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Maybe they should have got rid of him and kept her.

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16 Shows 13 Dark stars. Clark thru the ARK is my favorite. It should would put out my Dark Star low level light. 69 had so many fine Dark stars. I just hope there is enough time
Also got the EEL last night. Burning it to the work computer as we speak. Will listen in between classes and sims
Drp out

I'm fired over the new guy? Ok fine. Good luck in the future bidding war on the old reel2reels. Now that was brilliant. lose possession of the tapes without losing track of them. Avoid any prosecution for stealing them. Make it cost a truckload to recover them.

Where is bolo in all of this new release speculation? There have been a couple posers here pretending to have inside connections (you know who you are), but bolo is the only real knowledgeable source who I've heard from. Come forth Bolo!

Why did they ever let her go? A Travesty. ..not that I don't like Brent..

Gotta run, damned hippies are back, smoking and drinking on the front lawn.

....all I ask is a token of appreciation. A stem and clean up your crap! Oh dear....dangit!

Betty left the band's employ sometime in the early 80s. She had dated Brent for a while, and when they broke up, she got the boot, because now she was seen as a band member's ex, and presumably that band member didn't want to run into her before/after shows.

If you dig Overnite Sensation, definitely check out Apostrophe, they are often paired together as they were recorded in the same sessions, with Overnite being a Mothers album, and Apostrophe a Zappa solo album. It opens with the ultimate silliness in Don't Eat That Yellow Snow> Nanook Rubs It> St Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast> Father O'Blivion. My favorite tune is the title track which is a snippet of a, presumably, longer jam that occurred because Jack Bruce was recording in the same studio facility and popped his head in, and was asked to jam. That fuzzed out bass is music to my ears, but Zappa was on record many times as hating it, becuse he thought Bruce was "too busy". That it was a favorite among Zappa fans and was in setlists is credit to how wrong Zappa was. Ironically, Bruce was not a fan of Zappa, either, and claimed in an interview not to have played bass on it, but cello and was probably pulling the interviewer's leg. Also, the backup singers on Overnite were Tina Turner and the Ikettes, and they got paid $25 a song at Ike's insistence. They liked it, but when Ike showed up and listened, he is said to have asked, "What is this shit?!"

Eta: Cosmik Debris features the same Sears Poncho joke as Camarillo Brillo, and is just a wonderful song that gets to the core of Zappa's anti-drug stance.

I know this isn't a Jerry tune and it goes way back... Frankie Lane might have done the most to bring it our attention, but lots of covers. including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson and others.. but none like Jerry's arrangement.

If any of you haven't heard the Garcia Band's Shoreline DVD from 9/1/90.. get it. Both the Dear Prudence and Lucky Old Sun make it worth the admission price alone, and there is lots of other material there.

My favorite Lucky Old Sun was from 9/1/89 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, but I somehow doubt it was near the best ever performed.. but I have a bias.

Then again, were there any bad versions of this song? Perhaps, perhaps not.. I have not listened to the versions of this song from the newly released Eel box set.. likely tomorrow.

I believe on the bonus tracks from the Shoreline DVD the backup singers talked about Jerry in general posthumously.. with great admiration of his presence and talent. There is a tear jerking moment where they discuss Lucky Old Sun.. It's worth a listen or watch. It's been a while but recall one of them the talking about his vocal efforts on Lucky Old Sun and the amount of emotional content hey was able to convey. And when the show was over on this particular night, he was covered from head to toe with sweat and emotionally non-existent. He had given all he had to give. WowWow stuff.. gave me chills when I first saw/heard it. In fact, I might just put it on right now.

We definitely need more 1979. I believe only two full releases to date. Not including RT 1.1. Dick's 5 and RT 3.1 from the same tour. The RT 3.1 with the bonus disc sounds really good and the boys are on fire. Dick's 5 is from 1996, so the sound quality isn't as good as RT 3.1. Both recorded by Betty. I think she recorded for the band through 81?
Would love to see some more 1979 and 1980.
Jim, when you are done getting the hippies off your lawn please stop by and get them off my lawn!

U.S embassy in Cuba?? Did you make contact with Bolo? Things are grim.. now my ears are ringing, someone at the door, the phone is ringing. So loud. See you at the meet place.

It's happening again....

Otis.. add 79 msg to the list as well. I enjoy late (and early) 79, but early wasn't recorded so well. My favorite besides Dec Oakland and Cape Cod (but I have a bias) might just be the Stanley though.. but it's a local venue for me and I just love the place. I think with almost all of the shows from this period (79 through 82'ish) if they can convey the master reels to something close to what it actually sounded like in the venue, pure gold. 12/26 is c'est magnifique and 12/28 is no slouch either.

Why didn't they keep Betty on the payroll? Anyone??