Funny, pulled Lobos' 'This Time' out of the stacks this wknd. Lovely lovely record. I used to go see them so so much after Garcia passed away - for a while, they kinda replaced the Dead for me in those roots-song ways (ways in which neither, like, Sonic Youth/Godspeed, nor techno could).
Oh yeah, I saw them open four or five shows, and Garcia sat in with them a few times too. But also, rather wonderfully, they never just jumped into thath scene and continued down their own path. (Latin Playboys, 'Colossal Head,' etc.)
Funny, pulled Lobos' 'This Time' out of the stacks this wknd. Lovely lovely record. I used to go see them so so much after Garcia passed away - for a while, they kinda replaced the Dead for me in those roots-song ways (ways in which neither, like, Sonic Youth/Godspeed, nor techno could).
They usually pull out the Dead whenever they are playing live in No Cal. Touring with them really plugged them into the scene!
Oh yeah, I saw them open four or five shows, and Garcia sat in with them a few times too. But also, rather wonderfully, they never just jumped into thath scene and continued down their own path. (Latin Playboys, 'Colossal Head,' etc.)