tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post289301148280295237..comments2024-03-13T13:22:59.628-07:00Comments on Rock Prosopography 101: July 22, 1967 Springhill Road, Lafayette, CA: Country Joe and The FishCorry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-28881747785665199012021-12-09T06:16:44.706-08:002021-12-09T06:16:44.706-08:00We had just moved to Lafayette, living not far fro...We had just moved to Lafayette, living not far from the Canyon Ranch. My older brother (16) and I (14) went. He walked off with a broken bass drum head signed by Steve Miller after their set. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537200861511138923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-75516691177130103462021-07-25T06:41:19.334-07:002021-07-25T06:41:19.334-07:00Correction to my above comment. The second concert...Correction to my above comment. The second concert occurred at St. Mary's College on Labor day Sept. 4th, 1967. Roberta Llewellyn Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571735834315947855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-61745541051901690662021-07-24T10:26:45.257-07:002021-07-24T10:26:45.257-07:00Oh man, I wish I could have been there.Oh man, I wish I could have been there.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-68624006825555257192021-07-23T18:11:05.196-07:002021-07-23T18:11:05.196-07:00Two Canyon events occurred as benefits for Canyon ...Two Canyon events occurred as benefits for Canyon with Country Joe and the Fish, The Young bloods, Phil Ochs, the Ace of Cups, and many others. The first one was July 16th, 1967, the second one was on Labor day Sept. 4th 1967. It was at the Geodesic Dome called the APSE outside - i attended both of them and cooked for the first one July 16th 1967. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571735834315947855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-24743537125440960082021-01-02T08:38:25.052-08:002021-01-02T08:38:25.052-08:00The solo guitarist looks very much like Paul Arnol...The solo guitarist looks very much like Paul Arnoldi.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212506413302199102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-25529689979821226182021-01-02T08:30:32.841-08:002021-01-02T08:30:32.841-08:00A second hand painted poster surfaced - it is also...A second hand painted poster surfaced - it is also in England in safe keeping now.<br /> Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212506413302199102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-73213409779345862992018-03-22T14:48:06.704-07:002018-03-22T14:48:06.704-07:00My band The "Blues Union" was also there...My band The "Blues Union" was also there although we as well never had the opportunity to play. We also missed the free pancake breakfast which I still pine about...Keyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842470428378289389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-30571276622647221572016-09-01T06:37:55.868-07:002016-09-01T06:37:55.868-07:00A good spot Brad - I had not linked the two.A good spot Brad - I had not linked the two.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212506413302199102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-58771693328570689582016-08-12T23:20:56.034-07:002016-08-12T23:20:56.034-07:00It appears the cameraman was filming Country Joe a...It appears the cameraman was filming Country Joe and the go-go dancer for the 1968 film "Revolution". Fortunately, someone has put a clip on Youtube- forward to 4:00 for the CJF footage; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEIsVo3kpuYbrad kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960922433733920558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-84663992738618440352016-04-08T08:30:10.890-07:002016-04-08T08:30:10.890-07:00Moby Grape played the Canyon School, but it wasn&#...Moby Grape played the Canyon School, but it wasn't much of a gig. The Menzies girls were there, though, so a good time was had by all!<br />jimstinnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067242347045595327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-37989997431039890692016-04-08T08:28:34.627-07:002016-04-08T08:28:34.627-07:00But is the John Bear Trail still open? Wait, here ...But is the John Bear Trail still open? Wait, here comes Super Joel with Chico and Adrian in the VW bus.... boinggggg....jimstinnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067242347045595327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-37775173894971787732013-12-06T14:18:36.443-08:002013-12-06T14:18:36.443-08:00Nice to see Buckeye Ranch get proper credit. It w...Nice to see Buckeye Ranch get proper credit. It was run by Bob and Heather Keeney (not Keener). They rented the land, and eventually moved their entire operation north, to the Vacaville area.Dick Cortenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045521767449048676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-53755294631355903802013-05-14T09:52:27.191-07:002013-05-14T09:52:27.191-07:00exactly the same for me.....moraga misfit flower c...exactly the same for me.....moraga misfit flower child spent as much time in those trees as possible!hollyalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812806056517619562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-8614329274764078512013-05-11T18:09:38.494-07:002013-05-11T18:09:38.494-07:00I also Frumious Bandersnatch at Kings Beach in Tah...I also Frumious Bandersnatch at Kings Beach in Tahoe about the same summer. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465745581010506858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-52761429018689390792012-09-13T15:28:50.555-07:002012-09-13T15:28:50.555-07:00That 7/16/67 poster is for the "Restoration o...That 7/16/67 poster is for the "Restoration of the Canyon Community Center"(says so on the right side of the poster). <br />Is this a separate place than the Canyon General Store?Jerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-58180834285090694982012-09-13T15:19:04.002-07:002012-09-13T15:19:04.002-07:00Just got this email from the Pricipal of Canyon El...Just got this email from the Pricipal of Canyon Elementary School:<br />"Canyon School is a public school and the Grateful Dead did play here in 1967, in our apse (I’ve attached a picture). I could not find out what date the concert happened. If you come across any photos of this event, we’d love to have them for our archives.<br />The store was called the Canyon General Store. It burned down in a gas line explosion."<br /><br />Let me know if you need any more information.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Chris Kerrigan<br />Principal/Teacher<br />Canyon Elementary SchoolJerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-89346520203757967902012-02-09T06:31:09.602-08:002012-02-09T06:31:09.602-08:00The July 16 event saw Country Joe and The Fish, Pa...The July 16 event saw Country Joe and The Fish, Paul Arnoldi, The Youngbloods, Blackburn and Snow together with the Notes From the Underground played a benefit for the Canyon Store. The photographs are not from that event but the July 22 event.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-88650644178862413562012-02-08T17:35:57.567-08:002012-02-08T17:35:57.567-08:00If you suggest the pictures above are of the show ...If you suggest the pictures above are of the show on the 16 of July which you say I must have attended, that's not true. I was in the schoolyard until around midnight, and you're right...no Dead. See the dome at 19:10 on the video aired a year ago on KPIX 5.<br />http://canyon.k12.ca.us/canyon-video/Brian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969721259065208895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-80690969171153167592012-02-08T16:53:57.153-08:002012-02-08T16:53:57.153-08:00Just to be clear, the whole business of the Gratef...Just to be clear, the whole business of the Grateful Dead playing Canyon comes mainly from me, and it's a false trail. The friend of mine who took the photos recalled the show as Canyon and that the Grateful Dead played, but she said that she left or ran out of film before they played. I combined this with other ephemeral rumors, some of them related to the Aug 16 Canyon show, and became convinced there was a "lost" GD/CJF show in Canyon. This was about 20 years ago.<br /><br />Thus all the references in Deadbase, etc, come from me. They are wrong. Eventually I found the listing of the Buckeye Ranch, and my friend remembered that it wasn't Canyon (she lived in Lafayette and may have gone to the Canyon show too). <br /><br />The Grateful Dead never played Canyon. It sounds right, and I wish they had, but they didn't. <br /><br />FWIW, I like the idea that the "solo artist" is just a guy soundchecking for his band.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-90302157533678266622012-02-08T05:51:42.349-08:002012-02-08T05:51:42.349-08:00I would love to go back into Canyon (I misspent a ...I would love to go back into Canyon (I misspent a whole lot of time in those woods in my youth) and talk to some old timers, though "trust of outsiders" was never a defining feature of Canynonites in my time.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-3837058940035836332012-02-08T02:47:49.343-08:002012-02-08T02:47:49.343-08:00Brian, thanks for your memories. The Canyon show y...Brian, thanks for your memories. The Canyon show you recall is certainly the July 16 event where Country Joe and The Fish, Paul Arnoldi, The Youngbloods, Blackburn and Snow together with the Notes From the Underground played a benefit for the Canyon Store. There is a really nice and well known handbill for this event and a poster, hand painted by Paul Arnoldi that sat in the window of the Canyon Store before the event and now resides here in England. I suspect that your recollection of Phil Ochs is really one of Paul Arnoldi who would have been a solo guitarist. As an aside, Country Joe and the Fish had flown up from LA in the afternoon to play this show after completing their set at the Fantasy Faire around 2PM so the equipment would have been a back line provided by the promoter rather than the band’s equipment on stage – although investigation shows the organ to have been David’s. Another aside, Barry is playing the Mr & Mrs Martin Dimbatt purchased for him – another story for another day. <br />The Lafayette at the Casa Loma Swim Club discussed in the main article is interesting as we know that only some of the bands showed up and played, and at some point there were complaints about the noise and the resultant injunction named Country Joe and the Fish specifically. Nobody seems to know who the solo guitarist is but it has been noted that the show was probably recorded (as a tape recorder appears on stage). I also note that the stage has no drum set at the time the solo performer was photographed. The very thin crowd at that point, many not paying attention, may imply he was simply tuning up prior to playing with his band later. We may never know. <br />Finally, I am yet to be convinced that the Private School Benefit in September did not take place. It has always been proposed that Country Joe and The Fish, the Grateful Dead and Johnny Talbot and De Thangs played. Perhaps one for checking out further.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-90880138694958144872012-02-08T00:30:34.044-08:002012-02-08T00:30:34.044-08:00I was with several friends that day in Canyon, but...I was with several friends that day in Canyon, but I don’t remember very much about it. I was 15 and just becoming aware of the world, as it were. I’m pretty sure it was on Monday September 4th, which was Labor Day. <br />We all lived about a mile south of the top of Pinehurst Rd, on Skyline Blvd. We heard about it just after noon and didn’t get there until 3 or 4 o’clock. Some people were building a stage with a geodesic dome shell made of railroad ties.<br />I’m pretty sure the Youngbloods were there, perhaps Notes from the Underground and Country Joe. I remember two things for sure: Phil Ochs was there and sung ‘A small Circle of Friends and Tom Waits ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking (not me)’.Brian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969721259065208895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-44884438010456770402010-09-01T12:15:44.547-07:002010-09-01T12:15:44.547-07:00Critter, a Campolindo graduate has done extensive ...Critter, a Campolindo graduate has done extensive research on that legendary show, and its a great read which can be found here<br /><br />http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2010/01/gd-may-16-1969-campolindo-high-school.htmlCorry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-83519473978404607362010-09-01T11:57:09.863-07:002010-09-01T11:57:09.863-07:00Another sidenote, I grew up in Moraga, CA and went...Another sidenote, I grew up in Moraga, CA and went to Campolindo HS...all though years later than all of this. Alot of my friends are from Canyon, CA and it was really hazing on who was playing these shows as well. Interestingly enough, the Grateful Dead did play @ Campolindo High School on May 16th, 1969 (according to some reports, Jerry got pissed they wouldn't let him smoke in the auditorium and left) and the recording is awful but it's funny to think they played the prom (I also learned that Santana was also there). Interesting read for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667800298422570910.post-84075320476106586842010-08-03T16:48:57.758-07:002010-08-03T16:48:57.758-07:00If the Ye Gods and Little Fishes event was the Jun...If the Ye Gods and Little Fishes event was the Junior Prom, they would have indeed graduated in 1968.<br /><br />I guess the Palo Alto High School class of 1969 missed on getting Santana last year. There's still time for the Paly class of 1970 to get Cold Blood.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.com