Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
I ought to get going, I shouldn’t stay here / And love you more than I do / ‘Cause you’re so much younger than I am / Come up the years, come up the years / And love me, love me, love me…
This week was Paul Kanter’s turn to “buy the farm.” Not too many people I know are fans of the Jefferson Airplane, but there is no doubt Paul and his band mates were at the heart of the psychedelic revolution.
In truth, at his moment in history when being young was “IT,” this guy was a fucking rock star. The Airplane had everything—talent, style, sex-appeal, and the one of the biggest hits of 1967 as millions of teenagers turned on to the sounds of San Fransisco psyche. It truly was a moment in time when music lead to a revolution. So for 2016, let’s pay tribute to yet another.
Coincidently, I’ve been reading John Glatt’s behind the scene account of The Fillmore, Bill Graham, Grace Slick, and others. Even stranger, I listened to “Blows Against The Empire” only days before Paul’s departure. (And what a day for Airplane fans with the band’s original singer, Signe Toly Anderson, passing on that same date.)
OK—too weird. Time to “psychedelicize!” Here this week’s mix to fill the heart and calm the soul. Warm super bowl sunday predicted in the Canyon…
The Idelic Hit of the Week:
Cat’s Eyes – Chameleon Queen
Unknown Mortal Orchestra offers a psychedelic drum solo.
