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The man in the car with Jimmy also has a cap on like this.
It looks like Jimmy is wearing the same scarf in both photos.
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the other guy is clearly Tommy Bolin
I don't think it's Tommy in the limo with Jimmy. Here's another photo of the man:
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Jimmy looks lovely here - he seems relaxed and at ease.
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I think this is a well-deserved honor for the kid who left the Iron Range, influenced many through his poetic lyrics, and became an American treasure. From everything I've read and heard about the man, Bob Dylan loves this country and its people in the way that Woody Guthrie loved it. I've spent many years in impoverished countries where freedom of speech (including protest songs) is not a right and not protected and, even in those places, we encountered people who could recite many of Dylan's lyrics verbatim.
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I haven't picked it up yet but I am interested in reading Gregg's new memoir, My Cross To Bear. He's certainly been promoting the living shit out of it recently. I haven't caught all of the interviews but I have seen a few, including his appearance on CBS This Morning earlier this week where he was interviewed by Charlie Rose and Gayle King. As always, the line of questioning by Charlie Rose was measured and well researched. On the other hand, Gayle King had no place in that interview whatsoever. Gregg had to be downright embarrassed. I know I was and I wasn't even the one in the line of fire.
Thanks for the interviews. I think Tavis and Charlie are excellent and I look forward to almost all of their interviews. I'm not familiar with Gayle King but I wasn't impressed with what I saw of her segment of the interview. I still consider Gregg to be an incredibly important musician and I would have personally granted him more respect (or empathy).
Midnight Riders,read it a long time ago,... accurate?
Anjin-san, I read that book a long time ago too and I remember thinking it was excellent even though Gregg (and maybe Dickey too?) declined to be interviewed for it. I'm curious about Gregg's book and will probably read it - he may give us some insights into Duane and the band that only he can provide.
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Happy Birthday Bob.
"May you always know the truth. And see the lights surrounding you."
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Thank you for sharing it will us and the one above.
You're welcome, Aen. It's nice to see some activity in this thread.
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I need some of that vagueness now...
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...MSG this is a "that"
shot, and surely belongs here, as you (we) know it.... ;)...I must come up with some photos also....
I thought the same thing about this shot, PlanetPage. ♥ Yes, it certainly does belong here.
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Levon with his friends Keith Richards, Scotty Moore, Rick Danko, DJ Fontana, and Garth Hudson at Levon's place in Woodstock, NY.
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Godspeed Levon. You gave so much, for so long. Rest in Peace with the Angels.
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That's a great story. Yes, I remember the long-lost days where countless hours were spent hanging out, spinning records, and making mixtapes. The Band's music was an integral part of the soundtrack of our youth in the 1970's (and for younger fans like yourself, the 80's too). Stage Fright is one of the band's masterpieces.
I remember my friends and I singing this song while we were working on a project in a junior high home ec class and our teacher at the time threatened us with detention. This was in NY and she completely confused the sheer joy we felt and were sharing from the music with corrunpting the other students with a pro-Confederate message:
Prayers and Love to you, Levon
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I was fortunate to have seen the original line-up, several times, in the 1970s. My husband had the best experience, I think. We've talked about the fact that, although we didn't know one another yet, I was at the LZ MSG concerts in NYC that same weekend he was seeing The Band at the Watkins Glen music festival. The highlight, he's told me, is the moment when The Band, The Allman Brothers, and The Grateful Dead all took the stage together for the finale.
Levon is an American treasure - one of the best. First class and a gentleman. As one of my friends wrote earlier today (alluding to Levon's background, music, musical influences): "He reminds you of what made America great."
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I am very sorry and shocked to read this horribly sad news. I had thought (had hoped) that he was improving. His This Wheel's on Fire is one of my favorite books about music and the music culture.
Sending prayers. God Bless Levon and his family.
I will always remember him as a beautiful blond drummer boy.
Damn cancer.
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I love how Neil seems to consistently seek out state-of-the-art, innovative, high-definition record production while maintaining the high-lonesome quality to his voice and the low-fi, blown-out, garage-band-like sound to his guitar.
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Thanks for that (especially in light of this discussion), I haven't had time to watch it yet but for those that are interested in doing so, you can watch Springsteen's keynote address from SXSW here.
You're welcome. It was not only the best SXSW keynote I've ever heard, but also the best speech I've ever heard about music. Bruce is a troubadour. The images and feelings he evoked were remarkable. The most moving part for me was when he talked about Woody and the audience sang "This Land is your Land" along with Bruce.
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"You were young in the 50′s and 60′s, everything felt false everywhere you turned. But you didn’t know how to say it. There was no language for it at the time. It just felt fucked up, you know? But you didn’t have the words. Bob [Dylan] came along and gave us those words… And the first thing he asked you was, 'How does it feel? To be on your own?' And if you were a kid in 1965, you were on your own, because your parents - God bless ‘em - they could not understand the incredible changes that were taking place." Bruce Springsteen, SXSW Austin, Texas, March 15, 2012.
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The more I've thought about this, the sadder I've felt, although except for a tiny sliver of my life, one long ago summer, I never really considered myself a Monkees fan. Since the passing of Davy Jones, I've heard from so many old friends and family members: A cousin reminded me that Oliver (with Davy Jones as the Artful Dodger) was one of the first Broadway musicals we attended (although I don't honestly have a clear memory of it). My younger sister (who was a huge Monkees fan) emailed me a photo of us together, in front of the Monkee mobile - she is posing against the railing, all smiles, while I am behind her, standing straight, looking like a bored and tolerant older sister. A friend talked about the night we all saw the Monkees at Forest Hills when a teenager started a "We want the Monkees!" cheer in our section that drowned out the (to us unknown at the time) guitarist (Hendrix) who opened for them that night. I wrote about my memories of going to Zilch, buying love beads, and the English woman who worked behind the counter, who we were told was Davy's mother.
I don't think that's entirely true. I'm not sure if you've ever seen this but during this interview with Jerry Garcia, the interviewer tries to corner Garcia into talking shit about the Monkees, which he refuses to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXs_rwjb_x4
Several of my friends posted this yesterday and one of them, who once worked with Jerry, told us that "Jerry liked the Monkees."
I think much of the scorn heaped on the band may have come from certain journalists rather than from their fellow musicians. Peter was a musician who was part of the NYC folk music scene and a friend of Stephen Stills (who tried out for the role that Peter ultimately took). Mike was a musician too (writing and performing music). Not everyone cared for the television show and not everyone cared for their pop music sound, but my friends who were/are musicians have had nothing but good things to say about the individual members of the Monkees, as people and as musicians/performers.
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RIP "Manchester Cowboy"
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Some more info....
The money shot, signing the contract:
Apparently, Peter Grant & Mickie Most were in NY to also take care of some business with their other acts (JBG, Donovan, Terry Reid). There's a reference to a party/gathering at the Waldorf on Oct. 21st, with Grant and Mickie Most (no mention of JP yet). Beck's tour schedule indicates returning to NY, from Toronto on October 28th, remaining there until the 31st, off to Detroit for three shows.
I don't think the exact date of the contract signing is known yet, but that's where these photos seem to originate (late October/early Nov). It's interesting that Beck seems to have been there for it.
Beautiful photos. Turning points in the history of rock.
Thank you for the additional info (including the press release on your timeline) for the photo you've unearthed, Sam. Now I can finally put a time (late November) to the blurb about the signing deal that I had clipped from RS but had marked only as "1968."
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I do not mind these questions, MSG
I have seen that picture with the long scarf around his neck and draped over his shoulder and interesting jacket has been credited to a Faces party that he went to in 1976. I wish I knew more and saw other pictures. He looks so beautiful. The guy with the hat I have the feeling is Bonzo that he is talking to.
I do not know much about his interesting rings, but that picture was taken in January 1975 at the Ambassador hotel in Chicago by Neal Preston near the beginning of the North American tour.
That is a wondeful story about the fan. I loved reading it.
He's beautiful in all of these.
I also loved when he did that too, AutumnGirl.
I love the way he has his arms crossed over his chest, and look on his face in the pic on top. He has such a cute smile
Thank you, aen!
Someone told me that when Jimmy faced "the ocean" and crossed his arms across his chest it was like an embrace of them, an acknowledgement, a thanks. I don't know if that's true or not but it was a lovely gesture. One of my favorite post-concert photos...for me, there is a poignancy to this one:
Aw, he's a cherub - love that story with the young fan backstage (it could have gone very differently back in those days, I realise)
From everything I knew, saw, and heard about Jimmy I don't believe he ever would have taken advantage of a young fan who was just there to see him, to meet him, to say hello and wasn't looking for anything else. I honestly don't believe he was that kind of person (and I do realize that there were many musicians - and entourage members - who did take advantage of any situation that presented itself). I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the 1977 tour but talking to people who do have firsthand knowledge even then they don't believe he would ever have forced himself on an innocent or unsuspecting fan.
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These are all so lovely, aen! Jimmy was incredibly beautiful and playing brilliantly in 1975. Do you know if the second photo is from one of TSRTS premieres? Jimmy looked great then too...he seemed so very healthy and happy. Is the ring that he's showing to the camera in the third photo the one designed as an ouroboros? Was this taken around the time of his meeting with Burroughs (early February 1975) or a year or so later? Sorry for all the questions.
The last photo reminds me of a sweet memory that a woman just shared about meeting Jimmy at one of the 1977 MSG concerts. She was a young teen then and she was able to get back to where the band was and was able to meet and speak with Jimmy. She said that he was so nice to her, a young fan. Jimmy was her idol and she said he did not disappoint. Even though the meeting was very brief, Jimmy left her with a beautiful impression and a wonderful memory.
Happy Birthday John Paul Jones!
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Belated birthday wishes, John Paul! I hope you had a beautiful day.
It was a pleasure and an honor to meet you again, last year. You have always been so genial and gracious.
All the best to you,
MSG, a fan forever