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fronobulax

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All we teenage boys had a crush on Grace. She was drop-dead gorgeous. I used to secretly to myself wish her Happy Birthday every Oct 30th. I gave up on Airplane starting with Bark. It was a combination of discovering the incredible musical interplay between Lesh, Garcia and Weir and just not particularly liking any of the new songs. I'd come home early after my 12th grade year classes, smoke a little and listen to Dark Star. That summer my friend and I challenged each other to see who could get up and turn over the record to play St. Stephen or did we fall asleep during Dark Star. I still love BATE though. And of course Crosby's first with all those Frisco players. Sorry to take the thread off track, All. I'm new here and it's fun sharing thoughts about the great music and the great instruments they played. Thorne


Veering is what we do. I bought original JA albums after Volunteers as they came out and filled in gaps with a couple earlier ones. Things changed, and not for the better and hindsight suggests Spencer Dryden was a greater influence than I realized. The Dead had their moments but I never really had the attention span to listen much. Perhaps related, there was also a lot of jazz I wasn't getting to either, back in those days.
 
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All we teenage boys had a crush on Grace. She was drop-dead gorgeous. I used to secretly to myself wish her Happy Birthday every Oct 30th. I gave up on Airplane starting with Bark. It was a combination of discovering the incredible musical interplay between Lesh, Garcia and Weir and just not particularly liking any of the new songs. I'd come home early after my 12th grade year classes, smoke a little and listen to Dark Star. That summer my friend and I challenged each other to see who could get up and turn over the record to play St. Stephen or did we fall asleep during Dark Star. I still love BATE though. And of course Crosby's first with all those Frisco players. Sorry to take the thread off track, All. I'm new here and it's fun sharing thoughts about the great music and the great instruments they played. Thorne
yeah, I saw 250 GD shows, but we must still remember in the day who opened for who :)
 

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What I've read and heard is that they swapped who opened for whom. None of those Frisco bands considered themselves superstars. They were at it for the fun of it... at least until it wasn't anymore.
 
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What I've read and heard is that they swapped who opened for whom. None of those Frisco bands considered themselves superstars. They were at it for the fun of it... at least until it wasn't anymore.
Hudson Valley... We did our show at the Turning Point in Piermont NY last night. Will be back fairly soon. Looks good on paper :)
Turning Point 10/16/21 Set 1
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Shes Got Funny Cars
Mexico
Good Shepherd
3/5 of a Mile
Lather
DCBA-25
Somebody To Love
Eskimo Blue Day
Today
Lawman
High Flying Bird
Hey Frederick->
Wooden Ships

Turning Point 10/16/21 Set 2
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Milk Train
Wont You Try->Sat Afternoon
Star Track
Its No Secret
Triad
You Me and Pooneil
Greasy Heart
Third Week in Chelsea
Crown of Creation
Plastic Fantastic Lover
Fat Angel
We Can Be Together
White Rabbit
Volunteers
Let Us Get Together
 

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Volunteers cemented my relationship with the band. I remember when it came out and listening to and analyzing "the new album" was what my crowd did. Blows Against the Empire, while not strictly an Airplane album also gets played a lot these days. I realize my reaction to the Airplane was colored by a teenaged crush on Grace Slick. Half a century later when I return to the catalog and not just the emotional touchstones, the driving force is to listen to or figure out what Jack Casady did and how.
Mine was colored by a teenage crush on Jack's playing.

But the onslaught of the chaos of the singers imprinted itself. CSN's "Wooden Ships" vs. the Airplane's? The punters may prefer the tidiness of CSN, but the chaos has all the danger.
 
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