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My shot of the spot, in the Joshua Tree National Monument, where Gram Parson's body was burned. It's a long, twisted tale…
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This is the top of the massive boulder, decades earlier, Gram and Keef…
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Michedelic said:
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My shot of the spot, in the Joshua Tree National Monument, where Gram Parson's body was burned. It's a long, twisted tale…
https://www.desertusa.com/dusablog/the-strange-tale-of-gram-parsons-funeral-in-joshua-tree.html

This is the top of the massive boulder, decades earlier, Gram and Keef…
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Time to get back in touch with the Navajo dude I knew from Flagstaff. He's been growing peyote for decades. REALLY good at it. Those pictures call for a road 'trip'. :bassist:
 
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Michedelic said:
To be a Sparks fan is to be a member of one of the world's biggest secret societies…


Essentially two brothers, Ron and Russ Mael, they emerged in LA in the early 70's, the original line-up of the band included another pair of brothers, Earl and Jim Mankey. Earl went on become a well-known engineer and producer, and Jim played guitar in Concrete Blonde. Ron and Russ eventually went to the UK, and were a huge hit there for a while. They've weathered all sorts of ups and downs and stylistic changes over the decades, but have experienced a resurgence in the last five years or so(I've seen them three times in that period, and once before in the early 80's). The two pioneered the pretty boy/dork image dichotomy that Cheap Trick later picked up on, and have been an influence on bands as different as Queen, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Go-Go's, and The Darkness, plus many more. Doesn't hurt to have some Beatles as fans, either.

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It's something I almost never do, considering what I spend monthly for streaming services, but I'm going to have to buy/rent that documentary.
 
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ThudThudThud said:
I went to see David Lindley a few years ago (amazing, BTW. This was my second experience seeing him), and mentioned it to a friend who is a fan. "What shoes was he wearing?" was his only question.
He tunes up a lot. But when your string-count on stage is in the hundreds it's only to be expected.
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I've seen him twice. Once with Jackson Brown at Wolftrap and another time solo at a small coffee house called Jammin' Java in Vienna, VA. He does a lot of tuning but he also plays a lot of weird instruments like the Oud, a twelve stringed acoustic instrument that most likely is affected by the AC once the patrons start filling the house. He performed flawlessly both times I saw him. The tuning also gives him time to tell the many funny stories he has.
 
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SJLee said:
I've seen him twice. Once with Jackson Brown at Wolftrap and another time solo at a small coffee house called Jammin' Java in Vienna, VA. He does a lot of tuning but he also plays a lot of weird instruments like the Oud, a twelve stringed acoustic instrument that most likely is affected by the AC once the patrons start filling the house. He performed flawlessly both times I saw him. The tuning also gives him time to tell the many funny stories he has.
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Oh, I have no problem with his tuning/banter. I may object to some of his shirts, though.
He's a talented player.
 
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