tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post1748742839237119419..comments2024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Garcia & VolunteersLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-58110183817021237342012-03-14T00:03:03.978-07:002012-03-14T00:03:03.978-07:00Ah, the different scales are all greek to me... I ...Ah, the different scales are all greek to me... I know nothing about that stuff, so I'm unqualified to write about it. But hopefully someone more musicologically inclined will write accessibly about the Dead someday.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-66273337016450042822012-03-13T18:49:53.124-07:002012-03-13T18:49:53.124-07:00Both Volunteers/We Can Be Together and St. Stephen...Both Volunteers/We Can Be Together and St. Stephen are based on a modal scale (Dorian, I believe) that is an idiom that predates recorded music. "Little Maggie" by the Stanley Bros. is an common example of this idiom which with both Garcia and Kaukonen were exceedingly familiar by this period. Cheers!Leftynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-55343264125868001792010-04-23T01:51:53.947-07:002010-04-23T01:51:53.947-07:00I added a note about St Stephen in the post - so o...I added a note about St Stephen in the post - so obvious I'd forgotten it....Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-25813925488872893022010-04-18T17:51:08.919-07:002010-04-18T17:51:08.919-07:00Just a brief note:
This site - http://pagesperso-...Just a brief note: <br />This site - http://pagesperso-orange.fr/santanamigos/1969.htm - has a Santana tour history; we find that Santana was playing in Fresno on May 29, '69. As for the May 11 San Diego show, it was broadcast live on the radio (which is the source for our tape, explaining why it sounds rather crummy). Though the Santana band contributes in the jam>drums>Lovelight, Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-78296368350769084342010-03-31T18:51:51.856-07:002010-03-31T18:51:51.856-07:00I think that's the same interview (from "...I think that's the same interview (from "July 1 '67", about 66 minutes) that's on the Archive here - <br />http://www.archive.org/details/gd1967-XX-XX.sbd.bershaw.5419.shnf <br />I do need to hear it again, haven't listened to it in a long time....Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-78015527119504437992010-03-30T23:34:56.371-07:002010-03-30T23:34:56.371-07:00I don't know if you've heard this intervie...I don't know if you've heard this interview with Garcia from 1967 but if you haven't, you should because it's really interesting. I think you'd love it. He talks a lot about what he did on the Jefferson Airplane album, the San Francisco music scene, the SF bands, and a lot more.<br /><br />This interview was conducted before they released their first record. The interviewer August Westnoreply@blogger.com