Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Outtakes

Here are two different sessions recordings. One is CSNY and the other is just CSN. Both have pretty good recording quality.

Crosby Stills and Nash Outtakes
Black Queen (Vocal-alternate)
Blackbird (Vocal-alternate)
Cinnamon Girl (Instrumental)
David (C'mon in my kitchen) (3 times)
Guinnevere (Vocal-acoustic)
Guinnevere (Vocal-electric)
Helplessly Hoping (Instrumental)
Helplessly Hoping (Vocal-alternate)
Lady Of The Island (Vocal-alternate)
Marrakesh Express (Instrumental)
Marrakesh Express (Vocal-alternate)
Pre-Road Downs (Vocal-alternate)
Pre-Road Downs (Workout-Jam)
Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Instrumental with studio chat)
Wooden Ships (Vocal-alternate)
Mp3/320k
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HD1NN1AX CSN Sessions, mp3.rar

CSNY Studio Archives 1969

1. Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil cover...CSN Version)
Recording Date Unknown
2. How Have You Been (John Sebastian cover...CSN Version)
Recording Date Unknown
3. Black Queen Riff / Dialogue
Recording Date Unknown
4. Triad (Acoustic Studio Take)
Recording Date Unknown
5. Almost Cut My Hair (Acoustic Studio Take)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, October 24 or 30, and November 6, 1969
6. Everyday We Live (Stephen Stills unreleased song)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, July 19 or Unknown Recording Studio, December 2, 1969
7. Sea Of Madness (Studio Take)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, September 2 or 3, 1969
8. The Lee Shore (Different vocal take)
Recorded at Stephen Stills' Home Studio, December 28, 1969
9. Everybody I Love You (Unedited basic track)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, November 7, 1969
10. I'll Be There (Stephen Stills unreleased song)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, June 17, 1969
11. Blackbird (Beatles cover...Takes 1-4)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, February 15, 1969
12. Ivory Tower (Stills' unreleased song)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, June 26 or October 24, or November 6 or 7, 1969
13. 30 Dollar Fine (Stills' unreleased song)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio San Francisco, June 26 or October 24, or November 6 or 7, 1969
14. Everybody's Been Burned (Nash Version)
Recording Date Unknown
15. You're Wrong Baby (Nash's unreleased song)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, October 30, 1969
16. Everybody's Alone (Young's unreleased song, CSNY Version)
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, October 24, 1969
The total running time is just over 70 minutes and the sound quality is perfect throughout.
Mp3/320k
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7CXDKTTO CSNY Studio Archives 1969 mp3.rar

Susan Tedeschi, 9-19-2009

If you don't know Susan Tedeschi you need to listen to this. She is an amazing blues talent both singing and playing guitar.

She is married to the amazing Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers and often is a special guest with them. But on her own she deserves respect because she is talented. This recording is very good its a radio broadcast from the Monterey Jazz Festival. The photos are actually from the show. She plays a Jimi Hendrix song Spanish Castle Magic as a shout out to Hendrix who played in Monteret in 1967.

Susan Tedeschi
September 19, 2009
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival,
Monterey, California

--KUSP-FM radio broadcast
--Jimmy Lyons Arena Stage

1. -introduction
2. Feeling Music Brings
2. Can't Sleep At Night
4. Butterfly
5. People
6. 700 House
7. There's A Break In The Road
8. Blues Will Pull Me Through
9. Back To The River
10. Love Will
11. It Hurt So Bad/band introductions
12. Talking About
13. Spanish Castle Magic
14. -DJ discussion

Susan Tedeschi: Guitar & Vocals
Ron Hollaway: Sax
Ted Pecchio: Bass
Matt Slocum: Keyboards
Dave Yoke: Guitar
Tyler Greenwell: Drums

Mp3/320k
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E4LE960T Susan Tedeschi 2009, mp3.rar

Joni Mitchell 1970

This is a nice sounding show with a few FM glitches here and there but overall I like it. Hope you do too.
Joni Mitchell
In Concert
BBC Television Theatre
1970-09-xx
Broadcast 1970-10-09

01 Chelsea Morning
02 The Hunter
03 The Gallery
04 Cactus Tree
05 My Old Man
06 For Free
07 Woodstock
08 All I Want
09 California
10 Big Yellow Taxi
11 Clouds

Mp3/320k
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQ7P2C3Z Joni Mitchell 1970 mp3.rar

Emmylou Harris and The O'Kanes 9-01-90

Here is a cool Emmylou Harris show along with an opening act The O'Kanes, that Emmylou sits in with for a few songs. It's from the Strawberry Music Festival and sounds great. For me Emmylou is an American treasure. I have seen the Emmylou set in a few collections but not the O'Kanes set with Emmylou to go with it.
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Strawberry Music Festival
Camp Mather, California
September 1, 1990
Soundboard

Emmylou Harris – Guitar
Sam Bush – Mandolin, Fiddle
Roy Husky Jr. – Bass
Jon Randall Stewart - Guitar
Al Perkins – Banjo, Dobro
Larry Atamanuik – Drums

1. Intro
2. Roses In The Snow
3. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
4. Beneath Still Waters
5. Heartbreak Hill
6. Amarillo
7. Instrumental
8. The Other Side Of This Life
9. Green Pastures
10. Two More Bottles Of Wine
11. Hello Stranger
12. If I Needed You
13. One Of These Days
14. Born To Run
15. Price I Pay
16. Band intros
17. Sweet Dreams
18. Leaving Louisiana
19. crowd
Encore:
20. Poncho And Lefty
- Enter Jamie O'Hara, Kieren Kane & Jerry Douglas -
21. Jambalaya
22. goodnight...
Time: 76:08
Mp3/320k
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q0AR2N78 Emmylou Harris, Strawberry, mp3.rar

Here is the O'Kanes set that opened the show.
The O'Kanes
Strawberry Music festival
Camp Mather, CA
9-01-90

Line Of Least Resistance
That's Allright Mama
Blue Love
Daddys Need To grow Up Too
Blue Grass Blues
Can't Stop My Heart
When We Are Gone*
If I Could Be There*
One True Love
I'm Tired Of Running
This Aint' Love
Tell me I Was Dreaming
Why Don't You Care For Me No More?
Lovin' Me Lovin' You
w/Emmylou Harris*
Mp3/320k
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4SBNX2VQ O'Kanes 9-01-90.rar

Jazz Is Dead with Derek Trucks and Vassar Clements 4-13-99

I already Posted the 4-14-99 Jazz is Dead show. This is the night before and it might be even better. This one also has Vassar Cements and Derek Trucks sitting in for a visit.
Jazz Is Dead
Fox Theater Boulder, CO
4/13/99
Soundboard

Disc 1
1. Mississippi 1/2 Step *
2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
3. Row Jimmy ^
4. Stella Blue *^
5. Here Comes Sunshine --->
6. Eyes of the World --->
7. Weather Report Suite --->
8. Let It Grow

Disc 2
1. Space --->
2. Terrapin Station --->
3. Help on the Way ---> Slipknot! --->
4. Estimated Prophet --->
5. Scarlet Begonias --->
6. Blues for Allah --->
7. Franklin's Tower
8. Terrapin Station

Disc 3
1. Vassar's Boogie *^ --->
2. Dark Star *^
w/ Derek Trucks^

w/ Vassar Clements*

Mp3/320k
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BELSPYHL JIDead 1999-04-13Part1.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1IO4M2I3 JIDead 1999-04-13Part2.rar

All Religions 0r Beliefs Are Not The Same

Some one wrote in response to something I wrote. "It's EXACTLY the same crap the 911 terrorist were talking about, but with a SLIGHTLY different accent." I have heard people say that "All religions are basically the same and teach the same things and point to the same place". I have to disagree completely with this point of view. And I'll show you the major differences.
For starters Hindu faith teaches that the material world is an illusion, and sin is nothing more than the ignorance about the fact of this illusion. This is in conflict with the beliefs of most other faiths. In many Eastern beliefs God or the creator is thought to be impersonal (you can't get to know Him personally)and in some cases they believe that God is everything and everything is God. The belief of the Bible is that the world has objective reality and is not an illusion, and that sin is rebellion against a very real God that is separate and independent from His creation, and that He wants to redeem our broken relationship with Him. Many Eastern faiths believe in the idea of the transmigration of souls or continuous rebirth (reincarnations)until one reaches nirvana or eternal bliss. The Bible and Quran of Islam teach that each person has one physical life and one eternal soul or spirit and when we physically die we are then held accountable to God or the creator.
In most religions the view is you must do good so that you can go to heaven or do good to reach a higher place like nirvana. As an example Islam states you will have your life examined on a day of judgement and all men will be judged based on their good deeds. Sura 13:103-140 of the Quran states "they who balances shall be heavy shall be blest But they whose balances shall be light, they shall lose their soul, abiding in hell forever." This is like there is a scale that will tip in your favor or not depending on the weight of your good or bad works. In many Eastern religions there is the law or idea of karma which is like a measurement of good and bad energy that comes from you and you will be delivered to a higher place in the cycle of rebirth based on again your good works. In fact even some of the religions that have developed with time out of the Christian faith have gotten to a place of doing good deeds as a means to obtaining salvation.
In truth the Bible expressly states that our relationship to God is not based on anything that we do. The bible teaches that all men are imperfect and that imperfection causes separation from a holy or perfect and just God and that the righteous perfect and just God must have payment or restitution for the transgressions (justice). "The wages of sin is death" And the only way to not have to die for our transgression is to have someone else pay the price. And Jesus came to earth and lived a sinless life so He could pay the price for us. We do not deserve this we did not earn it because we are good (because no man is good enough). Jesus chose to die in our place and gives us this gift by grace alone. Now it is up to us to respond to His action by accepting this gift. In the other religions you take action by doing "good works" and expect God to respond to you. Most religion is mans way of drawing God to us. Christian faith is Gods way of drawing us to Him. Christian faith is about what God did not about what I did. Jesus died so I can live. Jesus body was broken so I may be healed. All I can do is respond to the undeserved gift of grace. This makes my relationship toward Him one with motivations of love and thanksgiving. Not one of me trying to control Gods response with an unrealistic expectation that I somehow deserve something form God. I don't want what I deserve (death).
Now one of the people who responded compared my faith to 911 terrorists in that the violence of the witch burning, and religious crusades, was akin to the Islamic terrorist violence. Let me say there is no comparison between these two faiths on issues of violence in the name of the ones we follow. Jesus taught love your neighbor as you love yourself and the cornerstone of faith in Jesus is that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that who ever believes in Him shall be saved. And we as believers in Jesus are asked to love others in this same sacrificial way. Jesus did not defend Himself and went to His death willingly. Anyone who kills another outside of self defence is no longer following what Jesus modeled. Mohammad by his actions of a violet and forceful invasion and takeover of Mecca it appears to me models something different for those who follow him even though the Quran apparently teaches that to take life is wrong.

Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers, 2-11-70

The Allman Brothers show was an official release but is now out of print so I'm puting an old bootleg copy on here to go with the well known Grateful Dead set that has the Allman Brothers and Peter Green as guests. If you dont have this you need to listen to the Spanish Jam with Garcia, Duane Allman, and Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac. Greg Allman sings on Lovelight with Pig Pen as well. This is a special show in my opinion.

Allman Brothers Band
February 11, 1970 - Early Show
Fillmore East
New York, NY
Soundboard

Disc 1
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Statesboro Blues
Trouble No More
Hoochie Coochie Man >
Mountain // Jam
Total Time 42:04
mp3/192k
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y2SIFCRU ABB 2-11-70.rar

Grateful Dead
Fillmore East
New York City, NY
2-11-70
soundboard

Disc 1
--Early Show--
//The Other One >
Cryptical Envelopment >
Dire Wolf
Casey Jones
--Late Show, begin--
Intro and tuning
Not Fade Away
Cumberland Blues
Cold Rain And Snow
High Time
Me And My Uncle

Disc 2
Dark Star >
Spanish Jam >
Turn On Your Lovelight
--Encore--
Uncle John's Band
Mp2/320k
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U5TQAP4S gd1970-02-11.mp3part01.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4J0YR1D5 gd1970-02-11.mp3part02.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NOY40IFK gd1970-02-11.mp3part03.zip

Derek Trucks Band, 10-13-01

Here is another real nice sounding Derek Trucks Band show. This is one of my favorites. What blows my mind is that this has been on the Archive for years (first reviewed in 2003)and has only been downloaded 843 times. This show is a gem so don't miss it!
DEREK TRUCKS BAND
Oct. 13, 2001
VisuLite Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Soundboard

Disc 1
Preachin' Blues, Kam-Ma-Lay
B-2 Boogaloo, Ruthless
Shorter, Don't Change Horses
Maki Madni > Yield Not to Temptation
Afro Blue
Disc Two:
Like Anyone Else
Ain't That Lovin' You
Crawfish, Big Head Salsa
For My Brother
Soul Serenade > Rastaman Chant
Joyful Noise, Cissy Strut >
Lively Up Yourself
Mp3/320k
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OSEMMEFM DTB 10-31-01, disc one.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GGLBESXG DTB 10-13-01, disc two.rar

Freedom With No Limits

Does this stop sign restrict your freedom? Think about it. You have to stop. . . .Or do you? you are free to just blow right through it if you want. But there might be some consequences. Does this speed limit sign restrict your freedom? Again you can choose to just go at what ever speed you want, but again there might be some cosequenses for your choice, like a car accident or even loss of your drivers licence or other freedoms.

I have heard some people say, “I would follow God but it will limit my freedom too much.”

Freedom with guidelines and boundaries doesn’t seem much like freedom to us. I once went to a car race called the Long Beach Grand Prix. They told me I could view the race from wherever I wanted to, but they wouldn’t let me out on the track. They had these barriers and fences that limited my access. Another time I was out hiking and there was this fenced pasture with cattle. On the fence there was a sign that said keep out but it was a long way around so I wanted to jump the fence and go straight through.

Our every day lives are already full of rules and regulations (like the laws that control the way we drive a car) that limit us even before adding God’s rules to our lives.

Do you think God wants to limit your freedom?

Unlike today Adam and Eve didn’t have to worry about very many rules, laws, or regulations. In the Garden Of Eden God only had one rule for them to obey. Genesis 2:16-17. And the Lord God commanded the man saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.” What can we learn about God’s desire for us from this?

First, contrary to what you might think God is not hung up on rules. In the world God made and the way He wanted it to be, there was only just one “thou shalt not”. This one rule was to establish God’s authority, because He knew we would have the most freedom possible with God in charge.

Second, God gave men the ability and freedom to do what ever they wanted within the very loose guidelines He established. It was not the freedom to do whatever they wanted without consequences (it was close). That type of freedom does not exist and never has.

Third, sin and not God is what took away peoples freedom. Satan lied to Eve and then Adam and Eve fell for the lie. It is still this way today. When Adam and Eve tried to do their will instead of God’s will they lost freedom instead of gaining it.

They lost the freedom to live in the Garden of Eden.
They lost the freedom to walk with God.
They lost the freedom from shame, guilt, fear, and pain.
They lost the freedom from sickness and death.
They lost the freedom that came from having right relationship with each other.
They lost the freedom that came from having a right relatonship with the earth.

Every day Satan is offering us the same lie that Eve fell for, “the most freedom is found outside the boundaries.”
People will tell you, “You are missing out” or “try it just once.” We are tempted by the same old lie, a promise of freedom to do whatever we want with no consequences. There is no such freedom and there never has been.

As we get farther from obedience to God’s will, or farther from the Garden of Eden, the less freedom we have. Ask an older person if they had to lock their doors when they were young.

God desires us to have the most freedom possible without getting hurt. For this reason He established limits to provide for and protect our freedom.

God, through Jesus Christ, still lets us be free to make our own choice. We are free to choose between.
God’s will or Our own will
Everlasting life or Death
Righteousness or Sin
God’s protection or Doing it on your own

Let’s get back to the car race. As I watched the race a car lost control and crashed into the barrier and fence and I suddenly looked at the fence differently. Instead of limiting my freedom it was protecting me from harm. On the hike I chose to jump the fence. About half way across the pasture a large bull saw me and decided I was a threat. He came at me aggressively and I ran for the fence. When I got to the other side of the fence I looked at the fence in a new way. Instead of an obstacle limiting my freedom the fence was protecting me from the angry bull.

The funny thing is, in the end often the very things that appear to restrict our freedom are the same things that protect us from harm and in some cases loosing freedoms. The things that appear to take away our freedom may be the things that can protect our fredom and in some cases save our lives.

God tells us things to protect us and our freedom, and to help our lives be the best they can be, not to limit us. God has more knowledge and wisdom than we will ever have, so He has the ability to protect us from danger that we might not understand or see. God does this throught His word the Bible. You see just like the street signs help us keep the car on the road and not in a ditch, the bible helps us keep our lives out of the ditch or from being a major accident.
Just like street signs the Bible can show us which way to turn, or or help keep us from making a wrong turn when we should go straight. Proverbs 4:27, Turn not to the right or the left, remove thy foot from evil



















And the bible can help us to not go in the wrong direction . 1 Timothy 3:5, Having a form of godliness but denying the power therof: from such turn awayAnd where to find spiritual rest. Matthew 11:28-29, Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" And the bible can show us where to get spiritual food. John 6:27, Do not laborfor food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give to you. And it helps keep us from going down a path to spiritual death. Proverbs 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end there of are the ways of death. and Proverbs 14 fear of the Lord is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death.

And the Bible warns us that we are flamable! Revelation 20:15, Anyone not found written in the Book Of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire. And Revelation 21:8, Unbeliving, abominable, murderers, sexualy imoral, sorcerers, idoloters, and liars shall all have their part in the lake which burns with fire which is the second death.
The good news is when we choose to follow Jesus the Holy Spirit comes into our lives as a helper and is our guide instead of the law. Also the bondage of our sin is gone because the price has been paid. In John 8:36 Jesus said. If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed

String Cheese Incident with David Grisman, 7-04-98

This String Cheese Incident show has the members of the David Grisman Quintet as guests. two groups who push the boundaries of bluegrass out into jazz, and more, playing together. It's a fun listen as they do Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis covers.

String Cheese Incident
July 4, 1998
High Sierra Music Festival
Quincy, CA
Soundboard

Disc 1:
Round The Wheel, Got What He Wanted >
Mr. Soul Jam > Restless Wind*
Voodoo Chile*, MLT**
How Mountain Girls Can Love#@

Disc 2:
Lonesome Fiddle Blues*$%^ >
So What*$%^ > Lonesome Fiddle Blues*$%^
Land's End* > Smile*#
E: Big Sciota*

* with Darol Anger on fiddle.
# with Joe Craven on percussion.
$ with Joe Craven on acoustic mandolin.
@ with David Grisman on banjo.
% with David Grisman on electric mandolin.
^ with Matt Eakle on flute
Vbr.Mp3
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D6RO54NG sci1998-07-04.vbr_mp3.rar

Pat Metheney Group, 11-17-79

Here is a little jazz fusion for everyone. Just to mix it up a bit. This is a very nice recording of some beautiful music. If you don't know Pat Metheny give it a try. I love how the cover fits in with the Arizona theme of my blog too.
Pat Metheny Group
Hofstra Playhouse
Hempstead, NY
November 17, 1979
Soundboard

Disc 1
Phase Dance, Airstream
April Joy, Unity Village >
The House Of The Rising Sun >
The Windup, The Epic

Disc 2
James, Old Folks
Jaco, The Magician's Theater
San Lorenzo, (Cross The) Heartland
American Garage

Musicians:
Pat Metheny - Guitars
Lyle Mays - Piano, synthesizers, organ, autoharp
Mark Egan - Electric and acoustic bass
Dan Gottlieb - Drums
Mp3/320k
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JC960JTT Metheney Disc One Mp3.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OLPKK65Z Metheny Disc Two mp3.rar

Derek Trucks Band with Jimmy Herring and Phil Lesh, 5-27-2000

Derek Trucks Band
Mountain Aire 2000
Calaveras County Fairgrounds
Angel's Camp, California
May 27, 2000
Soundboard

Special Guests:
Jimmy Herring
Phil Lesh
CD 1:
crowd/ intro, Rasta Man Chant
Yield Not, Bock To Bock
Feel So Bad, intros
Kickin' Bach*
Everything Is Everything*

CD 2:
Chicken Strut*, Preachin' Blues*
Mr PC*, Ain't That Lovin' You*
Band Inros and guest intros
Egg 15*#, Outro

*w/Jimmy Herring on guitar
#w/Phil Lesh on bass
Mp3/vbr

Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LDJYZ8NH dtb2000-05-27.dsbd, vbr_mp3.zip

Seldom Scene, 4-24-93

This is a great sounding show from one of the best blugrass bands ever. In John Duffy's passing bluegrass lost something special.
Seldom Scene
Booker T. Washington Center
04/24/93
Source:
Soundboard

Disc One:
Sittin On Top Of The World
Railroad Line, Hickory Wind
Dobro inst.(House Of The Rising Sun)
Working on a building
She's More To Be Pitted
Cheap Whiskey
Lord Have Mercy On My Soul
Sweet Georgia Rose, Old Train
House Of Gold, Train 45
Wait A Minute, Highway Of Pain
I Know You Rider, Out Among The Stars
Another Lonesome Morning
Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Mp3/320k

Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PBPPDET3 Seldom Scene, 4-23-93.rar

Grateful Dead, 4-24-78

This show I feel is one of the better from 1978. The best have become official releases, 12-31-78, and the October Winterland shows. This has a nice Scarlet > Fire and some other high points. The Werewolves Of London is a kinda fun also. Oh, and the sound is good in that it is another Charlie Miller remaster.
Grateful Dead
April 24, 1978
Horton Field House
Normal, IL
Illinois State University
SBD
Set 1:
Tuning, The Promised Land
Ramble On Rose, Stayin' Alive tease ->
Me And My Uncle -> Big River
Friend Of The Devil, Cassidy
Brown Eyed Women, Passenger
It Must Have Been The Roses
The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
Tuning, Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire On The Mountain -> Good Lovin'
Terrapin Station -> Drums ->
Space -> Not Fade Away ->
Black Peter -> Around And Around
Encore: Werewolves Of London
Mp3/320k
Download Links
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BUXPIFXG gd1978-04-24.sbd.miller.mp3part01.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SYWUKDYX gd1978-04-24.sbd.miller.mp3part02.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=92XFYDU9 gd1978-04-24.sbd.miller.mp3part03.zip

Evolution is NOT Science

A recent message left on a post said this “Your statements summing up all too simply the vast amount of science that stands behind brilliant insights such as evolution frustrates me beyond rational words.” Well I don’t claim to be a science blog but I would like to address the validity of this statement when it claims vast amount of science standing behind evolution and if evolution really is a brilliant insight.
First let me point out that there has always been a group of highly distinguished scientists, with impressive credentials and no religious motivations, who have never conceded that evolution has been proved. This is an inconvenient truth for evolutionists who would like to dismiss their opponents as Bible-thumping hicks and claim that questioning evolution is tantamount to questioning the value or validity of science.
The first big problem with evolution is that the fossil record increasingly does not support it, if viewed honestly, a fact that famous Prof. Steven Jay Gould of Harvard has described as "the trade secret of paleontology." Evolutionary theory claims that there once existed a whole line of successive forms of the various organisms alive today. These supposedly changed by very small amounts with each generation as they evolved or changed into the present organisms. Fossil records should show these gradual changes, but they don’t. Instead, they show the emergence of new species out of nowhere, fully complete with all their characteristics and not changing over time. It is almost entirely devoid of forms that can plausibly be identified as intermediates between older and newer ones. This is popularly known as the "missing link" problem, and it the problem is seen across different species and time periods. This problem is getting worse, not better, as more fossils are discovered, and as the new fossils just resemble those already found and don’t fill in the gaps. In Darwin's day, it was easy to claim that the fossils were there but had not been discovered. Problem is, we now have hundreds of thousands of well-catalogued fossils, from all continents and geologic eras, and we still haven't found these intermediate forms. The quantity, quality, and range of the recovered fossils is impeccable. But the more we dig, the more we keep finding the same forms over and over again, never the intermediates. Darwin himself recognized this grave difficulty in his theory and devoted a whole chapter in The Origin of Species to it. Darwin admitted the glaring lack of intermediate types in the fossil record to be "the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against [my] theory." It still is obvious but with new discoveries it no longer is the most serious.
The usual response of evolutionists at this stage in the argument is a theory they call punctuated equilibrium, Gould’s great contribution, which basically says that evolution occurs not gradually but in spurts. This would explain why there are gaps and not continuity in the fossil record. The problem with this theory, which is so complex (if you can’t make simple sense then confuse them), is in explains away the non-existence of small gradations, it still requires there to be large ones (the individual spurts) and these aren't in the record. Also, for punctuated equilibrium to have occurred, a precise set of conditions would have to be obtained throughout the entire past period represented in the fossils, and this is unlikely and not science.
Another development that has undermined evolution is the use of computers in evolutionary biology. Computers have shown that the evolutionary trees that get drawn up in our kids biology books are in fact based on imaginary relations of observed similarity and difference that owe more to peoples tendency to perceive patterns than to the real biological data. Computers show that when the characteristics of different living things are encoded in numerical form and the computer is asked to sort them into The order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, or the order of amino acids in a protein molecule.sequences based on their similarities and differences, the computer can find any number of ways of doing so that have just as much support in the data as those drawn up by humans to fit an evolutionary tree. The data say "no evolution" just as loudly as they say "evolution"; it’s just the pattern-craving human mind that gives prominence to the former way of viewing it. This is known as phenetic analysis. When the computer is constrained to push the data into an evolutionary tree, (this is called cladistic analysis) it tends to generate trees with all species as individual twigs and no species forming the crucial lower branches of the tree that evolution demands. As a result of this, many biologists have in practice stopped using the idea of ancestors and descendants when classifying new species. When the British Museum of Natural History did this a few years ago, they started a small war in scientific circles.
Here is another problem true science gives to the theory of Evolution. It has to do with the order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, or the order of amino acids in a protein molecule. Sequences which look logical based on the progression of one set of anatomical characteristics suddenly look illogical when attention is switched to another set. For example, the lungfish superficially seems to make a good intermediate between fish and amphibian, until one examines the rest of its internal organs, which are not intermediate in character, nor are the ways in which its eggs develop. And if different species have common ancestors, it would be reasonable to expect that similar structures in the different species be specified in similar ways in their Deoxyribonucleic acid: the chemical inside the nucleus of a cell that carries the genetic instructions for making living organisms.DNA and develop in similar ways in their embryos; this is frequently not so. So evolutionary relationships depend upon an arbitrary choice of which characteristics of the organisms in question are considered most important, and different relationships can be "proved" at will.
The classic cases printed in biology textbooks to show the evolution of present-day organisms from their supposed ancestors are in fact downright false. We read the same examples coming up again and again in textbook after textbook because there are only a few species for which there is even a remotely plausible fossil genealogy can found in the over 100,000 fossil species known to paleontology. The horse as an example you will find that several of the standard claims about the pattern of equine evolution, such as the gradual reduction of the side toes, are extremely questionable and that the morphological distance covered from the earliest horse to the present horses is so small, compared with the vast changes that evolution must encompass, that it is questionable and hardly fact but just speculation or not science. In fact when we try to talk about observable science evolutionists tell us we cannot see evolution taking place because it happens too slowly. A human generation takes about 20 years from birth to parenthood. They say it took tens of thousands of generations to form man from a common ancestor with the ape, from populations of only hundreds or thousands. However we do not have these problems with bacteria. A new generation of bacteria grows in as short as 12 minutes or up to 24 hours or more, depending on the type of bacteria and the environment, but typically 20 minutes to a few hours. There is much variation in bacteria. There are many mutations (in fact, evolutionists say that smaller organisms have a faster mutation rate than larger ones) but they never turn into anything new they always stay bacteria. Fruit flies are much more complex than already fantastically complex single-cell bacteria. Scientists like to study them because a generation (from egg to adult) takes only 9 days. In the lab, fruit flies are studied under every conceivable condition. There is much variation in fruit flies. There are many mutations. But again they never turn into anything new, they always remain fruit flies. Many years of study of countless generations of bacteria and fruit flies all over the world shows that evolution is not happening today. The truth is this the emergence of one species from another has never been directly observed by science.
Another huge problem with evolution that continues to get bigger as we gain more knowledge is that it remains incapable of explaining how anything could evolve that doesn't make biological sense when incomplete. The wings of birds are the classic example: what good is half of one? Other examples are endless. This is a problem that evolutionary theory has promised a solution to for a long time and has not and cannot give us. Even more disturbing than visible examples like wings are the complex chemical reactions and molecular structures that living things are made of. As we discover more we find that many of the micro-processes in a cell make sense either complete or not at all. There are no plausible accounts of how they could have evolved from other simpler processes because as one hypothesizes backwards down the chain of complexity, one comes to a point at which the process just won’t work if it gets any simpler. At this stage, the process could not have evolved from anything else because there is nothing simpler for it to have evolved from. And at this stage, the process is still far too complex to have been thrown together by any known non-living chemical event. At one time, knowledge of the complex processes of living things was limited enough, and hopes for the discovery of intermediate processes that they could have evolved from wide-open enough, that evolutionists could ignore this problem. But as biological knowledge has progressed, evolution theory has to confront more inconvenient facts. And we find that research is consistently making the problem for evolution worse, not better.
Another inconvenient scientific fact for the evolution myth that has happened since evolution was first proposed is that biology has achieved a precise cataloging of the thousands of different Organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain, joined together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of the adjacent amino acid residues, and proteins that make up organisms. It was hoped that a thorough cross-species comparison of these would reveal the kinds of relationships of graded similarity that evolution implies. But it has not. Instead, it has given the same picture of distinct species with no links or evolutionary tree. And analysis of the closeness and distance between different species reveals results that refute evolution. According to the order of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule, or the order of amino acids in a protein molecule sequence when it comes to Protein Structure and Function, man is as close to a lamprey as we are fish! This problem repeats itself with other characteristics of organisms that have been brought within the scope of evolutionary comparison since Darwin’s day.
As if this is not enough well here is another problem for the evolution theory that has increased with increasing biological knowledge, the question of how life initially emerged from non life. As recently as the early 50's, it was still possible to hope that discoveries would reveal the existence of some intermediate between single-celled organisms and complex lifeless molecules. The existence of these(certain kinds of viruses were candidates for the role) would imply the possibility of an evolutionary transition from dead chemicals to intermediates to life. But the discovery of Deoxyribonucleic acid: the chemical inside the nucleus of a cell that carries the genetic instructions for making living organisms.DNA in 1953 killed this hypothesis (desperate stab in the dark) in its simplest form, and subsequent discoveries have only made the matter worse. Vast numbers of microorganisms are now known, as are vast numbers of complex molecules, but nothing can be found in between. The simplest possible cell imaginable within the limits of biology, let alone the simplest actually existing cell, is far too complex to have been thrown together by any known non-living chemical event. So even if evolution has an explanation of how species evolve from one to another, it has no way to "get the ball rolling" by producing the first species from non life. Evolution plain and simple is not science. Cells are made of proteins, and everything that goes on in a creature involves proteins interacting with each other. Proteins are generally 50 to 2000 amino acids long; a typical one has about 300 amino acids. Ribosomes are molecular machines that build proteins in all cells, using messenger RNA as the template. Here is an overview of how a bacterial ribosome "translates" RNA into protein. Every protein in bacteria is made this way. (yea that just happened on it's own)

Questioning whether evolution is a science at all is not a stretch at all, because its assertions are not potentially falsifiable. A true science, like physics, makes claims that can be tested and thus potentially falsified; this vulnerability is what makes it worthy of belief when despite this, the falsification does not happen. But evolution does not make claims of this kind because it can’t. One of the things that makes for good science is that it is based on repeatable experiments. The data used to support evolution are neither experiments nor repeatable, nor can they be, since the origin of species on earth was a unique event. This doesn’t necessarily make evolution nonsense, but it strongly suggests it doesn’t have the right to demand a place at the science table with physics, chemistry, or molecular biology. In fact on the strength of its being straightforwardly a science as I said before Evolution is not science and science proves it to be highly unlikely.
Anyone who doubts that the bulk of the scientific community could be wrong about a fundamental question like this should consider the case of Newtonian physics, which was thought to be unshakable until Einstein disproved it. (Lest anybody quibble about the approximate validity of Newtonian physics at non-relativistic speeds, may I point out that Newtonian physics was formerly thought to be valid at all speeds, throughout the universe, and this Einstein refuted.) Evolution may not a fraud being perpetrated upon the public, but it is a theory that has far too many problems to be treated as something that everyone is obliged to believe in on pain of being classified as a fool. As the credibility of evolution continues to wane with additional developments in biology the absolute of solving this intellectual puzzle should be free for debate. I am quite happy to change my position if new facts come out, and I urge my readers that this is the only rational view to have.
If I were to place seven sticks on the ground parallel to each other on a trail in the woods and you came upon them what conclusion would a rational thinking person have. They would easily deduce that someone put them there. If I show you a car or a wrist watch and ask you how it came to be you would of course say that it was manufactured or created. But if I show you the incredible complexity of a cell and it’s workings and the amazing complexity of a human eye and the even more complex makings of a entire human you deduce it was random chance.

Still not convinced? Try this one take special note of DNA structure and folding (if it folds wrong it will not function as it should. http://www.newgeology.us/presentation32.html

A protein is not just a long string of amino acids strung together from the DNA pattern. it folds itself together into a complex 3D structure that is important for it's function. Would we say this origami bird could make it's self? Yet the most simple building block of all infinitely complex life is far more complex and we think it is random chance.

The McCoury Boys, 1-05-02

This is kind of like a Del McCoury Band show but it has Jeff White and Del is just a guest on three songs. It also has Vince Gill as a guest for three songs. This is a fine recording and I only have the second half so don't ask for the rest. And if you have the rest post a link for us all. In fact if anyone has stuff to offer why not share?

The McCoury Boys
The Station Inn
Nashville,TN
1-5-2002

Jeff White: Guitar, Vocals
Mike Bub: Bass, Vocals
Rob McCoury: Banjo
Ron McCoury: Mandolin, Vocals
Jason Carter: Fiddle
(1) Ronnie Bowman: Vocals
(2) Del McCoury: Vocals, Guitar
(3) Vince Gill: Vocals, Guitar

Six Days On The Road
Wild Bill Jones
Instrumental
Thanks A Lot
Cabin Home On The Hill (1)
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (2)
Count Me Out (2)
Gone But Not Forgotten (2)
Instrumental
Evangelina
Cold Hard Facts
Our Love Never Dies
Cotton Eyed Joe
The Likes Of Me
Rich Gal
Rose Of Old Kentucky (3)
High Lonesome Sound (3)
The Key To Life (3)

This is only the second CD.
Most of the first CD is audience from what I understand.

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Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival, April 1974

Here is a cool bit of history. This is four CDs of a bluegrass festival from Marin County that has Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Doc Watson, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, John Hartford and a bunch more. Garcia plays in the five Old And In The Way songs but is also in a buch of others. He is in close to thirty songs of this festival.
Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival
Golden State College, San Rafael, CA
1974-04-27 & 28
Golden State College
San Rafael, CA
Soundboard

Disc1
01: Old Joe Clark(Cornbread)
02: I Don't Believe You Met My Baby(Cornbread)
03: Fire On The Mountain(Cornbread)
04: I've Been Everywhere(Homestead Act)
05: Take Five(Homestead Act)
06: Way Down In Georgia(Homestead Act)
07: Chime Bells(Homestead Act)
08: Diggy Liggy Lo(Homestead Act)
09: The Foggy Mountain Breakdown(Homestead Act)
10: Jambalaya(Emmylou Harris with Angel Band)
11: Instrumental(Tut Taylor And Norman Blake)
12: Southern Railroad Blues(Tut Taylor and Norman Blake)
13: Footprints Through The Snow(Doc & Merle Watson)
14: Man Walking On The Water > Keep on the Sunny Side(Doc & Merle Watson)
15: Wabash Cannonball(Doc & Merle Watson)
16: Mule's Done Gone Away(Jim And Jesse McReynolds)
17: Are You Missing Me(Jim And Jesse McReynolds)
18: Poor Boy Blues(Doc & Merle Watson)
19: Wabash Cannonball(Doc & Merle Watson)
20: Salt Creek(Doc & Merle Watson)
21: Tennessee Stud(Doc & Merle Watson)
22: My Plastic Banana is Not Stupid(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)
23: Dawg's Rag(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)
24: I'll Be The Gambler If You'll Deal The Cards(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

Disc2
01: Sweet Georgia Brown(Great American String Band Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)
02: Bear Tracks(The Hired Hands)
03: Standin' On The Mountain(Buck White And The Down Homers)
04: Pick Away(Jim And Jesse McReynolds And The Virginea Boys)
05: Cotton Mill Man(Jim And Jesse McReynolds And The Virginea Boys)
06: The River Of Jordan(Jim And Jesse McReynolds And The Virginea Boys)
07: Mabeline(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)
08: Johnny B. Goode(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)
09: Dueling Banjo's(Jim & Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys)
10: Instrumental(Norman Blake)
11: Intrumental(Norman Blake)
12: The Wreck Of The Old 97(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
13: Catfish John(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
14: Love Letters In The Sand(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
15: Shackles And Chains(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
16: Prisoner Song(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
17: Jimmy Brown(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
18: I Wonder How the Old Folks Are At Home(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
19: Man Walkin' On The Water(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
20: Keep On The Sunny Side(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)
21: Jesus Loves His Mandolin Player #1(Frank Wakefield with Jerry Garcia)
22: Heartbreak Hotel(Frank Wakefield with Jerry Garcia)
23: Orange Blossom Special(Frank Wakefield with Jerry Garcia)
24: Doc Bog's Country Blues(Doc & Merle Watson)
25: Movin' On(Doc & Merle Watson)
26: Wabash Cannonball(Doc & Merle Watson)
27: Tennessee Stud(Doc & Merle Watson)

Disc 3
01: Talking Fishing Blues(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
02: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
03: Down The Line(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
04: Pretty Boy Floyd(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)
05: Dixie Breakdown(Doug Dillard & Frank Wakefield)
06: Tulane And Johnny(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
07: Cosmic Cowboy(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
08: Jambalaya(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
09: Sally Goodin(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
10: Battle Of New Orleans(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
11: Teardrops In My Eyes(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
12: Bonie Maronie(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
13: Randy Lynn Rag(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
14: Flint Hill Special(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
15: Mr. Bojangles(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
16: Honky Tonkin'(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
17: Diggy Liggy Lo(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
18: Will The Circle Be Unbroken(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
19: Way Downtown Fooling Around(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia
20: Down Yonder(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

Disc 4
01: High Lonesome Sound(Old And In The Way)
02: Pig In A Pen(Old And In The Way)
03: Panama Red(Old And In The Way)
04: Wild Horses(Old And In The Way)
05: The Hobo Song(Old And In The Way)
06: Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie(John Hartford & Friends)
07: Turn Your Radio On(John Hartford & Friends)
08: Electric Washing Machine(John Hartford & Friends)
09: Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew(John Hartford & Friends)
10: Boogie > Jelly Bean Psychedelic Song (John Hartford & Friends)
11: Steam Powered Aereo Plane (John Hartford & Friends)
12: Wheel Hoss(John Hartford & Friends)
13: Peacock Rag(John Hartford & Friends)
14: Foggy Mountain Breakdown(John Hartford & Friends)
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MAF45Z4L 1974-April, Marin Bluegrass, Disc1.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OA5WYX00 1974-April, Marin Bluegrass, Disc2.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NESJOD0N 1974-April, Marin Bluegrass, Disc3.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L78B5W8F 1974-April, Marin Bluegrass, Disc4.rar

Jethro Tull, 8-04-2007

This Jethro Tull recording is from a German radio broadcast The sound is very good. It came with some German DJ chatter at the start and in the middle that I edited out. I haven't seen this on many blogs.

Jethro Tull
Cawl Rockt' open air venue
Marktplatz
Cawl, Germany
8-04-2007
Radio Broadcast

Living In The Past
Jack In The Green
Thick As A Brick
Mother Goose
Bouree
Nothing Is Easy
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath

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John Mayall with Eric Clapton 1965 and 1966

Bluesbreaking-John Mayall w/ Eric Clapton 1965 - 66
This is a compileation of various John Mayall and The Bluesbrakers from the time when Eric Clapton was in the band. It's pretty good considering how old these tracks are.

Recorded 26 April 1965, BBC Radio:
1. Crawling Up A Hill
2. Crocodile Walk
3. Bye Bye Bird
Immediate Records Sessions, May or June 1965:
4. I'm Your Witchdoctor
5. Telephone Blues
6. On Top Of The World
Recorded 28 November 1965, live at the Flamingo Club, London:
7. (Intro) - Maudie
8. It Hurts To be In Love
9. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
10. Bye Bye Bird
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. (They Call It) Stormy Monday
Purdah single, recorded February 1966,
released August 1966:
13. Lonely Years
14. Bernard Jenkins
Recorded 19 March 1966, Saturday Club, BBC Radio
15. On Top Of The World
16. Key To Love
17. Hideaway
18. Little Girl
19. Tears In My Eyes
20. Parchman Farm

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Dickey Betts, Winterland, 12-14-74

This show did not come labeled as far as source but it sounds good and could be a radio broadcast or a soundboard.

Dickey Betts
Winterland
San Francisco, CA
12/14/1974

Introduction / Rain 4:58
Blue Sky 11:05
Hide Away 9:11
Hand Picked 13:54
Long Time Gone 5:32
Southbound 9:06
Old Joe Clark 1:47
Salty Dog Blues 3:13
Carolina 2:24
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby’s Arms 3:29
Hard Time Blues 4:05
Orange Blossom Special 3:08
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 41:19
Ramblin' Man 7:59
Jessica 12:16

Dickey Betts - guitar, dobro, vocals
Jeff Hanna - guitar
Spooner Oldham - organ
Vassar Clements - violin
John Hughey - pedal steel guitar
Oscar Underwood Adams - mandolin
Stray Straton - bass, vocals
Bonnie Bramlett - vocals, percussion
Jerry Jumonville - alto sax
David Walshaw - drums, percussion
Jerry Thompson - drums
Leon Poindexter - acoustic guitar
Walter Poindexter - banjo
Frank Poindexter – dobro

Mp3/128k

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Eric Clapton, 5-21-2001

This Eric Clapton show I have not seen on most of the other blogs so I thought I should post it. The sound quality of this is very good. And it is a bit unusual due to the Impressions as guests in the middle of the show.
Eric Clapton
Philips Arena
Atlanta, Georgia
May 21, 2001
Soundboard

Disc 1:
Key to the Highway
Reptile
Tears in Heaven
Bell Bottom Blues
Change the World
My Father's Eyes
River of Tears
Going Down Slow
She's Gone
It's Alright (with the Impressions)
Finally Got Myself Together (with the Impressions)

Disc 2:
Got You On My Mind (with the Impressions)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (with the Impressions)
Travellin' Light (with the Impressions)
Hoochie Coochie Man
Five long Years
Cocaine
Wonderful Tonight
Layla
Sunshine of Your Love
Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Special Guests:
The Impressions

Mp3/224k
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M3UMQC8W EClapton 2001-05-21 two.rar

Greateful Dead with Janis Joplin, 7-16-70

As you may have noticed it is Janis Joplin day here at Arizona Jones. So here is the Grateful Dead with a guest appearance by Janis Joplin. This Lovelight with Janis and Pig Pen last over eighteen minuites and is classic stuff. The second part after Lovelight was not in circulation for years but surfaced in the very late 90s
Grateful Dead
7/16/70
Euphoria Ballroom
San Rafael, CA
Soundboard

//China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider>
Candyman, Janis's entrance/banter
Turn On Your Lovelight (with Janis Joplin)
Casey Jones, Attics Of My Life
Cumberland Blues, Not Fade Away >
Saint Stephen > Uncle John's Band

most of China Cat Sunflower is missing
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Janis Joplin, 6-28-70

This show is from a tour called the Festival Express that had rock groups tour across Canada by train and play three cities, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary during the summer of 1970. Montreal was initially to have been the fourth city, but this concert was canceled. The acts included The Grateful Dead, The Band, Buddy Guy, Janis Joplin, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Sha Na Na, Mountain, Delaney & Bonnie, and Traffic and Ten Years After. The last two only performed in Toronto. So here is a set from the tour by Janis Joplin. Oh yea, it sounds great!
Janis Joplin,
Toronto
Festival Express
6-28-1970
Soundboard

Tell Mamma, Half Moon
Move Over, Maybe
Summertime
Little Girl Blue
That's Rock 'N' Roll
Try, Kozmic Blues
Piece Of My Heart
Cry Baby
Get It While You Can
Ball And Chain

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Janis Joplin, 2-12-69

This is a nice quality soundboard recording of Janis Joplin doing her thing.
Janis Joplin
Fillmore East
New York, NY
2-12-1969
Soundboard

Raise Your Hands, As Good As You've Been
Maybe, Summertime, To Love Somebody
You're the Only One Who Really Knows
Walk Right, Work Me Lord
Piece of My Heart, Ball and Chain

Mp3/192k

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Big Brother and Janis Joplin, 6-23-68

Big Brother and the Holding Company is a rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane. They are best known as the band that featured Janis Joplin as their lead singer who joined the band in 1966. Their 1968 album Cheap Thrills is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco.

Janis Joplin: Vocals
Peter Albin: Bass
Sam Andrew: Guitar, Vocals
James Gurley: Guitar
David Getz: Drums

Big Brother and The Holding Company
Carousel Ball Room
San Francisco, CA
6-23-68
and The Avalon Ballroom 1968
Soundboard

Combination Of The Two, I Need A Man
Flower In The Sun, Light is Faster....
Summertime, Mr. Natural
Bye Bye Baby, Woman Is Loser
All Is Loneliness, Call On Me
Ball And Chain, Down On Me

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Backpacking Big Pine Creek, Eastern High Sierra

I know this blog is called Arizona Jones and much of the outdoor stuff is from Arizona. But Arizona Jones is me and not a place so I will give you outdoor adventures that impacted me. Such as the Lake Ediza backpack story. So here is another Eastern Sierra trip that I found to be amazing. It is to The North Fork of Big Pine Creek in the John Muir Wilderness.
This trip is to a valley nestled high in the Eastern Sierras at the base of some of the highest peaks in the entire Sierra Nevada range. These peaks are just shy of the height of Mt. Whitney. The basin contains at least eight lakes and some fantastic scenery and is also the site of the southern most glacier in the United States, the Palisade Glacier. This trip starts at a parking area just 1/2 mile east of Glacier Lodge (a good place to get a shower once you return). The trailhead that you start at is at 7,750 feet and you take the North Fork Trail from there. The trail at first heads west along a south facing ridge with sage brush, and bitter brush with just a few pines. There is heavy exposure to the sun and little shade so get an early start. The climb at first is moderate and the trail is well maintained. As you climb you have great views across the valley to the Middle Palisades (14,040) and the valley of the South Fork of Big Pine Creek. After only a mile the trail turns northwest and you come to a nice sized waterfall called First Falls. At 1.6 miles from the trailhead there is a trail intersection. The right or northeast direction takes you steeply up to Baker Creek, the left trail descends down to a picnic area at the end of the road, and the middle is the North Fork Trail and what you want. Soon after you will pass a second water fall called Second Falls.
The trail does a few switch backs and then parallels the North Fork and you start having more abundant tree cover. This is a welcome relief from the sun exposure. Soon you reach an more lushly vegetated area with some aspens called Cienega Mirth where you will see a stone cabin that was built by the movie star Lon Chaney three miles from the trailhead. You are now at 9,220 ft. elevation and have climbed 1420 feet in three miles. After this the trail climbs some more and First Lake comes into view along with towering and rugged looking Temple Crag. First Lake is around 4.5 miles from the trailhead and is at 9,900 ft elevation. Near here, there is a trail junction and a trail cuts off to the right and steeply climbs switchbacks up an exposed ridge to Black Lake at 10,625 foot elevation. I took this route and returned back down the North Fork Trail making a loop trip. As you climb up the Black Lake trail you have amazing views across the valley at First and Second lakes and the Palisade Crest.
We camped at Black Lake our first night and were pretty happy. We had this lake all to our selves and the view across the lake to the Palisade Crest is great. Trout are abundant in this lake and the water comes alive with jumping fish at twilight. We thought this lake was pretty nice and would have been happy if this was our destination. But the next day we found that this valley has so much more to offer. The next day we headed farther west and climbed over a ridge and after about a mile or so we came to beautiful Fourth Lake (10,750 ft). Fourth Lake has really great views of the very impressive Palisade Crest mountain group of Temple Crag (13,000), Mount Sill (14,162), North Palisade (14,242) Thunderbolt Peak (14,000), Mount Winchell(13,768), and Mount Agassiz (13,891), The lake is a centrally located lake and and there is a four way trail junction near it that leads north to Sixth Lake (11,090 ft.)and Seventh Lake (11,210 ft.) or West to Fifth Lake (10,750 ft.), south back down North Fork Trail to Third Lake (10,400 ft.), Second Lake (10,000 ft.), and First Lake or back east to Black Lake. We took the north pointing trail around the west side of Fourth Lake up to Sixth and Seventh Lakes and explored for the day. Sixth and Seventh Lakes are up high in a bowl at the end of the valley. And the trees are smaller and stunted as you are above 11,000 feet and almost above tree line. and just west of them are some impressive mountains. One is called Cloud Ripper and is 13,501 feet tall. After exploring these two lakes we ending up finding our way back down an unnamed trail to Fifth Lake were we camped for the night. This lake is magnificent with an amazing blue color. This photo below is as we were coming down to Fifth Lake from Sixth Lake
Fifth lake is 6.5 miles from the trailhead if you come directly up North Fork Trail. Seventh Lake is about 8 miles from the trailhead. That evening we saw this amazing spectacle as the sun went down some of the peaks were just glowing. I think the term for this phenomena is "alpenglow". I knew then why Ansel Adams called the Sierra Nevada the "Range of Light".
The next morning we woke early to explore some more and found that on the trail between Fourth Lake and Third Lake (about a half mile above Third Lake) is a trail that takes you south and up steep switchbacks to a meadow called Sam Mack Meadow (seen below). This was amazing place above the tree line where there was only short grass. Here the water was coming right out of snow pack and waterfalls were numerous forming a beautiful blue stream. This trail continues to climb even higher over a bare rock ridge up to the Palisade Glacier. This glacier photo is the only one that I did not take but I felt you should get a good glimpse of it so I tracked this photo down. The Palisade Glacier is at 12,400 feet and is around 9.0 miles from the trail head. I could have spent several more days exploring this valley and not ever tired of the spectacular scenery. On our return we went back by the route of the North Fork Trail and took our time stopping at Third Lake, then Second Lake, and finally First lake as we traveled back down the valley.
Whoever named these lakes was not very creative. These three lakes below the glacier have amazing colored water from the glacier melt and great vistas of rugged Temple Crag and the Palisade Crest. This lake basin is just a great place to explore yet it is relatively easy to get to and a short hike for Sierra Nevada standards with very big payoffs. And if you want more and are an experienced outdoors type there is a faint trail above Seventh Lake that climbs north above the lake to a gap and then drops you down into Thunder and Lightning Lake and you could return by the Baker Creek Trail making a close to 20 mile loop trip. If you like to fish, most of the lakes in this basin have trout and the upper ones are said to have Goldens.
To camp overnight you need to obtain permits that I you can obtain on line from the forest service. Entry to the North Fork of Big Pine Creek is limited to twenty five people per day. Wilderness permits may be reserved or obtained on a walk-in basis also. In most areas, 60% of the space may be reserved in advance; the remaining 40% of space is set aside for visitors who come to the area without reservations. When traveling overnight in the Sierras you should store all your food in bear canisters for safety. I never saw any bears however.
For More Information
White Mountain Ranger Station,
798 N. Main St. Bishop CA, 93514
(760) 873 2400
or go online to:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/wild/howto.shtml
Big Pine Creek is located near Big Pine, California. To get to the trail headtrailhead you turn off of HWY. 395, west on Crocker Street in Big Pine and continue about 11 miles up into the mountains to the trailhead parking lot on the right. If you get to Glacier Lodge you passed it by a half mile.