jamminOnThe1 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I caught YouTube videos of Easy Wind in Winnipeg and Hard to Handle in Calgary I think....Looked like stellar shows......Are their any intetesting stories or facts about that tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP chuckvegas Posted October 11, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I don't know anything beyond what I remember from the contemporaneous article in Rolling Stone, and have gleaned from the movie. They evidently drank their way across Canada. Viewing the movie now through the lense of time and events they look like children. Phenomenally talented children. "Happy times, heavy times." - Fritz the Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenL1125 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 In the book of lyrics, "Box of Rain", by Robert Hunter, on the page dedicated to Might as Well, Hunter has notes on the bottom that state the following about that trip: "on board were Delaney and Bonny, The Band, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Charlebois, the New Riders, and various other acts that boarded from time to time. Everyone agreed we had just about the best time of our collective lives in that week of nonstop music and partying. Nearing her last days, Janis, for one, wished aloud that the ride would never have to stop". Since I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste it, and it's one of my faves and I have the lyrics right in front of me, I'm gonna bust 'em out real quick! Great North Special, were you on board? You can't find a ride like that no more Night the chariot swung down low Ninety-nine children had a chance to go One long party from front to end Tune to the whistle going 'round the bend No big hurry, what do you say? Might as well travel the elegant way Might as well, might as well... Ragtime solid for twenty-five miles then slip over to the Cajun style Bar car loaded with rhythm and blues Rock and roll wailing in the old caboose Long train running from coast to coast bringing 'long the party where they needed it the most Whup up on the boxcar, beat on the bell, Nothing else shaking so you might as well Might as well, might as well... Never had such a good time in my life before I'd ike to have it one more time One good ride from start to end I'd like to take that ride again Again Run out of track and I caught the plane Back in the country with blues again Great North Special been on my mind Might like to ride it just one more time Might as well, might well... Janis died almost 3 1/2 months later. Hunter says that they wrote Birdsong for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamminOnThe1 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 In the book of lyrics, "Box of Rain", by Robert Hunter, on the page dedicated to Might as Well, Hunter has notes on the bottom that state the following about that trip: "on board were Delaney and Bonny, The Band, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Charlebois, the New Riders, and various other acts that boarded from time to time. Everyone agreed we had just about the best time of our collective lives in that week of nonstop music and partying. Nearing her last days, Janis, for one, wished aloud that the ride would never have to stop". Since I couldn't figure out how to cut and paste it, and it's one of my faves and I have the lyrics right in front of me, I'm gonna bust 'em out real quick! Janis died almost 3 1/2 months later. Hunter says that they wrote Birdsong for her. Thats awesome....thanks for the knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP chuckvegas Posted October 12, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 The scene in the movie where Jerry proclaimed his love for Janis is one for the hippie ages. The drunken jam session is pretty classic too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP John A Posted October 12, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 jenl, There is an error in your lyrics that while pedantic (just one character) is nonetheless quite significant: It's back in the "county", not "country" with the blues again....i.e. Marin rather than the USA. Great songs are shaped by their subtleties... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octal Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 The scene in the movie where Jerry proclaimed his love for Janis is one for the hippie ages. The drunken jam session is pretty classic too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-7Caz5l2I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Michael Doc Watson Posted October 12, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 The scene in the movie where Jerry proclaimed his love for Janis is one for the hippie ages. The drunken jam session is pretty classic too. A hundred years from now this clip will be in the electronic books used in American litature class in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenL1125 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Ya know, I know that's how it's sung, and I think it's a better choice, but in the book it says country, which I took to mean referring to the US. I figured those were original lyrics and they just changed it up as they went along. Unless I can ask Hunter himself, I won't know if the book made a typo, too. Thanks for the heads up, though. It is amazing what one letter can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP John A Posted October 12, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Interesting those lyrics came right out of Hunter's book (missed that in the original post). So that does indeed raise the question of whether Jerry changed that word or the book has a typo. I would bet on the latter. But it highlights the importance of being exacting if one is the editor of an anthology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenL1125 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Nope, nope, nope -I just double checked, and it turns out that I'm a bonehead. You are correct. SEE! one letter does make all the difference, and I had a whole different back story written in my own head because of my own error! Thanks:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP bs69 Posted October 12, 2012 Forum MVP Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Great movie! The CC Rider toward the end is one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamminOnThe1 Posted October 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 "And Jerry takes it"....Love it....Jerry and Bobby holdin it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octal Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 "And Jerry takes it"....Love it....Jerry and Bobby holdin it down What's even better is that someone from the crowd tells Jerry to check his intonation--in other words, that the frets on Jerry's guitar were not properly set up and even when it's in-tune certain notes will be out of tune. Quick humidity changes while on a train may be the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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