Wednesday, June 24

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Jonathan played an acoustic gig at NYC 's The Kitchen in 5/75 or so, w/ two femme b/u singers, Andy Paley on drums, and another guy who acted out JR's lyrics now & then. Very fun show, attended by Allen Ginsberg, Gerard Malanga & Kathy Acker, who worked the door. At the time, I was under JR's mystical spell and praised him to Kathy who said: "I don't know, I've met other people who are on his trip and I just don't know."/ Then there was his appearance at Town Hall 10/76. Did no less than four encores of "Ice Cream Man"; a friend walked out on this madcap display, later explaining: "He's evil, man. He's not upfront about his [mental sadism]." Whatever. A strange dude.
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4 comments:

  1. j10:07 AM

    Awesome comment!

    Here's a link to that 1975 show if anyone is interested:
    http://icecoldnugrape.com/media/1975March20NYNYTheKitchen.zip

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  2. j10:08 AM

    http://www.icecoldnugrape.com/recordings/1975032000
    http://www.icecoldnugrape.com/media/home/goodNightBaby.mp3

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  3. 1me05:27 PM

    A belated but no less sincere "Thanks a million" for the 1975 show! No pressure and not to be greedy, but might you or anyone else know where one might be able to find the 10/76 Town Hall show? I lost it when my old hard drive sent kaput and haven't been able to find it online for years, which is especially a pity since it has my favorite version of "Important in Your Life" that I've heard!...

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  4. j1:23 PM

    Here's a link for the Town Hall show:
    http://icecoldnugrape.com/media/jr/JonathanRichman1976Oct09TownHallNYC.flac.zip
    It's gotta be in the top 3 of JR's shows, enjoy!

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