A Message from Bob – Thanks to my computer’s ongoing Carnival of Ever Changing Problems, this article has become a three parter instead of two. The pictures for this and the conclusion of the Sgt Pepper and Beatles Dissertation (no longer ‘Short’) will run as soon as possible next week, when this damn machine stays stable…wish me luck.
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Segarini – Part Two: A Short Dissertation on the Cult of Sgt. Pepper and Why I am Totally Sick of The Beatles
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, Portland OR, radio, Records, segarini, Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles, The Crystal Ballroom, The Family Tree, Toronto on June 10, 2017 by segariniSegarini – Part One: A Short Dissertation on the Cult of Sgt. Pepper and Why I am Totally Sick of The Beatles
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, Portland OR, radio, Records, segarini, Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles, The Crystal Ballroom, The Family Tree, Toronto on May 29, 2017 by segarini
The Family Tree had just played a one night stand at Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom, a beautiful recently cleaned up and renovated dance hall on the 3rd or 4th floor of a landmark bldg, complete with floor to ceiling windows and a ball-bearing sprung dance floor that moved and undulated under the dancer’s feet.
It was the end of the night, and time to head to Hung Far Low for Chinese food, or back to the motel to get high or crash, just as soon as the Fugs (the headliners of the show) cleared their gear off the stage so we could tear down our PA and pack up.
It was just after 1:00am on the 31st of May, 1967
That’s when David Crosby walked into the ballroom with a 10 inch reel of tape under his arm….
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 