Automation and newer building materials has made the trade of brick laying labor defunct. What was skilled labor is no more and the income it provided.
Most days, when the RUclips alert works & goes off for Lee's video, I know I will have a few moments in my day to spend with the utmost gracious artist who has taught us there is so much more for us to experience than just a stage, an artist performing for an hour and forty-five minutes when attending venues. And while many of us may never have the opportunity to visit these amazing locations, we can share with others the journey, the stories, and all the wonderful people who make it all so very special. 🎂🎂Happy Day-after Birthday Jeff
Good evening, Lee! I miss you so much already. ❤🥺 I forgot to mention yesterday when you asked; I'm from Falmouth on Cape Cod, which is just across from Martha's Vineyard on what we call the "Upper Cape." 😜 Falmouth has the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute WHOI here in the village of Woods Hole. Dr. Robert Ballard worked there as an oceanographer and found the Titanic lying on the Atlantic Ocean about 900 miles from Cape Cod. Also, Katharine Lee Bates was born in Falmouth. She wrote the words to, America the Beautiful. This is a neat looking venue. Lowell is/was definitely a working-class city outside of Boston. Thank you for picking up that litter. People are just so lazy. Ugh. Have a great show tonight! Love ya so much! 😎🎸🎶 PS-Domino says hi! 😂🐾🐾👋
@artemisXsidecross Absolutely! I paddleboard at my pond here. It's very clean, but every once in a while, there's some litter that I'll pick up while I'm out there paddling. 🐾🐾👋😎
Thank you for a tour in Lowell and the birth place of Jack Kerouac and one of my first mentors as a 14 year old and feeling misplaced. It was both his writing and Jazz that began my journey. Below is a quick sketch of Kerouac. Jack Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. ‘…Kerouac is recognized for his style of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jerry Garcia and the Doors…’ Kerouac's first novel is a great way to understand just how much the writer's style evolved during his career… Though the work was completed quickly, Kerouac had a long and difficult time finding a publisher. Before On the Road was accepted by Viking Press, Kerouac got a job as a "railroad brakeman and fire lookout" (see Desolation Peak (Washington)) traveling between the East and West coasts of the United States to earn money, frequently finding rest and the quiet space necessary for writing at the home of his mother. While employed in this way he met and befriended Abe Green, a young freight train jumper who later introduced Kerouac to Herbert Huncke, a Times Square street hustler and favorite of many Beat Generation writers…”wiki
I would never have known this brother. The history of many things over there interests me. At school strangely we learnt American History not Australian History and also they tried to teach us French. I have never been able to work out why but it was all part of school in Australia back then.✌️🖐
Another beautiful place for a gig and thank you for the incredible walk Lee. Been unable to walk great lately. My drumming warm up was always The Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet and Fanfare For The Common Man by ELP amongst other things. Greatly to see Russ. What a great atmosphere this place would have and love this place and great to see what we calls “Trams.”. Most photos here are without pants. Hi to everyone.✌️🖐
@@hanspeterlillese2225 Yes brother that was my warm up and I never have read music. The Ballroom Blitz was being played by another drummer and it sounded like crap so l asked if l could give it a try and it became my first song ever on drums and I still love it. 👍
Lowell used to be a mill town. Tough environs made for tough people back then. It's not the prettiest place you will play one this tour but the crowd will love you.
For over 30 years now, the Lowell Summer Music Series has presented outdoor concerts at Boarding House Park. Located in the heart of downtown Lowell, and only 30 miles north of Boston, Boarding House Park has a general admission capacity of 2,000. Highlights of past seasons include Lyle Lovett, The Beach Boys, The B-52s, Weird Al, Lake Street Dive, Rhiannon Giddens and many more! Boarding House Park routes well with The Colonial Theatre in Laconia and Plymouth Memorial Hall.
I'll have a longish story about this place, which is mere steps from where my sister worked for the National Park Service, in those mill buildings in back.
The lesson for today is aimed at the musicians in the crowd: Mr. Sklar, especially with that magnificent beard and the channel, has to be the most recognized sideman in whatever location he is at. He has to be recognized at least half a dozen times a day. Being a working musician, myself, I can promise everyone there are times you just want to not be recognized. There are times (for me it's 15 minutes prior to and 15 minutes after a show, and when I am with my grandkids) when you don't want anyone to know you. You just want to be another face in the crowd or walking down the street, or shopping, or just some guy hanging out. The lesson presented itself at least three times throughout the video where he was approached by fans and treated them with kindness and respect and willingly gave them the 30 seconds of his life they demanded. I was taught this by someone else very early in my days as a "rock star in my own mind", and I appreciate when people who deserve to be tired of meeting the fans never forgets who pays his gas money to the next gig.
Lowell is one of the places I want to visit one day as it is the birthplace of one of my writing heroes: Jack Kerouac. Dharma Bums was like a bible to me. I didn't expect to see an excerpt from Lonesome Traveler. It was very exciting for me. Thank you so very much once again, Maestro.
Save your money please it’s the biggest disaster you have ever seen it where all illegal immigrants live and you will know because of all the drugs and crime and gangs that nobody talks about
Hey there Lee and everyone! I am way late for today’s show but I would like to emphasize my expression of care and regret that I left on Lamont Van Hook’s channel. You have my deepest condolences for the symbol of ignorance and hatred being left by the bus in Billings. That act is a form of terrorism. I am happy that nothing escalated while you were there. May the person who is so full of malice find their way into the light. There is no room in our world for that kind of abuse. Peace and love to you and all. ☮❤
I'll have a longish story about this place, which is mere steps from where my sister worked for the National Park Service, in those mill buildings in back.
Great tour ... At least you're not in Michigan. It's hot, it's sticky. We lucked out and got some rain, but still very humid. It looks like the old factory is getting a facelift. It's nice they still have it. Have another great show. Stay well.
Lowell, Massachusetts. . . So 😎. . .one of our industrial and textile development centers post WWII and home to a centrally-located University of Massachusetts campus. . and, my Mother's birthplace . . . 💞 thanks much for the great venue walkthrough ✨️
Lee, so sorry to hear about what was found in Montana. Hope y'all don't have any more cases like that! Thanks for your videos each venue. You're a good person Leland Sklar!
@peterottes6900 I believe Lamont found it, and Leland has said Charlie saw it. CNN reported it, but I don't watch network TV, so that's all I know. Vile. I'm listening to a book about the KKK's reach in the 1920's, centered in Indiana, not the South, so I'm already residing in the land of the shocked and disgusted.
You’re not to far away from my daughter today she’s in Portsmouth NH from California doing her gig as a lighting designer for concerts. Take care and stay hydrated. I’m wondering if the guy walking the two dogs said to himself “who’s this poor long haired man with an IPhone “
I didn’t know Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell! On The Road was the Beatnik’s Bible but now we’re on the road with Leland from the comfort of our armchair! There’s an underlying sadness around the Boott Mill Museum but as TIF says “You Can’t Stop Progress”! Great to see more of the Sklarmy come out to say hello.
The late , great Dan Fogelberg always described Mr Russ Kunkel as the ' best there ever was ' when the two master musicians toured together ! What a treat to observe completely Buckshee , Mr Kunkel at work . His touch and tone and rhythm jumps out to me even with untrained ears .... Thankyou Mr Sklar for the privilege .
@@RockandRollWomanYes ,they toured a few times . There is a 2 part video concert out there on RUclips and a few from a Jimmy Buffet hosted TV show . Check 'em out !
Man, those old cotton mills! Stone, brick, steel, wooden timbers and steam. How many people did it take to build and then run them? And a Jack Kerouac tribute to boot. Thanks❤️👍❤️👍
I was at your concert last night here in Lowell. What a wonderful show! My brother and I had a grand time and all just a 10 minute walk from my home. Thank you so much!
So in Boston have they called you Leland Sklahhh yet? I’m a kid from Boston that moved in my teens & had to learn that no one knew what the hell I was saying!! So you learn to turn it off! I still like screwing with Siri though!! Thanks for the walk about & a extra special ✌️❤️goes out to your bandmates !!!
Such magnificent old buildings like these are a testament to a long gone era. I worked for DEC whose original HQ was the old mill in Maynard MA, which was used in part of its history to manufacture blankets and overcoats for Civil War soldiers. Without getting into the nastiness of present day politics, the reality behind these amazing monuments is that they once thrived, but under very different and unrecoverable circumstances. Their market was mostly domestic, supply chains were very long and low in capacity (compared to today's bulk air/sea freight) and working conditions were unacceptable to today's society. To those who believe the world can somehow go back to those 'great' days, you're delusional. But, Lee, I love your venue profiles and enjoy how they reveal the great diversity of the US that thrives today. Please keep it going. On with the show!
Millworker by James Taylor Now my grandfather was a sailor He blew in off the water My father was a farmer And I, his only daughter Took up with a no good millworking man From Massachusetts Who dies from too much whiskey And leaves me these three faces to feed Millwork ain't easy Millwork ain't hard Millwork, it ain't nothing But an awful boring job I'm waiting for a daydream To take me through the morning And put me in my coffee break Where I can have a sandwich And remember Then it's me and my machine For the rest of the morning For the rest of the afternoon And the rest of my life Now my mind begins to wander To the days back on the farm I can see my father smiling at me Swinging on his arm I can hear my granddad's stories Of the storms out on Lake Eerie Where vessels and cargos and fortunes And sailors' lives were lost Yes, but it's my life, has been wasted And I have been the fool To let this manufacturer Use my body for a tool I can ride home in the evening Staring at my hands Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl Ought to stand a better chance Oh, may I work the mills Just as long as I am able And never meet the man Whose name is on the label It be me and my machine For the rest of the morning And the rest of the afternoon, gone For the rest of my life
@Leland This was such an exciting day for the Lowell Summer Music Fest team and fans! Thank you and Lyle for the AMAZING show. And, thank you for highlighting the important history and character of this amazing city!
Great show last night! Thank you for coming to Lowell! And extra thank you for cleaning up the litter left behind by some inconsiderate folks. I really appreciate the video. Always nice to see my neighborhood from a visitor's perspective!
from Wikipedia History Kirk Boott worked for the company responsible for the Merrimack Canal the first power canal in Lowell, which was already driving other mills, and built his mills in 1835, staffing them using the Waltham-Lowell system. Running off of hydropower, the original operation consisted of four gable-roofed brick mill buildings. Eventually, floors were added, giving them flat roofs, the buildings were connected by stair towers and clock towers, and other buildings were added to the complex as well. Steam power and electric power were eventually introduced. The New England textile industry was in decline by World War I and collapsed after World War II; the Boott Mills ceased operations in 1958. In the late 1970s, they became a key component of the Lowell National Historical Park, largely because the complex stood virtually whole, unlike other complexes which had suffered fires, or selective or wholesale demolition, like the older Merrimack Manufacturing Company. The Boott Mills site retains nine major factory structures built between 1835 and the 1880s. As such, it is a catalog of industrial development over that time period.
Seeing the Plymouth Memorial Auditorium's façade, I thought, "Wow! That's a lot of bricks!"...until you started your walkabout this time...WOW!!! lol What a lovely, lengthy walk today! So glad you took off the goggles and let the force lead you back! 🧙♂✨♥
I live a 10 minute walk from there, across the river. Super fun to see it as new through the eyes of someone visiting! I sometimes ask, "how many notes are you going to play tonight?" The most astute at jest say, "all of them!".
18.39 in. Until you hit that graffiti everything was so clean and orderly I wondered if you were in the same country. Thanks for another fantastic summer road trip staycation!
It used to based on skilled labor that put food on the table and housing for a family and before today's pre-fab from Home Depot installers or today’s construction methods.
And some of us drummers pick up a Rickenbacker 12 string and try to play like the late Carl Wilson or Jim (Roger) McQuinn. Russ is one of the best and we've been playing about as many years. He's without a doubt better than I !!! Bob Love
Hey Lee. They hang green strands of lights on the smokestack you filmed at Christmastime so it looks like a giant Christmas Tree. Is there a way to add a picture here? I'll attach it so you can see it. It's pretty cool.
wow a gardenchair-fair dang !+ blankets + throws ! wow what a nice place ! greg koch and al di meola are comming to mannheim to the guitar player summit are you going to be there ? wishing you a good show !
As soon as we started watching this JT''s "Mill Worker" came to mind. I assume that lyric may have been based on an oral history, but it always reminds me of literary determinism. I had a lot of family members and some friends who did work of that sort, and they really didn't see themselves or their lives that way.... Of course, you won't see me volunteering to set foot in one of the massive concrete sarcophagi (aka "fulfillment warehouses") sprouting up all over the place in the "employment boom" of the new era, but....
I grew up next door to a cotton mill and, briefly, worked there. It's a very unique and well built structure. No wonder a few entrepreneurs have chosen to renovate the buildings. The one in my home town was torn down by opportunists. Such a waste.
Leland, I can't find the post where you mentioned the chill music you listen to? What artist(s) did you mention? One of my favorite chill songs is "This Tender Appeal " by Allysium. It sounds like its played on a Rhodes piano.
Leland.........I love how you remind the nice young lady.....Aren't we going to get one???!!!!!. Seeing as she took the first one. That's my boy!!!!! Always a Gentleman they were all so pumped/nervous to meet you they forgot!!!!
Hey Lee,.... I'm thinkin' you should make a video of ,ten minutes before going on stage....(up to,and including)....just to capture how everyone prepares.....
i am sure the guy in the blue shirt knew exactly that lee would show up to do his video thing. i love it. and what a nice lady welcoming lee at the end of the video.
I hope those cobblestones someone mentioned were easier on you than ours. I still don't know what happened to our block of cobblestones that never used to feel like they were killing me, but something is very different. It might just be me, that's different. I guess that is possible. I really kind of think the earth moved a lot more probably with it not being apparent while it was happening. I like that this venue seems like one I could easily roll up to, and it would automatically be chair accessible, at various levels. 🎉😊❤
@@lelandsklar6363 Yes they did. That movie should have been bigger than it was with the public. If you haven't seen it search it out, it's worth your time.
Shawshank...whats your favorite line from the movie? Mine is when their up on the roof putting a new roof on and he asks the guard "Do you trust your wife?"
When I see all that red brick, I know I'm east of the mighty Mississippi! Great tour, thanks.
Hi Debra!
Automation and newer building materials has made the trade of brick laying labor defunct. What was skilled labor is no more and the income it provided.
I like this architecture. It's pretty cool. Cheers!
Most days, when the RUclips alert works & goes off for Lee's video, I know I will have a few moments in my day to spend with the utmost gracious artist who has taught us there is so much more for us to experience than just a stage, an artist performing for an hour and forty-five minutes when attending venues. And while many of us may never have the opportunity to visit these amazing locations, we can share with others the journey, the stories, and all the wonderful people who make it all so very special. 🎂🎂Happy Day-after Birthday Jeff
Just so relaxed, and nice to everyone Lee is the epitome of a guy soaking it all in..
Evening Lee and all
Greetings from Epping UK
Cheers Barry 🎸
Cheers to you Barry 👍
Good evening, Lee! I miss you so much already. ❤🥺
I forgot to mention yesterday when you asked; I'm from Falmouth on Cape Cod, which is just across from Martha's Vineyard on what we call the "Upper Cape." 😜 Falmouth has the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute WHOI here in the village of Woods Hole. Dr. Robert Ballard worked there as an oceanographer and found the Titanic lying on the Atlantic Ocean about 900 miles from Cape Cod. Also, Katharine Lee Bates was born in Falmouth. She wrote the words to, America the Beautiful.
This is a neat looking venue. Lowell is/was definitely a working-class city outside of Boston.
Thank you for picking up that litter. People are just so lazy. Ugh.
Have a great show tonight!
Love ya so much! 😎🎸🎶
PS-Domino says hi! 😂🐾🐾👋
Yes on Leland picking up some litter and a wink and nod to Domino 😉
@artemisXsidecross Absolutely! I paddleboard at my pond here. It's very clean, but every once in a while, there's some litter that I'll pick up while I'm out there paddling.
🐾🐾👋😎
Hello Domino Hope your mom gives you extra treats. I believe you will go far as a video star
@Sue-eg4wv Hi Sue! Thank you! Hope you're doing well.
👋🐾🐾😎🐶
@@KittyCarlile-490 Hi Sue!
Thank you for a tour in Lowell and the birth place of Jack Kerouac and one of my first mentors as a 14 year old and feeling misplaced. It was both his writing and Jazz that began my journey. Below is a quick sketch of Kerouac.
Jack Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts.
‘…Kerouac is recognized for his style of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty.
He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jerry Garcia and the Doors…’
Kerouac's first novel is a great way to understand just how much the writer's style evolved during his career…
Though the work was completed quickly, Kerouac had a long and difficult time finding a publisher.
Before On the Road was accepted by Viking Press, Kerouac got a job as a "railroad brakeman and fire lookout" (see Desolation Peak (Washington)) traveling between the East and West coasts of the United States to earn money, frequently finding rest and the quiet space necessary for writing at the home of his mother. While employed in this way he met and befriended Abe Green, a young freight train jumper who later introduced Kerouac to Herbert Huncke, a Times Square street hustler and favorite of many Beat Generation writers…”wiki
I would never have known this brother. The history of many things over there interests me. At school strangely we learnt American History not Australian History and also they tried to teach us French. I have never been able to work out why but it was all part of school in Australia back then.✌️🖐
Jack Kerouac is one of my writing heroes too. Dharma Bums was like a bible to me.
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And Japhy Ryder as a Gary Snyder who I like very much. 👍
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It was what they don't tell you is where an education begins. ☮
@@artemisXsidecrossain't that the truth
Another beautiful place for a gig and thank you for the incredible walk Lee. Been unable to walk great lately. My drumming warm up was always The Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet and Fanfare For The Common Man by ELP amongst other things. Greatly to see Russ. What a great atmosphere this place would have and love this place and great to see what we calls “Trams.”. Most photos here are without pants. Hi to everyone.✌️🖐
Good to see you here Steven 👍
Blessings to you, @stevenscattergood17!
@@hanspeterlillese2225 Yes brother that was my warm up and I never have read music. The Ballroom Blitz was being played by another drummer and it sounded like crap so l asked if l could give it a try and it became my first song ever on drums and I still love it. 👍
@@artemisXsidecross Hey brother I had to be here. Always great to see you.👍
@@andrewlisenby9693 Blessings to you always my friend.🙏🙏
Lowell used to be a mill town. Tough environs made for tough people back then. It's not the prettiest place you will play one this tour but the crowd will love you.
For over 30 years now, the Lowell Summer Music Series has presented outdoor concerts at Boarding House Park. Located in the heart of downtown Lowell, and only 30 miles north of Boston, Boarding House Park has a general admission capacity of 2,000. Highlights of past seasons include Lyle Lovett, The Beach Boys, The B-52s, Weird Al, Lake Street Dive, Rhiannon Giddens and many more! Boarding House Park routes well with The Colonial Theatre in Laconia and Plymouth Memorial Hall.
Thank you Mark and working this on a tight schedule 👍
I knew you'd show up. Thanks Mark.
@@randyschiffer3265Mark gives good info
Thank you, 😊 Mark!
I'll have a longish story about this place, which is mere steps from where my sister worked for the National Park Service, in those mill buildings in back.
Best wander ever, thanks for the tour of a great old mill town!
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Leland the water from the Merrimack river gave a lot of power to the mills. To make all the clothes a 150 years ago Sorry I miss you
And no fossil fuel needed ☮
So glad you caught Russ warming up! I use to play many moons ago and he was always one of my fav drummers 🥁
Just was able to say hello to Leland!!!!! So happy to meet him! Class act! I felt like a little girl haha!!!
Glad you got to meet him. I was beside myself when I met Lee in the flesh. He's a mensch.
@@RockandRollWoman yeah, he was cool, I interrupted a conversation, looked like a friend, but he he was cool about it.
The lesson for today is aimed at the musicians in the crowd:
Mr. Sklar, especially with that magnificent beard and the channel, has to be the most recognized sideman in whatever location he is at. He has to be recognized at least half a dozen times a day. Being a working musician, myself, I can promise everyone there are times you just want to not be recognized. There are times (for me it's 15 minutes prior to and 15 minutes after a show, and when I am with my grandkids) when you don't want anyone to know you. You just want to be another face in the crowd or walking down the street, or shopping, or just some guy hanging out.
The lesson presented itself at least three times throughout the video where he was approached by fans and treated them with kindness and respect and willingly gave them the 30 seconds of his life they demanded.
I was taught this by someone else very early in my days as a "rock star in my own mind", and I appreciate when people who deserve to be tired of meeting the fans never forgets who pays his gas money to the next gig.
A true bassist: "Committed to the walk."
Long live Leland Dufresne!!
Have great show!
Lowell is one of the places I want to visit one day as it is the birthplace of one of my writing heroes: Jack Kerouac. Dharma Bums was like a bible to me. I didn't expect to see an excerpt from Lonesome Traveler. It was very exciting for me. Thank you so very much once again, Maestro.
Save your money please it’s the biggest disaster you have ever seen it where all illegal immigrants live and you will know because of all the drugs and crime and gangs that nobody talks about
Always good to see the excitement of people when they see you out and about!
Hey there Lee and everyone! I am way late for today’s show but I would like to emphasize my expression of care and regret that I left on Lamont Van Hook’s channel. You have my deepest condolences for the symbol of ignorance and hatred being left by the bus in Billings. That act is a form of terrorism. I am happy that nothing escalated while you were there. May the person who is so full of malice find their way into the light. There is no room in our world for that kind of abuse. Peace and love to you and all. ☮❤
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Well spoken, Winston.
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I'll have a longish story about this place, which is mere steps from where my sister worked for the National Park Service, in those mill buildings in back.
What a great stroll today! So many lives have passed through this area…❤️historical settings
Thanks Leland Safe travels to all😊
Love seeing you interact with your fans!
Great tour ... At least you're not in Michigan. It's hot, it's sticky. We lucked out and got some rain, but still very humid. It looks like the old factory is getting a facelift. It's nice they still have it. Have another great show. Stay well.
Sir Lee,
You are such a wonderful person, have a great show tonight! Take care and safe travels…..
Cotton Baron stuff wow ! everything was built to bring the workers in and live close to the company . massive factory
Lowell, Massachusetts. . . So 😎. . .one of our industrial and textile development centers post WWII and home to a centrally-located University of Massachusetts campus. . and, my Mother's birthplace . . . 💞 thanks much for the great venue walkthrough ✨️
Cool Venue, with a good beat 🪘😁
Interesting buildings 😊 More fans! ❤ Cobble stone !
Thank you 💜👩💜☮️ Wow, long walk! Have a wonderful 🌃
Lee, so sorry to hear about what was found in Montana. Hope y'all don't have any more cases like that! Thanks for your videos each venue. You're a good person Leland Sklar!
What happened in Montana?
@@peterottes6900 One of the band members found a noose.
@@RockandRollWoman Oh for f**ks sake. What's wrong with people? 🤬Thanks for letting me know. Who was he playing with? Same line up?
@peterottes6900 I believe Lamont found it, and Leland has said Charlie saw it. CNN reported it, but I don't watch network TV, so that's all I know. Vile.
I'm listening to a book about the KKK's reach in the 1920's, centered in Indiana, not the South, so I'm already residing in the land of the shocked and disgusted.
You’re not to far away from my daughter today she’s in Portsmouth NH from California doing her gig as a lighting designer for concerts. Take care and stay hydrated.
I’m wondering if the guy walking the two dogs said to himself “who’s this poor long haired man with an IPhone “
Other’s with notable beards, Charles Darwin, Walt Whitman, Sophocles, Leonardo da Vinci, Rabindranath Tagore, and of course Gandalf. ☮
I didn’t know Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell! On The Road was the Beatnik’s Bible but now we’re on the road with Leland from the comfort of our armchair! There’s an underlying sadness around the Boott Mill Museum but as TIF says “You Can’t Stop Progress”! Great to see more of the Sklarmy come out to say hello.
This was pretty cool. A lot of nice looking old architecture. Cheers, Leland! ✌️
The late , great Dan Fogelberg always described Mr Russ Kunkel as the ' best there ever was ' when the two master musicians toured together ! What a treat to observe completely Buckshee , Mr Kunkel at work . His touch and tone and rhythm jumps out to me even with untrained ears .... Thankyou Mr Sklar for the privilege .
Didn't know Fogelberg and Kunkel toured together. Fogelberg was an incredible talent. I still listen to albums I bought in the early 70's.
@@RockandRollWomanYes ,they toured a few times . There is a 2 part video concert out there on RUclips and a few from a Jimmy Buffet hosted TV show . Check 'em out !
Man, those old cotton mills! Stone, brick, steel, wooden timbers and steam. How many people did it take to build and then run them? And a Jack Kerouac tribute to boot. Thanks❤️👍❤️👍
Tom, I have many stories about the mills.
@@Mark_Brooks Hmm🤔. Why am I not surprised.🤪
I was at your concert last night here in Lowell. What a wonderful show! My brother and I had a grand time and all just a 10 minute walk from my home. Thank you so much!
ya know Lee...maybe send under bridge rusting video portion to some dot folks might save a bad situation from occuring...
Welcome to Lowell. One of Massachusetts old mill towns. Russ is wearing himself out before the show. Go easy on him. Have a great show.
So in Boston have they called you Leland Sklahhh yet?
I’m a kid from Boston that moved in my teens & had to learn that no one knew what the hell I was saying!!
So you learn to turn it off!
I still like screwing with Siri though!!
Thanks for the walk about & a extra special ✌️❤️goes out to your bandmates !!!
Thanks Leland for introducing us to Brit ! But what does she do?..monitor assistant?. production?✌
Russ is always SO serious.
Such magnificent old buildings like these are a testament to a long gone era. I worked for DEC whose original HQ was the old mill in Maynard MA, which was used in part of its history to manufacture blankets and overcoats for Civil War soldiers.
Without getting into the nastiness of present day politics, the reality behind these amazing monuments is that they once thrived, but under very different and unrecoverable circumstances. Their market was mostly domestic, supply chains were very long and low in capacity (compared to today's bulk air/sea freight) and working conditions were unacceptable to today's society.
To those who believe the world can somehow go back to those 'great' days, you're delusional.
But, Lee, I love your venue profiles and enjoy how they reveal the great diversity of the US that thrives today. Please keep it going.
On with the show!
Mahalo nui, for another nice sight seeing tour Lee !!
Leland Real nice video..🥁😎🥁..
Millworker by James Taylor
Now my grandfather was a sailor
He blew in off the water
My father was a farmer
And I, his only daughter
Took up with a no good millworking man
From Massachusetts
Who dies from too much whiskey
And leaves me these three faces to feed
Millwork ain't easy
Millwork ain't hard
Millwork, it ain't nothing
But an awful boring job
I'm waiting for a daydream
To take me through the morning
And put me in my coffee break
Where I can have a sandwich
And remember
Then it's me and my machine
For the rest of the morning
For the rest of the afternoon
And the rest of my life
Now my mind begins to wander
To the days back on the farm
I can see my father smiling at me
Swinging on his arm
I can hear my granddad's stories
Of the storms out on Lake Eerie
Where vessels and cargos and fortunes
And sailors' lives were lost
Yes, but it's my life, has been wasted
And I have been the fool
To let this manufacturer
Use my body for a tool
I can ride home in the evening
Staring at my hands
Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl
Ought to stand a better chance
Oh, may I work the mills
Just as long as I am able
And never meet the man
Whose name is on the label
It be me and my machine
For the rest of the morning
And the rest of the afternoon, gone
For the rest of my life
This song is five thumbs up. It tells a story many would prefer not to hear.
@@RockandRollWoman Very true. As soon as I saw the buildings I thought of this song.
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@@randyschiffer3265 Thanks for posting the lyrics. It has a beautiful melody too. Classic JT. 💙
@@RockandRollWoman I lived that song. Broken body, but not mind!
Great tour of Lowell and fantastic show last night! You are quite the artist.
@Leland This was such an exciting day for the Lowell Summer Music Fest team and fans! Thank you and Lyle for the AMAZING show. And, thank you for highlighting the important history and character of this amazing city!
Just a spectacular meander, Lee - thank you!
Great show last night! Thank you for coming to Lowell! And extra thank you for cleaning up the litter left behind by some inconsiderate folks. I really appreciate the video. Always nice to see my neighborhood from a visitor's perspective!
Bruce gets Russ's drums sounding GREAT every time, even through an IPhone mic
I'm in Worcester about 30 miles away....would have been cool to get there and see you guys. but just got out of work......Oh well...Thanks Leland!
from Wikipedia History
Kirk Boott worked for the company responsible for the Merrimack Canal the first power canal in Lowell, which was already driving other mills, and built his mills in 1835, staffing them using the Waltham-Lowell system. Running off of hydropower, the original operation consisted of four gable-roofed brick mill buildings. Eventually, floors were added, giving them flat roofs, the buildings were connected by stair towers and clock towers, and other buildings were added to the complex as well. Steam power and electric power were eventually introduced.
The New England textile industry was in decline by World War I and collapsed after World War II; the Boott Mills ceased operations in 1958. In the late 1970s, they became a key component of the Lowell National Historical Park, largely because the complex stood virtually whole, unlike other complexes which had suffered fires, or selective or wholesale demolition, like the older Merrimack Manufacturing Company. The Boott Mills site retains nine major factory structures built between 1835 and the 1880s. As such, it is a catalog of industrial development over that time period.
Seeing the Plymouth Memorial Auditorium's façade, I thought, "Wow! That's a lot of bricks!"...until you started your walkabout this time...WOW!!! lol What a lovely, lengthy walk today! So glad you took off the goggles and let the force lead you back! 🧙♂✨♥
check your settings for focus -this & last few have been slow to catch up with your movement in regards to staying in focus.
What a beautiful old city. I love MA/New England!
I live a 10 minute walk from there, across the river. Super fun to see it as new through the eyes of someone visiting!
I sometimes ask, "how many notes are you going to play tonight?" The most astute at jest say, "all of them!".
18.39 in. Until you hit that graffiti everything was so clean and orderly I wondered if you were in the same country.
Thanks for another fantastic summer road trip staycation!
An old town on a river. Something tells me it’s economy used to be based on mills…..
It used to based on skilled labor that put food on the table and housing for a family and before today's pre-fab from Home Depot installers or today’s construction methods.
Yes, a labor-intensive economy and the great Merrimack river and Winnipesaukee and one other finding their way to our Atlantic shipping lanes.
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River and hydropower both fossil fuel free too ☮
Russ is really getting stuck into his rudiments, one day he may make a living doing this🤣🤣🤣
Too old for this! I think he is going to open a convenience store.
I like how Russ waved a drum stick at Leland when he was further away in the video 😉
@@lelandsklar6363I remember Ringo talking about opening a few women's hair salons, so perhaps that's another option for drummers. 😂
And some of us drummers pick up a Rickenbacker 12 string and try to play like the late Carl Wilson or Jim (Roger) McQuinn. Russ is one of the best and we've been playing about as many years. He's without a doubt better than I !!! Bob Love
@@RockandRollWomanI like drumming and percussion, but it would be interesting to see drummers involved with a hair salon.
I wonder if the Boott Mill wasn't water powered? It was built beside a body of water, as most of them were of this time period in New England.
Clang clang clang went the trolley...
Hey Lee. They hang green strands of lights on the smokestack you filmed at Christmastime so it looks like a giant Christmas Tree. Is there a way to add a picture here? I'll attach it so you can see it. It's pretty cool.
Have a great gig!
wow a gardenchair-fair dang !+ blankets + throws ! wow what a nice place ! greg koch and al di meola are comming to mannheim to the guitar player summit are you going to be there ? wishing you a good show !
Chilly day in Southern Australia. Almost warms me up watching these videos
Walking through the cotton mill made me think “what a perfect day to tar a roof with some friends enjoying a bucket of suds!” 😅
As soon as we started watching this JT''s "Mill Worker" came to mind. I assume that lyric may have been based on an oral history, but it always reminds me of literary determinism. I had a lot of family members and some friends who did work of that sort, and they really didn't see themselves or their lives that way....
Of course, you won't see me volunteering to set foot in one of the massive concrete sarcophagi (aka "fulfillment warehouses") sprouting up all over the place in the "employment boom" of the new era, but....
Nice😊 Have a great nite❣
Thanks, Lee. Interesting mill buildings ... and a tram (or a trolley to you). You could be in Manchester (England).
I grew up next door to a cotton mill and, briefly, worked there. It's a very unique and well built structure. No wonder a few entrepreneurs have chosen to renovate the buildings. The one in my home town was torn down by opportunists. Such a waste.
That’s the Merrimack River there. Bette Davis was from Lowell, Ma.! Legendary actress.
Wow people really like staking out their seats! They should outfit the trolley and use it as a tour bus 😉
Leland, I can't find the post where you mentioned the chill music you listen to? What artist(s) did you mention? One of my favorite chill songs is "This Tender Appeal " by Allysium. It sounds like its played on a Rhodes piano.
Ahh!! My home state. Welcome Lee and everyone
Leland.........I love how you remind the nice young lady.....Aren't we going to get one???!!!!!. Seeing as she took the first one.
That's my boy!!!!! Always a Gentleman they were all so pumped/nervous to meet you they forgot!!!!
Thank you Lee ✌🏻
I wonder if JT had that place in mind when he wrote Millworker. Wasn't that a tune set in Lowell?
Near my home town!
Great venue, hope you had fun!!!
Good video, thanks
Hey Lee,.... I'm thinkin' you should make a video of ,ten minutes before going on stage....(up to,and including)....just to capture how everyone prepares.....
Looks humid
Variety is the spice of life😎👍
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wow best ever video wow a master of all craft
much appreciations
Leland Sklar43
Jack Kerouac and I share the same birthday - March 12th.
A pre or post happy birthday Phillip ☮
i am sure the guy in the blue shirt knew exactly that lee would show up to do his video thing. i love it. and what a nice lady welcoming lee at the end of the video.
I also miss David Lindley. I know thats part of this video but that one was a hard one to swallow. Thanks for music it matters.
… down by the banks of the Merrimack River, oh Lowell, you’re my home…sometimes I like to walk around…”
Cool place huh? You really are getting your steps in, two days in a row. Great to see you. Have a good show🖕
I hope those cobblestones someone mentioned were easier on you than ours. I still don't know what happened to our block of cobblestones that never used to feel like they were killing me, but something is very different. It might just be me, that's different. I guess that is possible. I really kind of think the earth moved a lot more probably with it not being apparent while it was happening. I like that this venue seems like one I could easily roll up to, and it would automatically be chair accessible, at various levels. 🎉😊❤
Question: Leland did you ever see the movie "Stan & Ollie?"
They did a great job.
@@lelandsklar6363 Yes they did. That movie should have been bigger than it was with the public. If you haven't seen it search it out, it's worth your time.
I appreciate you, thank you for making content.
Evening Leland.
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@@hanspeterlillese2225 hey Hans, hope you’re well👍👍
What is Brit (?)'s role in the crew?
She is sound crew and in charge of some of the stage crew.
@@lelandsklar6363 Thanks for the reply, Leland.
Happy Birthday.
Shawshank...whats your favorite line from the movie? Mine is when their up on the roof putting a new roof on and he asks the guard "Do you trust your wife?"
Funny
Hi! 👋🏻
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Where's Brad?
Where in Texas will you be? I’m coming home next week, not looking forward to the heat though…. Take care.
First in. Love from Norway -
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Classic. I was able to follow your progress on google map
Love You Leland. I'm giving you the finger.
Any gigs in New Hampshire. Soundchecks are brutal
I live right next it I love it