New Art, Irma B4 and After, LP digitization continues:
Well, I completed another acrylic, abstract - "Beige, which follows Black completed last March and precedes "Blue" which is under construction.
Black, sold
Blue in process
This is my first iPAD effort, done in an APPLE class last week.
I am also working on more shape construction, one is partially finished in Bear Wallow Camp colors:
By the way, the desk was graciously sold to me by United Fidelity Bank. It was in their storage area.
Not new art purchased but I reframed an old piece we picked up in a second-hand store or garage sale years ago for about $25 - it happens:
Irma: some asked about the damage. Again, we were uncomfortable with no electricity, but not suffering nor did we have to repair anything but two panels in the cage above our pool; however, here are some pictures from Lakes Park nearby. The first pictures are BEFORE and then some after (not the same view but you'll get the idea):
Whole Islands are gone.
LP's to CD project: Really working diligently so I can finish the project and sell the LP's. One I transferred is the Police's Ghost In The Machine album. I saved out ticket stubs since it was our first concert together, we had been dating for a month or so. Sting's base was SOOOOO loud, I thought the balcony in the Checkerdome would shake loose.
Other thoughts...Ten Years After -
A Space In Time: lots of good stuff including Hard Monkeys, I'd Love To Change The World, but One Of These Days is the perfect English Rock N Roll song. Just love it.
Remember New Riders Of The Purple Sage? I saw them in the old Brewer Field House in Columbia, MO, probably 1973ish. Gerry Garcia's sound in Garden Of Eden. The lush
Gypsy Cowboy. Great stuff.
Rod Stewart - Just how many albums did he record? 500? I transferred three.
Neil Diamond live at the Troubadour in Hollywood - probably the last small setting in which he played. And, here we have another album, all songs recorded are his except one - Joni Mitchell pops up again. Its amazing how many people cover her songs.
When I look in my Imaginary Dictionary for the words
silky smooth - female category, up pops a photo of Rita Coolidge. Re-listen to
Anytime...Anywhere, specifically (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher, wow. I checked male and there was Johnny Mathis!
Stanley Clarke - look at his discography, played on so many albums over the years. This is his #1,
School Days. The title track is so much fun in fusion jazz. I look to see who played with him on this album and found Raymond Gomez - look him up on the internet, his story, and his discography - amazing. Steve Gadd on drums, he must be on 1,000 albums. You would recognize the sound immediately - John McLaughlin plays guitar on Desert Rose. George Duke, Billy Cogham. These are all giants in the jazz field.
So that leads me to Little Feat: their live album
Waiting For Columbus is probably the #2 live album after Frampton Comes Alive. The live editions far eclipses the studio work. I need to single out, however, Bill Paynes
Gringo. I can pay it over and over. He felt it is his best piece. Add Kirkwood's David Sanborn on sax (there HE is again), KC's late-great Nicolette Larson on vocals. You know, Bill also plays on many, many albums, looking an Emmylou Harris's Evangeline right now and there he is. Saw Nicollete in a theatre venue on Main in KC, she opens for, I think, Spyro Gyro. Gringo and Firefall's
Mexico have the ability to transport me south of the border to a different life. Great tunes. The founder of LF, George Lowell is another casualty of drugs and booze, lived a little longer, to 34 I believe. I did not know he started with Frank Zappa, weird. He had an infatuation with the Beatles, thus the spelling of Feat; the song Strawberry Flats. And, when he and co-producer/ writer Fred Martin placed their credits on a piece, they used George/Martin. Fred had a humous/sad comment on George who grew up in LA and the early drug culture, sex, over-top events "He was born under a bad sign - Hollywood."
Finished up with Humble Pie - Thirty Days In the Hole. That is rock n roll. Live. "We go home on Monday, its been a gas. A gas" Frampton played on their live album.
Fun memory: Phil Collins No Jacket Required tour: I Think I have this right - 30 years ago...So, in 1985, Linda's mother worked for a company that represented sponsors for rock shows, Pepsi for Duran Duran (I think), also ZZ Top, and Michelob for this tour. As part of her duties, she was to make sure the sponsor received what they paid for, such as "For the next 6 callers we have two tickets to the xxx concert" etc. We scored tickets to the ZZ Top show in Biloxi when we lived in New Orleans, however, traffic was so bad (Shocking for NO, right?) that we missed the backstage pre-show. So, she flew to Boston for the initial night of the US tour to check it out. When she was to leave Phil said "Where are you going?" She explained that she had a family back in Saint Louis. Short of it, they persuaded her to travel with them, and at their accommodations, travel arrangements, perks, etc. The only downside was that we lived in Albuquerque which was not on the tour schedule, and even though we got back-stage passes, etc for friends and relatives around the US, all we got was the proverbial tour jacket. And lots of stories to share at a later time. Below are some of the tour mementos I recently ran across:
Getting Involved: For the past year I have been searching for an area in which I can get involved since I have more free-time. GiGi's is a national entity, with a brand new Fort Myers facility (July 2017). They provide a safe facility for children - to - adults with Down's Syndrome... classes, play sessions, a place to hang out for the adolescent and adults. I attended their Gala last week and won the Bucket Of Booze raffle for a $25 ticket. The amazing thing is that I NEVER win raffles, anything really except an occasional free ticket in Powerball.
So here is some info on GiGi's. Saturday morning I spent my first day at a play session for the 0 - 5 year olds and their parents. They drafted me to be the session photographer, maybe because I am so much larger than the little ones? Afraid I will break one. At some point down the road I just might be asking for donations for the Ft Myers location.😎
