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When First We Knew
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When First We Knew |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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we danced in a frenzy as the band play on and the woman sang her heart out we rocked and we rolled in a cow pasture outside San Francisco the music was our everything we were as one with it the gyrating crowd seized the moment and flat assed ran with it deep within us we seized the rhythm dance steps were new to us and yet we knew them by heart synchronized? oh hell no, not at all we were the vanguard of something new something incredible we gave birth to as we danced as we listen to the band of Big Brother and the Holding Company with a broad signing by the name of Janis Joplin never heard of her but we were as one with her on that summer day in that cow pasture outside San Francisco, California ©December 25, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (01-07-2015 10:27 AM).] |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
Heart-felt, wonderful, and nostalgic to read recollections of a time of a carefree belief in hope. Sadly, hope is a feather on the wind, and your inclusion of the great Janis Joplin might indicate that you agree? You have more than a list of poems on here, Jerry. You have a biography. Respect! (I'm off to listen to Scott McKenzie.) |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Redstart, and yeah none of us who were there that day could have imagined the path she would take. We were just one stoned-out crowd and loved what she was doing onstage. Oh, about the poems, I have quite a lot I grant you that. Been thinking about putting some of my "street" poems, this one would be included, in a book. Maybe later. I just finished a novel about horrible spousal abuse (it happened to my co-author) and reincarnation. |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Sounds like a hoot of a time! Man she could belt them out there!! Too bad her regular dealer was out of town that day and his fill in gave her an overdose. Many a blues session she sang at the old Fillmore West with guys like Hendrix and Albert King and the stuff was dynamite!! Good visuals Jerry Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh it was out of this world. This girl talked me into going, I didn't want to, she insisted and she had the equipment to back up her insistence, and I went. Enjoyed myself immensely. Wasn't too long I began to see her on TV and hear her records on the radio, although she had left Big Brother and the Holding Company. Thank you Eric. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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