7/3/2018
Monday, June 25, 2018
The Stigmatics
Photo: Lucille Mutty
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Friday 22 june 18, jeannie johnston pub jamaica plain
mass. well i cant say enuff great things about this place: Midway
west; O'Brien's south. a pub with food! (the Irish hoagie is bangers
on a hoagie and there IS bangers and mash!) Simone Berk
will ill, so Kid Gulliver went on as a trio, the
guitarist singing. Playing by window, on floor, then p.a. it WAS cantone's
'78, so with guitarist singing, imagine 1978 cantone's J wendell
angel singing "My little girl". He writes the toons, Simone
sings 'em, so I go "you're peter townshend, she's Roger Daltry!".
Next up was Stigmatics, again, Pete MacCormack
tilts his head and plays a Rickenbacher, all neo-Felice (kinda like
"neo-beat"); maybe the Neo-Kids? But Bob Roos did
some good riff to chords riffs (Kenne and kasuals "journey though
tyme" with Roger the engineer Jeff Beck licks) and/or James Williamson
playing "sympathy for the Stooges" (you gotta be a serious record
collector to grok this mishegas, or else a blieb alien!). Lastly,
club linehan-a -go-go and who else opens with hawkind's
"silver machine", a promo 45 Greg Shaw at united artists sent the
Rock On crew back in '72?! Pete macCormack, like Mach Bell,
got "So Excited", I invited him up to harmonise on "last tyme" so
i could concentrate on getting Keith Richarrd exact; birth of the
CLAGGmatics! John Keegan used TWO saxophones, but
only singularly, he wasnt Rahsann Roland Keegan.....yet! Joe
Quinn and Kevin Linehan were such a tight
rhythm section, as was all the bands; you aint got a rhythm section,
you aint got shit and the Yardbitds "aint got you"! we got TWO encores....maybe
"last time" but then Pete's friend Lucille (born 17 Nov!) and i were
discussing Lil Richard so I threatened to sing "Lucille" so we learnt
it ONSTAGE and I surely got to "Be More Flamboyant", running out of
words and morphing to "tutti frutti".....WHOOOO!!!!!! how come all
Penniman's songs sound like "jailbait janet"? answer...he stole from
me! whoo!!!! lastly, look at the MUSCIANS whom came to pay tribvte
to his Royal Highlandness: Hi Ends/stop calling me frank....did i
mention stigmatics did "dont talk to me" (GG Jabbers!)/"waitin' for
lou reed" and fucken Thunders "born Giroux (to lose; same thing!)"....Cantonian
prservation society in full force and me morphing from the King into
colonel tom parker: "if y'all like us so much let's do a gig!" or
lissen to Fear's "let's have a war!
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
saturday 23 june 18. Ken Kaiser ended up doing two
gigs in 24 hours, club linehan-a-go-go did THREE,
"I wanna burnout!" (Gruberger Brothers version!). A bloke
kevin linehan, drummer, worked with had a quincy mass porchfest: highlights:
Kev's son was in a teen combo (age 16) with music teacher on bass,
Jimmy Page Jr. on guitar using a marshall he kindly lent me backline,
and a young lady could sing "dazed and confused" as well
as young Linehan (playing since age 3,16 now; a Jay Gruberger on drums!)
and "Page Jr", age 16 and Berklee-bound DID nail the solo!
Club Linehan-ago-go rocked but was Quincy ready for Hawkwind covers
and John "Eno" Keegan twirling a wind machine above his
head (or mask nozzle; BGN staff SHOULD see this!) Mike quirk and Joe
quinn holdin' it down on guitar and bass and with that Marshall, I
was Rockin' the Fillmore! ("we go 'ome on monday"....)....Runaways
After Dark, young Aiden in a teen "punk" band (they
damn sure looked like the Runaways!),all North Shore kids,16-17,talented,singer
very dramatic....I encourage these REAL Kids to play music all i got
was "well kenneth are you making any money?" aye, a penniless
minstrel, I! The Disquiets LOVED us doing "Bo
Diddley" so opened with "blue moon of kaintuck" done
Bo Diddley style through a Brian Setser guitar that sounded like Ted
Nugent with full distortion. MAGGY'S in quincy, a club they played,
MJ Quirk swapped contact info. lastly, a band of older gents doing
'70s r&b like "how long"-ace,"right place wrong
tyme"-doctor john and that Chris Isaak hit that sounds like Roy
Orbision. onto Granite Street Cafe for Yukiko's birthday!
c/o MJ Quirk, i know John Keegan saw me buy her a shot of albanian
raki (schnapps). which is truth serum: "no, kenne, you are not
as good as Ace Frehely because you need higher shoes" kampei!
after that she sang a whitesnake song with Lindsey and Masa. "Gonna
Find Me a substitute" drummer was Al hendry, Satoru from tokyko
tramps let me borrow his fuzzbox, I sounded like Leslie WEST, "missippi
queen" was soundcheck! there's probably more, but reality check
is I must start my day job! Future/Gigs: rib-a-geddon,south boston
and geezer's bbq,stoguhton mass. contact me for details: Stalkers
invited!"
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Sunday
24 june 18. saint john the baptist southend greek picnic 2018. Ken
and Gee Julie never been to this' [un,around corner from south end's
eliphant walk but they were very welcoming, gave tours of icons etc.
big ass lamb plate $20. band was good: drums/guitar/keyboards/mandolin;
male/female vocals. worth pondering; infleunce of traditional Greek
music on Aphrodite's Child (answer: just add Procol Harum/Moody Blues/Vanilla
Fudge!). AND in strange synchronisity, hearing that Chris Isaak hit
that sounds like Roy Orbison at quincy porchfest, I'm not AT LARGE
southend GREEKfest and the greek band sings it in english! very comfortable
couch in the cuisina/taverna, band was so soothin' that.....I'm usually
SNOORY til 0100 and George Noory!!!!
Friday,
June 29, 2018
Thor's Day,28 june 18. Janet Connerney,
whom i somehow met through Natalie Flanagan at
tavern at end of world, sent me an invite for acoustic solo set,
mix of songs and covers at The Bebop, 1116 boylston street, boston
mass. go where Loony Tunes was, then Lil Steven's pizza (1968) where
when I roadied for Dave bass at Channel ca. '81-'82 (Young Snakes?)
"let's like have a SLAB, man!!!!" thus "slice"
begat 'slab". No Giztotircal monument there this BeBop is alright.
VEGETARIAN shepherd's pie, $15 ,$3, english brekkfast tea (past
tea tyme but england in bluidy world cup, so cheers, then)...There's
a lotta different music here, Berklee kids, but it wont beat Young
Snakes TC's Lounge friday 13 march 81 as i snuck in some vodka to
drink with my soda....wicked shitfaced and Aimee mann!)....there
is a bluegrass jam and music even during brunch. kinda like middle
east bakery but Berklee. Janet's covers and she played them left-hand,
but took it too far: flettwood mac's 'landslide", "daydream
believer","these boots are made for walking","you
dont mess around witrh jim" and "build me up buttercup";
I can imagine me and Jody URBATI (cuzzins through same mayflower
descendant) playin' 'round cambridge/somerville ca. 2001. My weekends
so far seem kinda open, no gigs til Rib-a-geddon in two weeks maybe
BUT walkin' through Boston Garden and trains this morn ran into
Rockin' Bob Cenci! 11 minute KENversation (my mother
is good for a half hour non-stop) but I even will get to the point:
friday 20 july 18 Jerry's Kids/Moving Targets (with
Kenne Chambers!) middle east, I may even go, though
I have greeedy Geezer's cookout next day WHICH Rockin' Bob played
once or so with me plus his "folk-punk' band battle Green whom
I enjoyed....Al Hendry on drums in THAT also! or, my final quip
"ya live the north shore, yer ruhts (roots) are th' south shore!'
that would be cars' 'all mixed up" b/w "get back to where
you once belong"! |
