IV (10) page 156

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Phil Lesh, bassist for Grateful Dead, played lead riffs on his bass. Very 
complicated interweaving with the lead guitarist, Jerry Garcia.

Query: the Dead were a big San Francisco band at the time of IV and 
well-known everywhere by the time of VL, yet Pynchon never mentions them. 
Anyone know a reason for this?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bekah" <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:38 PM
Subject: IV (10) page 156


> Page 156
>
>  "The Furies"  opening for Spotted Dick at FFO - 3 basses and no lead
> guitar
> I have no idea - the bass was very, very popular but no lead?
> Nevertheless,  watch the White Rabbit clip (see below)  and you'll see
> Jack Casady who played bass for Jefferson Airplane (see below) - it
> fits.
>
> White Rabbit -  Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane on Surrealistic
> Pillow.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cfTMdjkYM
> (On Smothers Brothers - I probably saw that show - very nice.)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song)
>
> What was that prior  reference to "Slick" again?  Donavan "Quite
> right, Slick,"  or  "Grace Slick."  eh .... ?
>
> **********
> I have no idea when organic ice cream became popular in LA.   I
> certainly didn't hear about it.  This may be something that TPR knew
> about from his own experience.
>
> ************
>
> Bambi:    "We had you figured for a Herb Alpert person."  Why does she
> say that?       Is Doc a dud - uncool?  Yes,  a bit.   *OR* - was Herb
> Albert cool?  - Not that I remember, although some of his tunes
> certainly were.   Doc's  older than the girls for sure but ...
> Pynchon was 33 in 1970 - maybe he liked Herb Alpert.
>
>  "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQK1vWkC4-o
> (1970)
>
> "Alpert originally sang "This Guy's in Love with You" on a 1968
> television special. In response to numerous viewer telephone calls,
> the song was released as a single and reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard
> Hot 100 in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four
> weeks. It was not only Alpert's first #1 record, but it was also the
> first #1 record for his A&M record label. The song also spent an
> impressive ten weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart, which at
> the time was referred to as the "Easy Listening" chart. For the
> single's B-side, Alpert chose "A Quiet Tear," an album track from his
> first album in 1962, The Lonely Bull."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Guy's_in_Love_with_You
>
> *****
>
> Doc:   "... everything copacetic?" - an interesting word -   it means
> fine or excellent.   See
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cop1.htm
> for a good discussion of the term.
>
> ****
>
> Bambi:   "Shiny Mac McNutley" -   a member of Spotted Dick - a member
> of King Crimson?  (I doubt it - more likely a TPR invention.)
>
>
> ***
>
> Jade's toilet paper / "letter of intent" joke  underscores the idea
> that Jade and Bambi may simply just be really mean,  sarcastic little
> wonders who think very highly of themselves.
>
> ****
>
> Patchouli  -  oh lord love a duck if I never smell that again it might
> be too soon.   I smelled just a bit too much of it back then - I liked
> it - I really, really did - but then somehow it got overdone.
> Recent studies show it may be an effective insect deterrent.  (heh)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli
>
> And in a very small case of synchronicity,  I came across the word
> patchouli in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard the other morning .   (Gaev
> says it smells of patchouli in the house - he probably doesn't like it.)
>
> ****
>
> Bek
>


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