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[[Frederick Barthelme]] said: "[[Coconut Hotel]] is what the Crayola was about in ’67. This is what we played in the clubs in Houston, and in concerts in California, and what we recorded when we recorded a (possibly still unreleased) LP with the late [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] in Berkeley in 1967.<ref>https://www.frederickbarthelme.com/nonfiction/the-red-crayola/</ref> We started with [[House of the Rising Sun]] and a year later were taping [[contact microphone|contact microphones]] to our throats, and putting big copper wires in the place as guitar strings, miking ice (Steve Cunningham’s great moment), and trying out small electric motors. The idea was that pure, saintly sound could save you from certain death and that rock & roll was—dare I say it?—fundamentally compromised. We were not entirely wrong, as history has demonstrated." |
[[Frederick Barthelme]] said: "[[Coconut Hotel]] is what the Crayola was about in ’67. This is what we played in the clubs in Houston, and in concerts in California, and what we recorded when we recorded a (possibly still unreleased) LP with the late [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] in Berkeley in 1967.<ref>https://www.frederickbarthelme.com/nonfiction/the-red-crayola/</ref> We started with [[House of the Rising Sun]] and a year later were taping [[contact microphone|contact microphones]] to our throats, and putting big copper wires in the place as guitar strings, miking ice (Steve Cunningham’s great moment), and trying out small electric motors. The idea was that pure, saintly sound could save you from certain death and that rock & roll was—dare I say it?—fundamentally compromised. We were not entirely wrong, as history has demonstrated." |
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"Zappa and the Velvet Underground, and other more conventionally strange bands, were Vichy-puppet right-wingers, ordinary musicians trying to do something different and still function within the rock & roll framework. We said fuck the framework, listen to this, motherfucker. And then busted your eardrum." |
"[[Frank Zappa]] and [[the Velvet Underground]], and other more conventionally strange bands, were Vichy-puppet right-wingers, ordinary musicians trying to do something different and still function within the rock & roll framework. We said fuck the framework, listen to this, motherfucker. And then busted your eardrum." |
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== Performance == |
== Performance == |
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| Released | July 28, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | June – July 1967 at Venice Beach, Los Angeles and at the Berkeley Folk Festival, Berkeley, California | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 108:41 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Kurt Von Meier, The Red Crayola | |||
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Live 1967 is a live performance album by the experimental rock band Red Crayola.[1][2] It was released in 1998 by Drag City.[3] The two-disc set comprises the band's performance at the Angry Arts Festival in Los Angeles as well as their sets from various shows at the Berkeley Folk Festival during summer 1967.[4] Like all the music played at the festivals, it is dedicated to the troops positioned in Vietnam.[5]
Background
Kurt Von Meier, a University of California art-history professor, became interested in the band after he heard tapes containing Coconut Hotel, Red Crayola's rejected second album. He was intrigued by the band's experimental and free-form music and invited them to perform at Angry Arts Folk Festival at Venice Beach, Los Angeles in June and at the Berkeley Folk Festival in July.[5] Meier also pushed to get the band to play in the Monterey Pop Festival, but was turned down by the festival's organizers.[6]
Frederick Barthelme said: "Coconut Hotel is what the Crayola was about in ’67. This is what we played in the clubs in Houston, and in concerts in California, and what we recorded when we recorded a (possibly still unreleased) LP with the late John Fahey in Berkeley in 1967.[7] We started with House of the Rising Sun and a year later were taping contact microphones to our throats, and putting big copper wires in the place as guitar strings, miking ice (Steve Cunningham’s great moment), and trying out small electric motors. The idea was that pure, saintly sound could save you from certain death and that rock & roll was—dare I say it?—fundamentally compromised. We were not entirely wrong, as history has demonstrated."
"Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground, and other more conventionally strange bands, were Vichy-puppet right-wingers, ordinary musicians trying to do something different and still function within the rock & roll framework. We said fuck the framework, listen to this, motherfucker. And then busted your eardrum."
Performance
The music played by the Red Krayola during their sets was completely instrumental and consisted of improvised heavy electronic drone they called feedback music - they might've achieved this placing two contact microphones side-by-side and distancing them from time-to-time. The first disc contains the band's performance at the Angry Arts Festival on June 6, 1967. The second disc is made up of three separate performances which took place in the evenings between June 27 to July 4. During the festival, the band met the folk guitarist John Fahey, who accompanied the band onstage for an improvisation session.[8][9] On the 4th, the announcer mistook the Red Krayola's music for an equipment malfunction and continued to talk several minutes into the band's set.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
These performances received a lukewarm response from audience and critics alike. Berkeley's underground newspaper, the Berkeley Barb, dismissed the band as being the "bummer of the festival." Some of audience accused the music of being so abrasive that it was the direct cause of a dog's death during the festival.[6] However, some of the audience appreciated the band's feedback-laden sound, some of whom can be heard chanting "More! More!" at the end of the band's performance on the 4th.
In reviewing the two-disc release, the music critic Richie Unterberger wrote, "The Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd; rarely stuck with this kind of inaccessible freakiness for more than a few minutes at a time on record, even at their most willfully obscure. This is all inaccessible freakiness."[4]
Covers
On Thursday the 24th of October 2019, Lisson Gallery New York hosted a night of performance, discussion and music inspired by the pioneering work of Art & Language and their 40-year collaboration with The Red Krayola, at the event J. Spaceman & John Coxon covered the entirety of Live 1967 and released as J. Spaceman, John Coxon – Play The Red Krayola Live 1967 in 2021. [11]
Track listing
All music is composed by The Red Krayola
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Venice Pavilion Concert, Afternoon" | 27:03 |
| 2. | "Venice Motel, Evening: Piece One" | 12:35 |
| 3. | "Venice Motel, Evening: Piece Two" | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "7/2, Evening: "Dust"" | 27:46 |
| 2. | "7/3, Afternoon: Red Crayola with John Fahey" | 22:53 |
| 3. | "7/4, Afternoon: Jubilee Concert at Hearst Greek Theatre Radio Broadcast on KQED/San Francisco" | 14:08 |
Personnel
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References
- ^ Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780876112977 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Thompson's twins". Dallas Observer. June 17, 1999.
- ^ Kenny, Glenn; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Red Crayola". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
- ^ a b c Unterberger, Richie. "Live in 1960s". Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ^ a b Miller, Bruce (June 2, 2006). "The Red Krayola: Outside The Lines". Magnet. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "The Story So Far of the Red Crayola & the Red Krayola" (PDF). press@dragcity.com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ https://www.frederickbarthelme.com/nonfiction/the-red-crayola/
- ^ Corbett, John, Special to the Tribune. "NEW SHADES OF THE RED KRAYOLA". chicagotribune.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "John Fahey". Pitchfork.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 806.
- ^ https://www.lissongallery.com/news/watch-now-art-language-letters-to-the-jackson-pollock-bar-in-the-style-of-the-red-krayola