Tim O'Brien 12-07-08

This is a fine bluegrass show with Tim O'Brien backed by one of the finest guitar players in bluegrass today, Bryan Sutton.
Tim O'Brien
2008-12-07
The Station Inn - Nashville, TN
Soundboard matrix

-Set One- (64m)
01 Introduction
02 Train On The Island
03 Walk Beside Me
04 Kitchen Girl
05 Hoss Race
06 Where's Love Come From
07 Red Dog In The Morning
08 The Garden
09 Groundspeed
10 Working On A Building
11 Heck Among The Yearlings
12 Everything Fades
13 Making Plans
14 Christmas Time's A Coming

-Set Two- (76m)
15 Look Down That Lonesome Road
16 Wicked Messenger
17 Pistol Packin Mama
18 Busted
19 Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
20 Let's Go Hunting
21 Cornbread Nation
22 Get Out There And Dance
23 Crooked Road
24 Jack Of Diamonds >
25 Sugar In The Gourd
26 My Rose Of Old Kentucky
27 Hangman's Reel
28 You Don't Have To Move That Mountain
29 Tombstone Blues
(E)
30 Norwegian Wood
31 Brother Wind


Tim O'Brien - Vocals, Mandolin, Bazouki, Fiddle
Bryan Sutton - Guitar, Vocals
Danny Barnes - Banjo, Vocals
Dennis Crouch - Bass

Mp3/320k
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Rick Griffin, Artwork

One of my favorite artists of all time is Rick Griffin. Yea I know, not very cultured, when I could be saying Michelangelo, Rembrant, Piccaso, Van Gogh, Da Vinci, Monet, Rubens, Matisse, or even Joseph Turner. Yes these are all great fine artist and I do love looking at their works as well as many others. You see I was an art major in college, and I do understand fine art. But I was also a product of my time and my location. I went to high school and college during the 1970s in California and lived near the beach and had jobs doing commercial and graphic art. And my musical tastes were that of jazz and progressive rock, and the Grateful Dead. Rick Griffin was also a product of the California beach environment in fact he went to the same high school I did (more than 10 years earlier) and he did artwork for some of the musical acts that I loved. In fact he helped create a style of art that was synonyms with the late 60s and early 70s musical scene. He created a lettering style that represented the psychedelic movement of the time and even designed the logo for Rolling Stone magazine.
Early in Rick Griffin's life he fell in love with surfing and in high school he would spend time drawing surf pictures and he created a surfing cartoon character called Murphy. By the time he was out of high school his artwork had been published in surfing publications, and even on the covers of surfing music albums. After graduation from high school he became a staff artist for Surfer Magazine. Surfing art would continue to be a part of what Rick did throughout his career.
At the time he was more interested in music than art and a rock band he was in decided to move to San Francisco in 1965. At one of their first gigs Rick drew a promotional poster and the poster drew more attention than the music and Rick decided to switch to art instead of music. This was at the beginning of the psychedelic scene in San Francisco and there were two main producers of concerts, the Family Dog and Bill Graham.

Both of these promoters used posters to advertise their events and both used Rick Griffin. As the popularity of the music scene grew nation wide so did the audience for Rick's art.
Rick used heavy symbolism and bright colors, stark graphics, a radical lettering style, along with his comic book style, and it caught on quickly.

During this time Rick produced an amazing number of works that are widely recognized even today. The most notable being the "Flying Eye" poster for a Jimi Hendrix concert. Even at this point in his career he was producing images that came out of his questioning and seeking the spiritual. The flying eye image was to represent the all knowing or seeing eye of God just like the image he used from the dollar bill earlier in his career. It was a manifestation of the artist’s inner turmoil as he agonized between love of the spirit and love of the body.
While many of the "hippie" generation were experiencing the same struggle, few used it as the catalyst to produce great art. Rick eventually found the answer to this duality in Jesus latter on. In late 1969 Rick's attention returned to the comic book art that he had started with but this time with more of the underground comix of the time. For a time he was doing both comix and poster art but soon he moved back to Southern California and continued comic book art and returned to contributing to Surfer Magazine. He was also working on artwork for a surf movie called Pacific Vibrations that he was also seen surfing in.

Around this time Rick had a child and you could see in his art more spiritual subjects surfacing in different ways. Here it surfaces in a Murphy the Surfer comix.
During this part of Rick's life you can tell he was involved in an internal struggle and it was showing up in his art and he produced a underground comic called "Man From Utopia" that had radical symbolism directed at the creation, the struggle of good and evil and Jesus.

This first one speaks of evil and it's attack on "eyes" or trying to keep us spiritually blind.

This next one is a symbolic character of death. And the one after depicts eve in the garden and original sin being the silver dagger in the heart. This last one is about a white night that shines light and turns the night into day, Jesus. Shortly after finishing this he gave his life over to Jesus Christ. After this Rick Griffins art focus changed and soon you could see his belief in Christ surfacing in his comic book art. Even his character Murphy the surfer was leading people in prayer and then seeing symbolic visions of God.

Around this time he did a series of travel comix that took us to different places like Maui and Mexico.

The Mexico one had a thinly veiled reference to missing the mark and a way to be perfect in spite of yourself (Jesus).

In a 1974 interview Rick said, "It's weird about Jesus freaks. I wonder why they call them Jesus freaks? Well, actually the word 'Christian' was derogatory at one time too. They called them Christians in derision. The word Christian means the same thing as Jesus freak; someone who's tripped out on Christ, someone who identifies with Christ so much, that that becomes the purpose of their life, to bear witness to Christ. That's what I like to do. I like to talk about Jesus." So Rick continued doing art buy doing album covers for Christian rock bands, but still continued doing secular projects but often inserting Christian subject matter like his "Wake Of The Flood" album cover showing the reaper coming for the harvest.

Apparently Rick drew this in 1973 after reading Revelation 20:13. In 1975 he did an album cover for an English rock band called Man and the image was "The baptism of Alfred E. Newman" the main character from Mad Magazine.
Mad Magazine did not allow the use of the Alfred E. Newman image and the artwork had to be cut and trimmed to just show the fish. Rick worked on an illustrated version of the Gospel Of John for the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa that had gospel text that was paraphrased by Chuck Smith. This is the picture used for John 1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. At this time he was now using his graphic style in black and white but painting more and doing less of the offset lithography style of his earlier rock posters. Here are some of the paintings from this time period that were used in the Gospel of John Project.

This one depicts Jesus walking on water as in John 6:20 where Jesus said "It is I, be not afraid.
This one depicts Jesus on a donkey entering Jerusalem as in John 12: 13-15. In the 1980s Rick continued his relationship with the Grateful Dead by doing the Reckoning album cover in 1980 and their 20th anniversary logo in 1985 along with several T-shirt designs.

Ricks last Grateful Dead projects were the Without a Net album cover and the Europe Tour posters art in 1990.

Rick died in a motorcycle accident on 8-15-1991 at 47 years of age.

Only One Way In

One Way In
I hear people say “all paths lead to God” or “All religions lead to the same place”. Well I have to say don’t lump belief in Jesus Christ with that same place, or just one of the many paths. People will say I sound narrow minded by saying Jesus is the only way to God. The truth is I would like to be open to all paths leading to God, that would be nice, but I can’t. I would like it if all ways lead to the same God, but I can’t say that I believe that and believe in Jesus. The reason is that this is not my claim, or my interpretation, or my invention. Jesus said He was the only way, it’s His claim, not mine, and it is the claim of the people who wrote the New Testament who knew Jesus first hand.
Jesus said “I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the father , but through me (John 14:6). Not one way but THE WAY. He also said “For unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins.” (John 8:24).
Jesus also said “Broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14).
Jesus also said this about other ways in. “He who does not enter the sheep fold by the door, but climbs in another way, the same is a thief and a robber. (John 10:1) And Jesus said this “Most assuredly I say to you I am the door of the sheep.” (John 10:7). So here it is in John 10, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved.” (John 10:9). Again not a door but THE DOOR. Apostle Peter said it this way in Acts 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved”.
God said it this way (Isa. 43:11; Hos. 13:4) “I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no savior besides me”. But Scripture also says that Jesus is the only savior. How can that be? Because Jesus is also called “God and Savior” (Titus 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:1) and “Lord and Savior” (2 Pet 1:1, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18). He is the only savior, for the simple reason that He alone is the only person that was both God and man. In fact, the four Gospels are filled with instances in which Jesus commanded people to follow Him (Mark 1:17, for example). Yet the bible says we are only to follow God Himself (I Kings 18:21). We are to follow Jesus for the simple reason that He leads to God and is God Himself (see “Who Is This Jesus” in this blog). No mere human being can save us – no priest, rabbi, pope, guru, or prophet. They promise much but deliver nothing, only Jesus defeated death. The priest with his beads and candles is not any better than the witch doctor with his feathers and bones. They are not in the same class with Jesus.
Intolerance?
So this may appear to be intolerant but would a religion or belief system that taught that everyone goes to heaven be a good one? We would all like to think that we and our loved ones will all go to heaven. Yet if everyone automatically goes to heaven, then this would include evil people as well as good people. Should an unrepentant killer go to heaven? Should someone who enjoys torturing people, or who molests children and feels no guilt, go to heaven? If not, then you would agree that there are cases when it's morally right for people to be excluded from heaven. Is that being intolerant?
Christianity does not teach that only Christians deserve to go to heaven. The truth is, it teaches that no one deserves to go to heaven, because we have all done wrong during our lives (Rom 3:23) and any sin excludes us. According to the bible we can only go to heaven by repenting of our wrongs, accepting Jesus Christ's death as payment for our wrongs and deciding to follow and worship him as Lord. The principle is that Jesus is the only way to God, not any particular church or denomination (Jn 6:40). Thus, salvation is accessible to everyone and is intended by God for everyone: Turn to me and be saved, all you to the ends of the earth. (Is 45:22) This is not intolerant but all inclusive.
Look at what is said in 1Tim 2:1 and 3-6, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone...This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men”. (See also Is 49:6, 52:10, Rev 5:9.) Indeed, there are people "from every nation, tribe, people and language" who will be saved (Rev 7:9). This is not exclusive at all, Christianity is inclusive. Anyone who chooses to accept Christ as Lord and Savior is included and has equal standing with all other Christians before God. I’m no better than anyone, I deserve the same as everyone else, to not get in. And only by grace do I get into the place where God resides.
“Well We Are All God’s Children” Are we?
Here is another one that I hear a lot “Well we are all God’s children”. Truth is according to the bible Adam was made in God’s image. But he didn’t keep up the image. And everyone born since has been born in Adam’s image not God's (Genesis 5:3) Adam begot a son in his own likeness. Everyone after Adam was in the sinful nature image of Adam, not God’s perfect image. So the only way back to being God’s children is to be adopted or married into the family. That why the bible calls the Christian believer the bride of Christ. Galatians 3:26-28 says this about those who believe in Jesus, You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Again not intolerant but all are welcome to be “sons of God”.
Religion is man’s invention and attempt to get to God. But the bible makes it very clear “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9). If we are going to be saved from sin and know God, it must be through God’s way not a way of our own making. We cannot know God by human wisdom or philosophy (Col. 2:8; I Cor. 1:21). Why? It is because our minds are spiritually blinded by sin. The fact is, most of us are running from God, not trying to find Him (Rom. 3:11). There is no “sincere seeker,” and even if there was, sincerity itself is not enough. We need truth, not merely sincerity. One can believe something and be sincerely wrong. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Pro. 14:12). How foolish, then, is the nonsense that says, “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are sincere.” It does matter. It is a matter of life and death. God doesn’t say, “Pick a card, any card.” God says, “Follow Jesus Christ.” and Him alone.

Nor can any of us earn the right to know God. Good works are indeed our duty, but they do not earn a ticket to Heaven (Eph. 2:8-9). No man can ever come to know God by saying enough prayers, contributing to charity, fasting, attending religious meetings, lighting candles, trying to keep the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule, being baptized, joining a lodge, or any other good work or ritual. When would you know if you were good enough? And who would be the measuring stick? Doing good does not cancel out bad things, a crime is still a crime if done by me or Mother Teresa.

God’s way of salvation is only by God’s grace. God grants us the high privilege of knowing Him and His forgiveness solely by His free love, mercy, and forgiveness. We could never do enough good works to merit that. Also, this salvation is received by faith alone, not by human merit (Gal. 2).

What Does God Think of Other Religions?
God says in the bible over and over that He alone is the one true God (e.g. Isa. 44:6). The God of the bible utterly condemns atheism, polytheism, pantheism, and dualism. The God of the Bible says He is our creator and all other “gods” are false gods. So according to the bible Allah is a false god; Brahman is a false god; Krishna is a false god. They are mere idols. Scripture goes so far as to say that they are really demons (I Cor. 10:20). Obviously belief in the God of the bible eliminates belief in these others, so you can't say it fits into the "all ways lead to God" theory

Likewise, the bible says all the prophets of other religions are false prophets. Jesus said, “All who came before me were thieves and robbers” (John 10:8). They were wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matt. 7:15). They did not get their messages from God, and therefore they cannot lead us to God. In fact, they only lead away from God. This applies to their writings as well (the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, etc.). God Himself said, “If they do not speak according to this Word [the Bible], it is because they have no light in them” (Isa. 8:20). Simply put, if the bible is truth then one cannot know the one true God by reading the religious texts of non-Christian religions. Why? Because they all point away from Jesus not to Him. We know God only through reading God’s true book, the Bible.

So, then, “Comparative Religion” is wrong to assert that “All religions are basically the same.” Such a claim is utter nonsense. Islam and Judaism believe in one God; Hinduism believes in many gods; while Buddhism believes all is God. They contradict each other and so cannot all be true. However, there is a sense in which they are all alike. They are all not pointing to Jesus as the only way. Some are closer to truth than others. But none of them lead to God. Any belief that points you away from Christ is the spirit of Antichrist (counterfeit Christ). Paul warned of false religions, including perversions of true Christianity, in Gal. 1:9, “If any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let him be accursed!” It sounds dangerous to try that path.

The good news is that God does have a way of salvation. He has given us a bridge whereby we can know Him. Jesus Christ is that bridge, and it is for everyone. Are Christians dogmatic to say that Jesus is the only way to God? Yes. We are dogmatic because God is dogmatic. Why do we believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to God? Because Jesus said so and he proved He is worth listening to by fulfilling over 300 prophecies, and doing an uncountable number of miracles and then coming back from the dead. His credentials are unquestionable. And why do we tell others? Because God loves them as much as he loves us. And doing anything else is telling them to “Go to Hell”. And that’s the only thing that I’m intolerant of.

Only One Way In

One Way In
I hear people say “all paths lead to God” or “All religions lead to the same place”. Well I have to say don’t lump belief in Jesus Christ with that same place, or just one of the many paths. People will say I sound narrow minded by saying Jesus is the only way to God. The truth is I would like to be open to all paths leading to God, that would be nice, but I can’t. I would like it if all ways lead to the same God, but I can’t say that I believe that and believe in Jesus. The reason is that this is not my claim, or my interpretation, or my invention. Jesus said He was the only way, it’s His claim, not mine, and it is the claim of the people who wrote the New Testament who knew Jesus first hand.
Jesus said “I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the father , but through me (John 14:6). Not one way but THE WAY. He also said “For unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins.” (John 8:24).
Jesus also said “Broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14).
Jesus also said this about other ways in. “He who does not enter the sheep fold by the door, but climbs in another way, the same is a thief and a robber. (John 10:1) And Jesus said this “Most assuredly I say to you I am the door of the sheep.” (John 10:7). So here it is in John 10, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved.” (John 10:9). Again not a door but THE DOOR. Apostle Peter said it this way in Acts 4:12, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved”.
God said it this way (Isa. 43:11; Hos. 13:4) “I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no savior besides me”. But Scripture also says that Jesus is the only savior. How can that be? Because Jesus is also called “God and Savior” (Titus 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:1) and “Lord and Savior” (2 Pet 1:1, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18). He is the only savior, for the simple reason that He alone is the only person that was both God and man. In fact, the four Gospels are filled with instances in which Jesus commanded people to follow Him (Mark 1:17, for example). Yet the bible says we are only to follow God Himself (I Kings 18:21). We are to follow Jesus for the simple reason that He leads to God and is God Himself (see “Who Is This Jesus” in this blog). No mere human being can save us – no priest, rabbi, pope, guru, or prophet. They promise much but deliver nothing, only Jesus defeated death. The priest with his beads and candles is not any better than the witch doctor with his feathers and bones. They are not in the same class with Jesus.
Intolerance?
So this may appear to be intolerant but would a religion or belief system that taught that everyone goes to heaven be a good one? We would all like to think that we and our loved ones will all go to heaven. Yet if everyone automatically goes to heaven, then this would include evil people as well as good people. Should an unrepentant killer go to heaven? Should someone who enjoys torturing people, or who molests children and feels no guilt, go to heaven? If not, then you would agree that there are cases when it's morally right for people to be excluded from heaven. Is that being intolerant?
Christianity does not teach that only Christians deserve to go to heaven. The truth is, it teaches that no one deserves to go to heaven, because we have all done wrong during our lives (Rom 3:23) and any sin excludes us. According to the bible we can only go to heaven by repenting of our wrongs, accepting Jesus Christ's death as payment for our wrongs and deciding to follow and worship him as Lord. The principle is that Jesus is the only way to God, not any particular church or denomination (Jn 6:40). Thus, salvation is accessible to everyone and is intended by God for everyone: Turn to me and be saved, all you to the ends of the earth. (Is 45:22) This is not intolerant but all inclusive.
Look at what is said in 1Tim 2:1 and 3-6, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone...This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men”. (See also Is 49:6, 52:10, Rev 5:9.) Indeed, there are people "from every nation, tribe, people and language" who will be saved (Rev 7:9). This is not exclusive at all, Christianity is inclusive. Anyone who chooses to accept Christ as Lord and Savior is included and has equal standing with all other Christians before God. I’m no better than anyone, I deserve the same as everyone else, to not get in. And only by grace do I get into the place where God resides.
“Well We Are All God’s Children” Are we?
Here is another one that I hear a lot “Well we are all God’s children”. Truth is according to the bible Adam was made in God’s image. But he didn’t keep up the image. And everyone born since has been born in Adam’s image not God's (Genesis 5:3) Adam begot a son in his own likeness. Everyone after Adam was in the sinful nature image of Adam, not God’s perfect image. So the only way back to being God’s children is to be adopted or married into the family. That why the bible calls the Christian believer the bride of Christ. Galatians 3:26-28 says this about those who believe in Jesus, You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Again not intolerant but all are welcome to be “sons of God”.
Religion is man’s invention and attempt to get to God. But the bible makes it very clear “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9). If we are going to be saved from sin and know God, it must be through God’s way not a way of our own making. We cannot know God by human wisdom or philosophy (Col. 2:8; I Cor. 1:21). Why? It is because our minds are spiritually blinded by sin. The fact is, most of us are running from God, not trying to find Him (Rom. 3:11). There is no “sincere seeker,” and even if there was, sincerity itself is not enough. We need truth, not merely sincerity. One can believe something and be sincerely wrong. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Pro. 14:12). How foolish, then, is the nonsense that says, “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are sincere.” It does matter. It is a matter of life and death. God doesn’t say, “Pick a card, any card.” God says, “Follow Jesus Christ.” and Him alone.

Nor can any of us earn the right to know God. Good works are indeed our duty, but they do not earn a ticket to Heaven (Eph. 2:8-9). No man can ever come to know God by saying enough prayers, contributing to charity, fasting, attending religious meetings, lighting candles, trying to keep the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule, being baptized, joining a lodge, or any other good work or ritual. When would you know if you were good enough? And who would be the measuring stick? Doing good does not cancel out bad things, a crime is still a crime if done by me or Mother Teresa.

God’s way of salvation is only by God’s grace. God grants us the high privilege of knowing Him and His forgiveness solely by His free love, mercy, and forgiveness. We could never do enough good works to merit that. Also, this salvation is received by faith alone, not by human merit (Gal. 2).

What Does God Think of Other Religions?
God says in the bible over and over that He alone is the one true God (e.g. Isa. 44:6). The God of the bible utterly condemns atheism, polytheism, pantheism, and dualism. The God of the Bible says He is our creator and all other “gods” are false gods. So according to the bible Allah is a false god; Brahman is a false god; Krishna is a false god. They are mere idols. Scripture goes so far as to say that they are really demons (I Cor. 10:20). Obviously belief in the God of the bible eliminates belief in these others, so you can't say it fits into the "all ways lead to God" theory

Likewise, the bible says all the prophets of other religions are false prophets. Jesus said, “All who came before me were thieves and robbers” (John 10:8). They were wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matt. 7:15). They did not get their messages from God, and therefore they cannot lead us to God. In fact, they only lead away from God. This applies to their writings as well (the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, etc.). God Himself said, “If they do not speak according to this Word [the Bible], it is because they have no light in them” (Isa. 8:20). Simply put, if the bible is truth then one cannot know the one true God by reading the religious texts of non-Christian religions. Why? Because they all point away from Jesus not to Him. We know God only through reading God’s true book, the Bible.

So, then, “Comparative Religion” is wrong to assert that “All religions are basically the same.” Such a claim is utter nonsense. Islam and Judaism believe in one God; Hinduism believes in many gods; while Buddhism believes all is God. They contradict each other and so cannot all be true. However, there is a sense in which they are all alike. They are all not pointing to Jesus as the only way. Some are closer to truth than others. But none of them lead to God. Any belief that points you away from Christ is the spirit of Antichrist (counterfeit Christ). Paul warned of false religions, including perversions of true Christianity, in Gal. 1:9, “If any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let him be accursed!” It sounds dangerous to try that path.

The good news is that God does have a way of salvation. He has given us a bridge whereby we can know Him. Jesus Christ is that bridge, and it is for everyone. Are Christians dogmatic to say that Jesus is the only way to God? Yes. We are dogmatic because God is dogmatic. Why do we believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to God? Because Jesus said so and he proved He is worth listening to by fulfilling over 300 prophecies, and doing an uncountable number of miracles and then coming back from the dead. His credentials are unquestionable. And why do we tell others? Because God loves them as much as he loves us. And doing anything else is telling them to “Go to Hell”. And that’s the only thing that I’m intolerant of.

The Waybacks, 6-19-07

Here is another real nice Waybacks recording. If you like acoustic music this is for you. Loads of talent in this band!

The Waybacks
Hideaway BBQ
Raleigh, NC
06-19-2007
Soundboard

Disc 1
1. Intro
2. Been Around
3. TBC
4. Tired Of Always Being Right
5. Train On The Brain
6. Daughter Of A Conjugal Visit
7. Loner
8. The River
9. Gulshion Island
10.The Blacksmith

Disc 2
1. Intro
2. City Boy
3. Alone
4. Don't Laugh
5. Beyond The Northwest Passage
6. When You Are Near
7. St. Stephen > The Eleven >
8. Brown Eyed Women
9. The Petrified Man
10.Black Cat
Encore
11.Intro
12.Bright Place

Mp3/vbr
Download Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DYT9GPWI WAYBACKS2007-06-19.SBD_vbr_mp3.zip

Arches National Park

Arches National Park is a gem of a place. While it doesn't have the amazing vast views of the Grand Canyon, or the awe inspiring sheer cliffs of a Yosemite or Zion (though it does have a little of that), for me in it's own way it is just as special. Arches has the largest collection of natural rock arches found anywhere in the world. It is not a very big place as far as National Parks goes, but it packs a lot into a small space. This makes visiting it easy for all types of people of all ages and ability. I have been there several times and it never gets old for me. What I love about it is the scale of things is small enough that you can climb around in it and feel like a part of it yet there is also an amazing size in some cases as well. This really isn't a place to rock climb massive cliffs (though there are some big and awesome cliffs and spires in the Courthouse Towers area) but it is a place to climb around on rocks like a kid on playground equipment. While some of the arches are truly massive many are delicate and beautiful works of stone art. The arch formations are made up of a salmon pink shade of sandstone called Entrada Sandstone. The larger cliffs and spires in the park I believe are made of Navajo Sandstone. There are small junipers and pinion pine trees through out the park but for the most part this is a high desert environment. Arches can be divided up into five main parts: Courthouse Towers, The Windows, The Fiery Furnace, The Devils Garden, and Klondike Bluffs.

The first area called Courthouse Towers is all about very large redrock cliffs and tall spires. To best see this there is a short one mile trail that takes you through a gap in the rocks called Park Avenue. There are also several noted rock spires or monuments with whimsical names like the Three Gosips, Tower Of Babel, The Organ, and Sheep Rock. Most of these can be seen from the road. Here is a view of the Three Gosips taken from the road.
The next area The Windows area has short walks to some of the largest and beautiful arches that could be imagined. Double Arch is located here and is one large arch that splits and branches out into two.

It is grand in size with the larger opening measuring at over 148 feet across and 104 feet high. If you look very closely there are actually people sitting up in the opening in this photo to give some scale. Just southeast of this arch are three other large arches, Turret Arch, and the two Windows (two large arches in one long rock). The North and South Windows are also called the Spectacles because when viewed from east side they look like a giant pair of eyeglasses placed on the ground.

The larger of the two openings (South Window) is 115 feet across and 56 feet high. Right near these two amazing arches just to the west is turret arch.

Turret Arch is a strange rock formation with a large arch (65 feet high opening) and another smaller arch. And coming up out of the same rock as the arch is a spire or turret sticking up on one side. Here is a photo of Turret arch viewed from the west so you can see one of the windows through it in the background. All three of these are just a short easy walk from the road.

The third major area called the Fiery Furnace is known for it's assortment of red spires and fins and tight canyons as well as a few smaller but interesting arches. This area is a maze and now a permit is required to go here. Either with a ranger or not. They are trying to limit impact to the fragile environment. There are also some smaller arches in this area, but to me they are not as impressive as the ones in the Windows or the Devils Garden areas.

The Devils Garden part of the park has at least six or seven major arches. The longest one being Landscape Arch measuring 291 feet from base to base, and it's opening is 105 feet high in the middle.

This is a very long and delicate arch that gets pretty thin in the middle for its long span. A photo just does not capture the scale of this amazing natural sculpture. Many of the arches in this area are smaller and more intimate in size but very beautiful. In some cases they are like picture frames to frame and view the beautiful landscape. In other cases they are like incredible large sculptures to admire and meditate on. The arches in The Devils Garden vary in size from the dramatic to the small, and some are accessible and some are high up in cliffs or rocks. I love this area with it's fin shaped rocks and great views of the La Salle Mountains. It would be a fun place to explore even without the amazing assortment of arches. This previous photo is from the back side of Landscape Arch looking out towards the La Salle Mountains to the southeast. The walk out to my favorite arch of this area, Double O Arch is around two miles one way. Double O Arch has two openings, a smaller one down low you can climb through and a much larger one that is up higher. As you take the walk out to Double O arch you will pass several of the others on the way. I have kept going out past this quite a ways into the fin canyons and camped overnight back in the 80s. It is a beautiful area but a maze of linear rocks that could get you lost if you don't pay close attention as you go.

The last of the five main areas is The Klondike Bluffs. The Klondike Bluffs part of the park is the most remote. There are only dirt roads to access it and this eliminates most of the visitors. I have visited this area by riding a mountain bike on a trail outside of the park up to the park boundary near this Klondike Bluffs and then walking in the rest of the way. In this area there are large rock formations, and again the linear fin type formations. One of the most notable features is a long line of spires called the Marching Men.

There is one more well known attraction that stands alone and is not in any of the five main areas of the park. It is called Delicate Arch. This arch sits out on a beautifully sculptured bare stone ridge top off the beaten path so to speak. It has a 1.5 mile (one way)trail starts at the Wolfe Ranch parking area that goes out to it, with a moderate climb. This arch is sitting on the rim of a slickrock bowl perched on the edge of a steep cliff. The arch is about 52 feet tall. This is one of the most photographed places in the park if not all of Utah. It is the most widely-recognized landmark in Arches National Park and is depicted on Utah license plates and on a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of statehood in 1996. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch. This is the one photo I did not take because I didn't have one that could do it justice. To get a good photo you need to get there at sunset and hope there are not a million people climbing all over the place as is often the case. Here is a site that has some great photos of this amazing landmark to give you a perspective of how it fits into the fantastic stone environment that surrounds it. http://utahpictures.com/Delicate_Arch_Arches_National_Park.php If you are at the Wolfe Ranch parking area I have heard there are some good pictograph panels in the area that I have never seen myself that might be worth a visit if you have the time.

If you visit Arches there is a campground with 50 sites that are first come first serve basis. I camped here once and liked it as far as structured car camping type campgrounds go. The weather here can get very hot in the summer with highs above 100 degrees. The winters can get pretty cold too so the best time is fall or spring. Though the winter can offer up some interesting beauty when snow falls on this red rock environment. Finding Arches National Park is easy its just off the main highway north of Moab Utah.

The Crusaders, 1973

I became a fan of the Crusaders in the mid 70s and was fortunate to see them at what I consider their peak. This is the best unofficial recording I could find of this exceptional band. These guys played on albums by Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Ronnie Laws, and Tom Scott And The LA Express. They created their own soulful and funky southern style jazz fusion sound. This is a very nice recording of some extremely talented musicians.

The Crusaders, with Larry Carlton
Hec Edmundson Pavillion, Seattle, WA, USA
Spring 1973
Soundboard

1. Introduction (0:27)
2. Put It Where You Want It (6:07)
3. Watts Happening (6:32)
4. Message from the Inner City (10:54)
5. Treat Me Like You Treat Yourself (6:31)
6. Eleanor Rigby (7:53)
7. Young Rabbits (3:14)
8. Don't Let It Get You Down (4:20)
9. So Far Away (14:56)

Joe Sample - keyboards
Wilton Felder - tenor sax
Wayne Henderson - trombone
Larry Carlton - guitar
Robert 'Pops' Popwell - bass guitar
Stix Hooper - drums

Mp3/320k
download Link
http://www.mediafire.com/?3q99s1vq5devf97