CJ FISH - RAINBOW 9-18-78
Personnel:Country Joe McDonaldBarry MeltonBob Hogins - KeyboardsBob Flurie - GuitarHarold Aceves - drums,Peter Albin – BassSetlist: (Runtime about 95 minutes)CD 1Intro/Rock And Soul MusicLoveFlying...
View ArticleCJ FISH - EARTH TAVERN 9-16-78
Earth Tavern, Portland, OR 16 September 1978Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Bob Flurie, Harold DeCevus?, Peter AlbinSet 1Here I Go AgainFuck Cheer/I Feel Like I'm Fixing To DieMojo NavigatorSection...
View ArticleA SOLO FISH
The Fish-Barry MeltonBarry "The Fish" Melton was half of Country Joe and The Fish, of course, and he had great success as a member of that band in the 1960s. Like many 60s artists, however, he wasn't...
View ArticlePOSTER ARTISTS BENEFIT
Country Joe McDonald (w/ Garcia on two songs)Gift Center PavilionSan Francisco, CAMarch 22, 1989 (Wednesday)01. Tuning & Talk [1:32]02. Entertainment Is My Business [3:02]03. Janis [2:40]04. Not...
View ArticleCJ FISH - CAROUSEL FEB 14-68
Country Joe And The Fish:Carousel Ballroom,S.F., California.Feb 14 1968 (FM Radio Broadcast on KMPX)Fish CheerI Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die RagLSDThursdayRock Coast BluesMasked MarauderDeath Sound...
View ArticleWIND UP TOYS
The Electric PrunesRams Head On StageAnnapolis, MDMay 04, 2008d1t01 Intro Electric Prunes Wah Wah Pedal Commerciald1t02 Long Day's Flightd1t03 Little Olived1t04 The Great Banana Hoaxd1t05 I'll Give...
View ArticleArticle 2
This past March this blog turned five years old. During this time the site has been shutdown three times by the blogger staff' There have been just over 1,000 posts for yours and my enjoyment. I enjoy...
View ArticleWAKE UP AND SMELL THE INCENSE
Strawberry Alarm ClockThe Knitting FactoryHollywood, CADec 28, 2007The Clock........Randy SeolGeorge BunnellSteve BartekGene GunnelsHowie AndersonMark WeitzLee FreemanHere are the tracks as listed...
View ArticleWEST COAST CHOCOLATE
The classic lineup of the Chocolate Watchband, with David Aguilar on vocals, was arguably the best garage punk band of the mid-'60s, as well as one of its most short-lived. This live reunion is...
View ArticleTROGGIN' ON
Here is apost with a different twist to it. Last December the lead singer of the Troggs, Reg Presley. passed away at the age of 71 from a series of strokes. Being the prominant and most recognizable...
View ArticleBATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
THE MUSIC MACHINE featuring Sean BonniwellJuly 27, 1989The Coconut TeaserHollywood, CA01 Intro> The Sixties02 Masculine Intuition> See See Rider> Masculine Reprise03 Come On In04 People...
View ArticleSNAPSHOTS IN SOUND
I have always been a fan of the original music that was created in the first of the psychedelic years of 1965-1968. The original nuggets LP issued in 75 or so was a great sampling of my kind of music....
View ArticleMORE SNAPSHOTS
As previously mentioned here is a second set of tunes from the late great psychedelic 60's. I found some familiar ones but also a couple you may not have heard for a while. Some interesting side...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
A small sampling of the west coast psychedelic pop that took over the music scene. there were hundreds of bands and musicians. Some made it big some disappeared after their first efforts. However this...
View ArticleDEMENTO'S DELIGHT
As the title does indeed suggest this is nonsense. How many of you will admit to the fact that you will catch yourself singing or humming one of these gems. during the 60's there were a rash of...
View ArticleBUBBLES AND BAZOOKAS
One last posting about the nonsense music of the late sixties. The radio airwaves were filled with the sound of bubble gum pop music and was indeed very popular whether we liked it or not. Once again...
View Article'TWAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY
A selection recommended to me by Gregg(AKA Tripsicord). This comes from a German site and It was new to me so I thought I would share with all. a live recording but not any real info with it.
View ArticleROCK POETS
Fronted by San Franciscan poet David Meltzer, the Serpent Power was a sunshiny folk-rock group, whose songs were musical translations of Meltzer's poetry. They were first noticed by Ed Denton, manager...
View ArticleTHE POET AND HIS PRINCESS
Poet Song, our second Vanguard album, was written for Tina as a showcase for her intimate and warm voice. Sam suggested that I read some of my poems and double-track guitar behind them. We recorded...
View ArticleMATRIX SOLUTION
A name known only to hardcore devotees of the early San Francisco psychedelic scene, the Final Solution never did release a record, although they did play some gigs around that time (including one at...
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