The Song Stuck in My Head / The Time i met Jack Cassady
From my new music related blog, still very much under early construction:
http://songstuckinmyheadtoday.wordpress.com/
“House At Pooneil Corners” – Jefferson Airplane
(c)1968 From the album “Crown of Creation”
Since last night I was thinking of going to Swan Oyster Depot on Polk Street in San Francisco. Around 1:45 this afternoon while working on an electronic music remix project and not making any progress, I thought it might just be the right time. I was going to get some chowder to go if there was still a line, but when i walked up there was only one couple waiting to be seated, and the guy saw me walk up and before i decided if i was still going to be getting something to go said to me “one?” and ushered me to a single opening at the bar, as there is only a bar to sit at in the tiny place, the original cool to the touch white marble oyster bar installed when they opened in 1911. So this place for one just happened to be right next to Jack Casady of the Jefferson Airplane. He was there by himself too having a cup of chowder and then some oysters on the half shell. I had a bowl of chowder some bread and butter and a pint of Anchor Steam, the Giants were playing on the radio. I thought it was him sitting next to me, but i am always so bad at recognizing people out and about that i doubted myself until he told the oyster man he was playing in Golden Gate Park on Saturday at 12:30, and I realized it was him because I was already planning on seeing him and Jorma in Hot Tuna Electric at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. I leaned over and said “You’re Jack Casady, right?” and he said “guilty as charged”…
I said something about how i love his work, and “that early Jefferson Airplane stuff is… you know…” and he said knowingly a long drawn out “yes”… He cleaned his hand to shake hands with me and then gave me the personal plug like anyone in a band big or small does and told me he is playing with Hot Tuna Electric at 12:30 on Saturday at HSBGF in the park, I said i was already planning on it, and he said “Maybe I will see you there”. I left him alone to eat in our close elbow to elbow quarters, and all i could think of was the devastating bass line to the song “House at Pooneil Corners” from the album “Crown Of Creation”. He seemed amiable enough to converse further, but i could only think of “dun dun dun dun- DA da dun dun dun dun da da”.
Here is a film shot by Jean Luc-Godard in 1968 in New York City:
(Nice Hat!)
Get the original on iTunes:
House at Pooneil Corners (track 11)
Here are two more Jefferson airplane videos I really like:
This next one should be an entry unto itself, as it was stuck in my head for a long time once:
