Schwa.

Very worth it, very

Ride has been taken! The lucky weiner is the Chickenbutter420 man himself.

Blaine, PM for you.

thats more like it fockers!

Who else?

LMP in for badminton

Willy, i will bring the cardboard, prepare for the breakdancin'est throwdown this side of Harlem. ITS A BATTLE!

DO IT!

Grateful Dead

July 28th, 1973

Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit

Watkins Glen

New York

SOURCES: Soundboard Master Reel>DAT>CD>SHN (unless otherwise noted)

DISC I:

Bill Graham Intro (Audience Master Cassette>?>C>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Bertha

Beat It On Down The Line

Brown Eyed Women

Mexicali Blues

Box Of Rain

Here Comes Sunshine (FM>Cassette x5>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Looks Like Rain (FM>Cassette x5>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Row Jimmy (Audience Master Cassette>Reel>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Jack Straw (Same as above)

Deal

DISC II:

Playin' In the Band

SET II

Around & Around (Audience Master Cassette>?>Cassette>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Loose Lucy

Big River

He's Gone>

Truckin'>

Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam>

El Paso

DISC III

China Cat Sunflower>

I Know You Rider

Stella Blue

Eyes Of The World>

Sugar Magnolia

DISC IV

ENCORE ONE:

Sing ME Back Home (Audience Master Cassette>Cassette>DAT>CDR>SHN)

ENCORE TWO (with the ABB & the Band)

Not Fade Away (Audience Master Cassette>?> Cassette>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Mountain Jam (Soundboard Master Reel>?>Cassette>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Johnny B. Goode (Soundboard Master Reel>?>Cassette>DAT>CDR>SHN)

Simone - gonna try and get sunday shift changed to 7-3 instead of 3-11 but sunday would be all.

Marie - no idea.

IN!

Do you people realize that this is the first may 2-4 in about 5 or six years then there was no rain in the forecast for the entire weekend? saw that one on the news last night.

I'll be fuckin given'r.....death to the word giv'r. Here's to a new annoying word to say for the next year or so.....JACKPOT!!

Everytime you get a beer from your cooler this weekend yell "JACKPOT!"

Now thats annoying ::

So whose in?

i've put out an offer to the QQC-dizzle and so there is potentially room for 1 in my car to izzy's on saturday afternoon. let me know.

SPACE WRANGLER!

My fave WSP tune boys, great choice. [color:"purple"] :: ::

backbacon and i caught a show back in 2000 and he told off some rude fucker in the front row that night. Kimock went into one of his 5 before funk tunes (techno-ish) Rodney Holmes wicked jams and this guy yells play some 'real' music or something to that effect. Kimock proceeded to tell him to fuck off. Crowd (fans) cheered and they continued to rock out.

I have so much to say on this issue i don't know where to start. I'll start by saying look at the facts. Instead of all of the bad he has done, think of the good.........there is none. None at all. He provided funding to a few bleeding heart causes ( all good by the way ) to make all of those campaign fund raising trips worthwhile (and profitable) but other than the moving of money he has done bubkiss. No American morale to speak of. No humaitarian action whatsoever. yada yada yada......

ya get my point.

Favourite 'Fact': •I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.

Steve Kimock: more than a feeling

By STEVEN SHAYMAN

Staff writer

A friend of mine calls improvisational guitarist Steve Kimock "The Master," constantly marveling at his shimmering harmonics, dynamic swings and musical "feel." What does Kimock have to say to this straightforward sort of hero worship? (Think Wayne's World's "We're not worthy!")

Guitar wizard Steve Kimock

Speaking from his Bethlehem, Pa., home studio, north of Philadelphia, Kimock laughs modestly when I tell him this. "Thanks, that's sweet, but I think that this is kind of an important point: When people are really digging music, [they should] be careful to remember that it's their appreciation of music that they're enjoying," he says. "It's like music itself, it's not something that you can personify, you know, so if you like what we do, that music, the feeling that you get when you're listening to the music and you feel good about it, and you really feel it, that's music. It's not the artist; it's about just the human ability to appreciate music and to experience it, like an emotion."

Kimock's instrumental-only sound is best experienced live, and you'll be able to do just that when the Steve Kimock Band pays its fourth visit to Japan later this month.

The live setting makes a big difference, Kimock says. "I guess the first thing you need to understand is the improvisational concept that we're working with," he explains. "It's group improvisation. And that means the quality of the improvisation is directly tied to the quality of the listening environment that the players are in. So if you're in a room that sounds good, with an audience that's respectful of the dynamic range and we're beginning to work the dynamic thing in music, what that brings to the overall effect . . . you know, if you have that on your side, then obviously you can play really well."

Kimock says Japan's culture and society produce an ideal performing environment.

"The audiences there are fantastic, really fun to play for. And all the rooms that we [have] played in were great, the production always really together, and the audiences very enthusiastic and respectful of the music at the same time, which is not a combination that you very often see Stateside," he says with a chuckle. "It seems to work well for us, musically."

Kimock is a gear geek, noted for his collection of beautiful guitars, including a standby white Stratocaster and a Fender triple-neck steel, which he'll be bringing to Japan.

A self-taught innovator since his high-school days in Bethlehem, Kimock moved to the San Francisco Bay area in the mid-1970s to play guitar with the folk-rock group The Goodman Brothers. Along the way, he jammed with many legendary musicians, including guitarists John Cipollina of Quicksilver, Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead, Garcia cohort and bassist John Kahn and the prolific keyboardist Nicky Hopkins.

Kimock also did stints with tenor saxophone player Martin Fierro in the salsa band The Underdogs, and in 1979 joined the Heart of Gold Band featuring ex-Grateful Dead members Keith (now deceased) and Donna Godchaux and drummer Greg Anton, recording one album. In 1984, Kimock and Anton cofounded Zero, with which he toured 16 years and recorded six albums. The late 1990s also saw Kimock sharing the stage as signature guitarist with post-Grateful Dead ensembles The Other Ones and Phil Lesh and Friends. In 1998, Kimock formed the hard-jamming unit KVHW, with Zero bassist Bobby Vega, guitarist Ray White (a Frank Zappa alumnus) and drummer Alan Hertz.

The Steve Kimock Band came into being in 2000, and features top-notch musicians: Grammy award-winning drummer Rodney Holmes, guitarist Mitch Stein and bassist Leo Traversa. It's their chemistry and collective musical pedigree that define the vibe of SKB shows. Their sound also reflects Kimock's myriad influences: psychedelia, jazz, blues, "sacred steel" gospel, and guitar music of the African, Persian, Indian, Hawaiian and European varieties.

So far, SKB has released two live CDs (including one partially recorded in Yokohama) and a live DVD. The group's first studio album is expected this autumn. In addition to soundboard recordings of shows that can be downloaded for a fee from an Internet download service, Kimock gladly posts recordings of SKB performances, available for free.

I ask him how he squares this business model. "The reason that we post the stuff is that we don't really have the opportunity to tour everywhere we'd like to, and I know that there are fans in Japan, in Europe, in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world who can't get to every show, and there are shows that they would like to hear. And I think it's great they can keep track of what the band's doing and how things are evolving, by making use of these services."

Kimock's focus on the live element allows him to leave the music distribution and merchandising matters to others. "You're gonna think this is kind of silly, but . . . I don't pay attention to it," he says. "My nose is to an entirely different grindstone."

That musical work ethic, honed over 30 years, allows Kimock to focus his energy on creating the atmospherics and feeling that are hallmarks of SKB's live performances. But again, he insists it's not all about him -- or his colleagues on stage. "It's just like that. It's not about the players specifically to make it happen . . . it takes the whole audience and everybody that's working the show, to make it successful, and I always try to acknowledge that, whenever I can."

and a happy Festivus to all!

kudos to you bradm for getting the ball rolling here and takin the initiative to get stuff on etree.

dl'ing as we speak

What the hell happened to all of you?

There has been a serious 'falling off the map' here kids. Thoughts?

This brings me to my current question, is Chatham going to represent as usual this year at the May 2-4 weekend? I'm thinkin not really. Has the Death Squad takin a shit?

See ya there ya'll,

Schwa.

Tooly?

Happy birthday to the bass-marathon'r of all time! See ya at Izzy's i'm hoping brother

The best thing about campfires is watching Paisley fall into them

~being hypnotized by them

~cooking on them for sure

~Drum circles

Geez. I was hoping to hear from a few of the smiling faces that I had hoped to see this weekend... not all those of you that couldn't make it!

I'll be there ds!

Can't wait for a night of Dead

I SHOULD be at Harvard Mouse and Rose Garland with the Vixen in-tow on Saturday night

Hope to see you out Bok....and yes, i like beer too, done and done.

was there a riot in the streets jd?

would have been a spectacle to behold i'm sure.

WAY TO GO FLAMES!!

(Swiiiiiiffffftyyyyyyyyyy)

I have a B.A. Geography from the University of Windsor

I have a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology (Mechatronics)

I work in a factory at the end of a tube mill deburring stainless steel tubing

I also work at The Beer Store, my first love distributing beer to all the thirsty 'hard working' bums in downtown KW.

you mentioned in another thread that you lived near Elements in Kitchener. I live around the corner on Victoria if you ever want to stop by for a bowl.

87 Victoria St. N.

See ya round.

We should really check him out at Frequency one of these nights. Waddya say KW's?

I suggest this whe you go out next time Basher!