|
|
|
July 05, 2007
As classic as it gets!
An unbelievable find, but I just found it. I'm always looking for video footage of the Grateful Dead featuring Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and here he is, belting out a very immortal (hmm, I guess "immoral" depending on your point of view) version of what was their best Pigpen song -- "Turn on Your Lovelight." When and where, I don't know. The provider simply said "Had to share this,......whatever the date." Whatever is fine with me. This is exactly the way the band looked and sounded when I first saw them and fell in love with their music. (Not sure whether there are other early Dead fans out there, but in case there are, I posted another Pigpen video here.) MORE: At the end of the song, I recognized John Dawson (perhaps it's David Nelson) of the New Riders of the Purple Sage standing in the back. This would date the video from 1970-1971 (when NRPS played as their opening act, and when I became a Deadhead). (The Internet can fill in some very spaced out memory blanks....) posted by Eric on 07.05.07 at 05:26 PM
Comments
Small world. I do remember something about Kreutzmann's place in Hawaii. They know how to party! Eric Scheie · July 5, 2007 11:21 PM Post a comment
You may use basic HTML for formatting.
|
|
July 2007
WORLD-WIDE CALENDAR
Search the Site
E-mail
Classics To Go
Archives
July 2007
June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 May 2002 AB 1634 See more archives here Old (Blogspot) archives
Recent Entries
• Rational Soyophobia
• Give me librium, or give me meth! • the nanny neuter state -- whose nuts are next? • As classic as it gets! • If you want to stop sinning, stop sinning! (But please leave me alone.) • Love Songs For Physicists • god Stuff • "I never knew George Washington had slaves!" • "DO AS I SAY, OR ELSE YOU'LL LOOK LIKE ME!" • I Support Democracy In Iraq - Winner
Links
Site Credits
|
|
Small world. Their drummer has a house on Kauai and my sister was over their last weekend. She was a Dead Head for 20 years, lol. She took me, I was 12 or 13, to a Dead show. All I remember now is the guy in his underwear in the tall tree screaming. Oh, and the 30-40 minute guitar solo... WahhhWahhhhWahhhhWahhhhWahhh... Oh, another memory... was that my sister, computer science major, honor roll student, spinning around like a burlapped drunk dervish in slow motion? Hehehehe.