Progressive & Psychedelic Cafe...

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Comment by Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders on June 1, 2009 at 11:37am

Oh, just a nickname. If it catches on, it's easier and quicker to type!

Comment by Pixie Bavle-Nolin on June 1, 2009 at 11:24am

Bob, are you going to change the name of the group or is P&P Cafe a nickname? I kind of like it.

Comment by Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders on June 1, 2009 at 11:07am

The P&P Cafe! (I could never remember how to spell "psychedelic" anyway!) Lots of interesting music and stuff to discuss! Don'tcha think?

Comment by Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders on May 30, 2009 at 10:43am

Here's a question for this somewhat "orphaned" group: Out of all that music from "back in the day", what do you still listen to and still find relevant?

Comment by Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders on May 13, 2009 at 7:09pm

What!? No whammy bar?
Careful, we might start another group - gear! The Hardware of Music!

Comment by Sue Rarick on May 13, 2009 at 6:13pm

No Bigsby. I have never liked wammy bars. The first thing I did with the latest strat was to unscrew the wammy bar and gawd knows where I tossed it.

Live sound gear back then was so crude by todays standards. One example was that a power trio I was in I had 2 marshall stacks on my side and the 3rd was on the bass players side as a monitor. And I had 1 of his 3 sun stacks so I could hear him.

Comment by Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders on May 13, 2009 at 3:46pm

Did you happen to have a Bigsby on that Gretsch?
No doubt it was an explosive time - in many ways. Not only was there musical inovation and cross-polination there was much advancement in technological stuff. Bill Grahm's organization and people like Alembic Sound did much to improve the sound of live, LOUD rock & roll.
Today, it's the digital revolution which enables just about anyone with a computer and an active imagination to be a rock star - at least within their circle of "friends". Lot's of good stuff - lot's of horrid stuff! What enthusiastic cacophony! Kinda like a Vox on 10 and a hollow-body!
Peace,
da' Crow

Comment by Sue Rarick on May 13, 2009 at 2:50pm

My vote goes with Bob ... I remember that time all to well. I remember getting some demo gigs and all of a sudden you could play with sounds. BTW... sitting in front of a wide open Vox tube amp and playing a fat body gretsch tennessee will create rediculous feedback.

Comment by Bob "Stormcrow" Sanders on May 13, 2009 at 8:17am

Pixie,
I might be interested in that (administrator). You'd have to explain to me just what that would entail.
There was a lot of incredible music created then. Of course, there was a lot that was just goofy and forgetable. But that's true of any genre in any age. One "lost" album is "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" - a live at the Fillmore recording by the Jefferson Airplane. Incredible!
Peace.
Bob

Comment by Pixie Bavle-Nolin on May 13, 2009 at 8:04am

Hi Bob, thanks for adding to this group. We need an administrator for the group because the creator abandoned it and is no longer with MusiCAL.

I try to add what I can but I'm not an expert on this subject so there's not a whole lot that I can add.

Hey everyone, I'm putting out the call for an administrator. Anyone interested, please let me know.

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