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twirlgrrl ([personal profile] twirlgrrl) wrote2008-08-10 08:26 am
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The 9 days of Jerry ended yesterday

It all rolls into one
And nothing comes for free
There's nothing you can hold for very long
And when you hear that song
Come crying on the wind
It seems like all this life was just a dream



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0LORi2XHc
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[identity profile] twirlgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I have Festival Express. I love it so much. I love Janis, and that scene where she's ribbing Jerry is priceless. Also seeing Jerry drunk, and that song he sings about the cold Jordan. Those are my absolute favorite moments. What a PARTY that trip was. And it's funny, my favorite Janis video (which is not available on DVD yet dammit) shows her talking onstage about something that "we were just saying on the train." So it's from that tour. :D

I love your dad's stories! That's great! One of my best friends' moms started the Family Dog with Chet Helms, who was the guy who brought Janis out from TX to get started here in SF. She has some great stories too. I need to go get more of them out of her. :)

Hey, haven't I seen you dancing naked around a fire?

[identity profile] alexisyael.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Another of my favorite stories from my dad is about him playing poker with the Ramones. Yeah, he's cool!

My mom was friendly with Jerry's wife. They both went to the same crazy New Age church.

Maybe it was a naked moshpit? (yeep!)

[identity profile] twirlgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Which wife?

Naked moshpit, now *that* is a recipe for serious injury!

[identity profile] alexisyael.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
AFAIK, his widow, Deborah Koons (who I don't think my mom liked very much? But... I may be wrong on that.)

Serious injury, or lots of *ahem* "injuries?" :rowr

[identity profile] alexisyael.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
She might also have known Mountain Girl, you never know... my mom was friends with Jeannine Parvati Baker in college (who tried to get her to have a VBAC, but mom was too scared to attempt it).

Yeah, my mom's stories are pretty trippy, too (for example, she hitchhiked to Altamont from Santa Rosa (where she grew up) and was there when the person got killed by the Hell's Angels.
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