Velociworld: Forty Years After

January 16, 2010

Forty Years After

Apropos my earlier post, Robert smoked me out pretty quickly. I take that as an indication I have discriminating readers. And, yes: I've had the above poster on a wall since 1971, from my parents' house to college to any number of my own homes, both small and big. Why? Because Alvin is The Man.

Here's two sweeties:

I drove from Savannah to Jacksonville in 1978 to see Alvin. Drifted into town on fumes. Siphoned a few gallons for my Beetle from a few cars in Springfield (Negro town) to make it back home. Twenty years later when I moved to Jacksonville for the corporation I went back to Springfield and gave away twenty gallons of gasoline to people who didn't know what the hell my freak was. They thought I was a mere guilted up liberal. And I suppose I was. True story, and shameful to admit.

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Comments

Alvin IS the man.

Posted by: Yabu at January 17, 2010 10:32 AM

Always one of my favorites. Alvin could get it done. I saw Ten Years After twice while in high school, once at Forum in Los Angeles, and once at Hollywood Palladium. I've got Cricklewood Green in CD rotation in the car right now.

Posted by: stephen at January 17, 2010 11:15 AM

Thanks for the walk through my younger days, V-Man.

Posted by: WolfDog at January 17, 2010 11:26 AM

That was wonderful!
Jax is, and always was, a guitar town.
Down here we have several guitarists we call "The Man":Duane Allman, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington,
Hank Garland, Scotty Moore, Chet Adkins, Dicky Betts, and Blind Blake.
And then there's The Lord:Eric Clapton.

Posted by: Mockingbird at January 17, 2010 11:56 AM

Saw them in Munich at the Circus Krone Bau in 1971.

Posted by: Pat at January 18, 2010 9:45 AM

Was that light skinned or dark skinned negro town?

Posted by: dick at January 18, 2010 7:31 PM

"Tax the rich, Feed the poor, Till there are no rich no more..."

Even though Alvin summarizes the Democrat Party platform in two bars, I still love the guy.

Posted by: Paul in TX at January 20, 2010 12:28 AM

"Tax the rich, Feed the poor, Till there are no rich no more..."

Even though Alvin summarizes the Democrat Party platform in two bars, I still love the guy.

Posted by: Paul in TX at January 20, 2010 12:35 AM

July 1970 in Kansas City. First concert I ever went to, pretty sure I lost my hearing right then and there. I was 12 years old. My parents were either naive or very liberal. Thinking it was the former.

Posted by: wmprof at January 27, 2010 12:19 PM