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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:57:07 EST
From:         WK7@CORNELLC.BITNET
Subject:      Lucy in The Sky, etc.

Hi ya'll - this is admittedly semi-clueless since I haven't read the 90
or so messages in my reader yet (I'll probably have to free some disk space
to do it, but I wanted to respond to some topics discussed over the last couple
of days:

Ilia didn't dig Lucy on Yellow Submarine - I've seen that movie several times
- the first with my friend and parents in teen pre-drug days, then in college
in the proer lysergic acid diethylemide frame of mind-I was totally involved-
when Lucy jumps off the multi-colored horse to the words "climb on the
back with your head in the clouds and you're gone" oh baby I was !
I'd love to see videos of what was it "The Rain", or anything from the
Rubber Soul thru Magical Mystery Tour era. BTW - is the movie/video of
Magical Mystery Tour (which was either a co-evolutionary brain swarm, or a
direct rip-off of Kesey's Merry Pranksters' Bus - is this flick still
circulating anywhere? -I've only seen snippets here and there.

Adam's recent aquisitions:
Crimson's Lizard - I have it - I like it, but haven't listened to it for
awhile (years).

Santana & McLoughlin: I'm fairly well informed on this subject because I
was avidly following both of them through that period. I had seen Santana a
couple times before this album, and I had seen J.M. 1st with the Tony Williams
Lifetime (with Jack Bruce -(it boggled my mind at the time - I wasn't ready),
and then I saw Mahavishnu twice I believe. Then they played the Love Devotion
tour - I saw them at Saratoga Springs outdoor amphitheater in N.Y.S., with
I believe Billy Cobham on drums, and maybe Jaco on bass (??), and I believe
a couple of Carlos' boys on percussion. Whew! What a show! I didn't know
if Carlos could keep up with John, but he did quite nicely, and they
blended together (and as a whole ensemble) very effectively and spacily.
Personally, I like Carlos' solos on his own stuff better than what he did here,
because I think he allows himself more freedom of style and movement than
he did with JM. You could call it self-indulgent(perhaps), apocalyptic (yes),
but definitely good shit. Amen

Richard & Linda Thompson _Shoot Out The Lights_ : I have this on tape from
a friend so all I can say about it is that I love it. Carol/Libby can prob-
ably moisten the subject for you.

Crawfish Boil in Lenny's part of the world: Heh Duke Robilliard played here
in Ithaca with his own band on New Years (I missed it due to lack of funds),
so he might be available, or how about Los Lobos, maybe Little Feat (they
dig funky gigs), Bela Fleck, or how about Bo Diddly ? - he played Ithaca,
with my friends as backup band - wouldn't that be a rush maybe you could
provide him a backup band (with yourself involved, Len?), and go for it !
There are dozens of other qualified blues bands around - especially for a
crawfish party down South - heh how do I get an invite - I'll play keys
for free....

Gary and THC: somewhere at home I have a pamphlet given out by NORML I
think which covers all your questions - I'll find it and pass the info on.


                                                    ...walt...
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