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I probably taped 100+ interviews all over the country, both on the phone and in person from California to D.C., over the five years I spent documenting Roy Buchanan's life and he had an amazing breadth of colleagues. However, Dale Hawkins probably was first, then Ronnie, to hire Roy. (Dale met me at a coffee shop. I suggested we go somewhere to loosen up and smoke a joint. He goes, "Oh! I didn't know you were cool." I said, "Yeah man, I'm cool. And I've got something for you." So he said, "Follow me to my studio.") We rolled a couple -- I had taught Rollo California to cultivate and he'd done pretty well that year -- and we talked, Dale played some new recordings for me, pulled some blow out and when I extracted the half-lb as a gift, man, Dale's eyes lit up like it was Christmas! He was a hard ass, but with Southern graciousness.

Of course, a missing bit of rock 'n roll history is that Robbie Robertson picked up the "whistler" -- that high harmonic note -- created by simultaneously striking the string with pick and fingertip -- from Roy. Though Robertson, with The Band's help -- created some of the most memorable songs in rock history, Robbie couldn't shake a stick at Roy's guitar playing. Not even close.

Oddly, I pursued Robertson (and Jeff Beck) for years for an opportunity to discuss Roy's influence and they never came to the phone. Robertson had a flack named Jared who kept saying, "Robbie wants to do it, Robbie really wants to do it," but monthly calls over a several year period yielded nada. Beck on the other hand probably never learned that I called his guitar tech, my only point of contact. The tech sez to me, in a British accent: "Listen mate. Jeff's under ee-NOR-mous preshuh for the upcoming tour. He can't possible take time to talk." We've joked about "ee-NOR-mous preshuh" ever since...

Yes to all the GD show touting that goes on here; it has led me to explore my own collection. And the mention of various archival releases by other bands has pushed back retirement. I guess I should say "thanks"!

made me chortle

It's good to laugh, I say

Could care less about hockey,,,, or is that couldn't?

But did make me pull out the classic by Gary Puckit, "Young Girl Get Off of My Ice". Can't let a GREAT hit like that skate by.

I don't watch any sports, certainly not hockey, but I watched the clip of that guy getting his third goal. Amazing a person can control a hard piece of rubber like that!!!

On the music sent to me front, recently had a very fine person from this site send me ALL his mp3's. This added about 300,000 cuts to "The Collection". I believe this will bring me up to over a million tunes.

Obviously, NO ONE can listen to all this stuff, NO ONE will probably like all this stuff. I like to think I'm more the library, the stuff is here when you are ready. It's cool when someone mentions a band and I'm like I think I have some of that. Last night at work a group came up "Dream Theater". Never heard of them,,,, but I had a dozen of their albums!!! (and no I didn't really like it,,,, I'm an almost NEVER metal guy).

So I'll be busy racking and stacking all this new music (NOTHING goes into the collection without proper id-ing and my form of labeling) for a while. But I have knocked out 75,000 cuts so far!

After this last run through, one has to ask,,,, "Can the Beatles stuff be repackaged and more ways???"

Someone mentioned somebody releasing a Waiting for Columbus package. Found the package, but it seems it can't be "pre-ordered" yet.

True?

The upcoming Little Feat box on Rhino seemingly cannot be pre-ordered from Rhino themselves but it can be pre-ordered from retailers such as Rocket Man Bezos. It is down to who you want to give your money to. The release date is still two months away so no need to panic.

I see rocket man has the 8cd version, but not the 8cd, 2lp and 7" single box.

At least I couldn't find :-)

Is there a book in the works from all your diligent research on Roy Buchanan? A ready audience here on Dead.net if you publish. Guaranteed to sell a couple hundred just to us. What an impressive project! You folks amaze me here.
Back to my slacker lifestyle. Cheers

Tried to look up my relatives who had died in war to memorialize them today. Lots of veterans but only a Great Uncle navy man in WW1 and had to go WAY back to the Revolutionary War to find another relative (Our side, but even in that family name we had both sides represented later in the Civil War) who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us. Thank you sirs.

2022 is turning out to be a suck year for loss. Others have posted about Ronnie and I just got to say I agree, the guy was cool as hell, funny as all get out and just a pleasure to be around. Rest in Peace mate, you will be missed.

Roy Buchanan: American Axe (Backbeat, 2001) is now out of print. We pursued Roy in concert, 1974-1986. I caught him probably 80 shows. (Same as GD, come to think of it, though very different circumstances.)

You can get the Kindle version or look for it in a library or used. Reviews on Amazon. I have resisted writing this until it was out of print so as not to use the forum for commercial purposes. At risk of turning folks against me, the other music book (still available) is Working for the Man, Playing in the Band: My years with James Brown (ECW, 2018), a ghost-written memoir of my guitar teacher's years with the Godfather of Soul.

Proudfoot: chortling is superior to simply "laughing." Carry on!

3/25/95, Band Show, working merch with my cousin, at Lulu’s in Kitchener Ontario, home to the worlds longest bar!
Ronnie’s there, larger than life as usual. Believe he was wearing a cheap windbreaker so if you didn’t know who he was you might think he was some farmer lol. Met him backstage, super nice like all the Band boys, but man, when he sat in, boy could still work it! Big, no HUGE fun! Believe I danced me arse off?
Four Winds Blow big guy!

Topchinacat, we had arrived the night before and slept in line on concrete and rocks before they opened the gate. So we had a great spot for hearing as well as recording the show.

You are correct sir, I also have not seen the 8CD + 2LP + 7" single variant offered in retail outlets but, unlike you, I have not specifically been looking for that version. If I come across it for pre-order anywhere I shall let you know.

HF (or P.C.?), not to be confused with the book about actual axes by a different author LOL.
Not in my local library, will try inter-library loan. My wife has accounts with all the used book merchandisers so we will find one. Thanks!
Cheers
Edit: already found a used copy of Working For the Man. Dude you are erudite! I'm definitely going to get Across the Northern Frontier. I'm currently on a David Lavender binge, CO born author of 40 history books including one on a similar subject. Now back to my slacker lifestyle.
Wait, what? You bushwacked Pike's Peak for book research? Gotta get that one too. I have buddy who climbed that one that way too when he was young. Said it would have been too easy just to drive it and it wouldn't count for his 14er list.

This is a great show and would make for a great release. It's not that long, so it could be paired with another 1969 show for a double release or part of a larger 1969 box set. The show at Springers was part of a great story on the Dead that appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine, well worth checking out.

Being a huge Roy Buchanan fan, I bought American Axe and enjoyed reading it a few years ago. Highly recommended! I might get it off the shelf and read it again.

Keep an eye out for Tau Herculids meteor shower tonight. Great to see these connectings to things back in the day, RIP Ronnie. See, react and then why don't I respond to various content, fall way behind, faster we go, rounder we get. I too love the 76 box, from a short era, on deck now. Belatedly, sincere condolences on the loss of your buddy, HF. Sat down to write about what pets, animals meant to me after reading comments, it felt too ponderous. Fortunate to live in a place where I hear and see wild animals often daily, up close, very close, like yelling get the HELL off my porch at a bear three feet away or chasing deer out of various de-fence-less gardens. Hummingbirds within inches, steal my face, hover under my nose, more "nectar" please, buds aren't open yet. A male American Bittern, submarine pump, strangest of all bird calls for weeks deep into the gloaming, looking for a mate. Used to travel too much to keep pets. HF, those of us fogeys who have been reading these entries for a while knew your connection to Roy, now others may learn. I will find AA someday. Had a summer job as a teen with same company where Roy's first keyboard guy, Dick Heintze worked his day job. SnakeStretchers band name came from Danny Gatton, he put that band together for Roy. Who has that first album, the one covered in burlap, anyone? How about the story that Roy worked as a barber before music paid enough, kidded my little brother later on that Roy cut his hair as a munchkin. Saw Roy down in DC several times at The Bayou, My Mother's Place, possibly underground cave known as The Far Inn, cannot recall it all. Did a deep dive into all the Viola Lee Blues I could find last winter, agree, Shrine top contender, there are a couple fine others, raw, missing teeth, worth the primal quest... and Road Trips 1.3, that bonus disc has about the best Hard to Handle, rumor had it Jerry was down on his knees at the end of that solo. They must be working on that 60s box, why don't they tease us, please us? There has to be enough material for 10-12 discs, we know it will have warts, just give (sell) it to us. Sure, we'd take a 60s Daves but a box would blow us away... Bolo, where are you??

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So don’t quiz me.

I want a whole bunch o' GD69

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Nitecat, you probably already knew, but there's a "professional" video of that show out there in "vast audio radiance" ... kind of cool because I'm not aware of alot of videos from that era really ... it will take you right back to nearly 40 years ago!!.....tc

Good lucks to your boys tonight. You know I am pulling for the Oilers, but am fine with either team. I considered a wager until I realized that it would likely amount to me offering up some chicken wings and you offering some of those Rocky Mountain oysters. So I'll pass.

8/28/82 Veneta

Topchinacat, are you refering to the documentary about the US Festival? "The US generation"? That looks interesting, although not focused on the Dead.

Billy - I can remember reading that article, by Michael Lydon, in the book of Rolling Stone articles that came out in 1974. Although I hadn't heard a note of their music at the time I was fascinated by what he wrote. The whole thing about The Dead and their scene seemed amazing the way he described it. In fact, it served as my introduction to them, in a way. That, along with a hatchet job written by Nick Kent in the NME in the same year. He put them down, but made them sound great in the process.

Back at ya, it should be fun!
RMO, LOL, not gonna go there!
Besides, icksnay on the hockeysnegh or the content librarians will shhhhuuuussseee us!

"don't say 'hockey' on dead.net"

note to those who hate on the GD: bugger off

and if you need a palette cleanser: I highly recommend Pretenders first album. rock me, Chrissie and pals!

and how about this classic: Warm Leatherette by The Normal. freakin' awesome.

For the rest of the series, both teams should just agree to play 6 on 6 with no goalies. The goalies are not even making any difference.

Not sure who did the video ...it's got interviews with Bobby, maybe Mickey too if I recall ... and it's on YouTube but in spite of all my cleverness, I am unable to even remotely indicate that address here ....

I think I pulled a muscle in my arm from grabbing the chair too tight. Holy crap!

Swans PCIAGI
Pretenders first album
Clash Sandanista
T Rex EW
T Rex TS

GD
10/18/74
3/18/71
12/18/73

". . . hear the crushing steel, feel the steering wheel . . ."

Off to Burlington with Iggy for the weekend, gonna meet up with a slew of UVM peeps to have a bit of an off-year reunion (damn yous 2020); looking forward to reconnecting and some outdoor time around town. Gonna do a deepest of dives into Dave's 42 on the upward journey. Glad to leave the kids at the curb, we've got Iggy's mom to thank for that.

Be Well Peeps!
Sixtus

LP 21 / Side B
“Truckin’”

LP 22 / Side A
“The Other One”
“Drums”
“The Other One”

LP 22 / Side B
“The Other One”>
“Morning Dew”

LP 23 / Side A
“The Other One”>
“Sing Me Back Home”

I hear ya

trippus interuptus

no thank you

warm
leatherette
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leatherette

That is exactly what I posted a year or so ago when 5/3/72 was released. I do not have the patience or desire to flip an album in the middle of a song.

Six - so jealous of you. Burlington is the coolest town in America. Sorry Boulder people. Too bad the Chicken Bone is no longer.

Oro - we can’t have the Rangers in the finals. They should have lost to Pittsburgh. I take back my prior comment on refereeing. Offsides is offsides. I don’t care how you try to rationalize a blown call.

Good luck tonight . . . to my Oilers.

....the first part of their 4 episode I Am The Moon opus dropped on YouTube. Check it out! Good stuff.

Yep, did not see that coming last night, hope it was a fluke.

For tonight, I purchased a seatbelt for my chair! Expecting another burner!

I got a daughter at UVM too, bumped into Mike Gordon (literally) last time I was there coming out of Citizen Cider. Burlington cracks me up because every time I visit (from Seattle) I see like 50 kids in GD shirts and not ONE in a Phish shirt. Anyway, enjoy one at Zero Gravity for me....

Vince,

Thanks for the heads up. I have the 4 LP on order which includes a free download!

Bob

Might be too late, be advised a very large sinkhole just opened up recently on the interstate you are/will be using, I-89, that will sloth or divert traffic off the highway around the Williston area (culvert washout fifty feet down). What a great town... great music scene, jazz festival, brews, saw Miles Davis there eons ago at The Flynn, David Bromberg, Phil and Friends, JRAD, etc etc.

my wife bought tix for TTB for sometime this summer

I have always ignored them

I hope they give me a good impression

I am much more open to different music these days

Hockey: you guys have me checking scores daily

I will probably track the Krack-en more in the new season

12/19/73 GD
:)))

Have really been enjoying 42. I think the bonus disk may be my favorite artwork to date on the modern releases. Still slogging thru E72.

Saw 7 shows in three weeks, well actually 17 days. I have been exhausted with nothing in the tank. Finally getting back to normal. My days of 3day weekend shows are over, just can't recoup like when I was younger.

Sixtus, glad your and yours are getting some time off. I know you both need it. Never been to Burlington, maybe some day. Wish I could summer there.

Fishman came into a friend's CBD shop this past weekend. Can't believe he didnt snap a pick. Wondering why Fish even came in.

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Proud - I posted this years ago. Hockey is very much like the GD. It is popular, but remains essentially a fringe sport. The fans are wildly passionate about their team and the sport. You probably have figured that out by now. Most importantly - you must see it live. You’ll be hooked. Those Kraken jerseys are so awesome.

Following is a list of places on the planet that are cooler than Burlington in the summer:

Concerts, festivals, the mountains, the lake, the people, the shops, the breweries, . . . .
Less than an hour to the border of Canadaland and more importantly, less than an hour and a half to Montreal. The town itself is not too big and not too small.

Burnsy - I hope your daughter is enjoying her time at UVM. I know she is. Just about everyone loves it there. It’s suddenly become the hot school around these parts. I selfishly hoped my daughter would attend so I could spend another four years reliving part of my youth. Not to be. She turned down a very generous scholarship to study biomedical engineering so that I could pay full price at Colgate. And I couldn’t be happier or more proud.

Phish. Good lord. I never understood it and never will. I was in a bunch of engineering classes with Mike Gordon. Real nice guy. They were never all that popular when I was there. The Joneses were the band to see on campus and Max Creek when they came to town. Then for a week or two each spring and fall you were off to see the boys on tour. Not surprised you don’t see many Phish shirts when you visit.

Edit:

Oro - so I hop in the shower at the start of the second tied at 0-0. 5 minutes later when I return it is 3-0 Avs. WTF? Come on Canadaland. You are better than that.

....yeah about that. I have no argument regarding those. I'll just let it lie.
I enjoy crowds and people. Covid was rough to me. And don't you dare get me started on monkeypox.

My favourites are easily the ones that discuss other bands and types of music. After that, books and then films. I would prefer politics and religion to sport, I have to say. The pets one was quite nice. The only time I watch sport is when it is on the telly, which I sometimes put on with the sound down, listening to music. Speaking of which-good day at the cricket yesterday. What happened was...
Last 5
Motown Complete Singles 1965 disc 23 ( 2nd from 1965) Various
Rock and Roll Music cd 11- Studio 1979(plus 1964-1966) Chuck Berry
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy The Who ( before they went off)
Profits Seer and Sages The Angels of the Ages Tyrannosaurus Rex
Rite Julian Cope

Last Dead was 6/26/73 from the PNW box. The last of the 1973 shows included - and surely one of the best of the year. The 3rd cd is off the planet - Other One-Bobbie McGhee-Other One !

Dave - my apologies for leaving that out. As it turns out, I just purchased my first Dickens novel, Great Expectations. I’ll post an update in 3 or 4 months when I finish. I’m a very slow reader.

Beer, bbq, blues music, sports, and hiking in the hills around the Bay Area .

It's the best way. I'm wading through PK Dick's short stories, and I'm in no hurry to finish. Both Dick and Dickens are worlds to get lost in.

Just got mail about the Jerry Garcia Before the Dead. They've release in limited vinyl. They're 150,,,, amazon had some seem as high as 450?? Not sure why.

They seem like they are limited, but the amazon ads seem old,,,, the jerry site says back in stock?!?

I ordered,,,, I have the cd set and have always like it, so what the hell.

Discovered Folio Society last fall and been rediscovering my favorite Science Fiction books I have not read in 30 years, along with reading the Ian Fleming books for the first time. Sort of like the yearly releases here, very nice editions but pricey. I get to experience your shipping woes in reverse (minus the VAT).

Folio Society just came out with a nice edition of PKD's short stories. I think they had a Limited Edition set of all of PKD's short stories, but that sold out long before I discovered them and was too pricey for my budget...

Halfway through The Handmaids Tale (1st read). Next up will be Moonraker, then deciding between Dune or Foundation Trilogy (both re-reads).

Still have some of the 4 disc E72 Germany shows to go thru, but finished strong with all four Lyceum shows on their anniversary date. Did a little blast thru the three cd's of Kate Bush due to Stranger Things the last couple of days.

Rooting for the Celtics in The Finals and hoping The Oilers bounce back. Sad to see the B's get bounced. Suspect it's Bergeron's last season wearing the Spoked B. Would like to see a Canadian Team win some year (as long as it's not the HABs or the Canucks). My preference would be The Leafs if the B's are out.

Played Disc Golf for the first time in 30 years. Bought 2 beginner sets for my daughter and I and we went for the toss and walk last Sunday. Last time I played was in 1990 when my college concert crew and I road-tripped to see another buddy who lived in DC. It was a whirlwind trip. Did the monument tour, visited the Whitehouse, a session of both the House of Rep and Senate. We walked around Georgetown and saw BobW walking around there and headed off to play Disc Golf. The next day got to see my first Dark Star hitting the monsoon that was RFK on 7/12/90. Pretty sure Jimbo was at that show.