Sunday, November 29, 2009

CSNY (3)


ALL I COULD FIND WERE 9 PARTS, HOPE THOSE ARE ENOUGH




Celebration At Big Sur Part 1




Celebration At Big Sur Part 2




Celebration At Big Sur Part 3 - Joan Baez




Celebration At Big Sur Part 4




Celebration At Big Sur Prt. 5 - CSNY Sea Of Madness, 4+20




Celebration At Big Sur Part 6 - Joni Mitchell and CSNY




Celebration At Big Sur Part 7 - The Ohm People




Celebration At Big Sur Part 8 - John Sebastian Joni Mitchell




Celebration At Big Sur Part 9


BRINGS BACK MEMORIES!
I LIVED ON A COMPLETELY WOODEN BOARDWALK STREET THEN, CALLED NAPIER LANE, OFF THE FILBERT STEPS ON TELEGRAPH HILL, AND REMEMBER SEEING JOAN AND HER SISTER MIMI A LOT
THAT WAS JUST AFTER RICHARD DIED, IT WAS A SAD TIME BECAUSE OF THAT
THAT HOUSE ON NAPIER WAS BUILT USING AT LEAST THREE OTHERS' PARTS, DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE IN THE EARLY 1900S
IT HAD A GREAT VIEW OF THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE, OF PIER 39, THE OLD SANSOME STREET CHICKEN FACTORY, AND WHAT ARE NOW LEVI STRAUSS' MAIN OFFICES
I STILL GO TO THE ANNUAL REMEMBRANCES WE HAVE STARTING EARLY IN THE MORNINGS, ABOUT 4 AM-5 AM EVERY YEAR, THE CURRENT MAYOR, CONGRESS PEOPLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE, ARE ALL THERE WITH THOUSANDS OF ORDINARY CITIZENS, INCLUDING SURVIVORS OF THE QUAKE,
WHO ARE SPECIALLY HONORED
IT HAPPENS EVERY APRIL 18 THAT I REMEMBER, AND THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK AT 5:15 AM
IT WAS THE FIRST NATURAL DISASTER TO BE DOCUMENTED BY MODERN STYLE MEDIA