Rock & Roll Birthdays
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Charles U Farley
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Here's the original version with the Great Society. If you're not a fan of San Francisco jam bands, and I'm not, fast forward to about 4 minutes and 30 seconds to hear Grace's vocals. I'm not a fan of any falsetto vocals, even Grace's.
As I said to my wife when I heard this, Grace ought to send Jack Casady a million dollar check every year, just for the intro to White Rabbit. The Great Society's version of this would probably not have been as successful.
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topcat
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Improvisation was the name of the game at the time. It was so free. They didn't have to adhere to the "under 3 minutes" standard. Adding to that was the emergence of FM radio. KPPC-FM in Pasadena, later KMET in L.A. were my faves. A great period for rock music. It didn't last long.Here's the original version with the Great Society. If you're not a fan of San Francisco jam bands, and I'm not, fast forward to about 4 minutes and 30 seconds to hear Grace's vocals. I'm not a fan of any falsetto vocals, even Grace's.
As I said to my wife when I heard this, Grace ought to send Jack Casady a million dollar check every year, just for the intro to White Rabbit. The Great Society's version of this would probably not have been as successful.
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Charles U Farley
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I could listen to The Allman Bros, Canned heat, and the Airplane jam on for hours on end, was just never into the Dead or the folk/jazz scene.
topcat
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I noticed Jorma Kaukonen missing from R.S. 250 guitarists. It doesn't surprise me. R.S. record reviewers were pretentious back in 1970.
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Charles U Farley
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And I think it was Bass Guitarist magazine that didn't even list Jack Casady in the top 25?????