This year will be a Californian Xmas in the Netherlands.
I bought this album on-line yesterday from a friendly Dutch ‘West Coast Music collector’.
I believe it’s the first Limited Numbered Edition, 1981 (500 copies)
Can’t wait to listen to Quicksilver Messenger Service – The Fool (Eastern Style)
and the Lovelight version with Janis Joplin and Pigpen !
Robert Hunter and Comfort Opened for the Jerry Garcia Band.
Click on the picture below for the concert
Robert Hunter performed and recorded with the band Comfort for about a year, from mid-1977 to mid-1978. In particular he wrote a lengthy suite of songs called “Alligator Moon” which is well worth listening to for any Hunter fan. Hunter was unhappy with his studio version of the suite, so the album was never released.
Circulating live versions of the suite are excellent—it’s a shame they never saw an official release.
A few Hunter/Comfort studio recordings were released on the album Promontory Rider.
March 18, 1978 Warner Theater, Washington, DC (early and late show)
Jerry Garcia Band/Robert Hunter and Comfort
A tape of a Comfort set from an WHFS-fm broadcast has surfaced. I assume that the Comfort set was broadcast along with the JGB show. It does beg the very interesting question of who paid for it (for a band to play live on commercial FM radio, the record company had to pick up the lost advertising costs).
ROBERT HUNTER AND COMFORT 1977-78
Robert Hunter-vocals, guitar
Kevin Morgenstern-lead guitar
Rodney Albin-violin, mandolin
Richard McNees-keyboards
>Ozzie Allers joins in February 1978, replacing McNees
Larry Klein-six string bass
Pat Lorenzano-drums
Marlene Molle-vocals
Kathleen Klein-vocals
for sale > > >
Finally, all my GONG, and GONG related items are online. A big job for this old Pothead Pixie but it’s finished now. Time for a well deserved good cup, euh, pot of hennep tea !
