Nick Gravenites Pt 3 | Producing & Songwriting | San Francisco Blues | Mark Hummel
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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Mark Hummel sits down for an extensive discussion with Nick Gravenites. Gravenites played in clubs with Mike Bloomfield, Charlie Musselwhite and others. In 1967 he formed the Electric Flag with Bloomfield. Gravenites also wrote the score for the film The Trip and produced the music for the film Steelyard Blues.
Gravenites is credited as a "musical handyman", helping such San Francisco bands as Quicksilver Messenger Service and Janis Joplin's first solo group, the Kozmic Blues Band. He wrote several songs for Joplin, including "Work Me, Lord" and the unfinished instrumental track "Buried Alive in the Blues". Gravenites was the lead singer in the re-formed Big Brother and the Holding Company (without Joplin) from 1969 to 1972. He also worked extensively with John Cipollina after producing the first album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Gravenites produced the pop hit "One Toke Over the Line" for Brewer & Shipley and the album Right Place, Wrong Timefor Otis Rush, for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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These are so amazing. I was born in the wrong time but glad I get to hear about it.
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Great series, thanks.
I loved these 3 interviews...hoping Nick is in good health
That was a good 'un Mark....
Lot of love there.
Great interviews on how it was.
I've said it before &/or elsewhere - Nick's time in a Creative Writing class expanded his abilities as a visual artist w/a writing instrument (a pencil & paper,eg) in hand & an expanded vocabulary - exactly what Buddy Guy & others, of course, lacked & sorely needed for the ability to be visually capable of bringing ballads to Life & hit people- like Me- in the Heart, Mind & Soul. Run Out Of West was the best song I'd never even heard 'til '83 & I can't believe to this Day that it's not a regular on radio rotation. It was at the NICKSILVER show at The WAX MUSEUM in DC OCTOBER 4, 83. 'WHO is this guy w/the best, White, deep tone of voice to project visual Blues impressions from & so sincerely? Whether it was a pitifully low turnout or a big audience in East Coast venues for the first time in a decade maybe w/ Deadhead sycophants crying "Merle!" even though he was brought out to fill some -seventeen percent of the seats & ticket sales- they'd simply not been on the VA,DC,MD,PA,& up, up, up maybe just 3 times a year from '79 forward w/Al Staehely until a Son was on his way to being born & making Al a proud Father in '84 (& of another in a line of Musicians w/ Law Degrees in the Family; maybe it's in the water) & Greg Elmore on Drums- basically a QMS Reunion.
Re Muscle Shoals now & they're talking about Duane- that HAD to be the same period as Donna Jean Thatcher (...Godchaux to be- later on) was still working there singing, being on 'Gold' before any Dead music was.
I hope everyone is either familiar w/ or going to be familiar w/ Nick's Jems like: Since The Gas Station Left Town, Run Out Of West, Mama Lion, Eight Day Clock, Buried Alive In The Blues, Big Bad Etta, 'Richard Pryor' (to the tune of Ring Of Fire), Six Weeks In Reno, Blues On A Westside, 'Left- Handed Man- Livin' In the Right-handed World' (or variants of that title like: 'Left Handed Soul', et al. I can go on but it'd be better for you to do that work & learn to 'Love These Blues and Play 'Em As You Please'! The source of Mama Lion on vinyl. Truly- the only two things that were holding Nick back had to be the Spelling & Pronunciation of His Family name in radio stations &/or he wisely wants to keep ownership of his own music - the Masters. Look what happened to The Beatles- not a good thing being owned by the kids' lover from Neverland 'Ranch'. If the label can't find a way to control you re Your own 🎼- something right is wrong but it may not feel that way. Bless you Nick Gravenites; it's been my pleasure working with, around, for you. There's a great Autobiography in Nick's Life & Times; he's been saying its title is to be "All My Friends Are Dead"! It'll be well placed as the title is high in the alphabet & that helps sales- catchy too.🎼👍🌹🐄💨🥀 Dave
Mark you just made my year! To hear all these stories form Nick is amazing. I was and still 'am a big fan of Nick and of course Bloomfield. Thanks for doing these videos. You are doing incredibly important work.
Wow, thank you!
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Wonderful.