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Memory Lane...
Probably about 1968. I bought 'Electric Music for the Mind and Body'
(the title of their {CJ&tF} first album) together with Hendrix's
'Are You Experienced' the same day. They had been out for awhile
maybe a year before I finally got it together to make the big
purchase.
'Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine' was the Fish's big hit
at least before the Fixing to Die Rag came out ...according to my feeble memory.
What was that line? ...' it's a pity that you were
raised up in the city and you never learned nothing about country
ways...'
I loved that tune.
To me that was good stuff and all that Keyboard & Guitar 'psychedelic
sounds' it was fun though obviously not of the same creative level of Hendrix...
but hey that's what happened a long long time ago.
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Now
Barry Melton this guitarist that I associated with the SF psychedelic
sound has been one of the most consistent players over the last few
decades to maintain a continual gigging presence here in the SF Bay
area.. but today his music seems far removed from that 60's stuff.
The man has this gruff kind of blues shoutin' voice that
reminds me of his guitar playing.
Gritty.
Time
for you to listen up and check this out.
Yes a couple of you might remember that I had another clip
from almost the same cast of players from 5 years ago.
That was a choice little piece of music too. I would like more than
an encore.
If I get 5 emails from any fans of Barry and this music I will put
that older clip back up too. I need to know you all are alive out
there. According to my counter there are between 150 to 300 of you
visiting each day. Glad to have your company ..somebody make some
noise.. say something to me real and make me put that 'hot' old clip
up.
Great cast of characters...too.
Peter 'Pops' Walsh With his Santa
Cruz strat, Sweetwater All-Star session man.
Banana .. keyboard player years back
for the Youngbloods great work on those vintage recordings. Former
Commodore.. no, not the band.
Roy Blumenfeld, Drummer with The
Blues Project a mostly forgotten seminal BluesRock band
of the mid 1960s that helped lay the ground for a lot of the
later Psychedelic Jam style. They featured extended blues jams that
got weird. Boldly weird. I remember 'Live from Town Hall' I wouldn't
mind hearing that again.
The Bass Man, Steve Ashman founder of the
big Zazu Pitts Orchestra that Rocked the Bay Area awhile back most
of you probably were there for at least one of their shows
somewhere.
Here is a Barry interview.
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