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Lytton Plaza re:Set June 9 10 11 by Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto not Stanford

Posted on May 11, 2023 by markweiss86

June 9 Freddy Jones Band 7 pm June 10 Cien Mil Mangos 12 pm, Larry Ochs Gerald Cleaver 2 pm, free June 11 Jim Campilongo Ben Davis Duo 2 pm I am doing shows on three consecutive days next month … Continue reading →

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Steve Lacy twice

Posted on December 7, 2020 by markweiss86

I’m not going to fault Veronica DeJesus for embellishing Steve Lacy’s resume: “played w/Muddy Waters”. I don’t think Steve played with Muddy — the person who might know is Bob Margolin, or Eric Hanson. More people think of Steve as … Continue reading →

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Their music lives on, and my versions of their stories

Posted on August 30, 2020 by markweiss86

Veronica DeJesus recently created a series of portraits, of musicians who I knew from my work as Earthwise Productions, which started in 1994 and continues, although my last concert was March 13 2020, having, like virtually everyone and everything on … Continue reading →

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Monk America Monk again

Posted on August 11, 2020 by markweiss86

I’m only kidding about the janitor actually being an FBI agent, but a lot of the press about Danny’s (Scher) concert with Monk does describe the timing of the event during an era when MLK had been shot and East … Continue reading →

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I would have had to have started with Sermon on The Mount to have produced as many shows to date, as Earthwise, as Live Nation does in one year

Posted on February 14, 2019 by markweiss86

  Me: 300 concerts in 25 years Them: 30,000 concerts each year Earthwise Posters set and checklist (1993-2001) (Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto is or was a concert and artist management company founded by Mark Weiss that produced more than … Continue reading →

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The Deacons Hop by Big Jim McNeely early rockstar when sax was a rock instrument

Posted on September 17, 2018 by markweiss86

Thanks to okie dog and guy who signed that weird Oklahoma art rock Flaming Lips David cat katznelson for the heads up. If you read the tags here you can see that I’m imagining stringing together six or seven different … Continue reading →

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L Sax L

Posted on July 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Pat Labarbera (1944) Steve Lacy (1934-2004) Guy Lafitte (1927-1998) Oliver Lake (1942) Ralph Lalama (1951) Byard Lancaster (1942-2012) Harold Land (1928-2001) Brian Landrus (1978) Don Lanphere (1928-2003) John Laporta (1920-2004) Prince Lasha (1929-2008) Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) Christof Lauer (1953) Azar … Continue reading →

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Phil Elwood, Steve Lacy and Pete Douglas in heaven

Posted on July 21, 2014 by markweiss86

SOPRANO SAXOPHONIST Steve Lacy, with Jean-Jacques Avenel, string bass, and John Betsch, drums – a “free jazz” ensemble – performed exquisite and innovative chamber music for the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in the Pete Douglas Beach House at Miramar … Continue reading →

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Steve Lacy tribute

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I wore my precious “Steve Lacy…on tour” t-shirt today because I read yesterday that it has been 10 years since his passing, and other Steve Lacy fans did tributes in the form of concerts or blog posts. Steve was a … Continue reading →

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Mysterious photo of Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd at Cubberley, circa 1999

Posted on June 15, 2014 by markweiss86

The miracle that is the internet has brought us, not Slender Man but something almost as spooky: a photograph of Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd, at Cubberley Community Theatre in Palo Alto, in 1999. I’m thrilled, as the promoter of … Continue reading →

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