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In a message dated 10/17/99 2:49:19 PM, DAVEVOSH@... writes:

>"gimme shelter" - the altamont movie ?  gee, i haven`t seen that in probably
>
>10 or 12 years. don`t recall that scene but i easily could have missed
>it. 
>besides the stones and the jefferson airplane, i think the grateful dead
>were 
>supposed to play but didn`t (?). don`t recall who else or who might have
>had 
>a modular moog. if you find out, i`d be most curious to know!
>thanks!
>


Yeah! The shot is quite early on in the movie, with all the shots of Melvin 
Beli talking on the phone (and I don't think Beli played at Altamont), and 
it's being setup in the afternoon. Other than the Airplane, Dead and Stones, 
I believe Ike and Tina Turner and CSN&Y were there, but I don't know who 
else. If it belonged to the Stones, it was being setup long before they went 
on -- and I can't imagine them using it during their set.

As for the Isle of Wight movie, I have a vague memory of seeing it at those 
midnight movies in the seventies, though I think it was only recently 
released officially. Yes, it is a "Woodstock" type movie which alternates 
between a band's performance and some nasty looking business meetings. If 
you've heard the lore around this festival, you can imagine what I mean (BTW, 
one of the guys in the meeting is identified as "Ray, The Promoter" -- and I 
kept thinking, "gee, that looks a lot like Ray Davies looked in 1970").

In a message dated 10/17/99 2:46:05 PM, DAVEVOSH@... writes:

>re: miles - there`s an album called "miles davis live at the filmore east"
>
>which is of about the same vintage. i only recall it having chick corea
>and 
>herbie hancock on it playing electric piano and organ but some of it was
>
>really hot. don`t recall there being a third kybd player.
>


Yes, I've got a bunch of live Miles from this period (Dark Magus: Live at 
Carnagie Hall, Black Beauty: Live at the Filmore West, Live at Philharmonic 
Hall New York, Get Up With It, Big Fun, and maybe the best Live Evil). I 
don't remember the lineups on the different albums, and they aren't even the 
same across an entire album in many cases. The classic trio I mentioned 
probably doesn't show up that much but it is: Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, 
and Keith (I sure love playing distorted Rhodes!) Jarrett -- I guess Jan 
Hammer and Joe Zawinul were busy! During this period, the band was constantly 
in flux with guys "sitting in" a lot. In fact, McLaughlin was never an 
official member of Davis' band though he shows up on a lot of these records 
-- not at the Isle of Wight as I recall though.

And Dave, ya gotta love any stooge that USED to own a Doric!
Thanks for the descriptions!
JB