Travelin’ Music from out on Texas Highway 61

When I was out west earlier this month, an old running buddy — let’s call him Marv — and I grabbed daughter Elly and revisited one of our early haunts, a little blues joint outside Vancouver, WA known as the Cascade Tavern. That night, we were treated to the musical stylings of Bug Henderson, who had been booked into the Portland Blues Festival that weekend until the promoter pulled the gig on him at the last minute.

Bugs was not a happy man about that cancellation — in fact, he put an awful lot of feeling that night into a song about how hard it is to make a living with his “starvation box” of a guitar. But since he was in town anyway, he ended up at the Cascade. His loss was our gain, because he’s quite a picker.

Here he is playing Dylan’s “Highway 61,” Texas blues style. Enjoy your evening folks.

224 comments Add your comment

Don't forget

July 23rd, 2010
8:05 pm

Well, the theme IS travelin music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtDd5htZ_A8&feature=related

One of the best shows I ever saw too.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:06 pm

My link above got cropped. Looks like it will have to be a copy and paste job.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:10 pm

Bruno,

Thanks. That Starship music and video was mesmerizing.

Normal

July 23rd, 2010
8:12 pm

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:12 pm

Don’t Forget,

OK. Here is some travelin’ music, went one is not prepared to travel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I

I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...

July 23rd, 2010
8:17 pm

I got one for you too, shaveit, your little love whine for kookman-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjviMVTRqRc

Just sayin…

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
8:18 pm

Years ago, late 1966 to be exact. I was home on leave after my tour in Vietnam, and had a month before heading off to my next assignment in Germany. So an old girl friend and I decided to head
to Cabo in my 1962 Corvette. Along the way we stopped in San Francisco, and headed for a bar called the Matrix. Going to the restroom I noticed this written on the wall “Conspicuous in absence only” and underneath it was signed by Grace Slick.

In those days Grace Slick and the Great Society used to play at the Matrix all the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NSy4i-5Qxw

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:19 pm

Normal,

Who would have thunk that the Aussies could make a decent guitar let alone play a bottleneck and pick like that?

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:20 pm

Andy,

LOL. Good to see you in the spirit of things.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:26 pm

popeye,

Pretty cool. And SF to Cabo in 1962 Corvette makes me want to pick up my copy of Kerouac’s “On The Road” again.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
8:26 pm

Let’s see if this works. Thanks for the help, RW, and welcome back, Bruno. This too shall pass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d8R09BTOTs

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
8:30 pm

Eyes…Makes me yearn for the good ole days, and having that vette back!

How’d you like the song…She sang it that night. San Francisco in it’s heyday was like no place else!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKeXkhxiq6I

Don't forget

July 23rd, 2010
8:36 pm

Nice choice eyes

How bout a JJ Cale song done by a band from Georgia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpv_yexn_xw

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:37 pm

popeye,

Oh, man, yeah that song. But I don’t have as much hair as I used to you if you catch my drift. :-)

I asked earlier if anyone knew what a Jefferson Airplane originally meant. Do you recall? You will show me something if you do.

Meanwhile, here’s a group I saw on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood around 1965.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWv03Wgz0PQ

RW-(the original)

July 23rd, 2010
8:37 pm

Hillbilly D,

Was there an option in Youtube to make that change?

I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...

July 23rd, 2010
8:38 pm

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
8:38 pm

Fred

July 23rd, 2010
8:42 pm

I dunno who those knuckle dragiing rednecks were Jay, but they are AWESOME. Thanks.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:43 pm

Andy,

You are rockin’ tonight, man. That song makes me want to grab a cold one.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
8:44 pm

RW

I went in without being signed in, so it worked just through pasting the link.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:47 pm

Man, these guys are forever hip. And look at Krupa play those drums!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J5Zt2Obko

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
8:48 pm

Normal

July 23rd, 2010
8:49 pm

Eyes,
I think he was from South Australia… ;)

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
8:50 pm

Eyes… I think it had something to do with weed or a joint (obvious answer) but the exact answer
no clue?

I’ve heard many versions of Hey Joe….But, that one kicked ass!

Don’t Forget…My son gave me that Widespread Panic album for Xmas one year.

Also have the CD with J.J. Cale.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:51 pm

OK, I used the Hillbilly approach.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hziG-cLZW1Y

Josef, watch this.

Normal

July 23rd, 2010
8:51 pm

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:52 pm

Normal,

lol.

I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...

July 23rd, 2010
8:52 pm

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
8:56 pm

“A little corny but still-”

Nothing wrong with corny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDY4nR1IqCs

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
8:56 pm

popeye,

Jefferson is a street in the infamous Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco where the hippie movement began and ended. You created a Jefferson airplane by splitting the side of a cardboard match open enough to allow a joint to fit in. Close the hole in the match by holding both ends and it formed an “airplane” (the joint being the fuselage and the match the wings). Don’t Bogart that joint my friend. ;-)

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
8:58 pm

OK, I used the Hillbilly approach.

It’s crude but effective. :lol:

RW-(the original)

July 23rd, 2010
9:00 pm

Are you guys saying you go to the same music videos when you aren’t logged into Youtube and get a different URL than when you are logged in?

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:01 pm

“welcome back, Bruno. This too shall pass.”

Thanks for the warm reception, HD. My work stress was so high a few months ago that I found myself coming to the blog and popping off at people without meaning to. To Scout in particular, I apologize for being rude to you. However much I disagree with your positions, that’s no excuse for me to be rude. Please forgive.

I’ve been saving this one for you, HD, a nice Bobby Bare song covered by Waylon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XS3IE3ktJ8

@@

July 23rd, 2010
9:02 pm

No Pain No Gain and Mathias Jabs is

tsssssssssssssssssssss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ9Yk6CeSCI&feature=related

Instead of a new life

all they find is a door that’s closed

And they keep looking for a place called hope

White Dove fly with the wind

and take our hope under your wing

For the world to know

that hope will not die

where the children cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbsmEtkq5ss

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
9:02 pm

Normal,

Here is another from that sweet voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZfKcYlefE

RW,

Use Google to get to your song, NOT directly from the YouTube site. Logged on or not matters not. Just Google the song.

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:03 pm

eyes
That was really intriguing!

Normal–
One fantastic woman, she…

RW-(the original)

July 23rd, 2010
9:04 pm

eyes,

I’m not the one having problems, I’m just trying to figure out the one you guys are having.

I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...

July 23rd, 2010
9:05 pm

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
9:05 pm

Eyes… Don’t I at least deserve a set of Ginzus for my wild guess. Kind of like a cheap roach
clip huh?

Wouldn’t dare bogarting man. That was a serious offense. I’ve been to Haight in fact that was
where the Matrix was located. Must have missed Jefferson Street..or I had bogarted the night
before. Oh well!

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:07 pm

“One of the best shows I ever saw too.”

To Don’t forget–I hope you had a chance to see the Dead before Jerry lapsed into a diabetic coma in 1986. He was never quite the same after that. Of course, Jerry at half-speed is way better than anyone else at full speed. The Dead incorporated traveling as a recurring theme in their songs. Here’s one of their most played songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebWm_76riIc

After Jerry passed away, Bruce Hornsby played this song on (I think) The David Letterman Show in tribute. Very moving.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:08 pm

RW

I just checked and it appears to work correctly now, signed in or not. Maybe it was just a glitch or something.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
9:10 pm

popeye,

lol. Yes, a very cheap, but effective roach clip to be sure. Radio Shack alligator clips worked, too.

RW-(the original)

July 23rd, 2010
9:11 pm

Hillbilly D,

Everything I’ve found about this Youtube glitch has people saying that it works and then it stops and then it works again so it must be something Youtube is already working on, but anytime you see that # sign in your URL it won’t work.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
9:11 pm

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:15 pm

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
9:15 pm

Since we are slowly morphing into psychedelic music. Leave you with this one to ponder on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUszp9QFmq4

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:17 pm

“Meanwhile, here’s a group I saw on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood around 1965.”

eyes–Can’t say I agree with much of your politics throughout the week, but you kick some major ass on Friday Night Music. Rock on, dude!!! I love to hear the original versions of songs made famous by others.

I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...

July 23rd, 2010
9:18 pm

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
9:20 pm

josef,

Those were great choices from the Mamas and Papas. Anymore of this sixties nostalgia though and I am going to wish that I could have just one more day in my twenties. Other than all the stupid things I did back then, it was a great time.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:21 pm

RW

I’ll remember that. Thanks for your help, as you’ve probably guessed my knowledge of things computer, is limited.

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:22 pm

okay if the old f*rts have got the roach clips out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvs8tdddn2o&feature=related

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:23 pm

Ed King of the Strawberry Alarm Clock went on to play with Lynyrd Skynyrd for a while.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:26 pm

josef @ 9:22

Thank you for not playing the long version of that. :lol:

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
9:27 pm

josef,

I have heard that one live. That one and “Crown of Creation” by the Jefferson Airplane were the only two songs seemed to jump out of the speakers and knock you on on your a**.

popeye

July 23rd, 2010
9:28 pm

Ah what the hell one more….One of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AHGNYOnqc8

RW-(the original)

July 23rd, 2010
9:28 pm

Hillbilly D,

It’s probably a flaw in my character, but I can’t relax when some weird electronics condition is in our midst. At least on this one we have a couple of workarounds so I’m going to quit trying to slay this beast.

theyeshaveit

July 23rd, 2010
9:30 pm

OK, not the original, but check this out. Turn up the sound!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aWFaZgwerY

Time for me to check now. Nite all.

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:32 pm

HD–No love for the Waylon song at 9:01??? :-(

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:33 pm

one more for the rolling in nostalgia (or a dollar bill!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDVhB0jGP7I

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:34 pm

Enter your comments here

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:36 pm

Sorry Bruno.

I meant to thank you for that but senilty is creeping up on me, I guess. That is a very good song, both by Waylon and Bobby Bare. Didn’t Kris write that?

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:37 pm

I thought it was a Bobby Bare song, but could be wrong on that account.

No problem on the senility factor. I find myself going to that excuse more and more these days…..

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:38 pm

Bruno

I hate when I walk into a room and think, “Now why did I come in here?”.

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:41 pm

josef–Almost had to put on my Ukrainian dancing boots for your 9:33. I’m pretty sure that it was based on a Slavic song.

One of these Fridays, we’ll have to have an “Original Night”, with only the original versions of songs played.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:42 pm

One of these Fridays, we’ll have to have an “Original Night”, with only the original versions of songs played.

That’s a great idea. I nominate Josef to inform the Bruin that we’re taking over the Blog for a night. :lol:

moonbat betty

July 23rd, 2010
9:44 pm

@@

July 23rd, 2010
9:45 pm

Since jay’s selection was one of Dylan’s songs, let’s hear Bob’s version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc3T3reV_II

SAY WHAT!!??!!

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:47 pm

nothing wrong with a little funk of a friday night…thanks

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:51 pm

@@

For you and your horse.

One of these Fridays, we’ll have to have an “Original Night”, with only the original versions of songs played.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
9:52 pm

I got a world class case of the brain farts tonite.

Here you go @@.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpG57XlDK0

getalife

July 23rd, 2010
9:53 pm

Scout

July 23rd, 2010
9:54 pm

josef:

I need you buddy. Come over to Tucker and help me out. They’re ganging up on me …………. :o

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:54 pm

bruno had it pulled up for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd5q1Ioo588

but it’s originally Romany—

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPDSt25bjJY&feature=related

(the audience is, well, not sure where…)

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:57 pm

Scout–Hope you caught my 9:01 to you.

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
9:58 pm

Scout

Not even for you would I go to Tucker’s place…! Don’t need to go to no klan rally on a Friday night…

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:58 pm

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:04 pm

“bruno had it pulled up for you!”

Спасибо, my friend.

Scout

July 23rd, 2010
10:06 pm

josef:

Oh man, I was counted on you. I’m up against some real egghead commies over there.

Scout

July 23rd, 2010
10:07 pm

Bruno:

Hey no problem but I don’t even remember anything. Maybe I deserved it …………. I do ask for it sometimes …………. :o

But, good old debate is much better.

Come on over to Tucker and jump in ???

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
10:08 pm

scout

come on back home where you belong “…blood’s thicker than the mud…”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZpbYqOw4o

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:12 pm

“Come on over to Tucker and jump in ???”

The last time I went to a bar in Tucker (the old Rudy’s II, now a pizza joint), the night ended by one guy slicing another guy’s throat ear to ear. There were about 20 Dekalb police there in under 3 minutes.

moonbat betty

July 23rd, 2010
10:13 pm

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:15 pm

josef @10:08—After some thought, I think we should adopt “Family Affair” as the JB blog theme song. Like they say, we put the “fun” in “dysfunctional!!

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
10:17 pm

Bruno

Thought about you and this one…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjxZDT_5SA

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
10:20 pm

Bruno
I’ve always thought of it as our theme song, too…

And Tucker’s is Cynthia’s but you could still cut your throat cut there…especially given your Romany bent…she don’t much cotten to things Romany… :-)

Scout

July 23rd, 2010
10:21 pm

Bruno:

LOL !

Doggone/GA

July 23rd, 2010
10:23 pm

Josef…I don’t normally copy/paste long posts…but I can’t help it. I know you’ll enjoy this one!

Part of rebuilding New Orleans caused residents often to be challenged with the task of tracing home titles back potentially hundreds of years. With a community rich with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish ownership. Here’s a great letter an attorney wrote to the FHA on behalf of a client:

You have to love this lawyer……..

A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer three months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply.

(Actual reply from FHA):

“Upon review of your letter adjoining your client’s loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin.”

Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows: (Actual response):

Your letter regarding title in Case No.189156 has been received. I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 206 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the United States from France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained from France, which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain . The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish monarch, Queen Isabella. The good Queen Isabella, being a pious woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus ’s expedition. Now the Pope, as I’m sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of the world called Louisiana . God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it, and the FHA. I hope you find God’s original claim to be satisfactory. Now, may we have our damn loan?

The loan was immediately approved.

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
10:30 pm

Don't forget

July 23rd, 2010
10:30 pm

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
9:07 pm
“One of the best shows I ever saw too.”

To Don’t forget–I hope you had a chance to see the Dead before Jerry lapsed into a diabetic coma in 1986. He was never quite the same after that. Of course, Jerry at half-speed is way better than anyone else at full speed. The Dead incorporated traveling as a recurring theme in their songs
————————————————————————
Actually the first Dead show I saw was the last one before he went into the coma. It was at RFK in DC, Bob Dylan opened with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as his band. It was early July and 97 degrees when the Dead took the stage. I’m not so sure Jerry was NEVER the same, those Hampton shows in ‘88 stack up pretty well against anything else I’ve heard. When he came out of the coma he couldn’t even play his guitar and basically had to re-learn it all. Merl Saunders stayed at his house and helped him through it. When he came back to the stage this was the first song they played.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOaXTg3nAuY

Kind of suits the times, at least “For the faithful”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOaXTg3nAuY

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:31 pm

moonbat betty @ 10:13—You trying to get on my good side????

http://www.myspace.com/timelesstattoo/photos/35917093

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:33 pm

Don’t forget–Check out my Jerry tat ^^^^^^

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
10:37 pm

Doggone!!

That is absolutely brilliant…thank you, thank you, thank you! :-) 10x over!

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:38 pm

Don’t forget–In case you weren’t aware, there is a Dead Archive with a large percentage of their shows available for streaming:

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3AGratefulDead%20%2Fmetadata%2Fstream_only%3A%281%29

I’ve gone back and re-listened to all the shows I saw back in the day. Lot of fun to see if the memory and the reality are the same.

BTW, “Touch of Grey” was long a concert staple in the early 80s before they ever recorded it on a CD. Most hard-core DeadHeads prefer the 82-83 versions.

Hillbilly Deluxe

July 23rd, 2010
10:40 pm

josef @ 10:30

Don’t just poke the Bruin, eh? ;-)

@@

July 23rd, 2010
10:42 pm

Hillbilly:

Thanks for the pony ride.

(IW&SH)

A sweet melody I’ve never heard before. Made me a bit sad.

I still ride…it’s just not the same as when I had my own Sweet Sukey.

Mick

July 23rd, 2010
10:43 pm

josef nix

July 23rd, 2010
10:48 pm

Hillbilly
Yeah, but he growls…all she does is spit and hiss… :-)

moonbat betty

July 23rd, 2010
10:51 pm

Doggone/GA

July 23rd, 2010
10:54 pm

Josef…you’re welcome. I KNEW you’d like it!

Bruno

July 23rd, 2010
10:59 pm

At the risk of boring the non-Heads, here is my favorite Dead song of all time (#13):

http://www.archive.org/details/gd1976-06-03.mtx.seamons.91912.sbeok.shnf

Your rain falls like crazy fingers
Peals of fragile thunder keeping time
Recall the days that still are to come some seem blue.
Hang your heart on laughing willow stray
Down to the water, deep sea of love
beneath the sweet calm face of the sea swift undertow.

Life may be sweeter for this, I don’t know,
See how it feels in the end.
May Lady Lullaby sing plainly for you soft, strong, sweet and true.
Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow tapping at the window, touch your hair
So swift and bright strange figures of light float in air.

Who can stop what must arrive now? Something new is waiting to be born
Dark as the night you’re still by my side shine inside .
Gone are the days we stopped to decide where we should go, we just ride.
Gone are the broken eyes we saw through in dreams gone, both dream and lie.

Life may be sweeter for this, I don’t know,
Feels like it might be all right,
While Lady Lullaby sings plainly through you Love still rings true.
midnight on a carousel ride, reaching for the gold ring down inside.
Never could reach it, just slips away but I try.