and James Taylor at the Berkely Civic (NOT on the same bill). Canned Heat, Steppenwolf and a cast of thousands at SOME music festival at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. The Who at the SF Civic Auditorium.  Van Morrison at Winterland.  I had friends in Little Princess 109 that did the light shows for Bill Graham, they used to put me on the guest list every once in a great while.

Back then ALL sex was "safe sex" and cocaine was not addicting (Yeah right!)

[Andiamo1]

Bob Dylan's music has this strange effect on me: when I listen, I don't just remember the early days, I experience them again!  All the feeling of youth, the excitement, energy and optimism all return as they were 45 years ago.

[Myown]

I know exactly what you mean! Your post has me watching and listening to Dylan singing "just like a Woman," right now.....Here is the video on Utube

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

[Andiamo1]

Thanks for the link!  My favorite album is john Wesly Harding.  Do you know it?

[Myown]

My husband is a bigger fan of his actually than I am because he loves ALL of his songs. I picked thru them and loved certain ones and others not as much, but this one above hit me from the first time I heard it. The thing I always found interesting about him is that his style was so unique and he appealed to even those who loved the 'real hard stuff.'

Janis Joplin won my heart from jump street too. I liked all of her songs except for one or 2 which became popular, but to me didn't really represent her music.

One of my favs of hers is " Turtle Blues." For some reason alot of people didn't pay attention to this one cause when I mention it they are not familiar or don't remember.

[Myown]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkFjSczbUyM
I had to google to see what songs were on the album you mentioned -couldn't remember,, and here is one that I loved...."I'll be your baby tonight." I guess cause as a woman -saw Dylans romantic side - now that I am an old lady, I would say to him,,"what do you mean you'll be my baby TONIGHT<<<LOL ....IF you love me you'll say you want to be my baby FOREVER. lol We see things differently as we get older, right Eric? Women want a little bit of stability and commitment - more than a nights worth. LOL But great song just the same and now just like I said would happen, I'm in love again with Bob - hope my husband can deal with that. LOL

[Myown]

last part of my post disappeared??The jist .. I finished by saying women want a bit more of a commitment than "Tonight."

[Andiamo1]

I guess that was a reflection of the times.  It seemed to me there were a lot of short intense relations then.  I certainly like the commitment side of things myself; I am married 42 years!  

I did enjoy some of those short term hot relationships of the 60s though.

I like the ballad of Frankie Lee and the Drifter's Escape.

[Andiamo1]

Poco - now there's  a blast from the past!  How about John Mayall and Buffalo Springfield?

[desrt]

You've got a 10 year jump on me - my era was the 70s. One of my larger regrets was not catching It's A Beautiful Day when I had the chance.
Check out the sugarmegs web site if you get a chance. It has a lot of things, video and audio, that never make it to youtube.

[desrt]

http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/

[pigeonca]

I went to the U of Minnesota for my freshman year - Dylan had just moved to New York but came back to Minneapolis for a couple of visits.  Saw him at local coffee houses there and at several parties - he wasn't very nice.  Most people in Mpls. thought he'd never make it in NY 'cause his voice wasn't mellifluous enough - ha!  

Then I moved to New York at the end of 1962 and saw Dylan again, at Gerde's Folk City.  I went to Columbia, lived uptown, and got into jazz.  Saw Coltrane live, as well as most everybody on the Blue Note label at a place in the East Village called Slug's.  They imposed a one dollar minimum, which you could apply to either a drink or a hamburger.  I had many musical suppers there.

Then moved back home to Chicago in time for 1968, demonstrated against the war during the Democratic Convention, and spent the next few years watching great vistas on the ceiling.  Saw The Dead and Procul Harum on a double bill at a place called the Electric Playground.  Took my parents to see Pink Floyd - they loved them.  Those were the days.  My 22-year-old niece is now a third generation Pink Floyd fan.

I celebrated the end of the 60's in 1972 by spending a month at the Chelsea Hotel back in NY.  I will never forget going to Max's Kansas City and waiting in line behind a gorgeous black man who was wearing skin tight, brown leather pants.  A circle of rivets surrounded each cheek of his butt - and then I realized that inside the circle it was his skin.

Then the 70's came - what a let-down!  

I wish I could get in a time machine and go back for a couple of weeks...

[pigeonca]

Remember when you could go to a record store, flip through the new albums, and say, "Hey, that's the drummer from Cream and he's got a new band," recognizing side-men and finding new albums even before they played them on the radio.   I discovered Elton John and David Bowie that way.  Some parts of the 70's were okay.  I loved going to discos and dancing my *** off.

[Andiamo1]

Slugs!!  I was a regular there in 1967.

[pigeonca]

I think we could easily have been in the same room at the same time.  Maybe you even passed a doobie down the row to me, or vice versa.  

Long before I ever even knew of his existence, my sister-in-law's sister's husband was at a couple of concerts I went to - he was one of those crazy people who traveled to see The Dead wherever they played, even Germany one time.

God, I miss Slug's.  Now it costs at least 25 bucks to see any famous musicians live, usually way more than that, so I don't go out like I used to.

[Andiamo1]

My father, his brother and both my cousins on my father's side are all musicians;  all classical, but I love all music -- except elevator music!

I do miss places like slugs.  There is a place in New Haven, CT called Toads.  The Rolling Stones have often shown up there unannounced an played.  They often did it prior to starting a major US tour.  Toads has many other good bands as well.

I think the Blue Note is still alive in NY.  I haven't been in years, but someone told me it is still there.

I really miss my early days in Greenwich Village when you had spectacular talent playing great music in all the local cafes.

I am still a classical music fan and often go to live concerts, but this is usually a large venue and not the old intimacy of the jazz clubs.

[mremeet]

Interesting stories, thanks for sharing. Musta been cool to have been at those particular places at those particular points in time. There's a buncha cool stuff on utube of dylan being filmed doing his daily thing back in the day. Here's one from '64-65 (or so) with a teenage Donovan. Pretty cool stuff, and there's a whole lot more if you just search for it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SN6gqot02Zk

[pigeonca]

Yep, I love classical music too, more so as I get older.  Never liked opera as a young person - really thought it consisted of fat ladies shrieking.  Now I have season tix to the L.A. Opera.  So it goes.

[desrt]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JOjxtrpwR9I

Great, now I'm watching youtube. I gotta get off the computer.

[veggie]

I got to see Bob Dylan live at the Community Theater in Berkeley in 1965 and it was on my 23rd birthday! What a great birthday.

GrandmaA now called veggie

[charm27]

what a topic! I could go on for hours!  1970- Van Cortlandt Park- Emerson Lake & Palmer...I then saw...Jay Geils Band, Billy Joel before he was Billy Joel. Santana, Poco, Johnn Lennnon, Stevie WOnder, ROberta Flack, The Allman Bros goes on and on. The best days of my life!
he Doors, The Cream , Eric Clapton. Moody Blues in NY 1983.& Elton John. There were alot more!
Great great days.

[charm27]

I cant forget Jeff Beck, Traffic, & Blind Faith. Procol Harum and so many others.\


Andiamo--see what you started wonderful memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Charrm

[veggie]

A friend of mine was Jim Morris's girlfriend and he wrote, "And along came Mary" for her. She was and still is very pretty.

[Myown]

I always liked soulful music too...besides Sly Stone who was great and did cross over it seemed to reach a diverse audience,,but probably my fav soulful singer was the one and only Otis Redding. Most people think of "sitting by the dock of the bay" when you mention his name, but to me that song didn't really reflect his all and I actually didn't really care for that song, but it seemed alot of white people opened up to listen to him from that song so I guess it was good as far as that,,,BUT one of my favorite songs that he sang was "I've been Loving You Long."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un7TpYiotZA

And I also loved Tina Turner when she sang it ,,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilpVhUu27KM

Funny thing though - well not funny but here she was singing this song and we come to find out later that all those years Ike was beating her up. But she was/is  awesome...

My very first concert was a soulful one ...the "Chambers Brothers," Don't know if you guys remember them but one of the songs they were known for was "Time has Come Today."

[meki]

I just love reading your writing Eric... I was born in the 60s so I don't remember them LOL!

But --- hey --- I'm a flower child child...

Hugs to you babe!

And forsee needs some extra lovin'

Meki

[Andiamo1]

If you remember the 60s, you weren't there -LOL

[l-horn]

Ahhh the days when extremely dangerous drugs were sold over the counter ....

Wonder how many lives they ruined, besides yours.

[Andiamo1]

As you  point out, I have a rather good life.  So, I guess the extremely dangerous drugs somehow didn't ruin mine while the legal alcohol ruined plenty of lives.

Perhaps you just enjoy poking people on treatment.  I am not an advocate of anyone taking drugs or alcohol.  I hope I am not as cranky as you when I get to 100.

[ladywhy]

Are you having some trouble? You don't sound like (what I have come to read) yourself a'tall.  Hope things get better for you....
Sincerely

[fishdoc]

HA, I've always been a hick!!  It's always been 200 miles to anywhere, but I did see ZZTop in the Roswell New Mexico YMCA for a buck and a half- Rio Grande Mud- only reason is they were texas boys............

BTW - I see nothing changes, folks just look for somethin to get p!ssed about on tx,

[Forseegood]

YEAH, YOURE SUCH A BIG HIC!

[Forseegood]

geez louise, this board can get you in trouble! If I would of left that one post on there (it blips off really easy now while you're writing) youD'a thought I was calling you a big hick, ha ha! what I wanted to say was (my small attempt at finding that big, rich vien of irony here -  is that for those of us who are uninitiated, you're a doctor for chrissake, and you're just unpretentious, but not a HICK! But lest I get in some trouble (and I know you gotta a high threshold for BS on here, but I better hurry up and post this other one...) yeah, what's that old saying, I wish all my friends could like each other...

I like what Orson Welles said in an interview once...with all these millions of people living on top of each other, under the stress that they are under, riding around in tin cans at high speeds, the amount of guns of the streets, and all the rest of it, he's not wondering why there is so much crime, he's wondering why there isn't a whole lot more!

to extrapolate, with all these varying personalities, and strong drugs, it's a wonder that people get along as well as they do here! lol luckily most of it washes away by the next day, most of it anyway lol...I wish you would post more, I so enjoy your humor, and god knows this place needs humor!!!!!

[Forseegood]

enjoyed it, and the utubers stuff...

some of you might like this by Dylan...it's pretty creative I think, you have to keep going past the first part of it, it's not all rap, just at the beginning, for It's Alright Ma, one of my favorite Dylan tunes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doNU1EndU8I

[beamishboy]

Dave Van Ronk  rocked!!!...my favorite dylan album was blonde on blonde.. at 1st .i thot it was an uber lesbian laison but keep that under yr mexican pillbox hat...

[Forseegood]

HA HA HA HA!!! I loved that line in Napoleon Dynamite, "we in America don't make pinatas out of people's likenesses, and then bash them..."really? we do it in Mexico all the time", HA HA HA HA!

[dancegirl54]

leaving for another UK business trip tonight - planning on going to a party for the DVD release of A Hard Day's Night!  Victor Spinetti will be there! Let's see who knows who he is!  And this thread has made me determined to 'ave another walk down Portobello Rd - oh the days of velvet and lace and leather -- and the music!!! The music!!!!!

[Forseegood]

totally know who he is, without looking him up either, have the best time, I envy you, used to   stay in an apt in Chelsea that belonged to a friend of mine. London is sooo dang expensive now though, ouch! Have the best trip and please tell us all the details, I am a HARDCORE Beatles fanatic, since I was 13, ha ha...and unfortunately, haven't matured much beyond that...lol

[gauf]

Acid tunes.  "maggot brain" by funkadelic.  "innagaddadavida", iron butterfly. "sitting in a cave and grooving with a pict" pink floyd. "tubular bells" mike oldfield. "hocus pocus" by focus. "quadraphenia" the who. Hmmm... what else.

[dancegirl54]

Pentangle, Creedence, the Band, Country Joe, CSNY, Steeleye Span,Fairport Convention,Spirit, early Joni Mitchell(ethereal), Janis Ian, Tracey Nelson and Mother earth - her version of Motherless Child is my favorite

Thanks forseegood - yes I am planning on buying nothing - thank goodness I can expense all my meals

[Forseegood]

anybody who even knows who Spirit is great in my book! They were a local band here that I used to go see all the time, loved Randy California...and I love Tracy Nelson's version of Motherless Child...Gauf: and I love Maggot Brain, wonder how many of us bumped into to one another in the days of yore...or crashed into one another, as the case may be lol, ha ha ha ha! Have the best trip!!!!

[gauf]

maybe we did! The more I read here, the more I wonder if we all didn,t pass the virus to each other! Wonder who had it first, hmmmm....  

[gauf]

Oh yah, "I got a line on you" is still a great tune. Then there was quicksilver, sweathog, tower of power, head east... oh how i long for the days....

[scratchinghead]

The Yardbirds at the Filmore just before they broke up. Jimmy Page on guitar, whoa!
Eric Burdon and the Animals on the same bill.
Michael Bloomfield with The Electric Light Orchestra

Flying home from boarding school in Menlo Park to Hong Kong. Stopping in Haight Ashbury to buy some "blue wafer" LSD and hashish to smuggle back and smoke with my english musicians friends in Hong Kong. Going to all the Discos in Kowloon where all the RR soldiers would go from Vietnam and dancing to all the motown music (wilson pickett) and Procol Harum's Lighter Shade of Pale. Couple years later, stopped at Filmore on my way to summer job working on a frieghter that was taking beer over to Vietnam for the troops (dad had connections). Saw the Who, Ike And Tina Turner, Deep Purple. Had to cut my hair, felt stupid walking around the crowd.

[Andiamo1]

About 15 – 20 years ago Mafalda and I went to see Chuck Berry at the Stamford Forum in Connecticut.  The last time I saw him was at the Brooklyn Fox in 1958!

Well this was sure different; the audience was mostly grey and so was Chuck. His playing was listless and instead of his famous Duck Walk he kind of shuffled around the stage.

A young lady walked up to him and handed him a balloon that said “Happy Birthday”.  He tied the balloon on the end of his guitar and stood reflectively for a minute.  He said “I can’t believe I am 70 years old.”

He struck a chord and instantly I knew the old Chuck Berry was back.  He bounced around the stage doing his famous walk and in 2 minutes he had the crown standing on the seats screaming!  It was fabulous.  I am so glad that was my last memory of seeing him live.

[Forseegood]

hey, we got lots in common...I stayed in the Haight for awhile - I was one of those sillys, and Eric Burden was a boyfriend for awhile (much later), we used to call him "Little Big Man" but I won't go into why, ...saw the only tour of Blind Faith, Ric Grech, Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker,at the LA forum....I was a big Spencer Davis fan, and later Traffic...saw Jimmie Hendrix first LA debut, in the daytime, at the Teenage Fair at the Palladium in Los Angeles...I was all of 15....had tons of fun, but gee I'm glad I made through those years...interesting times though....still see live music when I can, The Who gave a tremendous concert at the Hollywood Bowl just a few years ago,...Like Andiamo so deftly pointed out, many of these dinosour bands just show up to get the check, with phoned in performances, or arthritis, ha ha!

But man, you should of seen Pete Townsend, in his sixties and moving around the stage like he was 25, jumping 3 ft off the ground doing his amazing guitar riffs, wow....he's supposed to be a weird dude, but boy can he still perform...Zak Starkey, Ringo's son, sat in on drums...I grew up seeing these bands, and I still try to see them when I can still, though it costs the same as a cruise trip for decent tickets nowadays...

[FlGuy]

'Nature's Way'

[honey11]

Ohhh Nature's Way is my all time Favorite!!   You guys are sure bringing back so many memories!  I have most of these albums too.  Geeze,,we had fun!  Did some crazy stuff and some came back to haunt you....lol  uh hummm... but I guess we were young and thought nothing could ever happen!  That era definitely best music!!  I also love classical now and probably would have laughed if someone said one day I would be listening to it but find I really love all kinds of music!

Hey Forsee ((((hugs)))  Where is Califia these days?  I really miss her!!!

[scratchinghead]

And. . . . .Janis Joplin and Big Brother played at my high school's prom. It was my junior year and I actually had a date! The next year it was the Chocolate Watchband and didn't have a date, I just stood around outside on LSD and talked to the security guard. I remember hiding a bicycle outside my dorm window and sneaking out all night to smoke bud with my friend Sid at his girlfriend's house who's mother was Joan Baez's lawyer. Sounds to me like you really were in the think of it.

[Andiamo1]

I used to know a guy that was the sound engineer for most, if not all, of the Hendrix albums.  He used to be the co owner of the Electric Lady in the East Village.  It was one of the great sound studios in NY at the time.

[scratchinghead]

Never saw Hendrix in his prime. I envy anyone who did. The boarding school I was at did have exchange dances with a girl's boarding school and at one of the dances Creedence Clearwater played. I remembered talking to the bass player about his bass (Rickenbacker) and how he kept the strings really high for better tone. The next day, Sunday, they interviewed them on that San Francisco ground-breaking FM station(I forgot the call letters) and then they played Suzy Q, long version and Creedence Clearwater became famous. sigh, those were the days when you were lucky to score one joint of pot for the whole weekend and if you got to kiss your date, you had "scored".