NRPS 12/15/73  DAVE TORBERT plays his ALEMBIC BASS ,as Well as John Dawson playing his ALEMBIC Guitar !  Jerry Garcia playing a Fender Telecaster !!! ________Like WOW, MAN!!!

Wherever could that Torbert bass be? It just vanished...

I was watching this remastered video of Fleetwood Mac from a 1976 concert the other night. It's interesting that he's always played an alternate bass for 'So Afraid' I think maybe because it's down-tuned. Still does, as of the last time I saw them do it. Anyway the Alembic is behind him in a stand.



Right near the end a couple frames something caught my eye... just beyond John, it looks like someone wearing an Alembic t-shirt. I don't recognize them. Could be anyone I guess. Might not even be what I think. Right at 4:40.


*screenshot added...

   I met Mr.Dave Torbert in the 1980s at one of his gigs with King Fish during the period after Mr. Bob Weir had left the band. I was helping an opening act with their equipment when he asked me if I would be so kind as go bring the King Fish guitarist Mr.Robbie Hoddinot  who was resting ,to the stage . I remember leading Robbie to his rig and handing him his guitar and telling him that after he has it in his hands ,I would flip the stand by switch on the back of his amp. They played great ! I was very sad when Dave passed away and Robbie as well .

  In regards to Fleetwood Mac ;I have always wanted to jam with Mr.Mick Fleetwood the Drummer, whom I highly regard as to his chops and playing .

Quote from: sonicus on December 01, 2024, 08:47:47 AM
NRPS 12/15/73  DAVE TORBERT plays his ALEMBIC BASS ,as Well as John Dawson playing his ALEMBIC Guitar !  Jerry Garcia playing a Fender Telecaster !!! ________Like WOW, MAN!!!

While singing Chuck Berry. Wow. Great find.

Re: Fleetwood Mac (my quote function stopped working months ago...) -

What a great performance by a band nearing their peak. Nice footage too. It's too bad Stevie has her back to the camera most of the time, and Chris gets no camera time at all, but Buckingham is just killing it.

Best version of any Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. song ever? 

Peter (who doesn't think he's seen Bridget Kearney on electric before - and prefers her upright work)

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 03, 2024, 09:33:10 PM
Best version of any Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. song ever? 

Peter (who doesn't think he's seen Bridget Kearney on electric before - and prefers her upright work)

Yeah, that's nice this morning. Made my brain work too. I really gotta' get a better bluetooth speaker in the shop. In Bridget's defense, I don't know what she'd have played on an upright bass that would have served that song any better. The liitle double-stops and occasional strums on the Hofner (?) kinda' fit. She is such an outside-the-box bassist though, I'm guessing she would have played an entirely different passage, and it would have been great...

Went down the rabbit-hole... (it's Coz' fault) Leaving On  A Jet Plane, John Denver w/ Mama Cass Elliot, from the pilot episode of Midnight Special.




I had to do some hunting to figure out who played upright bass here... Dick Kniss, played with Peter, Paul, & Mary. Found it on a Guild forum.

I gotta' get back to work in here. 

John and Cass have such amazing voices in the previous post. Just as I was about to go to bed again, this pops up.

Wow superb. I wonder if Jimmy J has played with John McLaughlin?

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on December 04, 2024, 03:00:04 AM

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 03, 2024, 09:33:10 PM
Best version of any Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. song ever? 

Peter (who doesn't think he's seen Bridget Kearney on electric before - and prefers her upright work)

Yeah, that's nice this morning. Made my brain work too. I really gotta' get a better bluetooth speaker in the shop. In Bridget's defense, I don't know what she'd have played on an upright bass that would have served that song any better. The liitle double-stops and occasional strums on the Hofner (?) kinda' fit. She is such an outside-the-box bassist though, I'm guessing she would have played an entirely different passage, and it would have been great...

I concur.

Peter

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on December 04, 2024, 03:27:09 AM
Went down the rabbit-hole... (it's Coz' fault) Leaving On  A Jet Plane, John Denver w/ Mama Cass Elliot, from the pilot episode of Midnight Special.




I had to do some hunting to figure out who played upright bass here... Dick Kniss, played with Peter, Paul, & Mary. Found it on a Guild forum.

I gotta' get back to work in here. 

Best thing about that was getting to actually see a Guild F-612; the proverbial hen's teeth.

Peter

Just stumbled upon this 30 year old 9.5 minute "photofilm" about the Dead by ...of all people ... ready for it ... Paul and Linda McCartney!   Whooda thunk it?
This 9-minute film was created from photos of the Grateful Dead taken by Linda McCartney in Central Park, NYC (5/5/68) and at 710 Ashbury in SF (12/1/67).   It was shown at film festivals in 1996.

Bill, tgo

Well, Phil did date Linda (one time) back when she was still just a groupie with a camera.

Peter

The Devil Makes Three: 

Peter