#skip spence

[musickickztoo]

Alexander "Skip" Spence 

April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999

#skip spence #moby grape #jefferson airplane #april 16 #april 18

[jt1674]

#alexander spence #skip spence #oar #war in peace

[21stcenturyschizoidcat]

One album wonders

Skip Spence

Blind Faith

Derek and the Dominos

The Rockets

Flaming Youth

Food Brain

Shinki Chen

Fotheringay

Gandalf

Giles, Giles, and Fripp

McDonald and Giles

The Young Veins

#skip spence #alexander spence #moby grape #eric clapton #derek and the dominos #blind faith #steve winwood #ginger baker #shinki chen #classic rock #phil collins #flaming youth #the rockets #danny whitten #giles giles and fripp #McDonald and Giles #king Crimson #robert fripp #the young veins #ryan ross #gandalf #Fotheringay #sandy denny

[rastronomicals]

3:08 AM EST November 27, 2023:

Skip Spence - "Furry Heroine (Halo Of Gold)" From the album Oar (1969)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Acid-Casualty Alt-Folk

#Skip Spence #Oar #Furry Heroine (Halo Of Gold

[julio-viernes]

Como es sabido Moby Grape fue un grupo muy completo y versátil en el que todos aportaban voces y composiciones. "I am Not Willing" es un tema de Peter Lewis en una onda próxima, muy próxima, a Neil Young. Hay que ver que maravillosa canción... sencilla y evocadora, y uno de los temas que da variedad y contraste al álbum. El problema es que es demasiado breve. Tenían una mina de oro y no quisieron escarbar un poco más, lástima...

Por supuesto, en el álbum también participaron en tareas compositivas Jerry Miller y Don Stevenson, y hasta hay un tema perdido al final de Skip Spence. LP muy recomendado.

#moby grape #peter lewis #jerry miller #don stevenson #skip spence #neil young

[dadrockconfessions]

#skip Spence #confession #confessions

[heidismagblog]

#mojo #mojo magazine #book review #skip spence #cam cobb #mary mcglory #sylvia saunders #paul hanley #james kaplan #alex van der tuuk #michael azerrad #eamonn forde

[viliere]

Alexander "Skip" Spence - Diana (unedited version, rec. 1968)

#skip spence

[melvin-dukowski]

Listened to this in full for the first time today. Pretty good outsider music. Skip Spence was the drummer on Jefferson Airplane's first album. He played in a few other bands but sadly he had serious mental health issues. He wrote this album while he was in a mental hospital after attacking his bandmates with an axe. Most of it's a minimalistic country rock but since it was originally supposed to be just a demo it's definately rougher around the edges than most of that ilk during the late 60s. Then there's the lyrics. You can tell he tried for something semi-normal for a country rock album, but they really come off more as the ramblings of someone barely holding it together. Good album, check it out if you want one of the most unique and odd albums off 1969.

#music #outsider music #country music #60s music #skip spence #oar #experimental music #music review #alternative music

[pgoeltz]

#skip Spence #pgoeltz #bitterrootvalley #montana #youtube #scvwd #music #gratefuldead #catflinger #flowers #valleywater scvwd #soundcloud #bitterroot #art #beats #ambient #kscu #0 #ksjs #San Jose

[foxingpeculiar]

TIL Skip Spence was in both Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane before going on to Moby Grape.

Shit was so incestuous back then. Like, from like ‘65-‘72 at least, it seems like every band you’ve heard of has at least one person who was in 1-2 other bands you’ve heard of.

#jefferson airplane #moby grape #quicksilver messenger service #Skip Spence #music #classic rock

[krispyweiss]

Book Review: “Long Train Runnin’ Our Story of the Doobie Brothers” by Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons with Chris Epting

Music journalist Chris Epting should have used a heavier hand in working with Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons on “Long Train Runnin’ Our Story of the Doobie Brothers.”

The otherwise-compelling book about the band - with sections also written by producer Ted Templeton, longtime band members Tiran Porter, Michael McDonald and John McFee and honorary Doobie Bill Payne of Little Feat - suffers from redundant storytelling and Johnston’s fondness for exclamation points. It’s as if he’s yelling at the reader the entire time!

A sort-of first-person oral biography, “Long Train Runnin’”’s major revelation is the Doobies’ connection to Moby Grape. Not only was virtually every Doobie a big Grape fan, it was Skip Spence who introduced Simmons to Johnston and drummer John Hartman.

Unlike so many band books, this one settles no scores. The closest thing to kvetching comes when Johnston and Simmons both say Jeff “Skunk” Baxter could be a difficult bandmate and when Johnston and Porter disagree on who wrote the chorus of “Listen to the Music.”

Johnston, in particular, comes off as a mensch, graceful to the core, even saying “I get it” when arguing Porter is simply misremembering history from the deep past.

Later, when ill health forced Johnston to bow out of the Stampede tour, he harbored no ill will toward the band he founded for bringing in McDonald and jumping musical tracks toward soul and jazz. Even after leaving for good after Takin’ it to the Streets, Johnston, who returned for the group’s jukebox era, was proud of his former group and the success it achieved.

Classy all the way!

Templeton was skeptical of McDonald’s songwriting chops when Simmons brought him in to the studio to preview “Streets.” But after the singer began - You don’t know me but I’m your brother, he sang at the piano - Simmons remembers the producer standing behind McDonald mouthing the words, Oh. My. God.

It’s the little stories like these that make “Long Train” an enjoyable ride. It could’ve been so much better with some editing!

Grade card: “Long Train Runnin’: Our Story of the Doobie Brothers” by Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons with Chris Epting - C+

6/28/22

#the doobie brothers #long train runnin’ our story of the doobie brothers #tom johnston #pat simmons #tiran porter #michael mcdonald #jeff skunk baxter #steely dan #moby grape #skip spence #jefferson airplane #john mcfee #ted templeton #bill payne #little feat #john hartman #chris epting

[sebbyisland]

Cavetown, Falling In Love with a Girl | Mary Oliver, Dogfish | Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere | Zack Villere, Fear of Intimacy | Roy Croft, I Love You | Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater | Michael Spence, First Love in Two Dimensions | Tanizawa Tomofumi, Reaching You | Rebecca Sugar, Time Adventure

#uhm. they mean a lot. to me. #AGGGHHH SORRY IF THIS IS HORRIBLE. i don't usually do this!! #Skip to loafer #seb weaving #web weaving #young love #friendship #healing #seb out #ok uh. tag time #skip to loafer manga #cavetown #mary oliver #celeste ng #zack villere #roy croft #akwaeke emezi #michael spence #tanizawa tomofumi #rebecca sugar #WHOO that's a lot oka #Seb weaving

[espantajerias]

My heroes: Alexander 'Skip' Spence.

#My heroes #Alexander 'Skip' Spence

[rastronomicals]

Skip Spence

#Skip Spence

[julio-viernes]

“All over the woooorld...”.

Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell and James Gadson joined Beck to cover “Little Hands”.

Alexander “Skip” Spence “OAR”, 1969.

#skip spence #jefferson airplane #moby grape #beck