Showing posts with label The Band. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Band. Show all posts

Saturday, August 17, 2019

August 17, 2019



Finishing up Woodstock week. Ordered the above shirt. Gives time and set-list of The Band at Woodstock. Cool shirt. Deep Tracks on SiriusXM is only playing Woodstock Band songs for the weekend.



One last Summer streets visit. A walk to Grand Central from the Greenmarket.

Friday, July 6, 2018

July 6, 2018


Elliott Landy/LandyVision, Inc

Can't believe that it came out fifty years ago: Music from Big Pink.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

November 22, 2016



Perfect score !



Bought the DVD of Smiley's People. Patrick Stewart as Karla doesn't say a word.



Possible Black Friday purchase: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete. Depends on the final price.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

April 21, 2012


Just out in Paperback and after coupon and member discount - $12.50. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick.


I remember the second album when it first came out. Played it over and over in my dorm room in the Mid-West. I had seen them at Woodstock and I made everyone I knew aware of how good they were. Just made my own CD of the Second Album sprinkled with Rock of Ages live cuts featuring Levon Helm.


More Lilies. Went to P.E. and D.D. Seafood and got Flounder. Will be making Fish and Chips.


Asparagus at $4 a bunch. A bit much, always remember Babe Ruth's line to a Society matron about refusing some offered Asparagus: ""Because it makes my pee stink, ma'am."


Guy holding the dog caught my attention, holding it like a child. The dog looked happy.


Beer for the weekend is Foster's Oil Can. The steel can looked so much like an oil can, Americans gave it the nickname Foster's Oil Can, the name has stuck with it for more than 30 years.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

December 28, 2010



I'm still stuck and have to take the train to work.***** My block still is not plowed but I saw an angle, hopped on a sidewalk, drove to an opening and now blissfully on a spot on a hill and ready to roll. I will be driving to work.********



Pretty lousy response by NYC and MTA.



Somebody can get hurt.



Must watch is on American Masters: Glenn Gould.



I was at the Academy of Music for this one.



The original : Baby don't you do it, Marvin Gaye

Saturday, August 15, 2009

August 15, 2009 - Woodstock Memories



Before I start, a plug for Bethel Woods.



Wow, it was 40 years ago. My folks had a Summer
place near White Lake, so that is how I attended this wild party.
I didn't see many acts. I got there late because my brother
got married that weekend. The County was closed, but a friend
and I went the back way, Route 55. The County line had a
roadblock but we convinced the State Troopers we lived there
(which we did.)We had to tell them the name of who owned the
White Lake Liquor Store. We passed , as we knew Charlie Sabini.
We arrived late Saturday August 16.

The festival was completely disorganized. Lots of down time, lots
of rain but the price was right - FREE. When we arrived
on Sunday, they were just playing tapes -Joan Baez. I climbed
a tree in the back to get a panoramic view and met a guy from
my neighborhood on a branch. He said yo, and I nodded and that
was it. Nothing much more to say. You always bump into somebody in a tree.



Missed Santana, but this clip really captures the flavor.
In the beginning you see people bathing in Filippini Pond.
Man, that was stupid, that pond was full of Snakes. People
were also bathing in standing water near chicken coops.
Not very bright.

It was cold, wet,and it stunk to high heaven.
The stage was on the bottom of a Cow Field. I
swore after "I'm Going Home" that Alvin Lee
would be a star.

I looked up the set lists ,here is what I was there for:

Ten Years After
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
Hear Me Calling
I'm Going Home

The Band - Set list confirmed in Levon Helm's book "This Wheel's On Fire"
Chest Fever
Tears of Rage
We Can Talk
Don't You Tell Henry
Don't Do It
Ain't No More Cane
Long Black Veil
This Wheel's On Fire
I Shall Be Released
The Weight
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

(I eventually saw The Band in Concert three other
times. They were a great Live band.)

Blood, Sweat & Tears ushered in the midnight hour with five songs.
More and More
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Spinning Wheel
I Stand Accused
Something Comin' On

Johnny Winter featuring his brother, Edgar Winter, on two songs.
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
To Tell the Truth
Johnny B. Goode
Six Feet In the Ground
Leland Mississippi Blues/Rock Me Baby
Mean Mistreater
I Can't Stand It (with Edgar Winter)
Tobacco Road (with Edgar Winter)
Mean Town Blues

My friend swears we were there for Jefferson Airplane and
Jimi Hendrix. I don't remember that , but then I clearly remember
Johnny Winter but not Blood Sweat and Tears.

I have the Woodstock 69 CDs and I will be
playing them through August.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

July 19, 2009 - Woodstock Memories



Before I start, a plug for Bethel Woods.



Wow, it will be 40 years next month. My folks had a Summer
place near White Lake, so that is how I attended this wild party.
I didn't see many acts. I got there late because my brother
got married that weekend. The County was closed, but a friend
and I went the back way, Route 55. The County line had a
roadblock but we convinced the State Troopers we lived there
(which we did.)We had to tell them the name of who owned the
White Lake Liquor Store. We passed , as we knew Charlie Sabini.
We arrived late Saturday August 16.

The festival was completely disorganized. Lots of down time, lots
of rain but the price was right - FREE. When we arrived
on Sunday, they were just playing tapes -Joan Baez. I climbed
a tree in the back to get a panoramic view and met a guy from
my neighborhood on a branch. He said yo, and I nodded and that
was it. Nothing much more to say. You always bump into somebody in a tree.



Missed Santana, but this clip really captures the flavor.
In the beginning you see people bathing in Filippini Pond.
Man, that was stupid, that pond was full of Snakes. People
were also bathing in standing water near chicken coops.
Not very bright.



I was there for this one. It was cold, wet,and it
stunk to high heaven. The stage was on the bottom
of a Cow Field. I swore after "I'm Going Home" that
Alvin Lee would be a star.

I looked up the set lists ,here is what I was there for:

Ten Years After
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
Hear Me Calling
I'm Going Home

The Band - Set list confirmed in Levon Helm's book "This Wheel's On Fire"
Chest Fever
Tears of Rage
We Can Talk
Don't You Tell Henry
Don't Do It
Ain't No More Cane
Long Black Veil
This Wheel's On Fire
I Shall Be Released
The Weight
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

(I eventually saw The Band in Concert three other
times. They were a great Live band.)

Blood, Sweat & Tears ushered in the midnight hour with five songs.
More and More
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Spinning Wheel
I Stand Accused
Something Comin' On

Johnny Winter featuring his brother, Edgar Winter, on two songs.
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
To Tell the Truth
Johnny B. Goode
Six Feet In the Ground
Leland Mississippi Blues/Rock Me Baby
Mean Mistreater
I Can't Stand It (with Edgar Winter)
Tobacco Road (with Edgar Winter)
Mean Town Blues

My friend swears we were there for Jefferson Airplane and
Jimi Hendrix. I don't remember that , but then I clearly remember
Johnny Winter but not Blood Sweat and Tears.

I have the Woodstock 69 CDs and I will be
playing them through August.