Standin' At The Crossroads

Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2009

West Coast Natural Gas + Indian Puddin' and Pipe

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West Coast Natural Gas

Seattle, Washington About 1966 ~ 1968

Members
Chuck Bates ~ Guitar Dave Burke ~ Bass Pat Craig ~ Vocals Steve Guinn ~ Guitar Dean Herrick ~ Guitar Michael "Kep" Kepley ~ Guitar, Vocals Jeff LaBrache ~ Drums Kris Larson ~ Guitar, 12 String Steve Mack ~ Guitar

Photo Courtesy of Jeff LaBrache

West Coast Natural Gas became Indian Puddin' and Pipe after we had recorded in San Francisco in 1968. Just after the tracks were recorded, the band basically broke up and Matthew Katz changed the name to Indian Puddin' and Pipe. Then in late 1968 Pat Craig went back to San Francisco, called Steve Mack and he went down to put together the performing version of Indian Puddin' and Pipe which was: Pat Craig, Steve Mack, Rex Larsen, Paul Trousdale, Dennis Lannigan, Steve Jackson, Barry Lewis. The most well known version of Indian Puddin' and Pipe lost Lewis and added Rick Quintanal on Drums and Jock Ellis on Trombone. Lydia Moreno did some sessions with us.

Pat Craig, November 2002

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West Coast Natural Gas - Two´s A Pair (1966-68... από meir-rivkin

West Coast Natural Gas - Two's A Pair (1966-68 us, amazing west coast psychedelia, 2012 edition)

Indian Puddin' and Pipe

Seattle, Washington San Francisco, California

About 1968 ~ 1969

Members

Jeff LaBrache ~ Drums Kris Larson ~ Guitar Dave Burke ~ Bass Pat Craig ~ Keyboards, Vocals Steve Mack ~ Guitar, Violin, Vocals Paul Trousdale ~ Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Vocals Steve "Warthog" Jackson ~ Bass, Vocals Barry Lewis ~ Drums Dennis Lannigan ~ Alto Saxophone, Piano, Vocals Rex Larsen ~ Guitar, Vocals Rick Quintanal ~ Drums David Savage ~ Trumpet Jock Ellis ~ Trombone Lydia Moreno ~ Vocals
In Memory of Paul Trousdale 1949 -2005

Psych-rock combo Indian Puddin' and Pipe formed in Seattle in 1966--originally dubbed the West Coast Natural Gas, the group initially comprised singer/guitarist Kep, guitarists Chuck Bates and Kris Larson, bassist Dave Burke and drummer Jeff LaBrache. A latter-day lineup minus Kep and Bates and featuring vocalist Pat Craig and guitarist Steve Mack relocated to San Francisco and in late 1967 issued the lone WCNG single, the Matthew Katz-produced "Go Run and Play." Katz--the manager of Moby Grape, It's a Beautiful Day and other luminaries of the San Francisco psych scene--structured his contracts so that different lineups could appear under a given group's name anytime and anywhere he desired; one lineup of Indian Puddin' and Pipe already existed, but Katz nevertheless rechristened West Coast Natural Gas with the name as well, moving Craig to keyboards and recruiting vocalist Lydia Mareno for what is now considered the definitive version of the group. Indian Puddin' and Pipe never recorded a full-length LP, but did produce four excellent tracks for the compilation Fifth Pipe Dream, issued on Katz's San Francisco Sound label in 1968. This incarnation of the group split soon after, with Mareno later resurfacing in Stoneground and Craig and Mack reuniting in Pipe. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

West Coast Natural Gas Two's A Pair +Indian Puddin & Pipe Fifth Pipe Dream Vol.1,The Lost Album 1966-1969
Indian Puddin' & Pipe The Lost Album (2005)

the whole story see Links below :

http://psychspaniolos.blogspot.com/2008/11/west-coast-natural-gas.html

http://24hourdejavu.blogspot.com/2009/05/cats-creation.html

http://velhorockeiro.blogspot.com/2008/12/1024-jeff-simmons-lucille-has-messed-my.html

http://highallthetimeuk.blogspot.com/search?q=pipe+dream

http://www.answers.com/topic/indian-puddin-pipe

http://www.answers.com/topic/fifth-pipedream-vol-1-1968-album

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-lost-album-2005-album-by-indian-puddin-pipe-1

http://www.techwebsound.com/playlistdetail.cfm?artist=276

http://pnwbands.com/westcoastgas.html

http://www.viva.gr/Music/album.aspx?album=1077036

http://www.rhapsody.com/indian-puddin-and-pipe/the-lost-album

http://www.anonym.to/?http://pnwbands.com/indianpuddin.html

http://pnfforum.com/index.php?topic=8523.0

http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_NorCal_I.htm

THANKS TO prog not frog forum ,

http://www.anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/238507388/Indian_Puddin___Pipe_-_The_Lost_Album.rar

Δευτέρα 18 Μαΐου 2009

V.A. - 1970 Live At Winterland - 1970-02-23 (Frisco Hippie Bands.) (@320)

THE GRATEFUL DEAD BUST BENEFIT

WINTERLAND,S.F.

FEB.23,1970

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Performers:

Jefferson Airplane

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Santana

It's a Beautiful Day

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (Ex-Charlatans)

Glenn McKay's Head Lights

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
1-TUNING/WARMUP JAM2-BILL GRAHAM INTRO/FRESH AIR 3-PRIDE OF MAN ( FADES IN )4-MONA5-GOLD AND SILVER 6-MOJO 7-SUBWAY 8-EDWARD THE MAD SHIRT GRINDER
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
1-SOAPSTONE MOUNTAIN2-GOOD LOVIN'3-DON AND DEWEY4-TALK5-LET A WOMAN FLOW6-HOEDOWN7-IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO YOU8-TUNING9-WHITE BIRD10-WASTED UNION BLUES11-CROWD/TUNING12-DO YOU REMEMBER THE SUN ?
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SANTANA
1-WAITING >2-BATUKA > 3-SAVOR >4-JINGO

(note:Incomplete: Incident At Neshabur - Taboo - Persuasion - Waiting - Batuka/Savor/Jingo)
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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
1-WE CAN BE TOGETHER >2-VOLUNTEERS3-TUNING4-GOOD SHEPHERD5-SOMEBODY TO LOVE6-NOTHING7-TUNING8-GREASY HEART ( END CUTS ) **** MISSING ON VERSION 1 ****9-EMERGENCY ( CUTS IN )10-UNCLE SAM BLUES ( CUTS IN )11-HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS12-TUNING13-MEXICO14-OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE15-3/5 OF A MILE IN 10 SECONDS
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01_-_QUICKSILVER_MESSENGER_SERVICE__Live_At_Winterland_-_1970-02-23.part1.rar
01_-_QUICKSILVER_MESSENGER_SERVICE__Live_At_Winterland_-_1970-02-23.part2.rar

02_-_IT_S_A_BEAUTIFUL_DAY_-__Live_At_Winterland__1970-02-23.part1.rar
02_-_IT_S_A_BEAUTIFUL_DAY_-__Live_At_Winterland__1970-02-23.part2.rar

03_-_SANTANA_-_1970__Live_At_Winterland_-_1970-02-23.rar

04_-_JEFFERSON_AIRPLANE_-_1970___Live_At_Winterland_-1970-02-23.part1.rar 04_-_JEFFERSON_AIRPLANE_-_1970___Live_At_Winterland_-1970-02-23.part2.rar

Τετάρτη 13 Μαΐου 2009

V.A. - The Birth Of The San Francisco Sound, Nuggets From The Golden State

"Autumn Records - Someone To Love: The Birth Of The San Francisco Sound - Nuggets From The Golden State," which compiles 30 amazing tracks from the folks who started a musical revolution, plus liner notes.
Tracks

1. She's My Baby - The Mojo Men

2. Fire In My Heart - The Mojo Men

3. Why Can't You Stay - The Mojo Men

4. Girl Won't You Go - The Mojo Men

5. Girl - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

6. Father Bruce - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

7. You Can't Cry - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

8. Born To Be Burned - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

9. Daydream Nightmare Love - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

10. Heads Up - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

11. Double Triptamine Superautomatic Everlovin' Man - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

12. Ain't It Babe - Charity Shayne

13. Last Thing On My Mind - The Vejtables

14. Mansion Of Tears - The Vejtables

15. Let's Get Together - Dino Valente (who wrote the song)

16. That's How It Is - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

17. Right To Me - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

18. Where - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

19. Cold Dreary Morning - Jan Ashton (of the Vejtables / The Mojo Men)

20. I'm A Fool - Butch Engle & the Styx

21. Smile Smile Smile - Butch Engle & the Styx

22. Someone To Love - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

23. Free Advice - The Great Society (which evolved into Jefferson Airplane)

24. Bye Bye Bye - The Tikis (who later became Harper's Bizarre)

25. Lost My Love Today - The Tikis (who later became Harper's Bizarre)

26. More And More And More - The Tikis (who later became Harper's Bizarre)

27. True Love Is Hard To Find - The Tikis (who later became Harper's Bizarre)

28. Happy With You - The Tikis (who later became Harper's Bizarre)

29. Mad - The Tikis (who later became Harper's Bizarre)

30. About My Tears - Jan Ashton (of the Vejtables / The Mojo Men)

V.A._-_The_Birth_Of_The_San_Francisco_Sound___.part1.rar

V.A._-_The_Birth_Of_The_San_Francisco_Sound__.part2.rar

Full Artwork @320

here's the 19._Jan_Ashton_-_Cold_Dreary_Morning.mp3

Τρίτη 12 Μαΐου 2009

Ευγένιος Σπαθάρης 1924-2009

..ενα κομμάτι της παιδικής μου Ψυχής , έφυγε μαζί με τον Ευγένιο Σπαθάρη!

αυτόν τον μεγάλο Ανθρωπο φτιαγμένο απο σπάνια υλικά Ελλάδας , κληρονόμο και συνεχιστή μιας μεγάλης αρχέγονης Ιστορίας του ελληνικού γένους ,απο τον Ομηρο στον Θεόφιλο και απο κεί στον Ευγένιο Σπαθαρη,γνήσιο εκφραστή της λαικής μας παράδοσης και των απανταχού καταφρονημένων,σπάνιας ράτσας και τιμιότητας..

Ηταν είναι και θα μείνει Φωτεινός αληθινός Φάρος ,στο δρόμο της Ζωής μας!

..μέσα σε τόσους χαλεπούς καιρούς, που έλαχε να ζούμε ,της αφθονίας της διαφθοράς συνειδήσεων και στην εποχή της ένδοιας αξιών! άδεια ψυχή..

Θα είναι πάντα εδώ να συντροφεύει τα πιό όμορφα όνειρά μας, ''πυξίδα'' στα χρόνια που έρχονται...

καλό σου Ταξίδι κύριε Καραγκιόζη ,
με τα μεγάλα μαύρα σου μάτια, γεμάτα Αλήθεια, μεράκι απο Ελλάδα, , γνήσια φιγούρα μιας άλλης εποχής ,με την σκέψη να περάσει στη νέα γενιά Ολες οι Αξίες σου!

ΥΓ. ..ακόμα τις φιγούρες του Καραγκιόζη ,των παιδικών μου χρόνων τις έχω καλά φυλαγμένες, τότε που δίναμε παραστάσεις ''μικρές'' και αθώες στα μάτια μικρού παιδιού ,
γεμάτα απο άρωμα γιασεμί και νυχτολούλουδο - μοσχοβολούσε όλη η γειτονιά - ατέλειωτο παχνίδι στα σοκάκια της γειτονιάς , να μαζευόμαστε όλα τα παιδιά , άσπρο σεντόνι κρεμασμένο στο πλυσταριό της γιαγιάς με κεράκια για να γράφει στο σεντόνι ...ατέλειωτο παιχνίδι - όνειρο στη ψυχή αθώου παιδιού!

"Ο Άγγελος Σικελιανός είπε:
Η τέχνη του Σπαθάρη είναι στη βάση της λαϊκής ψυχής και ζωής και μακάριος όποιος την αντικρίζει με τη σοβαρότητα που της οφείλεται. Μέσα της δεν κατασταλάζει μόνο η λαγαρή θυμοσοφία του λαού μας μπρος στα ανάποδα τον κόσμου, αλλά σκεπάζεται και η πηγαία δύναμη πόχει μέσα του και με την οποία υπερνικά αυτά τα ανάποδα με ψυχισμό ασύγκριτο, ανεβαίνοντας απ'τα σκαλιά της θείας του εξυπνάδας ως με τις κορφές τον ηρωισμού".

<ΕΥΓΕΝΙΟΣ ΣΠΑΘΑΡΗΣ>ΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΟΥ

Καλό σου ταξίδι Ευγένιε ,καλή παράσταση στην μεγάλη παρέα του Ουρανού!

Ερέ γλέντια που θα γίνουνεεεεεεεεεεεεεε!!!

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συνέντευξη στον Δαυίδ Ναχμία (2005) για την εκπομπή ΙΧΝΗΛΑΤΕΣ της ΕΡΤ

Σάββατο 9 Μαΐου 2009

GENERATION 68 - a film By Simon Brook , (p) & (c) 2007

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Générations 68

Ανέβηκε από arte - News videos from around the world.

Αν κάποιος Φίλος είδε αυτή την ταινεία - ντοκυμαντέρ σήμερα το βράδυ στην ΕΤ1 και την έγραψε σε βίντεο ,θα παρακαλούσα πολύ να επικοινωνήσει μαζί μου.

Θα ήμουν ευγνώμων για αυτό!

links :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x549qq_generations-68_news

GENERATION 68 Έτος παραγωγής: (2007)

Στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του ’60, με αποκορύφωμα τη χρονιά του 1968, μια γενιά που είχε ανατραφεί με την τηλεόραση και το ραδιόφωνο, άλλαξε τη μορφή της κοινωνίας, επιβάλλοντας στις παλαιότερες γενιές το δικό της κώδικα αξιών και αψηφώντας τα διεθνή σύνορα και τους ηθικούς φραγμούς. «Η Γενιά του ‘68» είναι ένα κινηματογραφικό ταξίδι πίσω στο χρόνο, με ξεναγούς πολλούς από τους πρωταγωνιστές εκείνης της περιόδου, όπως οι: Milos Forman, Dennis Hopper, Vaclav Havel, William Klein, Jean – Claude Carriere, El Ruscha, Annie Nightingale, Peter Brook, Mary Quant, George Wolinski, Jean- Francois Bizot. Αυτές οι εμβληματικές φιγούρες του Μάη του ’68,διηγούνται τι ακριβώς συνέβη τότε. Μια κοινωνία που επηρέασε τον πολιτισμό, από τον οποίο στη συνέχεια επηρεάστηκε. Η πολιτική συνειδητοποίηση «εισέβαλε» στον κόσμο της τέχνης και η τέχνη άνοιξε την πόρτα της στην ποπ κουλτούρα.‘Όλα αυτά για να δώσουν στην κοινωνία μια νέα μορφή.Ο συγγραφέας Henri Weber και ο σκηνοθέτης Simon Brook προσφέρουν στο κοινό ένα ταξίδι στο παρελθόν αποκωδικοποιώντας πολλές από τις πτυχές του παρόντος. Παραγωγή:Γαλλίας

ET 1 22:00
Η ΓΕΝΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΄68
ΝΤΟΚΙΜΑΝΤΕΡ / Ιστορία
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Γενιά 68 / Σάιμον Μπρουκ
Simon Brook – generation ‘68 : DO IT στον απόηχο του Μάη του ‘68

Πέμπτη 2 Απριλίου 2009

Grandma's Hands By Jeronimo Brothers

While the brothers checked their sound for the night gig, cameraman was anxious to take a few good scenes while the sun was going down. Bill Withers classic was played just for fun and soundcheck. That was for the Bara Party Sykourio Larissa 7/6/2008. (video by V.Aglopoulos)

Κυριακή 29 Μαρτίου 2009

THE BLUES PROJECT -LIVE INTERNATIONAL CASINO,NYC MARCH 17,1981

Biography
by Richie Unterberger

One of the first album-oriented, "underground" groups in the United States, the Blues Project offered an electric brew of rock, blues, folk, pop, and even some jazz, classical, and psychedelia during their brief heyday in the mid-'60s.

It's not quite accurate to categorize them as a blues-rock group, although they did plenty of that kind of material; they were more like a Jewish-American equivalent to British bands like the Yardbirds, who used a blues and R&B base to explore any music that interested them. Erratic songwriting talent and a lack of a truly outstanding vocalist prevented them from rising to the front line of '60s bands, but they recorded plenty of interesting material over the course of their first three albums, before the departure of their most creative members took its toll.

The Blues Project was formed in Greenwich Village in the mid-'60s by guitarist Danny Kalb (who had played sessions for various Elektra folk and folk-rock albums), Steve Katz (a guitarist with Elektra's Even Dozen Jug Band), flutist/bassist Andy Kulberg, drummer Roy Blumenfeld, and singer Tommy Flanders. Al Kooper, in his early twenties a seasoned vet of rock sessions, joined after sitting in on the band's Columbia Records audition, although they ended up signing to Verve, an MGM subsidiary. Early member Artie Traum (guitar) dropped out during early rehearsals; Flanders would leave after their first LP, Live at the Cafe Au-Go-Go (1966).

The eclectic resumes of the musicians, who came from folk, jazz, blues, and rock backgrounds, was reflected in their choice of material. Blues by Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry tunes ran alongside covers of contemporary folk-rock songs by Eric Anderson and Patrick Sky, as well as the group's own originals. These were usually penned by Kooper, who had already built songwriting credentials as the co-writer of Gary Lewis' huge smash "This Diamond Ring," and established a reputation as a major folk-rock shaker with his contributions to Dylan's mid-'60s records.

Kooper also provided the band's instrumental highlights with his glowing organ riffs. The live debut sounds rather tame and derivative; the group truly hit their stride on Projections (late 1966), which was, disappointingly, their only full-length studio recording. While they went through straight blues numbers with respectable energy, they really shone best on the folk and jazz-influenced tracks, like "Fly Away," Katz's lilting "Steve's Song," Kooper's jazz instrumental "Flute Thing" (an underground radio standard that's probably their most famous track), and Kooper's fierce adaptation of an old Blind Willie Johnson number, "I Can't Keep from Crying."

A non-LP single from this era, the pop-psychedelic "No Time Like the Right Time," was their greatest achievement and one of the best "great hit singles that never were" of the decade. The band's very eclecticism didn't augur well for their long-term stability, and in 1967 Kooper left in a dispute over musical direction (he has recalled that Kalb opposed his wishes to add a horn section). Then Kalb myseriously disappeared for months after a bad acid trip, which effectively finished the original incarnation of the band.

A third album, Live at Town Hall, was a particularly half-assed project given the band's stature, pasted together from live tapes and studio outtakes, some of which were overdubbed with applause to give the impression that they had been recorded in concert. Kooper got to fulfill his ambitions for soulful horn rock as the leader of the original Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he left that band after their first album; BS&T also included Katz (who stayed onboard for a long time). Blumenfeld and Kulberg kept the Blues Project going for a fourth album before forming Seatrain, and the group re-formed in the early '70s with various lineups, Kooper rejoining for a live 1973 album, Reunion in Central Park. The first three albums from the Kooper days are the only ones that count, though; the best material from these is on Rhino's best-of compilation.