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A little more Betty be ok…

Well, the recent GD thread (below) has pushed along some more chatter from friends of the Jive on “The Betty Boards”. HERE‘s a nice piece on Betty from Relix fwd’ed by a Reno Jiver, which led to this good NPR read on Betty herself and some of the women behind The Dead: “Do you want to talk to the man-in-charge, or the woman who knows what’s going on?”.

For a taste of Betty’s work, here’s my pick for a mile-deep GD groove, this chunk of Franklin’s Tower from Buffalo, NY May ’77: https://archive.org/details/gd77-05-09.sbd.connor.8304.sbeok.shnf/gd1977-05-09d1t03.shn

GREAT Grateful Dead public portal

As any Deadhead worth their salt already knows, the good ol’ US Library of Congress has massive archives that include master audio files [Betty’s direct mix in many] for dozens of their live shows. If you want to veer off into spinning around in the black lights while huffing on your bong, this is the place. Patchouli not included: https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead -click on: “Collection”

An interesting set of sessions with the band and Bob Dylan rehearsing pre-tour in San Rafael HERE.

Boob Toob Picks – about RADIO!

See what the DJ’s are watching on their pages or get highlights over in the right column under“Tech Tips & BooB TooB Picks.”
Suggestions for watching on the subject of great (and otherwise…) radio & music:
  • Sex & Broadcasting (WFMU)
  • Radio Unnamable (Bob Fass)
  • New Wave – Dare To Be Different
  • FM (the movie)
  • Stretch & Bobbito – Radio That Changed Lives
  • Somewhere Out There (Joe Frank)
  • http://www.outermostradiothefilm.com/
  • Pump Up The Volume
  • Pirate Radio
  • The Agronomist
  • Radio Days
  • 1 Giant Leap “what about me?”
  • Genghis Blues
  • Empire Of The Air (PBS)

Tiny’s Prime Prine & a COVID warning.

Sister Tiny has put together 2 hours of her favorite John Prine songs for us. They will air this Sunday at noon and Tuesday at 5pm. Please pass the Jive &  join us!

Or, LISTEN NOW:

Tiny’s John Prine Goodbye:

Hour 1:

Hour 2:

And here’s a cute little note we caught on Redding TV newcast from our local sheriff ‘Tex’ Dowdy:

JOHN PRINE……has left the building.

one of the GREAT singer songwriters has passed on.  yep, a victim of the corona bug.  john prine was 73, and his death wasn’t a shock.  his family announced last week that he had been admitted to a nashville hospital, and that things weren’t going well.  john, in his seventies, had danced with cancer often these last few years, so he fit the profile of a person who was going to struggle with this virus.  and sure enough….the bug was too much.

hey, john effing prine was too much!  so if you feel like doing some prine time today, here are some quick suggestions that can’t miss.  his first record now can be seen as a towering achievement in folk rock acoustic coolness.  called John Prine, it’s just way good.  also terrific listens are Sweet Revenge from ’73, his “best of ” record called Prime Prine will obviously work, and then you got The Missing Years from ’91, and the awesome Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings from ’95.  all really really really really good records.

yes, a tribute show is gonna get done.  what the heck, it’ll be far more rewarding than watching another crummy science fiction flick on NF!

 

 

R.I.P. John Prine

From Fiona Whelan Prine…

Our beloved John died yesterday evening at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville TN. We have no words to describe the grief our family is experiencing at this time. John was the love of my life and adored by our sons Jody, Jack and Tommy, daughter in law Fanny, and by our grandchildren.

John contracted Covid-19  and in spite of the incredible skill and care of his medical team at Vanderbilt he could not overcome the damage this virus inflicted on his body.

I sat with John – who was deeply sedated- in the hours before he passed and will be forever grateful for that opportunity.

My dearest wish is that people of all ages take this virus seriously and follow guidelines set by the CDC. We send our condolences and love to the thousands of other American families who are grieving the loss of loved ones at this time – and to so many other families across the world.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the outpouring of love we have received from family, friends, and fans all over the world. John will be so missed but he will continue to comfort us with his words and music and the gifts of kindness, humor and love he left for all of us to share.

In lieu of flowers or gifts at this time we would ask that a donation be made to one of the following non profits:

thistlefarms.org
roomintheinn.org
nashvillerescuemission.org