08-03-2008, 07:22 AM
mella, that is a fantastic site ... I've run across it before. It's wonderful that the gigs of the 60's are archived.
I never did see Hot Tuna although I bought their first album -- and add that to the list here!
Also the first Electric Flag album ... and East West by Butterfield, and Super Session by Kooper, Stills, and Bloomfield ...
I lived in the LA area until 1968-69, so most of what I saw was down there ...
The Byrds at Hullaballoo in '65, John Mayall at the Whiskey, the Beatles at Hollywood Bowl and Dodger Stadium, Stones at the Bowl in '66, Dylan and the band at Pasadena Civic in '66 ... but I did get to see all five concerts at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Other stuff I made it to, the Fantasy Faire I mentioned, with the Airplane, Doors,
the First Annual Newport Pop Festival in '68
http://gratefuldeadmusic.com/show/august-4-1968
Mothers of Invention at the Shrine
Cream Farewell Concert
Jimmy Hendrix at the Shrine Aud
are some of the ones that stand out, and then I will never forget Altamont.
At Santa Clara in '69 I got to see Santana debut at a "festival" headlining the Airplane.
I did see Tim Buckley at the Longshoreman's in 1969, the only time I went there.
I think Tim Buckley is still worth listening to, although he lost me with the strange later albums. "Goodbye & Hello" and "Happy Sad" -- one of the first "folk" albums to go jazz.
I WISH I had been in SF during the golden years, but SoCal was not a bad place to be.
I was really into concerts ...
When I got married, there was no question about our "honeymoon" -- we went to the Palm Springs Easter week Music Festival (1969) and saw Canned Heat, John Mayall, Electric Flag, Paul Butterfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, and, according to this write-up, Procol Harum ... [
]
http://www.procolharum.com/99/ph_69_palmsprings.htm
Procol Harum was another group that had one amazing song ... (to stay on topic) [8D]
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I never did see Hot Tuna although I bought their first album -- and add that to the list here!
Also the first Electric Flag album ... and East West by Butterfield, and Super Session by Kooper, Stills, and Bloomfield ...
I lived in the LA area until 1968-69, so most of what I saw was down there ...
The Byrds at Hullaballoo in '65, John Mayall at the Whiskey, the Beatles at Hollywood Bowl and Dodger Stadium, Stones at the Bowl in '66, Dylan and the band at Pasadena Civic in '66 ... but I did get to see all five concerts at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Other stuff I made it to, the Fantasy Faire I mentioned, with the Airplane, Doors,
the First Annual Newport Pop Festival in '68
http://gratefuldeadmusic.com/show/august-4-1968
Mothers of Invention at the Shrine
Cream Farewell Concert
Jimmy Hendrix at the Shrine Aud
are some of the ones that stand out, and then I will never forget Altamont.
At Santa Clara in '69 I got to see Santana debut at a "festival" headlining the Airplane.
I did see Tim Buckley at the Longshoreman's in 1969, the only time I went there.
I think Tim Buckley is still worth listening to, although he lost me with the strange later albums. "Goodbye & Hello" and "Happy Sad" -- one of the first "folk" albums to go jazz.
I WISH I had been in SF during the golden years, but SoCal was not a bad place to be.
I was really into concerts ...
When I got married, there was no question about our "honeymoon" -- we went to the Palm Springs Easter week Music Festival (1969) and saw Canned Heat, John Mayall, Electric Flag, Paul Butterfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, and, according to this write-up, Procol Harum ... [
]http://www.procolharum.com/99/ph_69_palmsprings.htm
Procol Harum was another group that had one amazing song ... (to stay on topic) [8D]
(an