Sunday Listening: Epic Sit-In Edition
October 11, 2020 4:54 PM Subscribe
Bonnie Fuckin' Raitt sits in with the Jerry Garcia Band for two songs at the wonderful Greek Theatre in LA, 8/30/87 (SLYT Audio) Gorgeous interplay between Jerry and Bonnie on two songs: Think (McCracklin) and Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Dylan). Listen to Bonnie's slide playing!
A few pictures here.
A few pictures here.
Bonnie Raitt has been my father's celebrity crush since about 1971. Mom thinks it's cute.
He still talks about the time she was playing at the blues club his friends owned, and he was filling in for bartender that night - and instead of heading backstage after her set, she came over to the bar, sat down and grinned at him and chirped "Hi!" and all he could think to say is ".....uh, want a beer?" and she said sure, and "so I gave her a beer and she sat there drinking it just like a normal person!"
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:14 PM on October 11, 2020 [7 favorites]
He still talks about the time she was playing at the blues club his friends owned, and he was filling in for bartender that night - and instead of heading backstage after her set, she came over to the bar, sat down and grinned at him and chirped "Hi!" and all he could think to say is ".....uh, want a beer?" and she said sure, and "so I gave her a beer and she sat there drinking it just like a normal person!"
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:14 PM on October 11, 2020 [7 favorites]
Two great tastes that taste great together! Thanks for sharing.
posted by Sublimity at 6:13 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Sublimity at 6:13 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
Awesome post. Made my Monday AM (here in China)...
posted by thirdring at 6:27 PM on October 11, 2020
posted by thirdring at 6:27 PM on October 11, 2020
Uh hi, that's actually the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. Great songs!
posted by cultcargo at 6:28 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by cultcargo at 6:28 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
Another transcendent sit in: Lowell George of Little Feat sits in with Bonnie Raitt, Freebo, and John Hammond and play Steve Winwood's Can't Find My Way Back Home. The first 2:30 or so is session banter, then they find their way into the song, and that *voice*.
posted by Sublimity at 6:30 PM on October 11, 2020 [11 favorites]
posted by Sublimity at 6:30 PM on October 11, 2020 [11 favorites]
that's actually the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
ah! well done & congratulations you've won the very special secret prize!
posted by stinkfoot at 6:42 PM on October 11, 2020 [1 favorite]
ah! well done & congratulations you've won the very special secret prize!
posted by stinkfoot at 6:42 PM on October 11, 2020 [1 favorite]
Hey, I was there.
posted by Conrad-Casserole at 6:47 PM on October 11, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Conrad-Casserole at 6:47 PM on October 11, 2020 [3 favorites]
Sublimity, that is magnificent and eponysterical.
posted by Songdog at 7:01 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Songdog at 7:01 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
Oh my God Sublimity - that is one of my favorite songs, I just put that on and closed my eyes and listened. I have a feeling I am going to be sharing this whole thread with my Dad later.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:07 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:07 PM on October 11, 2020 [2 favorites]
A few pictures here.
Look at those shoulder pads. Like she's on the football team.
posted by pracowity at 3:07 AM on October 12, 2020
Look at those shoulder pads. Like she's on the football team.
posted by pracowity at 3:07 AM on October 12, 2020
I just discovered the JGB this year. Never was much of a Grateful Dead fan (even saw them in 1979, because we all figured that they were going to fold that year, they were so irrelevant compared to everything else going on). Who knew.
But the JGB is like the parts I liked about the GD -- the exploratory jams, and of course Jerry's guitar -- without the parts I could do without, like the hokey fake-blues. Fortunately there's tons of live JGB on the tube, key is not to binge it and get sick of it.
And Bonnie, never did see her. I used to have some cassette tapes of her shows in the early 70s, which went to whatever cassette tapes disappear to when you don't put them back in their cases and file them back. Nice to have this though.
posted by morspin at 9:27 PM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
But the JGB is like the parts I liked about the GD -- the exploratory jams, and of course Jerry's guitar -- without the parts I could do without, like the hokey fake-blues. Fortunately there's tons of live JGB on the tube, key is not to binge it and get sick of it.
And Bonnie, never did see her. I used to have some cassette tapes of her shows in the early 70s, which went to whatever cassette tapes disappear to when you don't put them back in their cases and file them back. Nice to have this though.
posted by morspin at 9:27 PM on October 12, 2020 [2 favorites]
Bonnie Raitt is still alive and her voice is still amazing. I've seen her in concert twice, most recently about three years ago. Here's hoping she's willing and able to be back in concert when the world opens up again.
posted by Sublimity at 7:06 PM on October 13, 2020
posted by Sublimity at 7:06 PM on October 13, 2020
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