Story 1973-03-02 Berkeley, CA
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02.03.73 Berkeley, CA, intro to ‘Spirit in the Night’
”This is a song for Friday nights…..”

02.03.73 Berkeley, CA, intro to ‘Circus Song’
”This a song about uh….running away to, uh….join the police force….boys ready ?…. ah, this is Danny, plays accordion…..I found him playing in the audience of Lawrence Welks’Show…..a (?) protege…(?)….”

02.03.73 Berkeley, CA, intro to ‘Bishop Dance’
”That’s the Mexican rhythm section….ah….gonna do a song now about a bishop, his wife and a violin player in West Virginia….how they lost their daughter to mathematics while on a business trip in Detroit….’bout James Garner…..during his well-known, very popular stint….as a …..TV’s, uh, very own Maverick…..uh….did have an affair with and married a woman who, uh….had only one eye….operating at any given time… ‘bout a little boy, says the indians are still in the woods, only nobody sees ‘em….’bout the sexual pathos of elderly choirboys in Puke, Montana…..”

02.03.73 Berkeley, CA, intro to ‘Does This Bus Stop at the 82nd Street ?’
”Song about New York City….82nd Street bus….”

02.03.73 Berkeley, CA, middle of ‘Thundercrack’
”We, uh….now come….to the very, uh…..avantgarde portion of our show here….( a short and very strange ”musical” break) that’s pretty much it, uh (chuckles)….”

Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi

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