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Cryptical Developments: May 2012
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Saturday, May 5, 2012. Grateful Dead Fillmore West 6/5/70 and 8/19/70. Weir and Kreutzmann 8.19.70 Photo: M. Parrish. There was no opening bluegrass group unless they played well before the 8 PM start time. By August, the Dead’s acoustic sets had become more arranged and complex, with an acoustic piano onstage and an extended segment featuring Dawson and Nelson from the New Riders. The band was recording American Beauty. Another Garci...
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Cryptical Developments: July 2013
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. My Season with Kingfish Part Three. Crown College Dining Hall entrance today. The dining hall proper is to the left. At any rate, some of the same miscreants decided it would be fun to recreate this event one more time,. Ticket stub from the 3/7/75 show. At the UCSC Kingfish show. A marshmallow war did occur, brief in duration but lasting in impact, as I and my colleagues learned as we spent well over an ...
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Cryptical Developments: November 2011
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Monday, November 7, 2011. The Grateful Dead visit the Old West - Harding Theatre 11/7/71. I thought I would take the opportunity of the 40. For another take on this show from the Dead Listening Guide (and a link to a streaming audio file) go here. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe Now: Feed Icon. Subscribe in a reader. There was an error in this gadget. Berkeley in the '60s. Chicken on a Unicycle. Down Beat, an...
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Cryptical Developments: January 2014
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Monday, January 20, 2014. Grateful Dead, Sufi Choir, Whirling Dervish Dancers and Yogi Bhajan. Winterland, 3/24/71. By March of 1971, it had been a good seven months since I had seen the Grateful Dead, and several months since I had been to any large concerts. Decades later, taking Yoga classes in Chicago, I learned what a major cultural force Yogi Bhajan and his Kundalini Yoga movement had become. Once the chanting was finished, the ...
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Cryptical Developments: My Season with Kingfish Part 2
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Saturday, April 27, 2013. My Season with Kingfish Part 2. James and the Mercedes did not open this particular show, although they appeared with Kingfish a few times in early 1975. To its former glory. Back at the close of 1974, the theatre was not in great shape, but it was a fine, relatively intimate place to spend New Year’s Eve with Weir, Torbert, and friends. You can find an extensive discussion of this show. Photo: M. Parrish.
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Cryptical Developments: My Season with Kingfish Part Three
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. My Season with Kingfish Part Three. Crown College Dining Hall entrance today. The dining hall proper is to the left. At any rate, some of the same miscreants decided it would be fun to recreate this event one more time,. Ticket stub from the 3/7/75 show. At the UCSC Kingfish show. A marshmallow war did occur, brief in duration but lasting in impact, as I and my colleagues learned as we spent well over an ...
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Cryptical Developments: February 2012
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Sunday, February 12, 2012. New Riders of the Purple Sage at Peninsula School 4/? Peninsula School is a progressive, private K-12 school located in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 1925,. Garcia as Roadie 4/28/70. Photo: M. Parrish. Opening Act 4/28/70 Photo: M. Parrish. NRPS 4/28/70 Photo: M. Parrish. Garcia on Steel 4/28/70 Photo: M. Parrish. Mickey Hart 4/28/70 Photo: M. Parrish. Marmaduke 5/28/71 Photo: M. Parrish. There was an e...
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Cryptical Developments: September 2014
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Monday, September 1, 2014. UCSC 1971, The Rhythm Dukes, and Oganookie. In the fall of 1971, I entered college at UC Santa Cruz. Although only an hour from home, Santa Cruz might as well have been a different planet. Much less populated and pretty much graffiti-free in 1971, the town nonetheless already had the funky, slightly shabby, beach town ambiance it retains today. Rhythm Dukes 1970 Champlin, Oxendine, Miller, Barrett. By 1969, ...
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Cryptical Developments: UCSC 1971, The Rhythm Dukes, and Oganookie
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Monday, September 1, 2014. UCSC 1971, The Rhythm Dukes, and Oganookie. In the fall of 1971, I entered college at UC Santa Cruz. Although only an hour from home, Santa Cruz might as well have been a different planet. Much less populated and pretty much graffiti-free in 1971, the town nonetheless already had the funky, slightly shabby, beach town ambiance it retains today. Rhythm Dukes 1970 Champlin, Oxendine, Miller, Barrett. By 1969, ...
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Cryptical Developments: Remembering B.B. King
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Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Remembering B.B. King. BB King - Foothill College Gymnasium February 21, 1971. B B King and Jeff Beck - Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago 7/26/03. As was de rigueur for King’s shows of the era, the concert began with a few instrumentals from his band. In striking contrast to most rock bands of that era, King’s group was decked out in matching slacks, blazers, and turtlenecks. Photo: M. Parrish. Photo M. Parrish. King&...