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#19,243
IMMusicRulz said:
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Emerson Lake and Palmer 1977 tour program
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I still have this program! It's in mint condition except for the cover wear from sliding programs on either side. It's from the aborted tour, cancelled after 3 or 4 shows when they had several outdoor festival shows cancel and they couldn't afford to carry on with it. They came back around about 6 months later as a trio, starting in Madison, where I'd seen them with the orchestra on the first stop of that tour. They had a 51-piece orchestra that played on a C-shaped stage a good 15-20 feet above their stage, which was inside of the C. The conductor rose up from their stage to the orchestra on a scissor platform. Each of the 51 instruments had a custom contact mic. The sound was superb. One of my favorite concerts of all time.

That looks like your program. Did you catch one of the orchestra shows?
 
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Lake Street Dive

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Bass V said:
they were there but like a few others hadn't yet made the high grade in national public perception.
I'm still trying to figure out the Grape...
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The Charlatans, while essentially being the first of the new era SF bands(as opposed to the Beau Brummels and the like)were hardly musical household names across the country, and were lost in the shuffle compared to the other bands. They were more of a footnote in member Dan Hicks' subsequent solo career. CJ&F date back to 1965, and issued their own DIY records before any of those other bands had been in a recording studio, and from my remembrances of underground FM radio as a child, got just as much airplay with their Vanguard releases as did the Dead or Quicksilver. What is there to figure out about the Grape?
 
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Michedelic said:
The Charlatans, while essentially being the first of the new era SF bands(as opposed to the Beau Brummels and the like)were hardly musical household names across the country, and were lost in the shuffle compared to the other bands. They were more of a footnote in member Dan Hicks' subsequent solo career. CJ&F date back to 1965, and issued their own DIY records before any of those other bands had been in a recording studio, and from my remembrances of underground FM radio as a child, got just as much airplay with their Vanguard releases as did the Dead or Quicksilver. What is there to figure out about the Grape?
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Speaking of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. He died in 2016 at 74 from liver cancer. He was great. Rest in peace, brother.

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Michedelic said:
The Charlatans, while essentially being the first of the new era SF bands(as opposed to the Beau Brummels and the like)were hardly musical household names across the country, and were lost in the shuffle compared to the other bands. They were more of a footnote in member Dan Hicks' subsequent solo career. CJ&F date back to 1965, and issued their own DIY records before any of those other bands had been in a recording studio, and from my remembrances of underground FM radio as a child, got just as much airplay with their Vanguard releases as did the Dead or Quicksilver. What is there to figure out about the Grape?
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finding what there is to like lol I've always tried and just don't find them listenable, but it was typically a fine line between bad, tolerable, enjoyable, and unforgettable with the psychedelic bands of any locale. clearly MG made it's mark with many but I missed their point, same with icons QMS, I rarely care for them.
I got on the train at Hicksville having completely missed The Charlatans except on flyers, I like some of it. but they were integral to the whole scene, they started much of the circus, everything grew from there.
I was in LA and heard the Fish but didn't really notice until the Woodstock movie, we liked Iron Butterfly.
 
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Bass V said:
finding what there is to like lol I've always tried and just don't find them listenable, but it was typically a fine line between bad, tolerable, enjoyable, and unforgettable with the psychedelic bands of any locale. clearly MG made it's mark with many but I missed their point, same with icons QMS, I rarely care for them.
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Moby Grape were before my time, but I recently read Long Train Running: Our Story of the Doobie Brothers by Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons (the two primary members) and I was surprised to learn of the significant influence that Moby Grape had on the Doobie Brothers.
 
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