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THE GREEK
Nicholas George Gravenites(born October 2, 1938, Chicago, Illinois), with stage names like Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy, is a blues, rock and folk singer–songwriter, and is best known for...
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NICK AND JERRY
Gravenites and GarciaPete Sears and Animal MindSouth of San Francisco Cultural CenterSan Francisco 4-29-9001 Born In Chicago02 Chicago Is Your Home03 Tough As nails04 I'll Change Your Flat Tire ,...
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IF YOU CAN'T BEAT'EM....DRIVE 'EM CRAZY
Steelyard Blues is a 1973 comedy crime film starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle.Tagline: If you can't beat 'em ... drive 'em crazy!Because Fonda, Sutherland and Boyle were active in...
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HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD
A brief break from the blues to wish everyone a Happy Easter! I know not all celebrate this holiday but I still thought it appropriate to highlight it's importance in my life as well as many others....
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CASTING PEARLS
Casting PearlsMill Valley BunchInitial release : 1972The only album released by the Mill Valley Bunch, a loose agglomeration of Bay Area musicians getting together for jam sessions. Tracks I've Had...
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CASTRO'S BLUES
Peppy Castro( Emil Thielhelm )was the original lead guitarist with the classic psychedelic 60's band ..The Blues Magoos. The band formed in 1966 and released the Psychedelic Lollipop LP to great...
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TIN MAN
Going to take a little break from the blog for a while. Having a few aches and pains( nothing serious)You older readers know what I am talking about and you younger ones have it to look forward to. I...
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OH MOTHER EARTH
It's Earth Day.... so here is a compilation with the ECO balance as the theme!Can you feel the manmade mistAs it starts to twist your lungs?Slower than gunsBreathe deepAs you enter sleepFeel secure...
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BBHC 67
Going to swing back to the bay area Haight days for a post or two. I will get around to some reposts soon (I hope) so be patient. Here's a set from BBHC . I have to be truthful and say that they were...
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THE RETURN OF DOUG SALDANA
LONE STAR SAUSILITOTEJANO BROTHERSTHE TRIBE YEARSROUGH EDGESBORDER WAVE
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BEFORE THE JOKER
An interesting short set from the Steve Miller Band after reforming the band. I had enjoyed the early Miller band LP's but kind of steered away from his work after what I call "selling out" to the pop...
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TRANS LOVE AIRWAYS
It's Friday, March 10 and Jefferson Airplane touches down atWinterland in their hometown of San Francisco for a weekend ofconcerts, supported by blues legends Jimmy Reed and John LeeHooker. A sense of...
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AIR FARE
March 11, 1967SET 1My Best FriendCome Back BabyTodayDon't Slip AwayPlastic Fantastic introSET 2The Other Side of This LifeGet Together introBringing Me DownTodayRunning Round This World3/5 of a Mile...
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LANDING GEAR
The complete Tim Lucas' ReviewIt's Friday, March 10 and Jefferson Airplane touches down atWinterland in their hometown of San Francisco for a weekend ofconcerts, supported by blues legends Jimmy Reed...
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MR SPACEMAN
Listening to JA always leads me to a little sci fi. I guess it is because Kantner always seemed to provide a lot of that genre in his song writing. Of course you will find some of his work in this comp...
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RAY HARRYHAUSEN R.I.P.
Next to my love for my generation's music Sci Fi/Fantasy has always been one of my favorite endevors.I give you a small sampling of soundtrack music to some of Ray Harryhausens best movies. They were...
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ROBOT SALESMAN
Part two of the critically acclaimed ( or was that critically deranged? ) Robo - Boy science fiction collection. 25 close encounters - grateful dead26 u.f.o. - country joe mcdonald27 martha under...
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THE SONS
Sons of ChamplinLive at The Record PlantSausalito, California1972 06-17Broadcast by KSANHere is a super nice crystal clear stereo soundboard from vaults of KSANand the Record Plant series on KSAN,...
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ARG!!
Long lived San Francisco band who had their first concert June 12, 1973 and then operating on an on-off basis throughout the 70’s/80´s. Despite their popularity in the Bay Area the band failed to sign...
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