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THIS WEEK’s Rock’s Backpages home page is a San Francisco Special, with free pieces about so-called “Latin-rock” pioneers Santana(plus an audio snippet of Carlos in conversation in 1977); a wonderfully discursive audio interview with Quicksilver’s John Cipollina from 1984; and free pieces by the great Gene Sculatti, including his 1966 report on the S.F. underground for Greg Shaw’s trailblazing fanzine Mojo-Navigator.
Forsubscribers there’s a wealth of fascinating additions to the RBP Library, including:
- David Griffiths lunching with Pink Floyd’s Nick & Roger in 1967
- Lon Goddard discussing drums with Charlie Watts in 1969
- Stephen Demorest hearing about Patti Smith’s hallucinations in 1978
- Graham K. Smith’s dream date with Sade in 1984
- John Harris wallowing in the mud of 1994’s “Woodstock II”
- Bill Holdship on Guns N’ Roses’ cancelled tour in 2002…
- and Mark Rozzo meeting legendary pop scribe Nik Cohn in 2011…
We’re also saying goodbye to Barry “Eloise” Ryan, saxophonist/bandleader Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, and eccentric Jazz Butcher frontman Pat Fish.
Oh, and don’t miss the new episode of the RBP podcast, with special guest Miles Marshall Lewis talking about Kendrick Lamar, Wynton Marsalis & Bob Marley…
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there…
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ROCK OF THE BAY — The great Gene Sculatti reports on the San Francisco undergroundforMojo-Navigator R+R News in 1966 and looks back on Greg Shaw’s trailblazing fanzine in 2000. Plus Gene delivers the story of Quicksilver Messenger Service(Fusion, 1972) and “reassesses” the legacy of California’s psychedelic capital for RBP in 2010…
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HAPPY TALES — Quicksilver’s brilliant John Cipollinareminisces wonderfully about the Bay Area, Dino Valenti, the Charlatans… and, naturally, the mighty QMS… in the company of San Francisco Nights co-authors Gene Sculatti and Davin Seay (1984).
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LATIN PRIMERS — Philip Elwood sees pioneering “Latin rockers” Santana at San Francisco’s live crucible the Matrix in November 1968 and Crawdaddy!’s Vernon Gibbs takes stock of the fusion superstars following the release of 1972’s Caravanserai. Plus a brief audio clip of Carlos speaking to Steven Rosen in 1977…
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New Arrivals: Attractive copy of THE HAIGHT ASHBURY FREE PRESS - VOL.1, NO.1 (1967).
Premiere issue of this short-lived Bay Area underground. Contents include the editor’s thoughts on Haight-Ashbury as the “new Florence,” coverage of the funeral of Hell’s Angel “Chocolate George,” an articles on Joan Baez, the English Hell’s Angels, and panhandling, with a poem by David Gitin.
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