If you Met Dr Who ?

 

It's funny ... I look back at the many concerts I saw and ... there aren't any I want to go see again ... at all ... that is not to say that Hawkwind at the Santa Monica Civic doing the Space Ritual, or Tangerine Dream at the Greek Theater amidst all the lazers and trees on fire (check the live album picture) ... and 500 people getting busted at the Pink floyd concert for just a flippin' joint in their hands ... you could see a hundred cops with binoculers all over the place ... or Roger getting mad at people at Anaheim Stadium ... or ... it took a lot out of it for me, personally.

 

I learned there was a human side to it all, but in many ways those people were no different than me .. it was never good enough and there always was one little thing that bothered them here or there ... and in this sense I would much rather see something that I have not seen, but wanted to see ...

 

There is one show I wanted to catch and live through ... and it is Gong and the Floating Anarchy show ... there is no better acid rock assault in my book and that one is the top classic ... that is not to say that I would not enjoy seeing Can, Banco, Grobbshnitt, Guru Guru (with Kraan on the double bill of course!), Kayak and Focus, Terje Rypdal and AshRa Tempel in the same bill and playing together maybe, and definitly catching Egberto Gismonti doing No Caipira !!! And if time allows, I would love to catch Carmen ... showing Jethro Tull and David Bowie that they were lazy and going through the fame motions!

 

And if it is not 5 AM yet, find sometime to catch Mississipi Charles Bevel just take you away ... not progressive in our sense here, but one of the finest voices and musicians I have ever had the pleasure of seeing in person.

 

Exoeriencing the best ... out there ... is not too hard ... but it does take a few sacrifices here and there. For some reason, and I do not regret it, I do not harbor fantasies of seeing the likes of Zeppelin, Who (saw them early on before Tommy), Beatles, Rolling Stones and such ... while a lot of their music was important to me, in many ways, the public frenzy turned me off ... I will tell you though that the best bootleg I ever enjoyed was Led Zeppelin ... Live on Blueberry Hill ... and the power, strength and beauty of that show has never showed up in ANY of the redos and material that Jimmy did later on.

 

Speaking of that ... I want to catch Roy Harper in a band with one lead guitarist that is his close friend ... his name is Jimmy! That would be fun to catch dueling accoustic guitars!

 

There was a time when I was hurting and I had to let go of some bootlegs ... and letting that one go, was a huge mistake ... I have never found it again, or any listing of it anywhere ... I just love that opening and you can tell that they are "on it" and then some ... that show never lets up.

 

I don't care if it is prog, or sh*t ... stuff like that deserves credit ... for what it is ... excellent music and performance to boot! And for the time, it was progressive as heck ... compared to the top of the progressive pops that is always discussed here.

 

No chance pal - she's mine

 

I missed one ... there was a concert at the Hollywood Bowl once where Herbie Flowers pretty much made Jean Pierre Rampal look like an idiot ... the tape of that show had him running circles ... and having fun while at it ... and I really thought that it really showed the flatulence and the stuffiness of a lot of classical music corporate artists ... not too different than top ten music.

 

I really would love that show to be shown around a heck of a lot ... so people can finally learn that there are some jazz and rock artists that are miles up and ahead than many "classical" musicians. And this includes many operatic stars.