![]() ![]() Of the songs here, the countryfied “Warm Red Wine” and “Somebody’s Crying” flatline. Quicksilver Messenger Service are usually not mentioned in discussions of the “big bands” out of San Francisco, but for a while they were among the most popular locally, they just never broke through. Friend David Crosby drops by, and he and Kaukonen go into a comedy bit about drugs, finally asking the cameraman if he has any. I find it’s a lot easier to focus on a girl. Screen shot from Mercury Studios “I usually like to pick a chick out of the crowd. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen wastes not a single note throughout, and Balin’s vocal power is on full display, especially in the hard rock of “Emergency.” True to the tenor of the times, he tells the camera in one of the few spoken interview segments of his stage practice. Co-lead vocalists Grace Slick and Marty Balin shine on “Mexico” and an extra funky “Plastic Fantastic Lover” respectively. ![]() A ferocious “Volunteers” (with its “Got a Revolution!” exhortation) really smokes and is intercut with new footage of protest rallies. The revelation here is how more expansive and rocking the Airplane are, especially for those who only know their most famous hits (“White Rabbit,” “Somebody to Love”). Go Ride the Music (1969) focuses on live performances from the then white-hot Jefferson Airplane (seven songs, filmed on a soundstage) and Quicksilver Messenger Service (four songs, filmed at an outdoor festival). They provide an incredible window of the place and an era from both a musical and sociological perspective. Rarely seen since their original broadcasts more than 50 years ago (and fortunate to still exist, given the proclivity for one-off TV shows of the era to be discarded or – gasp – even taped over!), a new DVD from Mercury Studios collects three of the specials in one package. In addition to covering them in the paper, he co-produced three hour-long of-the-moment documentaries for the city’s KQED Public Television. Random selection of people that get the city and date (most likely).DVD cover He was an early and fervent proponent of bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, and other rock groups concentrated in the Bay Area. It just means that lucky person 1 or 2 or 3 chose that particular name and the name is a good choice (not some shack on the other side of town they only played in 1969). It does not mean that there is a definitive "correct" or "incorrect" venue name as far as this little world that is the contest world (which is not necessarily the real world where there may very well be a definitive name for the venue at that point in time). That is most likely why different venue names for the same date pop up over the years in this contest. The venue choice that the lucky person who got the date and city correct shows up in the display. The fine folks who run the contest choose from the pool of people in that 1, 2, 3 group above. ![]() And persons 1,2 & 3's choices are locked into their name, their date choice and their city/venue drop down choice. The fine folks who run the contest most likely pick from anyone who is choosing like person 1, 2 or 3 above (sorry #4 you will not have a chance to win). Nicetrytho" chooses the correct date AND chooses correct city but with "ThatVenueOnTheOtherSideofTownWithCompletelyDifferentName" as their drop down selection Submitter" chooses the correct date and chooses correct city of Anytown with just Coliseum Arena as their drop down selection (no mention of Anytown in the venue name)Ĥ) "Ooops X. Entrant" chooses the correct date and chooses correct city of Anytown with just Anytown, Coliseum as their drop down selectionģ) "User E. Contestant" enters an answer and chooses the correct date and chooses correct city of Anytown with Anytown Coliseum Arena as their drop down selectionĢ) "Human J. Based on years and years of seeing answers the next day, what appears to happen when there are more than one choice of a venue is:ġ) "Person Q. ![]()
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