IT was...'69 yet "another" dummer of LOVE......the "Renegade" FREE
concert "staged" my Jefferson Airplane and others to "protest" ?
the "power"....monopoly of Bill Graham....
at San Jose State's "Spartan" stadium

people were "encouraged" to bring sleeping bags...and STAY...over..

I "encounter" the most GORGEOUS Blonde blue-eyed  ."wonder"....

and sit down cross legged....full Lotus "position" to get to meet her...

along comes this older Bald Headed guy...
with a GIANT green bottle...that looked like "Jeanie" from
I "Dream" of Jeanie...would pop out...IF you "Rubbed" it ?

he hands it to me...I turn and read the label....

Bali-Hai Sangria......take a sip.....a bit WAY too "sweet" ....
( shoulda QUIT there......! )

so we continue..the three of us...to "relate"......

then Grace SLick is on the Mike and Asks........

"Ed Cassidy....PLEEZE report to the stage...UR BAND is looking for you"...

he turns...drops the bottle and SAYS....oops...I gotta GO PLAY" !

SPIRIT was already onstage without HIM !

YES...it was.....Ed "Cass" Cassidy !!!

Brian

Here's their "legacy"...on UTube...


DO...."Bless" HIS....."soul"......

he DID..."transform" HOW people play....

NOBODY to my knowledge had EVER done....

"arpegios" !!!!  look at THIS vdeo !!!  Miami Live...

Dark Eyed Woman....."perhaps" his BEST ?.

BUT...this IS...more than 20 YEARS..."later" .......1988

perhaps his "simplest" song..both in "structure" and "verse" that is SO

"relevant" NOW...gets used OVER and over again ...for a very "obvious' reason

"Nature's Way"

let's go BACK...and "visit" in the Job 1 "time Machine" ?

how....FAR ...."ahead of his TIME" he WAS !!!!

song IS..."Contact" !

13 of 18 "Original LOGOS...for MTV

were "produced" using the Via Video System 1

this iws SO..."way before" THEN !!!!

SO was "Hall and Oats"..."family Man"...
and
Man with TWO BRAINS ( Steve Martin "game" sequence... )

BY none OTHER than Leslie Bryans...

who married "A" Martinez
Remember Santa Barbara...LA Law.?...
"A" which stands for..."Adolf" NO I'm NOT making thei UP !
replaced Jimmy Smitts ! on LA Law....
Leslie was ALSO a breastroker on the Santa Clara Swim Club !!! and Stanfordite !

she worked in the Beverly Hills office...of  "Via Video"
with this INCREDIBLY "KEwl" ..."Chrystal" DESK...

SO...you could ALWAYS SEE..
ALL of her...."wonderfulness" !!!!.