Slip kid, slip kid, slip out of trouble
Slip over here and set me free
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
You’re slidin down the hill like me
No easy way to be free. . .
One of my favorite obscure Who tunes. Young Sir Jed York appears to be the lead slip kid as the shitstorm seems to have subsided. Michael Rosenberg of SI wrote a piece about Jim Harbaugh, who speaks evenly and glowingly about his relationship with A) the front office, B) Trent Baalke, and C) the world in general. At least in his mind, the kids are alright, and he can see for miles the clear road ahead of him and the team as he’s gpoing mobile. No more fiddling about. Well, at least for the next 2 years. And in a bit of fortuitous timing, Anquan Boldin signed a 2 year deal to remain with the Niners, all the well knowing he would have likely gotten something better than 2/$12 mill from someone else. But he won’t get fooled again. He refuted the ‘unnamed source’ story that stated there was dissent in the locker room, and certain ‘significant players’ said Harbaugh’s antics were ‘wearing thin’ and had vexed Tim Kawakami, Ann Killion, and Cousin Kevin et al into hyperventilating yet again over unsubstantiated malarkey. You’d think they’d wonder “Is it in My Head?”
Folks such as I would never stoop so low. Just call me Happy Jack.
Forty Niners Forever 
So, is the dog and pony show over? Dennis’ dog and pony both brought up the rear, no doubt.
Yes, it is. We can commence with arguing about who is more at fault with the passing game. Roman, Harbaugh,or Kaepernick.
Roman. NEXT!
Hah!
Seriously, Harbaugh as the HC bears the ultimate responsibility for the offensive woes. But that’s like blaming Ike for Operation Market Garden. Sure, he was SHAEF commander, but firing him would have been disastrous. Putting a muzzle on Winnie and Ol’ Monty for the rest of the war worked just fine.
The Niners offense needs to be tweaked not overhauled, however that is accomplished.
Yup. And we were lucky for years with the injury bug which couldn’t last. By 2012 our luck had run out and the bug began to bite again: Culliver, Crabtree, Bowman, important players. Like to see us get a break this year. Give the O a chance to develop.
Lets drink to “tweaking!” It sounds like such a mild word hardly football worthy. Usually warlike terms come to mind for football. Anyone have that comedy bit of sports terminology by ………I’m drawing a blank! Names aren’t my forte.
George Carlin
Thank you.
There’s always this one, Andy Griffith 1953:
Hilarious, and true.
Yeah I had the good fortune of catching Santana at Univ of Santa Clara (library) back in ’66. Place didn’t even have a gym in those days or maybe there was a basketball game that night. But come to think of it the Broncos played their home games at the San Jose Civic Auditorium so dunno. Anyway the Museum director, Lydia Vitale, a friend, put on the shew and told me to come over and check out this band nobody heard of- Santana it turns out. Wow, blown away. Crazy dancing that night. 3 years before anybody on East Coast got wise.
Yeah, my sister (8 years older than me) tells me many stories of heading out to the Haight and bumping into Janis, Jim Morrison, and Jerry Garcia among others, and seeing Zepplin when they were the 2nd act on a 5-band bill. Hendrix at the Civic for $3.50. Just kills me… She went to the Monterey Pop Festival. And Altamont.
Never saw Zepplin but later found out they were there at the time. Or if I saw ’em they were down on the bill and I didn’t identify at the time. Lots of Grateful Dead, Big Brother + Janis was great, missed the Doors. Went to one show at the SF Civic but damn if I can remember who was playing. There were SO MANY bands around playing great music it’s only in retrospect I recall the best of the best. Passed on Monterey, Altamont and Woodstock tho was in the vicinity- big huge crowds not my scene. ’69 was on the East Coast just back from Europe year abroad in Paris. Over there it was way behind the US/West Coast scene but did catch Brian Auger and the Trinity Express and Donovan another time. Great times.
Europe was lagging the US scene? Hell yes it was/is. Even Janis Joplin, a favorite of mine, bitched about how out of it they were over there after her first European tour. Saw that on You Tube recently. Remembering the Brian Auger show- who I also saw at Winterland previously- the lead singer Julie Driscoll was in tears during a song when some French guys were heckling her for doing a ‘psychedelic dance routine’. Gallant West Coast wannabe hipster that I was at the time I called out to her “Hey Julie ignore these ignorant frogs, you’re doing great, get it on!” Frankly I was pissed at the ignorant rudeness and worse the cultural disconnect. She rallied and the show went on. The Summer of Love never made it to France.
Janis bitches about European audiences:
Talks about getting down into the music w/ Dick Cavett
Female blues singers are rare as she sez: women tend to sing ‘over the music’ (@ melody) and not get into the rhythm/bass and Grind. Janis could big time but she was purdy much one of a kind.
Did get to see Led Zeppelin back in 1971 at Kezar Stadium!! One hell of a show!!!
Never forget the opening act, an obscure band at the time, no one could give a shit about as everyone just wanted ZEP..
So these long haired white hippies,( like all of us)started throwing drugs,and plastic bags of cocaine,or whatever from the stage into the audience as they started to get going. They yelled out hello SF…We’re “The Tubes” and this song is called “White Punks On Dope” Gotta hand it to them , they worked the sold out crowd and we’re pretty entertaining as well..😃🍻
Saw the Tubes in 8th grade in some gymnasium at Stanford. Musta been ’75. My 3rd concert I think. When Fee Waybill came out as Quay Lewd on his 4′ high platforms, we all couldn’t stop laughing.
8th grade in ’75? …..Child…
Saw Snack Sunday at Kezar in 1975 as well. Great show that ended with Bob Dylan coming out to play with Graham Central Station or some shit.
Hey Chuck, good Jingo duet pick on the last thread with Clapton and Santana –
Since we’re going Crossroads…..
Can’t go wrong with a little Joe Walsh Funk 49 (er) can we?
Since I’m a ‘Sleep all day out all night’ guy myself 😀
Love me some 49 blues sheet
Joe was feeling no pain at this venue Phil.
Wonder if he even knew where he was?
Can’t go wrong with a little Savoy Brown Boogie either –
Savoy Brown, right the British boogie blues band. 10 Years After, John Mayall right after Clapton left – British bands coming over to play the SF/US scene = 2nd wave of the Brit invasion?
Great time in music history Phil INDEED.
British Blues Invasion
Several of the guys from Savoy Brown left and launched Foghat.
Savoy Brown – Boogie Down!
Right, it was so good = Bill Graham putting a lot of the old time American blues singers/bands =BBKing, Albert King, Jimmy Reed- then next night the Brits up there rockin’ our sox off w/ their take on the Blues. Mighty fine!
BTW where was the Crossroads at? When?
This clip with Joe Walsh was from ’04 I think – Dallas.
Clapton arranges them, to benefit his drug treatment facility, The Crossroads Center in Antigua.
They move them around, this past year was in NYC.
You can get them on DVD too.
Normally very outstanding gigs too, as he invites the musicians who participate.
One helluva talented lineup normally too.
Enjoyable shows, worth the cost of the DVDs as a reason to get together with the guys and enjoy a few cold ones too, while serving a good cause.
What the H3LL?
Let’s make it a 2-fer from Savoy Brown?
Get on the train…….
Anybody remember group “Canned Heat”? Blues…How could we fergit Country Joe and the Fish? Chambers Brothers? “Time Has Come Today”
Yeah I’ll get on that train. Nice.
Canned Heat is is keeper too Phil.
One of my favorite artists played with them back in the day.
Walter Trout.
Lest we forget another from that era –
Lowell George (RIP) and Little Feat, another keeper.
Goin’ up the Country, baby…
Here’s Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone doing a tribute to you know who. But this stuff is rare these days:
No one knows what it’s like
To be the Harbs man
To be the bad man
Behind crazy eyes…
Here’s a good tribute song for Harbs too Snarkk 😀
Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon…..
That’s our boy fer sure NJ
Hahahaha yeah rat on snarkk, funny
Did a little research Phil –
Crossroads Festivals were done in ’04 – Dallas
’07 & ’10 Bridgview IL (Chicago Area I think?)
’13 NYC
Great gigs but a very tough ticket.
Tried for NYC last year but tix were long gone when I went shopping for them.
Got the CD set though 😀
Ok thanks!
As long as we’re dialing up some tunes –
A little Robert Plant – Tie Dye on the Highway anyone?