When I got back from the last little run, Fall was making its presence felt here in Southeast Ohio. Every time we sit down to eat I get to listen to Dad’s old radio and have Mom and Dad’s travel poster from the 30’s watch over me.

Mom and Dad's old poster... Dad's radio... nice memories at breakfast

Mom and Dad's old poster... Dad's radio... nice memories at breakfast

Pumpkins as of yet uncarved… it’s coming though!

Boo

Boo

Last Friday Vanessa and Izze and Ginger And Montana and I went up to the Ridges, where they had October hayrides around the grounds of the old insane asylum.

Some say it's haunted...

Some say it's haunted...

Such an interesting history… This asylum was still in use in the 70’s and it was built right after the Civil War.

Amazing

Amazing

We were riding around in an Amish horse drawn wagon… perfect in itself.

Vultures atop the ol power plant

Vultures atop the ol power plant

Whoah big fella!

Whoah big fella!

The girls stopped to take a look at the old cemetery.

We've all got to end up somewhere...

We've all got to end up somewhere...

Wait for the wagon... we'll all take a ride!

Wait for the wagon... we'll all take a ride!

Noble steed

Noble steed

Good times in the country

Good times in the country

Then as Saturday rolled around, my dear friends Marty And Jerry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and renewed their vows.

Dancing to Unchained Melody

Dancing to Unchained Melody

This is good stuff… you don’t hear about a lot of 50th anniversaries these days. Love these guys!

Then in the evening, Loudon Wainright III came to the Fur Peace Station and, as always, gave a marvelous performance!

Just before the concert...

Just before the concert...

Loudon Sat down at Joe Berman’s old 1913 Chickering.

Loudon at the baby grand...

Loudon at the baby grand...

Loudon was marvelous, as always.

On Sunday, Vanessa and Izze and I sent to the Carpenter Inn to help celebrate Children’s Roshashana.

Izze contemplates a career as a baby sitter at the Inn.

Izze contemplates a career as a baby sitter at the Inn.

Carol and I played music for the service… my pleasure.

At home Izze sat down at the Yamaha and played ‘A Part Of Your World.’ Brought tears to my eyes!

I love this! Mom's Zubeida Aga painting looks on.

I love this! Mom's Zubeida Aga painting looks on.

Wonderful as Fall moves on!

Fall in the country.

Fall in the country.


Comments

  1. Comment made on October 21, 2016 by Jack Blind

    Nice…Family 1st…luv and peace, uncle jack

  2. Comment made on October 17, 2016 by Joey Hudoklin

    @johno
    Johno, I couldn’t agree with you’re statement more.
    They smoked the Grammy show.
    God I love HFT

  3. Comment made on October 17, 2016 by johno

    Thanks Andy
    Every time I watch it I can’t believe we have Jack and Jorma or Hot Tuna still touring. We are incredibly lucky. And I get the feeling they are digging it.
    @Andy K

  4. Comment made on October 17, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    Grace was always a creature of the moment and her speech was short. Grace’s magic was always from the bite of her muse and best delivered straight through the music. That’s why she always downplayed her talent when asked about it directly. Grace best expressed it through her painting. She leaves wordless a resplendent wonderland of the 60’s lavished with psychedelic finery and all the trappings that went along with it both spiritual, musical, and physical…

  5. Comment made on October 17, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    Alexander Kantner:

    Music is transcendent. Music has the potential to raise us up. To ennoble us. To give us the courage to not yield to despair. And to help us to make a stand against greed and war, oppression and exploitation, ignorance and injustice. And I believe that it was my father’s hope that we all carry this fire through these dark days in which we live, or, better, in his words, that we become “Volunteers Of America”.

    Marty Balin:

    I’m grateful to the wonderful musical journey my life continues to take. To all my fellow Jefferson Airplane band members, through its various changes, I thank you for a dream come true. It was the chemistry of our mixed passions and the love from our fans that led us to this celebratory lifetime achievement award, which I’m very proud to receive. Thank you.

  6. Comment made on October 17, 2016 by Andy K

    @johno

    @johno
    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/grammy-salute-music-legends-full-episode/5637/

  7. Comment made on October 17, 2016 by Andy K

    @johno
    Yeah he did a great cover of Dylan’s Times They Are A Changin’

  8. Comment made on October 16, 2016 by jim hitchcock

    Hiya, Brian 😉@Brian Doyle

  9. Comment made on October 16, 2016 by johno

    Thanks a lot Brian – just watched it. Jack and Jorma were just smoking. Nice speech Jorma.
    @Brian Doyle

  10. Comment made on October 16, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    Oops, here it is. Starts right after 39:00. (Watch it while you can. PBS is notorious for dropping links quickly)

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/grammy-salute-music-legends-full-episode/5637/

  11. Comment made on October 16, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    @johno

    I can’t believe it isn’t up on You-Tube. I got all excited and jumped up to point out Jorma, Grace, Jack, and ‘the woman who sang on the battleship’ to my 84 year old mother. In the process I wasn’t listening to it all, especially Marty’s statement summing up the band, and I want to hear it again.

    No recording posted to You-Tube? Come on! I want to hear Jorma’s licks again too.

  12. Comment made on October 16, 2016 by tunajon

    Re: Grammy show – Jack was resplendent in suit and purple tie, Jorma looked ageless with fingers as nimble as ever…interesting to see their dads features in Paul and Spencer’s sons…haven’t seen Grace in forever…Wonder what was up with Marty not being there…cried while watching it, at the recognition they received, for those no longer with us, and at realizing on a deeper level just how much this music means to me.

  13. Comment made on October 16, 2016 by johno

    Yes…he was a great guy. He loved Hot Tuna!
    @Ruby Russo

  14. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by Ruby Russo

    @johno
    Yes….he was the best friend I’ve ever had. Happier with than without.

  15. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by johno

    Thanks a lot
    @jim hitchcock

    Did you know who The Bird was. His name was Harvey
    @Ruby Russo

  16. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by Ruby Russo

    Best intro ever still belongs to The Byrd, Hot Tuna Live in Japan. Yep, Hot Tuna rocked the house on PBS
    Shufflin shoes….well put.

    @johno

  17. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by Ham n Eggs

    Shamrock was another large bar across from Armory on Kingbridge near Davidson or a Grand
    Peace
    Love All Ways
    @tom paciaffi

  18. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by jim hitchcock

    This might work, johno:

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/grammy-salute-music-legends-full-episode/5637/

  19. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by johno

    I missed the show – damn it. Does anyone know if it’s anywhere online.

  20. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by Kevin

    A daughters’ head on Dads shoulder, priceless. I thought Grace looked as beautiful as always (Greg Allman indeed). And of course another amazing performance by the boys. Great show.

  21. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by Dead Head

    Just finished listening to J D doing You’re Only Lonely. Special guy.

  22. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by jim hitchcock

    That was pretty special, J D Souther’s run up to Linda Rondstadt, JK the elder statesman with Izzie leaning on his shoulder before fidgeting, looked like Gregg Allman to his right…

  23. Comment made on October 15, 2016 by Dead Head

    Nice suit, Jorma. Jack had his shuffling shoes on. Good to see Mr. Van Cortland’s well-done intro.

  24. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by tom paciaffi

    great show tonite. looking forward to the beacon in nov.
    Ham & eggs, trying to remember the shamrock. I used to hit the archway when home from school 1972 and forward.

  25. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by Ham n Eggs

    RunDMC shouting out Jefferson Airplane and the Bronx pioneers is a beautiful thing indeed. First heard rap outside The Shamrock on Kingsbridge Road in the wee hours of the morning many moons ago
    Peace
    Love All Ways

  26. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    Tremendous performance. Warm atmosphere. Grace said “If I fall over just pick me up and take me away.”

    Jack and Jorma really carried the show and delivered a heart-felt performance with deeply felt sound to their playing. And Cathy was on her best game. Good to hear Jorma bend the strings like in the day…Paul wasn’t gone that long so there was a missing man thing to the presentation.

  27. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by jim hitchcock

    @Ham n Eggs

    @Brian Doyle

    Huh, already set to record on my DVR, and I didn’t set it

  28. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    Jorma gets much deserved Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

    On our Florida PBS at 9pm tonight!

  29. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by Ham n Eggs

    PBS GRAMMY SHOW ON TONIGHT
    PEACE
    LOVE ALL WAYS

  30. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by jimhitchcock

    Testing the host’s patience 😉

  31. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    Typical comment.
    Actually, there was a long period of time when I couldn’t post a comment about anything, without being trolled.
    Andriy says “Hello troll!”

  32. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by johno

    WTF is she talking about – diahrrea of the mouth.

  33. Comment made on October 14, 2016 by Dead Head

    I don’t like maple syrup on my waffle. Too many calories……………….

  34. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    @carey georgas
    They are trying to “acid wash” them. LOL!!!

  35. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    O.K. :
    “You’re the cream in my coffee
    you’re the sugar in my bowl”

    The gang of some of those “experienced” commenters, used to go bezerky whenever I quoted,(or even mentioned) another band/musician, other than Jorma/Hot Tuna.
    They are now trying to ignore those comments that they posted.
    The internet is forever, worldwide.

  36. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by carey georgas

    I thought you’d throw out the next line…@Barbara Jacobs

  37. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    Thanks. ( Don’t even get me started!)

    In my opinion, they were the most rollicking live band.
    I have photos that I took of them back in those days. The photos are stuck in one of those place-and-stick photo albums. At some point, those glue-pages turn to cement, so I can’t remove them. I would need to bring the entire photo album to Bill, for show-and-tell.@carey georgas

  38. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by carey georgas

    Oh, mama mama, you’re like 18 carat gold…@Barbara Jacobs

  39. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    I can recite that intro and then sing every song on that LP, in order of performance. From memory. Still.

  40. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by johno

    Did you know that Bill Kirchen from Commander Cody is a good friend of Jorma’s. He came to the Beacon and played at Jorma’s 70th Birthday Concert.
    @carey georgas

  41. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by carey georgas

    From way back at the dawn of the Third Coast. I was there from ’72 to ’75, then went back into the piney woods, been here ever since.

  42. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Andy K

    @Barbara Jacobs
    Yep, I can hear the announcer right now introducing that album!
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n1WbaS17Lp8/VazlIFv3M_I/AAAAAAAACj0/caItWwj8Ymk/s1600/Live%2BFrom%2BDeep%2BIn%2BThe%2BHeart%2BOf%2BTexas.jpg

  43. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    “FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS — LIVE AT THE ARMADILLO WORLD HEADQUARTERS —
    IT’S COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST PLANET AIRRRMENNN!”@carey georgas

  44. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by carey georgas

    Thank you.@Ham n Eggs

  45. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by carey georgas

    @Andy K
    They recorded it over 3 nights, and I was in the house for one of them.

  46. Comment made on October 13, 2016 by Andy K

    @Carey Georgas
    I recall a great Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen live album recorded in the 70’s at the Armadillo WHQ in Austin.

  47. Comment made on October 12, 2016 by Barbara Jacobs

    Wonderful photos, Jorma.

    Another excerpt from the limbook:
    “My consciousness awoke sometime during 1952. I remember standing in front of my parents’ 1949 Philco Radio, listening to “The Blue Tango” by Leroy Anderson and His Pop Concert Orchestra. It was number one on the Hit Parade for several months that year.
    Every time the tune came on that radio — I would run up, stick my nose in the
    wood-trimmed grille cloth, and dance a jig.
    I still have the old Philco Radio. I had it restored by a friend in Atlanta who
    collects Wurlitzer Juke Boxes.”

  48. Comment made on October 12, 2016 by Ham n Eggs

    Welcome Home
    Peace
    Love All Ways
    @Carey Georgas

  49. Comment made on October 12, 2016 by johno

    That’s pretty good – I had Burgers on vinyl and played it til there were no grooves left. The rest of their music was outstanding also: Americas Choice, Phosphorscent Rat, Yellow Fever, Hoppkorv and Double Dose. We are so lucky to have their music. And have Jorma’s blog to talk about it. Jorma – Thank You.
    @jim hitchcock

  50. Comment made on October 12, 2016 by Chris Bruning

    I bought a 1942 Zenith radio at a yard sale a couple of weeks ago, stands about 3 and half feet Tall, short wave and every thing. Imagine what history this thing has broad cast.

  51. Comment made on October 12, 2016 by Dead Head

    Overwhelmed with the CRS’s. Omission being the RCA VICTOR LSP-4238 pressing.

    Jerry sez “KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON”…………….

  52. Comment made on October 12, 2016 by Dead Head

    @jim hitchcock
    Hold it! Volunteers on vinyl. Categorically disqualified?

    PAZ CHIN-IN Pentacle dispersion/which flag stripe?

  53. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by jim hitchcock

    @Carey Georgas

    @johno

    Burgers on 8-Track. I win 🙂

  54. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Mark K

    I see the light- Is that an Orb next to the wagon?

  55. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by johno

    I think most of us are – at least half
    That’s what makes this blog so good.
    @carey georgas

  56. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by carey georgas

    I am experienced.@johno

  57. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by johno

    That’s really cool Carey – both go back a long way – Burgers. Then thru the 70’s – the heyday of Hot Tuna. Saw them around 100 times mostly backstage then. It was a real trip. If you know what I mean.

  58. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Carey Georgas

    Hey, Jorma, you guys ever play the Armadillo WHQ in Austin?

  59. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Brian Doyle

    Now they recognize the folly of trying to wall-off what is the general condition of the rest of society lol…

  60. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Carey Georgas

    Just found blog. Liked Jack and Jorma from Airplane days. Bought Burgers when it came out in ’72, loved ’em ever since. I live in a kind of backwater part of Texas, so I never got around to seeing them until this summer in Colorado. The genuineness of their performance and sincerity exhibited in this blog refreshed me to no end.@johno

  61. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by johno

    Are you a new HT fan – or an old one who just found the blog? I’ve been a fan since 1973 when a friend of mine had front row tix to HT at a college on Long Island. HT blew me away.
    @carey georgas

  62. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by carey georgas

    You, sir, are the embodiment of the phrase “stop and smell the roses”. Your appreciation of the moment is present in every post, and it is an inspiration to me in my journey through this world.

  63. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Dead Head

    Blaupunkt is VERY high end, their automobile modules considered the best in the day.

  64. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Dead Head

    Wurlitzer??

  65. Comment made on October 11, 2016 by Dead Head

    Was pondering whether the radio was a Heath kit but does not appear so. My brother built one back in the sixties and that thing was a gem.

  66. Comment made on October 10, 2016 by johno

    I just got back today from a long weekend upstate – it was beautiful – yellows, reds and oranges – the Catskills are ablaze in color. If you’re a leaf peeper – get up to the mountains. It will be peak this week – the foliage is amazing. It was cold last night – 35. Tonite will bring the first frost on the pumpkin with it expected to go down to the mid twenties.

  67. Comment made on October 10, 2016 by HOGAN

    I think my favorite time of year is fall, besides Christmas. After living in upstate NY where it is so beautiful this time of year to down South it’s taking some adjusting but I’m loving the weather, 40 at night and 75 during the day. I’m told that I can drive up to the mountains where it’s beautiful, so I’ll have to venture out. I heard that the Beacon show rocked, sorry I missed it but looking forward to coming up for the shows next month and catching up with old friends.
    Take care and enjoy the family. Izze is growing up so fast…..

    Hogan
    🙂

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