Mastodawn

3/21/75. Ace’s, Mill Valley.

Perhaps my favorite tape from the Blues For Allah studio sessions, is this rehearsal for the SNACK Benefit with David Crosby, Merl Saunders, Ned Lagin, and Mickey Hart.

We get a pair of Stronger Than Dirt > Blues For Allah takes and a boss 15-minute Blues For Allah > Stronger Than Dirt piece with loads of beautiful ensemble conversation. Dig in.

https://archive.org/details/gd75-03-21.sbd.backus.14288.sbeok.shnf

steve johnson 2d ago

Found this Deodar Cedar rose cone on a walk this AM in my local arboretum. So much art in the natural world. And I read that Ayurvedic medicine uses the oils derived from the wood as a curative for digestive disorders.

steve johnson 5d ago

New to me tape of Joni Mitchell & The Rolling Thunder Revue - Maple Leaf Gardens | Dec 1 & 2, 1975 | Toronto, ON. Lots of riches. Dig in.
https://youtu.be/tdg31R8Tf_c?si=yXQj7LHc8D609xyF

steve johnson 6d ago

Sun Ra, fronting the Arkestra 1978.

Photo credit: Ming Smith

steve johnson Mar 16

Breakfast of champs.

steve johnson Mar 15

Heirloom Tomato Fattoush salad w/sumac-roasted chickpeas. Leftovers will not be available.

steve johnson Mar 10

John Hilgart Mar 10

If you haven't already heard, I am pleased to inform you that the #gratefuldead 1975 Ace’s studio sessions have finally been sorted. Choose from everything (24 hours) or a curated selection (11 hours). Amazing music assembled with archival and scholarly rigor. https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/grateful-dead-the-1975-aces-sessions-2026-edition

steve johnson Mar 10

Mr. Completely Mar 9

Grateful Dead (and friends)
Ace's Studio, Feb-Sept 1975
The Complete Circulating Collection
FLAC or MP3 download

398 audio files, ~26 hours of material
Includes a PDF with very extensive notes and interpretive material

A project by myself, @bourgwick, John H of https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/ (where this will soon be hosted) and @theheatwarps

Recently presented to the Grateful Dead Studies Association conference in Albuquerque NM

#music #gratefuldead

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-bVoEIhmk6mOULmXjnrjv1RHmIzwzFuC?usp=drive_link

steve johnson Mar 9

jesse jarnow Mar 8

garcia, hart, kaukonen, & casady jam at the final show by the original country joe & the fish lineup, fillmore west, january '69 (headlining over led zeppelin). more coherent than you'd expect! https://youtu.be/ayCupYA4DBM
@corry342.bsky.social pieces it together: https://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2016/01/fillmore-west-january-12-1969-country.html

steve johnson Mar 8

The Mothers Of Invention, Titan Gymnasium, Fullerton, CA, March 15, 1969.
https://youtu.be/53qX9jTCKZY?si=GJGfKb9A2FGfWk7x