"Victim or the Crime" is fascinating because it defies, almost, any effort to play freely through it. You have to know it. It has changes in it, and they’re very strict, and they have lots of real dissonant moments. The angularity of it was fascinating to me, the tonality was, because it’s one of those things where you really have to stretch to figure out something appropriate to play to add to the tonal mood of the tune.
The text of it - I don’t believe I’ve ever actually listened to all the words to it. Ever. I have the gist of it; by now I probably could recite it if I really had to, but the text of it is more of the same in a way, it doesn’t have a whole lot of light in it. It’s very dense, and it’s angst-ridden to boot. So it seemed to me when we were starting to record it, in order to save it from an effort to make it more attractive, I thought that what would work with the song would be to just go with it, to go with the sort of asymmetrical way it’s structured, and play to expose that. An early possibility that occurred to me was that this would be an interesting song to do something really strange with. And this is where Mickey comes into the picture, ‘cause he’s one of the guys that holds down the strangeness corner; he’s always a willing accomplice in these ideas. So I thought the Beam, which is an instrument that people feel about about the way they feel about Victim or the Crime, the tune - I thought, let’s take two of the things that really have a huge potential for really upsetting people and combine them in a happy marriage. Something that will be a real horror show. And it’s turned out to be strangely beautiful. I really enjoy it, now. When me and Mickey started working on it, I’d be sitting there listening and say “You know, I may be going crazy, but I’m starting to like this. ..”
It’s one of Weir’s stunningly odd compositions, but it’s also very adventurous. It’s uncompromising; it’s what it is, and the challenge of coming up with stuff to play that sounds intelligent in the context has been incredible, but also appropriately gnarly. I really wanted that part of it to work. I think we did a nice job on the record with it. It works. Whatever it is, it works. I’m real happy with it because it was one of those things that was like “What are we going to do with this?” It’s like having a monster brother that you lock in the attic. It’s like a relative that you - "God, I hope nobody comes over when he’s eating."
A soundboard recording of Frank Zappa's early and late shows at Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, April 29, 1980. These shows have been released as Philadelphia Radio Broadcast 1980, a 4CD bootleg.
The band: FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, David Logeman, Tommy Mars
Early show
00:00 - Chunga's Revenge
06:55 - Band introductions
08:23 - Easy Meat [parts on TTR]
18:36 - Mudd Club
21:59 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
25:25 - Heavenly Bank Account
29:32 - Suicide Chump
34:40 - Jumbo Go Away
38:52 - If Only She Woulda [parts on YAWYI]
46:05 - I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
48:49 - Teenage Wind
52:05 - Harder Than Your Husband
54:45 - Bamboozled By Love
1:00:36 - Pick Me I'm Clean
1:07:51 - Cosmik Debris
1:12:16 - You Didn't Try To Call Me
1:16:07 - I Ain't Got No Heart
1:18:17 - Joe's Garage
1:20:45 - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (incl. encore break)
David Nelson Band - June 26, 2009
Moe's Alley
Santa Cruz, CA
David Nelson - guitar, voc
Barry Sless - guitar pedal steel
Pete Sears - bass, voc
John Molo - drums, voc
Mookie Siegel - keys, voc
Set 1:
Rocky Road Blues
Dark Hollow
Poor Old Dirt Farmer
Oh, The Dreadful Wind and Rain
Give Me Love >
Where I Come From >
Louis Collins
Big Six
Ripple
Set 2:
Iko Iko >
Talkin' Back >
Just a Season >
Spikedriver Blues >
Any Naked Eye >
Iko Iko
E: Beat It On Down the Line
Dr.John -IKO IKO- (with Sunday Night Band)
Hiram Bullock on guitar, Marcus Miller on bass, Omar Hakim on drums, David Sanborn on sax and Jeff Healey on guitar.
I was grooving to the Yes We Can, which inspired me to listen to the Wild Tchoupitoulas, and i saw in the credits that Allen Toussaint produced the Wild Tchoupitoulas album in '76.
Two I discovered the last few days that really impressed me were a folk guitar picker songwriter from Minnesota named Charlie Paar, and a pschedelic rock band from Austin, Texas called Acid Carousel.
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Kevin Morby - Beautiful
Kevin Morby - Beautiful Strangers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OedxVySrU7Q
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February Jerry
February Jerry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaMrnEv3IkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2NcrmQUpKU
Both audio only. '81 is pretty chatty. I hadn't heard either before.
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Victim or the Crime - by
Victim or the Crime - by accident of birth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6kWiIHgqrw
Jerry Garcia [September 1989]:
"Victim or the Crime" is fascinating because it defies, almost, any effort to play freely through it. You have to know it. It has changes in it, and they’re very strict, and they have lots of real dissonant moments. The angularity of it was fascinating to me, the tonality was, because it’s one of those things where you really have to stretch to figure out something appropriate to play to add to the tonal mood of the tune.
The text of it - I don’t believe I’ve ever actually listened to all the words to it. Ever. I have the gist of it; by now I probably could recite it if I really had to, but the text of it is more of the same in a way, it doesn’t have a whole lot of light in it. It’s very dense, and it’s angst-ridden to boot. So it seemed to me when we were starting to record it, in order to save it from an effort to make it more attractive, I thought that what would work with the song would be to just go with it, to go with the sort of asymmetrical way it’s structured, and play to expose that. An early possibility that occurred to me was that this would be an interesting song to do something really strange with. And this is where Mickey comes into the picture, ‘cause he’s one of the guys that holds down the strangeness corner; he’s always a willing accomplice in these ideas. So I thought the Beam, which is an instrument that people feel about about the way they feel about Victim or the Crime, the tune - I thought, let’s take two of the things that really have a huge potential for really upsetting people and combine them in a happy marriage. Something that will be a real horror show. And it’s turned out to be strangely beautiful. I really enjoy it, now. When me and Mickey started working on it, I’d be sitting there listening and say “You know, I may be going crazy, but I’m starting to like this. ..”
It’s one of Weir’s stunningly odd compositions, but it’s also very adventurous. It’s uncompromising; it’s what it is, and the challenge of coming up with stuff to play that sounds intelligent in the context has been incredible, but also appropriately gnarly. I really wanted that part of it to work. I think we did a nice job on the record with it. It works. Whatever it is, it works. I’m real happy with it because it was one of those things that was like “What are we going to do with this?” It’s like having a monster brother that you lock in the attic. It’s like a relative that you - "God, I hope nobody comes over when he’s eating."
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Cool video. Never seen that
Cool video. Never seen that one.
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RIP Betty Davis
RIP Betty Davis
Nasty Gal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egG7DuJb2Gc&list=OLAK5uy_nsLBPdLJ4ULNVft...
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Dora Jar
Dora Jar
Here's some live tunes
https://youtu.be/mhjRKhmCCDQ
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Emmet Cohen Trio feat.
Emmet Cohen Trio feat. Cyrille Aimée | "La Vie en rose"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81viyOKgx0w
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A Song For You - Willie
A Song For You - Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Leon Russell - 2003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UW4ELmVD9M
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RIP Sandy Nelson
RIP Sandy Nelson
Let there be drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC9okWm8A6o
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Johnny Cash - Man in
Johnny Cash - Man in Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDd32K-mOVw
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Frank Zappa - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, April 29 1980 - Early & Late
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IDlqx6D51MQ&t=23s
A soundboard recording of Frank Zappa's early and late shows at Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, April 29, 1980. These shows have been released as Philadelphia Radio Broadcast 1980, a 4CD bootleg.
The band: FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, David Logeman, Tommy Mars
Early show
00:00 - Chunga's Revenge
06:55 - Band introductions
08:23 - Easy Meat [parts on TTR]
18:36 - Mudd Club
21:59 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
25:25 - Heavenly Bank Account
29:32 - Suicide Chump
34:40 - Jumbo Go Away
38:52 - If Only She Woulda [parts on YAWYI]
46:05 - I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
48:49 - Teenage Wind
52:05 - Harder Than Your Husband
54:45 - Bamboozled By Love
1:00:36 - Pick Me I'm Clean
1:07:51 - Cosmik Debris
1:12:16 - You Didn't Try To Call Me
1:16:07 - I Ain't Got No Heart
1:18:17 - Joe's Garage
1:20:45 - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (incl. encore break)
1:24:57 - Dancin' Fool
1:28:32 - Bobby Brown
1:31:19 - Black Napkins (incl. encore break #2)
1:37:50 - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
1:40:21 - The Illinois Enema Bandit
Late show
1:48:34 - Treacherous Cretins, Band Intro
1:55:02 - Keep It Greasey
1:58:07 - Outside Now
2:06:36 - City Of Tiny Lights
2:14:49 - Pound For A Brown
2:31:37 - Cosmik Debris
2:36:00 - Society Pages
2:38:30 - I'm A Beautiful Guy
2:40:30 - Beauty Knows No Pain
2:43:59 - Charlie's Enormous Mouth
2:47:43 - Any Downers?
2:52:15 - Conehead
2:58:57 - Easy Meat
3:11:50 - Mudd Club
3:15:12 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
3:18:30 - Heavenly Bank Account
3:22:45 - encore break 1
3:24:57 - Love Of My Life
3:27:30 - encore break 2
3:28:38 - Watermelon In Easter Hay
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I've been enjoying Cyrille
I've been enjoying Cyrille Aimee ~ good interview with her as well. Fun to think of the European Gypsies traveling music.
She's got a great voice.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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David Nelson Band - June 26,
David Nelson Band - June 26, 2009
Moe's Alley
Santa Cruz, CA
David Nelson - guitar, voc
Barry Sless - guitar pedal steel
Pete Sears - bass, voc
John Molo - drums, voc
Mookie Siegel - keys, voc
Set 1:
Rocky Road Blues
Dark Hollow
Poor Old Dirt Farmer
Oh, The Dreadful Wind and Rain
Give Me Love >
Where I Come From >
Louis Collins
Big Six
Ripple
Set 2:
Iko Iko >
Talkin' Back >
Just a Season >
Spikedriver Blues >
Any Naked Eye >
Iko Iko
E: Beat It On Down the Line
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Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis
Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks (1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFBpqR7eLc4
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Charles Tolliver - "The
Charles Tolliver - "The Ringer" (1969) (FULL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9mmlFTWe5s
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Straight out of Kiev -
Straight out of Kiev - DakhaBrakha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxg1dL_x0gw
See them if you can.
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Sally Kellerman - Triad (1973
Sally Kellerman - Triad (1973 Bell Records) - (written by David Crosby, Arr by Barry Manilow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJp8gSqkmU
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Phish 8-16-1996
Phish 8-16-1996
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Altogether Now - Patrick &
Carrie Pt. 1 - Run On Sentence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZvH-EnEWb0
Altogether Now - Patrick & Eugene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1Cpuflu6k
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Willie Mabon - I wonder
Willie Mabon - I wonder
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jYbweb_Hgg0
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The Collins Kids - Saint
The Collins Kids - Saint Louis Woman - 1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9fl3kBz8kA
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Banda Elástica - Los Awakates
Banda Elástica - Los Awakates de Nepantla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yg6XtvZwf0
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Club d'Elf plays Zappa:
Club d'Elf plays Zappa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZA8cAVDAY
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Mardis Gras Music;
Mardis Gras Music;
The Wild Magnolias -
They Call Us Wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK05JYkF09s&list=PLQPIwJ3twNL7XbfGprH7B3...
"Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPKmBRoDGfM&list=PLpwGvDZGeb2N7RKB_XcvHd...
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New Graham Nash sounds
New Graham Nash sounds promising
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_58dWaipEA
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Dr.John -IKO IKO- (with
Dr.John -IKO IKO- (with Sunday Night Band)
Hiram Bullock on guitar, Marcus Miller on bass, Omar Hakim on drums, David Sanborn on sax and Jeff Healey on guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUAk1dWWiE
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Airto Moreira - Free (1973)
Airto Moreira - Free (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HHX6gDESh4
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1960's Underground/Freeform
1960's Underground/Freeform FM radio broadcasts;
Rosko Mercer, WNEW-FM NYC Fall 1967;
https://archive.org/details/rosko-mercer-1967-wnew-102.7-fm-nyc
Tom Donahue with Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, KMPX-FM San Francisco Spring 1967;
https://archive.org/details/gd67-04-xx.prefm.vernon.9261.sbeok.shnf/gd67-04-XXd1t01.shn
"Brother Love" WAMO-FM Pittsburgh 1968;
https://archive.org/details/brother-love-1968-wamo-underground-radio-pittsburgh
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Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can
Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww-SUzYWmIA
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I was grooving to the Yes We
I was grooving to the Yes We Can, which inspired me to listen to the Wild Tchoupitoulas, and i saw in the credits that Allen Toussaint produced the Wild Tchoupitoulas album in '76.
Wild Tchoupitoulas - Indian Red
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayr-Sp944J0
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...And another with Allen
...And another with Allen toussaint's fingerprints all over it
Devo - Working In A Coal Mine
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3tBX1bRE7CA
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Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
Donny Hathaway - Never My Love the Anthology - The Ghetto (Live at the Bitter End, New York City, 1971) :-)))))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uLM6DdTpmQ
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Donny Hathaway - Never My
Donny Hathaway - Never My Love the Anthology - Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything) (Live at the Bitter End, New York City,1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3p4DFnBpkM
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"A previously uncirculated
"A previously uncirculated JGB show video"
Jerry Garcia Band [1080p Remaster] April 18, 1993 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA (Set 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb-zVxy91VU
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Two I discovered the last few
Two I discovered the last few days that really impressed me were a folk guitar picker songwriter from Minnesota named Charlie Paar, and a pschedelic rock band from Austin, Texas called Acid Carousel.
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Billy Preston (The Most
Billy Preston (The Most Exciting Organ Ever) - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc_0iKJPpW0
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Ann Peebles - I Needed
Ann Peebles - I Needed Somebody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIIUbo2q27I
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Ann Peebles - Breaking Up
Ann Peebles - Breaking Up Somebody's Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK3cAvnhLqs
damn i love the Hi rhythm section. and pertty much everything else willie mitchell ever made
Albert King probably made it popular, but this original version here is so smooth and perfect and ann just shouts like her life depends on it
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"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqbW-L_xt18
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Nina Simone - Strange Fruit
Nina Simone - Strange Fruit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnuEMdUUrZQ