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Has everybody heard about the bird?
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Small Change is my favorite Tom Waits album, with Step Right Up being my favorite track. (The large print giveth, and the small print take the away.)
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Has everybody heard about the bird?
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I'm listening to Brian FM in Ashburton near Christchurch NZ.
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Before the fire. Most of the instrument was recently removed to be cleaned.

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Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu once said, “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.”

This applies to no one if it doesn't apply to Mike Bloomfield. This is the guy that 'plugged in' Bob Dylan.

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keith wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:21 pm
That was a trip. Thanks. Luv me some KEXP all the time.
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I also luvs me some Jimi once in a while. I had all his albums.

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OK, I'm in a quandry.

I link below two songs written by Chester William Powers, Jr (Chet Powers). Some of you may recognize Powers from post 1969 Quicksilver Messenger Service as the song writer (as Jesse Owen Farrow) and singer (as Dino Valenti).

In 1963 he wrote the song "Lets Get Together" (as Chet Powers) which became the "Hippie National Anthem" and was recorded by everyone from The Kingston Trio (who did it first) to Jefferson Airplane to The Dave Clark Five to The Five Of Us to Christian hard rock group David and the Giants, etc, etc, etc. Of course the most remembered version is the Youngblood's version with Jesse Colin Young.

Then in 1970, he wrote the song "What About Me" (as Jesse Farrow) for Quicksilver. Most of his Quicksilver songs credit "Jessie Farrow" as the writer.

My quandry is I'm not sure how the two songs came out of the same mind. Sometimes I think that "What About Me" is a continuation of the anti-War, pro-environment, community orientation of "Lets Get Together" or an anticipation of Spreadneck, psuedo-patriotic, anarchists.

In between those songs was seven years of living, of course. Powers/Valenti got busted for pot and spent a bit of time in Folsom. But 1970 was still mostly hippy love and peace, and in fact "Get Together" was going strong. Of course he had sold it to the Kingston Trio's manager to pay legal bills, so maybe he was reflecting some bitterness at the obvious loss of income.

Anyway, what do you think: do the two songs come out of the same 'mind set' or did Powers join the dark side after prison?

Lyrics: "Lets Get Together" by Chet Powers



Lyrics: "What About Me" by Jessie Farrow (Chet Powers)

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keith wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:29 am Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu once said, “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.”

This applies to no one if it doesn't apply to Mike Bloomfield. This is the guy that 'plugged in' Bob Dylan.

Thanks so much for posting. I had never come across him. I think I’m in love.
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Cyrus Breckenridge wrote: Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:51 pm
keith wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:29 am Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu once said, “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.”

This applies to no one if it doesn't apply to Mike Bloomfield. This is the guy that 'plugged in' Bob Dylan.

:snippity:
Thanks so much for posting. I had never come across him. I think I’m in love.
Wikipedia has an OK summary of his work.

I love his work with "Paul Butterfield" and to a lesser extent his own "Electric Flag".

But I think his masterpiece is the work he did with Al Kooper on "Super Session". This was supposed to be an experimental 'jamming' studio project with just him and Kooper, but Bloomfield didn't show up on the second day. With a whole days worth of studio time to fill, Kooper got in touch with Steve Stills and completed enough stuff for the record. Side one is Bloomfield, side two is Stills. Post production added horns to some of the tracks which were not in the spirit of the jamming session.

Jimi Hendrix cover of "All Along The Watchtower" is widely regarded as the best cover of all time, not without justification. Personally I like the Bloomfield/Kooper cover of "Season Of The Witch" from Super Session more. In 2002 a remixed version was release without the added horns.



Then Kooper and Bloomfield agreed to try to push the jamming concept to a live venue. The day after the first concert, Bloomfield had disappeared and was eventually found in the hospital having collapsed after literally not sleeping for many days. Phil Graham suggested a young unknown Mexican-American teenager to fill in for the second night. The concerts are the source of the record "The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper" and present the first appearance of Carlos Santana on record.

He is also the one playing guitar on Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited".
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Thanks Keith. Love that Chicago sound. I see he came from Glencoe, Illinois, which coincidentally is where my son (a Brit), now lives and works. When I went over to visit him two years ago he took me to a blues club in the city. Ambition realised.
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by now you will guess that it's the first time I stumbled over this instrument.


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I took a fingerstyle guitar class from her at Swannanoa a few years ago.
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"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
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