Saturday, April 13, 2019

KLEM FM

Overheard at Lem's:
"We have gotten a stupid amount of rain this year and a break would be nice."
Be careful what you wish for, Sixty:

3 comments:

The Dude said...

You mentioned Hendrix in a comment in the previous post and I didn't get to see him, ever. He played at Merriweather Post Pavilion and my friends saw him there. I was living in Woodstock N.Y. at the time, so I missed that gig. I came back to Maryland and I saw The Who play at Merriweather. They had some Who-clone band open for them - you know, bass, guitar, drums and a singer. Yep, it was The Zep. They weren't exactly my cup of tea, but you know how opening acts are.

The next time I missed seeing Hendrix was when we left Woodstock the festival prior to his performance there. Bad timing, again.

But back to his gig at Merriweather - my friends told the story of a thunderstorm rolling through the area while he was on stage and they claim that he did a call and response with the thunder. Seems plausible, but then again, I didn't see it so I will not attest to the veracity of that statement.

It's nice to see the actual hall where the drums were recorded so nicely - nothing beats natural ambiance when it comes to making good music.

The Dude said...

I can imagine governor Hedy Grange saying "That's Hedley Grange!"

ndspinelli said...

Hendrix was one of few military veteran rock n' roll stars.