Bruce Van Dyke’s Tribute to Peter Green

one of the GREAT british guitarists, singers, and songwriters, the remarkable Peter Green went to sleep on July 25th and forgot to wake up.  he was 73 years old.

everybody knows Fleetwood Mac.  but not many know that the band was created by Green back in ’67, along with drummer mick FLEETWOOD and bassist john MACvie.  and many of us don’t know that that first version of the Mac was EXTREMELY popular, at least in the UK.  they were STARS, mainly because of Green, who was really good. the author of Black Magic Woman (yep, that’s a fleetwood mac song covered by santana) and a revered guitarist (none other than B.B. King once said Peter was the only guitarist who could give him chills), it’s obvious we need to pay tribute to his memory and legacy. ~BVD

when it all gets so heh heh HEAVY……..

oh, it was a heavy monday morning.  the news was heavy.  the emails were heavy.  the Facebook posts were heavy.  the dumbells were…….well, you get the idea.  it was all a little TOO heavy.  how to lighten things up just a bit?

you know where i’m gonna go.  it was time for some stone cold JIVE.  i’m tellin’ ya…..it always works.  a nice half hour or more of good ole JIVE RADIO will ALWAYS help your head in some unforeseen way…..and maybe in a foreseen way, too!  as dave crosby once said, Music is Love.  we good with that.  think of Jive Radio as one of those big water trucks that soaks dirt roads to keep the dust down……The Jive Radio Truck is filled with musical love, sprayin’ it all over the dang desert, so just behind it once in a while and soak up that good, nourishing spray for a part of your day.  it will do you no harm…….

(so i click on the Jive and what’s the first song i hear?  Death Sound Blues, by Country Joe and The Fish!  what can I say…..it was just a HEAVY MONDAY!)

Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival! It’s festivaaalll time! July 26 & 27

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Bruce Van Dyke’s Tribute to Robert Hunter

So Robert Hunter just died, peacefully at his home in San Rafael. He made it to 78. No reason for death was given. Ok, fine.  As anybody who loves the Dead knows, without Hunter, The Dead wouldn’t be The Dead. Indeed, when the band was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, Hunter was included. To this day, he is still the only non-performing member of a band to be inducted. Because the HOF people knew that without Hunter, The Dead wouldn’t be The Dead.

So yes….a tribute show will show up in the near future.  you betcha…….

(if you don’t want to wait for an official Jive Trib, here’s a very nice way to do your own.  Many of you undoubtedly have. 1970 was the year that Hunter REALLY stepped up. 1970 was the year Hunter truly became a member of the band, because his songs, written mostly with Jerry, were the foundation for not one but two of the Dead’s greatest studio albums….Workingman’s and American Beauty (Reality).  the Dead made a startling shift from psychedelic fire breathers to sweet semi-country songwriters (heavily influenced by their buddy David Crosby) in that pivotal year, and Hunter wrote the words to no less than 17 of the 18 new songs on these two essential albums. So just kick back and fire up those two discs for your own homegrown Insta-Trib to ole Bob. And then move on to Europe ’72 for the encore!) ~BVD

 

Jive gets some ink…

…in “The Source Weekly”, Bend’s weekly arts & culture paper. It’s in the stands now.  HERE’s the link (click on image):