Category: TV
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Jam Session Celebrating Dick Clark
Joel Selvin’s “Lively Arts” column in the Chronicle/Examiner pink section on September 6, 1981 contained this little oddity: Evergreen TV host Dick Clark celebrates his 30th anniversary on live television Thursday [9/10/81] with a program that will include a jam session featuring Duane Eddy, Gregg Allman, Stanley Clarke, Bo Diddley, Nigel Olsson, Dickey Betts, Charlie…
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Darben The Redd Foxx
Commenter Nick’s encyclopedic discographical resources (vinyl and knowledge) rescue me/us from an error and afford a little glancing blow through American culture that helps us situate Garcia in his world. The song currently understood as “Ptah, the El Daoud” (Alice Coltrane), previously understood “Bag’s Groove” (Milt Jackson), performed by Garcia-Saunders on June 4 and June…
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GD: August 30, 1970, “Calebration”
I always loved the “Calebration” thing dated 8/30/70. My favorite Candyman, a really great Easy Wind. There’s also video out and about that gives a very rare glimpse of the GD of this period (though, I do wonder if that QMS video has made it into the world?). But, I think the set we know…
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LN19760119 JG interview by Father Miles Riley, KPIX-TV Studios, San Francisco, CA
Update: looks like a 26 minute recording is available through the GDAO: http://www.gdao.org/items/show/379043 Update2: GD Archive material gives taping date as 1/19/76 Update3: see also “Jerry’s January 1976”. Update4: 26 minute video has finally come into the light! I have now put some slightly more verbatim “viewing notes” below the fold. Not a full transcription,…