Everybody Loves Sunshine
Check out the new mix at The Lost Art Of The Mixtape. Some really good stuff on this one. Here are the tracks:
Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Roy Ayers
Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Inspiration Information – Shuggie Otis
Long May You Run – Neil Young
Because/Come Together – George Benson
Push Push – Duane Allman feat. Herbie Mann
Waiting For The Sun – The Jayhawks
Divisions – Nomo
Here Comes Sunshine – Grateful Dead
Good Day Sunshine – The Beatles
Light & Day/Reach For The Sun – The Polyphonic Spree
Lay Back In The Sun – Spiritualized
Life Is A Carnival – The Band
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Ray Charles
Ryan Adams — London, ENG (11/20/08)
01. Cobwebs
02. Everybody Knows
03. Sink Ships
04. When The Stars Go Blue
05. Fix It
06. Evergreen
07. Goodnight Rose
08. Freeway To The Canyon
09. Come Pick Me Up
10. WonderWall
11. band introductions
12. I Taught Myself How To Grow Old
13. Born Into A Light
14. Off Broadway
15. How Do You Keep Love Alive
16. Please Do Not Let Me Go
17. Natural Ghost
18. Grand Island
19. Let It Ride
20. Rescue Blues
21. La Cienega Just Smiled
22. Stop
23. Desire
24. talking
25. Two
26. Go Easy
27. talking & bass solo
28. Crossed Out Name
29. encore break
30. I see Monsters
Crosby, Stills & Nash at Gathering Of The Vibes
If you missed the live broadcast last night, it was announced that living legends, Crosby, Stills & Nash will close out the GOTV festival this year. Here’s a classic clip of them performing “Long Time Gone” from 1977:
Phish — “Fluffhead” at Hampton
Is this a celebration or what?
R.E.M. — “So. Central Rain/Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”
From October 1985.
Jim Morrison & Mary Werbelow
If you’ve read any of the many books on the “lizardy” one, you’ll probably recognize the name. It’s sometimes hard to separate the myth from reality in some of those books (and movies), especially No One Here Gets Out Alive by Danny Sugarman or Light My Fire by Ray Manzarek (movies: The Doors by Oliver Stone). Morrison wrote “The End” for Mary Werbelow, his pre-Doors, pre-California high school girlfriend. What we have here courtesy of the St. Pete Times is a realistic and seemingly plausible account of Jim Morrison and his pre-Pamela Courson muse. I read this years ago, but found it very interesting.
St. Pete Times:
Mary Werbelow is polite but firm: She doesn’t do interviews. Ever.
Jim Morrison was her first love, before he got famous with the Doors. Friends from Clearwater say that for three years in the early 1960s, Jim and Mary were inseparable. He mourns their breakup in the Doors’ ballad The End.
For nearly 40 years, all manner of people have tracked Mary down and asked for her story, including Oliver Stone, when he was making his movie starring Val Kilmer as Jim. Others waved money. Always she said thank you, no.
“I have spoken to no one.”
She can’t see what good could come of it; some things are just meant to be kept private. Besides, journalists always get it wrong. They focus on Jim Morrison as drunk, drug abuser, wild man. They don’t know his sensitivity and intellect, his charm and humor. (more…)
Here’s a recently found college film on Morrison from the era:
Happy Birthday — Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel of The Band was born on this date in 1943. The keyboardist/vocalist was instrumental in the success of the group in the early years, but his issues with drugs/alcohol led him down a dark path. Manuel hanged himself in a Winter Park, FL hotel room after a gig in 1983. He had been clean for some time and was touring with a Robbie Robertson-less incarnation of The Band, that included the rest of the gang, when his demons and addictions returned. Manuel took his life on March 4, 1983.
Here’s Richard shortly before his death singing “The Shape I’m In”:
Umphrey’s McGee embracing new MP3 HD format
Chicago, IL – Umphrey’s McGee are among the first bands to make their content available in the new HDMP3 format. The new format allows for the creation and playback of a new type of audio file using lossless compression. MP3HD files are approximately four times the size of corresponding MP3 files, but remain compatible with existing MP3 players. Umphrey’s McGee will make a sizable portion of their recent two-night run at the historic Murat Egyptian Room on March 13, 2009 available in the new format beginning April 1st at http://all4mp3.com/Listen_mp3HD.aspx. Additional recordings will be made available in the coming weeks. (more…)
