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Inna house!
@Moe’s. 1st time back since the pandemic.
Needed my bass fix. An enabler partner in crime got me out. It was supposed to be the Meditations but they had to cancel last minute.
Happy earthstrong Robert Nesta Marley!
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02-08-2025, 02:16 AM
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Misread the ticket and got there an hour before doors opened so I hung out at Marshall’s & walked past the academy & flavors dispensary & Starbucks & a new place that’s got a few good reviews called Tortillas. Looked like Chipotle.
Boom Draw opened. It was all about these two older gentlemen - bass & rhythm guitar. They hit that sweet spot between roots, ska & rock steady with a Santa Cruz lilt. Very irie and I was front of stage.
A bunch of friends found me there at FOS my enabler Ben who I was expecting, DJ Spleece, DJ Aye Que Linda (they had a rough separation last summer and I’m not sure how things stand), Dorothy & Raj - a stoner surfer couple, parents of one of Tara’s high school friends - I didn’t recognize Dorothy at first and had to cheat by looking her up on my phone. Also saw Maureen, the Mom of. JM doc who is in deep. She just did Rotodum in Spain - a massive well known reggae on the beach.
Ginger Root was a ginger with a mighty dread and a super gaudy shirt. He had this 80s pop lilt but achieved some very danceable almost disco moments. Ben & I were still FOS. He was backed by the Dukes and they were hard. I enjoyed the bass and lead guitar.
Fully Fullwood lead singers were great - a Rasta with Toots gospeelesque roots and a stunning female singer. DM turned to Ben & said ‘You know, if she asked me; I’d shank you in the kidney. But it’s unlikely that’ll happen so no worries.’ He quipped back ‘I’d shank myself if she asked.’
When Ben texted me yesterday that he bought a ticket, he was all ‘No pressure’. I replied with a YouTube of Toots doing Pressure Drop. When the band went into Pressure Drop, I proclaimed that the Force was with me.
At one point, Fully asks for a joint. A big dread behind us that was huffing so much smoke he made me cough standing next to him whipped out a beauty - traditional tobacco-rolled. The lead dude huffs it while going into this super Stoney groove, then passes it to Ben who indulges and then passes it to me but I passed because I’m avoiding smoking nowadays with so many edible options. Then security busts Ben so he puts it out and leaves it on a stool on stage. After the show was over, it was still there until Ben went half. It was a long leftover, was lit h 2 inches left. The Force was with Ben too.
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Last night I was admiring a Sea Shepherd hoody that another patron was wearing. The SS is a rebel ship that fights against whalers and is docked in San Diego. We’ve toured it.
This morning, top of my sitonyourfacebook feed is an ad for Sea Shepherd. I never said that or took any pix of that guy. I support SS but I’m creeped out that fb knew.
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One more thing - the lead guitarist reminded me faintly of tg, that is if tg was a hammy guitarist inna reggae band.
Why aren't there any banjos in reggae?
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Bela Fleck might have tried that.
Once a bluegrass band (maybe New Grass Revival?) opened for the Dead, and they did a reggae song. It might have been The Harder They Come. I can't remember. You were there DM. Maybe you remember?
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I don’t remember a bluegrass opener. I remember Bela Fleck opening for Jerry at the Greek.
I searched ‘reggae banjo’ on YT and came up with a lot of crappy music.
And this. This I found amusing.
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Concert Archive, I found that show. It was 12/31/89. The Dead, Bonnie Raitt, and New Grass Revival. It had setlists, and New Grass Revival played One Love. That was the only New Year's Dead show I ever saw. I was thinking it might have been an earlier show in that run. Apparently New Grass Revival broke up right after that. Bela Fleck played banjo for them at that time, so there's your reggae banjo.
And found a video, but of the studio version:
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02-11-2025, 10:41 AM
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Nice. That kinda works. I forgot about that NYE show.
Been posting vids of the show on my IG. You can see the tg clone there. In retrospect, he doesn't look as tg-esque as I thought that night but I was in a different state of mind.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8DmueP_Z0/?img_index=3 (3rd frame)
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I've heard that I look a bit like Christopher Titus...also, when people forget my name, they usually try calling me "Chris" first.
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Our admin is named Bill, so I get called that a lot. Wrong old guy.
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