I grew up in the eastbay, Oakland/Berkeley, and Elvin Bishop used to play all over the place. At parties, on a flatbed truck. He was a regular and it was always exciting. That was great. I also heard that he mentored Neal Schon, used to take Neal all around to clubs, when Neal was underage! He'd sneak in from the back, play a set and then sneak back out! Hysterical. I never heard about that, I thought it was just Gregg Rolie and then Mike Carabello. Very cool. 😎
Thanks for this interview, as it justifies a story I tried to share on a Bloomfield site. When I mentioned that I saw the Flag at Keystone Korner, they told me the Flag never played there before, but I was there. The place wasn't even that crowed as we were sitting at a table in front of the stage. I also mentioned in part 1 about seeing Butterfield at the Fillmore. This was the golden era of music, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Still a big fan and I've seen you Mark play at the Club Fox in Redwood City a few times. Looking forward to part 3.
I never knew about the original Old Waldorf location, but I went to many shows at the Battery location above the parking garage. Journey, Santana, Narada Michael Walden, some others. Really close to the musicians.
I loved Mike. A " monster" on guitar but an angle at heart. I wish I could have saved him, as he tried to save me. Forever in my ❤️. Stop the Hate💔✡️☮️
B.B. King thought he was at the wrong place, seeing all the hippies lined up at the Fillmore. Then when he came out he received an extended standing ovation! It brought tears to his eyes. He couldn't believe it! All these white kids know me?! You better believe it, B.B..
Fascinating interview with Nick, an unsung hero of the blues in Chicago and California. I wish there had been more of a discussion with Nick about Janis Joplin. I was kind of surprised that the interviewer didn't know that Janis died the day before she was to sing the vocal of Buried Alive In The Blues, as it was the only instrumental on Joplin's most famous album. Anyhow, overall, a great interview!
@@markhummel7656 Wow! You're really missing out. Do yourself a favor and buy a copy of The Pearl Sessions. BTW, both sets of Big Brother's Monterey performance was issued on vinyl last year.
I've a feeling that I could be wrong - it happened once before - but I'm glad he's cognizant & can be heard. Trust me - he CAN scream (he was wrong as to the why, but he CAN scream). I/We spent hours & hours in a project w/Nick to put out a CD of 'Bluestar' as an expanded, Domestic reissue. Loaded. He was in an excited mode & had sent me a very nice tape of Bloomfield doing 'Roll Over Beethoven' just before that was slow, very releasable but I'm not sure if he played rhythm on it or anything else but he was of the Mind & I was totally sincere. I'd call him in the mornings [10-12PCT] & take all the notes I could get down by hand & accurately. Transference of Facts being most Important & Sacred of all. 'What's in a Name?' was the title I had ran by him for a Promotional article & I was sincere re that project. At 38-39(±) minutes Total time I saw plenty of room to add at least 20 minutes to a beautifully released disc with extra time available. Even if it's 20 minutes of Live music by Nick doing 'Mama Lion' & 'Run Outta West' w/ Cipollina and the Bandmaster's call to fill out the balance; the people were going to get their money's worth in time spent since Nick took his Creative Writing class(es) & had a greatly expanded diction/vocabulary to start with but since then & Life's experiences adding what they'd offered throughout the Chicago Blues market & the West Coast scene. I'd been buying the Boxes of 'Live At Negri's' & wasn't having any trouble selling them to a few dozen retailers in the State of Florida- none at all & repeatedly. Now, things were going to get stepping at a faster clip & selling the stuff within the covers (already done by the great Stanley Mouse even if that cover had to be reshot & touched up). I wanted that article to be a selling feature to promote this & there's no way a 1 hour to ninety minute long conversation w/Nick about everything under the Sun was going to be as productive a Promotional piece as what WE had talked about. I'd sent his Distributor for 'Live At Negri's' the money for the first run to show my Seriousness about this project & terms were if for ANY reason it didn't come to fruition, work out, et al- I'd be happy with that amount of copies of 'Live At Negri's'. Broad Spectrum Staphylococci infection took a grip, I spent 2 months in 1 hospital & then an upper extremity Specialist that used to come out to the Bay Area to lecture w/his Rhinoplasty partner was referred to me by a teenager so I could keep both of my arms (in Coral Gables, FL). A seventeen hour long primary procedure was the starting point but that's my problem. I can't find a copy of 'Live in Negri's' (they'd simply but professionally put it on a label called 'Waddlin' Dog' which I made mention of the fact that it's usually better to be higher in the alphabet to get the attention of Buyers as things are most likely going to be seen from A-Z if organized at all. Nick saw the logic of that & I wish that had come together as I'd expected & originally financed. There was no odd accounting or anything like that; I just wasn't able to put my money in AND my name ON a Gravenites work of art. From 'just' his Friday night sessions I believe he did at Negri's' as they used to be & how it began to be distributed in all of Florida- I never heard a single complaint from any of my own dozens (twenty-five±) of Buyers, Owners/Buying in the entire State of Florida. That was all under One Man's name and the label He had created. Amazing to me and my ears. I'm sad to be grateful that I saw His last Live Professional show in performance singing the Blues in the San Francisco Bay Area on the South side of the Golden Gate Bridge. But I was truly Blessed to have been welcome there. Now I have Both of my Test Pressings for the Gravenites, Bloomfield & Butterfield Soundtrack/body of work w/John Kahn, & Maria Muldaur & Merle Saunders on one track from each of those two featured as well - Autographed by Nick. This second one was bought from a former Customer who'd bought copies of 'Live At Negri's' for his Tampa Blues buyers. 🎼 What's In A Name‽ A German label group refused to return the original cover art so that had to be dealt w/ & it was going to be loaded w/ more Cipollina as well as some Nick & Mike material w/ a sticker on the upper Left top corner because we read L>>R & top - down especially when we want to get people to read anything special like Bonus/Rare Tracks & mention that extra tracks with Cipollina & Bloomfield are included in this new Limited, hand-numbered edition as extra bells & whistles for all Music Lovers to see, read & understand. I'd been organizing this Bio as a Promotional piece & a diy CD by Nick 'Live At Negri's' was doing surprisingly well as I covered the State of Florida; it was a typically great night at a place near his then home & if I can sell 4 box lots face to face in Florida to retailers who'd want not one more next time, but 2-5. I wasn't surprised & I came equipped w/My copy that was as good as the rest as a 'test drive' for each Buyer: Tallahassee to Jacksonville & up & down each Coast: Miami to Ft Myers & zig zagging the Os {Orlando, Osceola, Ocala, etc} saturating the State . Sadly, my health fell apart in the middle of this 'Napster Disaster' & Tamarkin decided after I'd sent my Bio- properly, not scholarly- of Nick's working Life as one of the "We were the original 'Blues Brothers' Michael & Me." said w/a calming, smooth tone every few hours in the mornings of days I'd catch him on a good, sociable one. All of a sudden, Mr Tamarkin decided he had a taped conversation w/Nick that encompassed all the material I'd sent him from Sam Lay, Otis Rush
You did not let Nick talk…..you led him and answered for him half the time. You even tried to correct him!? You “think” you know history!? Nick is the history……Please don’t try to impress your audiences with what you think you know…..orrrr your opinion! This is about NICK no you…. Please take my criticism as a good thing and use it. Thank you for your effort.
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Great memories of hanging at Negris ! Thanks Nick! ❤ 🎶🎸
I grew up in the eastbay, Oakland/Berkeley, and Elvin Bishop used to play all over the place. At parties, on a flatbed truck. He was a regular and it was always exciting.
That was great.
I also heard that he mentored Neal Schon, used to take Neal all around to clubs, when Neal was underage! He'd sneak in from the back, play a set and then sneak back out! Hysterical.
I never heard about that, I thought it was just Gregg Rolie and then Mike Carabello. Very cool. 😎
So great to hear these stories.
Thanks for this interview, as it justifies a story I tried to share on a Bloomfield site. When I mentioned that I saw the Flag at Keystone Korner, they told me the Flag never played there before, but I was there. The place wasn't even that crowed as we were sitting at a table in front of the stage. I also mentioned in part 1 about seeing Butterfield at the Fillmore. This was the golden era of music, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Still a big fan and I've seen you Mark play at the Club Fox in Redwood City a few times. Looking forward to part 3.
This is GREAT - Thanks ! 😃
Fantastic interview! Thanks so much!
Our pleasure!
I never knew about the original Old Waldorf location, but I went to many shows at the Battery location above the parking garage.
Journey, Santana, Narada Michael Walden, some others.
Really close to the musicians.
I loved Mike. A " monster" on guitar but an angle at heart. I wish I could have saved him, as he tried to save me. Forever in my ❤️. Stop the Hate💔✡️☮️
B.B. King thought he was at the wrong place, seeing all the hippies lined up at the Fillmore.
Then when he came out he received an extended standing ovation!
It brought tears to his eyes. He couldn't believe it!
All these white kids know me?!
You better believe it, B.B..
Fascinating interview with Nick, an unsung hero of the blues in Chicago and California. I wish there had been more of a discussion with Nick about Janis Joplin. I was kind of surprised that the interviewer didn't know that Janis died the day before she was to sing the vocal of Buried Alive In The Blues, as it was the only instrumental on Joplin's most famous album. Anyhow, overall, a great interview!
I barely listened to the Pearl album
@@markhummel7656 Wow! You're really missing out. Do yourself a favor and buy a copy of The Pearl Sessions. BTW, both sets of Big Brother's Monterey performance was issued on vinyl last year.
Art Ensemble of Chicago.
He looks like a completely different person. I can't see him in pictures side by side. Bizarre.
Incredible interview but I wish they would have miked Nick better ...
if he is using an iphone he should check out the mikme.
I've a feeling that I could be wrong - it happened once before - but I'm glad he's cognizant & can be heard. Trust me - he CAN scream (he was wrong as to the why, but he CAN scream).
I/We spent hours & hours in a project w/Nick to put out a CD of 'Bluestar' as an expanded, Domestic reissue. Loaded. He was in an excited mode & had sent me a very nice tape of Bloomfield doing 'Roll Over Beethoven' just before that was slow, very releasable but I'm not sure if he played rhythm on it or anything else but he was of the Mind & I was totally sincere. I'd call him in the mornings [10-12PCT] & take all the notes I could get down by hand & accurately. Transference of Facts being most Important & Sacred of all. 'What's in a Name?' was the title I had ran by him for a Promotional article & I was sincere re that project.
At 38-39(±) minutes Total time I saw plenty of room to add at least 20 minutes to a beautifully released disc with extra time available. Even if it's 20 minutes of Live music by Nick doing 'Mama Lion' & 'Run Outta West' w/ Cipollina and the Bandmaster's call to fill out the balance; the people were going to get their money's worth in time spent since Nick took his Creative Writing class(es) & had a greatly expanded diction/vocabulary to start with but since then & Life's experiences adding what they'd offered throughout the Chicago Blues market & the West Coast scene.
I'd been buying the Boxes of 'Live At Negri's' & wasn't having any trouble selling them to a few dozen retailers in the State of Florida- none at all & repeatedly. Now, things were going to get stepping at a faster clip & selling the stuff within the covers (already done by the great Stanley Mouse even if that cover had to be reshot & touched up).
I wanted that article to be a selling feature to promote this & there's no way a 1 hour to ninety minute long conversation w/Nick about everything under the Sun was going to be as productive a Promotional piece as what WE had talked about. I'd sent his Distributor for 'Live At Negri's' the money for the first run to show my Seriousness about this project & terms were if for ANY reason it didn't come to fruition, work out, et al- I'd be happy with that amount of copies of 'Live At Negri's'.
Broad Spectrum Staphylococci infection took a grip, I spent 2 months in 1 hospital & then an upper extremity Specialist that used to come out to the Bay Area to lecture w/his Rhinoplasty partner was referred to me by a teenager so I could keep both of my arms (in Coral Gables, FL). A seventeen hour long primary procedure was the starting point but that's my problem.
I can't find a copy of 'Live in Negri's' (they'd simply but professionally put it on a label called 'Waddlin' Dog' which I made mention of the fact that it's usually better to be higher in the alphabet to get the attention of Buyers as things are most likely going to be seen from A-Z if organized at all. Nick saw the logic of that & I wish that had come together as I'd expected & originally financed. There was no odd accounting or anything like that; I just wasn't able to put my money in AND my name ON a Gravenites work of art. From 'just' his Friday night sessions I believe he did at Negri's' as they used to be & how it began to be distributed in all of Florida- I never heard a single complaint from any of my own dozens (twenty-five±) of Buyers, Owners/Buying in the entire State of Florida. That was all under One Man's name and the label He had created. Amazing to me and my ears. I'm sad to be grateful that I saw His last Live Professional show in performance singing the Blues in the San Francisco Bay Area on the South side of the Golden Gate Bridge. But I was truly Blessed to have been welcome there. Now I have Both of my Test Pressings for the Gravenites, Bloomfield & Butterfield Soundtrack/body of work w/John Kahn, & Maria Muldaur & Merle Saunders on one track from each of those two featured as well - Autographed by Nick. This second one was bought from a former Customer who'd bought copies of 'Live At Negri's' for his Tampa Blues buyers. 🎼 What's In A Name‽
A German label group refused to return the original cover art so that had to be dealt w/ & it was going to be loaded w/ more Cipollina as well as some Nick & Mike material w/ a sticker on the upper Left top corner because we read L>>R & top - down especially when we want to get people to read anything special like Bonus/Rare Tracks & mention that extra tracks with Cipollina & Bloomfield are included in this new Limited, hand-numbered edition as extra bells & whistles for all Music Lovers to see, read & understand.
I'd been organizing this Bio as a Promotional piece & a diy CD by Nick 'Live At Negri's' was doing surprisingly well as I covered the State of Florida; it was a typically great night at a place near his then home & if I can sell 4 box lots face to face in Florida to retailers who'd want not one more next time, but 2-5. I wasn't surprised & I came equipped w/My copy that was as good as the rest as a 'test drive' for each Buyer: Tallahassee to Jacksonville & up & down each Coast: Miami to Ft Myers & zig zagging the Os {Orlando, Osceola, Ocala, etc} saturating the State
.
Sadly, my health fell apart in the middle of this 'Napster Disaster' & Tamarkin decided after I'd sent my Bio- properly, not scholarly- of Nick's working Life as one of the "We were the original 'Blues Brothers' Michael & Me." said w/a calming, smooth tone every few hours in the mornings of days I'd catch him on a good, sociable one.
All of a sudden, Mr Tamarkin decided he had a taped conversation w/Nick that encompassed all the material I'd sent him from Sam Lay, Otis Rush
You did not let Nick talk…..you led him and answered for him half the time. You even tried to correct him!? You “think” you know history!? Nick is the history……Please don’t try to impress your audiences with what you think you know…..orrrr your opinion! This is about NICK no you….
Please take my criticism as a good thing and use it.
Thank you for your effort.