I spent my summer singing with Big Brother and the Holding Co. on the Summer of Love 40th Anniversary Tour with Jefferson Starship, Quicksilver Messenger Service, It's Beautiful Day and Tom Constanten of the Grateful Dead.
summer of love 07
We start the trip w/ airport nightmare. Mercury retrograde! 8 hours in line, finally flew all night and they lost our bags!
36 hours later... we made it! With borrowed clothes
Thanks for the clothes Brooke and Ralph!
BB King's in NYC
Backstage in at the Warner Theater Torrington, CT
with Chris Collins, guitarist for Big Brother
TC and CR
Warner Theater
Dude, don't eat the mushrooms growing in your bathroom!
Rock stars need high budg convertibles
Cathy and Chris in Northampton, MA
First Aid was a benefit for US veterans whose government is not taking care of them.
Onstage in Northampton
Call on me, baby
ummm....
Serious gambling with the Jefferson Starship crew
Chris took this cool shot
I'm keeping perfect score
Look deep into my third eye and tell me what you see
On the boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ
CR, Gary Duncan from Quicksilver and Rachel Regan, supermodel
with David and Linda LaFlamme and Rob Espinosa of It's a Beautiful Day
CR and Peter 'Big Daddy' Albin
It took 17 tries and 7-9 minutes to get this shot
We later found Peter in the arcade burning up all of his wages.
Quicksilver onstage in Richmond, VA
St. Paul is our co-pilot
Dave Getz with the flowers I got for him...
he loved them!
Onstage at the Charlottesville Pavilion
Family photo, Backstage in Chicago. My Dad, sister, Sam Andrew, Rachel, CR, Ben Nieves and Dave Getz
Uhhhhhh..... isn't this how rock stars die??
No, it's how you get to Erie, PA!
This is how you get to Pittsburgh. Make sure you have a sailor fill up your tank.
And have a crazy bass player drive. Don't listen to the blonde chick with the map.
Moondog's
Backstage at Moondog's is a lot of fun.
Onstage is even better!
Who is that dog playing the strat?
Reb Beach jammed with us and posed with this wonderful painting which he titled: Dinosaur meets Guitar Car.
Joel found this sporty cushion!
Wavy Gravy!!
Jefferson Starship ready to take the stage at the San Francisco Summer of Love celebration in Golden Gate Park
Marty Balin working up the crowd
Starship taking flight
Jorge Santana jammed with Squid Vicious
As did I
Whole Lotta Love
Whole Lotta People!
Backstage interview with Chet Helms overseeing
Backstage scene, and what a scene it was!
Onstage at the Summit Arena in Hot Springs
Ben Nieves giving goosebumps with his Ball and Chain solo
Hanging with John Lovett from the Sentinal Record
Sam Andrew with the flowers I gave him in Hot Springs, AR