by osagebowler48 on Sun May 31, 2009 3:38 pm
Recently heard Volunteers cuts on LAST FM, while checking out Mariza the great Fado diva, prior to attending a concert in Champaign, Il., with a family from Lisbon, and just accidentally stumbled on a part of me indellibly imprinted, apparently, with that music from my salad days. Couldn't stop intoning Eskimo Blue, so I got out the second old vinyl copy, and ended up going online for the remastered CD from RCA. Great deals online for that, by the way. The Terry Reid I bought at the same time, from a Russian label wasn't so easy. I'm not into all the lyrics, but Grace's are captivating, and I think Volunteers is still my favorite, though that may be because I was so over exposed early to Surrealistic Pillow. Just caught up with Grace and her artwork on the Tube. I used to work for the woman who owned the coffeehouse next to the Matrix, have listened to the Airplane since Grace joined them, and never knew anything about her until today. I'm not surprised that she's pretty cool in an interview, and I like her painting. The best part is she's nine years older than I am, and still looked great recently. All my best to the whole bunch, band, entourage and other fans, and to Marty's friend, Angelica from the cafe, if anyone should know her from the old days...
Lane in Illinois