THIS blog WILL COMMENT ON LIVE ROCK PERFORMANCE. THE FIRST HUNDRED POSTS ; MY HONEST OPINION AS LIVE ROCK CRITIC.
I have written lately of my own Live Rock journey and how it did end up wrecked on the rocks again and again.
Still it is an incredible improvement to have recovered from virtual paralysis a number of times and be able to write and compose and play instruments and most of all to have been able to dance on stage and perfrorm on Harmonica with LIVE ROCK BANDS.
THE LES PAUL GUITAR I AM PLAYING IS USED IN MANY OF MY SONGS LATELY.
I AM DEPENDENT ON MY BIG MUFF, NEED IT TO PERFORM MOST OF THE SONGS I AM CURRENTLY PRACTICING WITH LESLIE THE BLACK BEAUTY LES PAUL.
MY MUFF WAS BROKEN FOR TEN DAYS.
I hooked up a 9 V from 120 V adapter and that made the Big Muff howl.
I found a replacement 9 V battery connector IN A FIFTY YEAR OLD RADIO ALARM CLOCK and I scavenged it. ( The clock still works) I hooked up the wires inside the Muff to the connector and I had Leslie back. The Guitar has inspired Darling. Darling is a Black Girl who is the subject of a dozen songs. Darling Space Girl, Darling in 4X Double Vision, and Darling from the Ghetto.
I DID "BAD DREAMS" TWICE AND "SPACE 06" WHERE DARLING JOINS ME AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY FOREVER.
I AM SO RELIEVED. I ACTUALLY CANNOT MAKE TO MY CAR, SHELL SHOCK WILL CAUSE TONIC IMMOBILITY, SO I HAD TO FIND A SCAVENGE AROUND THE HOUSE.
There is a you tube post called "Dance of the Golden Bodied Witches" which is a Leslie Paul Black Beauty Extravaganza.
The video is filmed reflected entirely in the Black Window Glass with the Golden Bodied Witches reflected and I am reflected playing with Leslie.
I cannot find "Dance of the Golden Bodied Witches'', not even where you would expect the video to be with "Witches Chorale".
Postscript June 16 2022:
I DID HAVE A ONE HOUR MUSIC PRACTICE LAST NIGHT. THAT IS RUNNING TIME. I DID WARM UP GUITAR AND KEYBOARD TUNES AND SPACEY INTRO'S. I PERFORMED SEVEN SONGS EXACTLY AS WRITTEN WITH KEYBOARD, GUITAR, HARMONICA AND VOCALS ACCOMPANIED BY SEQUENCED TWIN KURZWEILS. IT IS EXHAUSTING TO PLAY AND SING FORCEFULLY AS ROCK MUSIC REQUIRES AND I WAS EXPERIENCING VIRTUAL PARALYSIS COMING ON AT THE END. I FELT WEAKNESS, MY NECK KINKED MY KNEES WOBBLED AND THERE WAS AN ALARMING LOW BACK RAW FEELING. I SLUNGED ABOUT AND KEPT ON MOVING WITHOUT STABILIZING WHEN I MOVED AND TURNED. IN THE MIDDLE, I HAD, TO SIT FOR A 22 MINUTE BREAK.
