Happy Thanksgiving From Us
We’d like to wish each of you a very happy Thanksgiving. May your travels be safe, food be aplenty, good times amany and may your revelry be with family/friends/loved ones. As always, if you check out any stellar shows this weekend, e-mail us the details/info at musicalstewdaily@yahoo.com. Here’s a little history on Thanksgiving:
Most stories of Thanksgiving history start with the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the indians that took place in the autumn of 1621. Although they did have a three-day feast in celebration of a good harvest, and the local indians did participate, this “first Thanksgiving” was not a holiday, simply a gathering. There is little evidence that this feast of thanks led directly to our modern Thanksgiving Day holiday. Thanksgiving can, however, be traced back to 1863 when Pres. Lincoln became the first president to proclaim Thanksgiving Day. The holiday has been a fixture of late November ever since.
However, since most school children are taught that the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 with the pilgrims and indians, let us take a closer look at just what took place leading up to that event, and then what happened in the centuries afterward that finally gave us our modern Thanksgiving.
The Pilgrims who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were originally members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). They had earlier fled their home in England and sailed to Holland (The Netherlands) to escape religious persecution. There, they enjoyed more religious tolerance, but they eventually became disenchanted with the Dutch way of life, thinking it ungodly. Seeking a better life, the Separatists negotiated with a London stock company to finance a pilgrimage to America. Most of those making the trip aboard the Mayflower were non-Separatists, but were hired to protect the company’s interests. Only about one-third of the original colonists were Separatists. (more…)
David Grisman Quintet — San Francisco, CA (8/19/1977)
Announcer Intro
E.M.D.
Minor Swing
Swing 51
Band Introductions
Waiting On Vassar
Swing 42
Announcer
Spain
Japan
Opus
Dawg Patch
Fish Scale
Dawg’s Rag
KJAZ Radio Interview With Dawg
Stephane Grappelli Intro
Tipsy Gypsy
Gypsy Swing
Dawg’s Basso
Limehouse Blues
Sweet Georgia Brown
Dave Matthews & Friends — “Sweet Up and Down”
Here’s Dave and Trey with a show stopping performance of “Sweet Up and Down”.
Led Zeppelin — New York City, NY (7/28/1973)
Rock And Roll->
Celebration Day->
Black Dog
Over The Hills And Far Away
Misty Mountain Hop->
Since I’ve Been Loving You
No Quarter
The Song Remains The Same
The Rain Song
Dazed And Confused
Stairway To Heaven
Moby Dick
Heartbreaker->
Whole Lotta Love (Medley)
The Ocean
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — Passaic, NJ (9/19/1978)
Badlands
Streets Of Fire
Spirit In The Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Independence Day
The Promised Land
Prove It All Night
Racing In The Street
Thunder Road
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
Kitty’s Back
Fire
Candy’s Room
Because The Night
Point Blank
Not Fade Away
She’s The One
Backstreets
Rosalita
4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
Born To Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Detroit Medley
Raise Your Hand
Fleet Foxes — (11/21/2008)
01. Intro / Tuning
02. Sun Giant
03. Sun lt Rises
04. Drops in the River
05. English House
06. White Winter Hymnal
07. Ragged Wood
08. Your Protector
09. Crayon Angels (Judee Sill Cover) (Robin solo)
10. Oliver James (Robin solo)
11. He Doesn’t Know Why
12. Mykonos
13. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
14. Blue Ridge Mountains
15. Outro
Soundcheck
16. ???
17. Sun Giant
18. English House
Phish — Five Years Ago…
Our pals at Hidden Track reminds of us all the fun of Thanksgiving, turkey and Phish. This piece focuses on the Phish 20th Anniversary Run, which took place in 2003.
Although there is no late fall run for the band again this year – we’ll have to wait until March for the band’s return to the stage – we’re taking a look back at the band’s Northeast Turkey Week run from November 2003 and picking out the best pieces of white meat from a group of shows that is general considered undercooked by most fans. The run started in Nassau the day after Thanksgiving and wrapped up in Boston with the band’s 20th Anniversary Show at the Fleet Center. (more…)
Giving Thanks
We at MSD are very thankful for all that we have, the love we share with our friends and family, our dogs, music, our health and we are especially thankful for you, our readers. May you have a great Thanksgiving and take time to reflect on all the positive and wonderful things you have in your life. Here are a couple of songs of thanks to help you get into that thankful mood.
Page/Plant’s Thank You from Zep II:
My Morning Jacket’s Thank You Too:
Did You Know??
Rockabilly guitarist Carl Perkins wrote the lyrics for “Blue Suede Shoes” on a potato sack. Wiki:
When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. The girl was gorgeous, he thought, and the boy wore blue suede shoes. As they danced the boy cautioned his date “don’t step on my suedes.” Perkins was bewildered that a guy would value shoes over a beautiful girl.[2]
Later that night, while in bed, Perkins began working on a song based on that incident. His first thought was to frame it with a nursery rhyme. He considered, and quickly discarded “Little Jack Horner…”, and “See a spider going up the wall…”. Then settled on “One for the money…” Leaving his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar, he started with an A chord. After playing five chords while singing “Well, it’s one for the money… Two for the show… Three to get ready… Now go, man, go!” and broke into a boogie rhythm.[3] He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down, writing the title out as “Blue Swade, S-W-A-D-E”. “I couldn’t even spell it right”, he has said.[4]
