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April 07, 2008

Concert Time Machine

My brother and I play this game where we try to think of what concerts we would see if we had access to a time machine.  Initially our choices were derived from concert recordings we were already familiar with (the Who's Live At Leeds, Otis Redding's Live In Europe), and then we realized that that'd be counterproductive; we already know what those concerts sound like.

So we narrowed it down to artists and years...say, the Who in late 1968, or one of the nights Albert Ayler's group with Milford Graves played at Slug's Saloon in 1967, or part of Charles Mingus' stand at the Five Spot in 1964 (but on a different show than the one our dad saw, because that'd be weird to run into him).

While perusing Ebay the other day, I found the destination for which I shall program the time machine's coordinates:
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Can't see it?  Look at little closer:
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Of course, I'd have to get there late to avoid It's A Beautiful Day.  But still.

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And then you'd have to leave early to avoid the Yardbirds.

Zing!

But this was the four-piece Jimmy Page Yardbirds! Like Zeppelin without the bloat!

But Zepplin is all about bloat!

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