tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post1698984237466879666..comments2024-03-16T07:13:50.487-07:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: Robert Hunter and Comfort: Performing History 1977-78Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-22125134246916754042022-08-28T12:32:43.243-07:002022-08-28T12:32:43.243-07:00Larry Klein is quite well and living in Mcleary Wa...Larry Klein is quite well and living in Mcleary Washington. Lkleinever@aol.com. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-77223672550736278622021-04-11T17:41:44.942-07:002021-04-11T17:41:44.942-07:00I need to track down the actual ads from the voice...I need to track down the actual ads from the voice. I think I remember the ad starting as comfortw/hunter but ended up dropping the Comfort part just before the show dates. David Kramer-Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068958765621590452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-86957889035980695732021-04-11T17:17:39.067-07:002021-04-11T17:17:39.067-07:00Also same listing in The Morning Call (16 sept 78)...Also same listing in The Morning Call (16 sept 78)David Kramer-Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068958765621590452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-78709077333578608142021-04-11T17:14:35.570-07:002021-04-11T17:14:35.570-07:00Wow From The Herald Statesman (24sept78)
October ...Wow From The Herald Statesman (24sept78)<br /><br />October 13-14 1978 My Fathers Place Roslyn NY Comfort with Robert Hunter<br /><br />https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75577310/robert-hunter-comfort-1013-141978/David Kramer-Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068958765621590452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-30136177695133467192021-04-11T15:56:43.452-07:002021-04-11T15:56:43.452-07:00Found a ad for Shady Grove (SFexaminer-24apr77)
Ap...Found a ad for Shady Grove (SFexaminer-24apr77)<br />April 25-26, 1977 Shady Grove SF CA Comfort w/Rodney Albin(roadhog)David Kramer-Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068958765621590452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-45518069420732812242020-09-24T14:54:48.049-07:002020-09-24T14:54:48.049-07:00I remember the albany show outdoors. Bonnie Raitt ...I remember the albany show outdoors. Bonnie Raitt played too, such a FUN time!zignorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12262048222490181942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-73898811604704484402019-04-24T09:14:17.722-07:002019-04-24T09:14:17.722-07:00The June 23, 1978 KRAB Benefit concert has been di...The June 23, 1978 KRAB Benefit concert has been digitized, and can now be heard in the KRAB archive and in the Internet Archive's Robert Hunter collection.charles reinschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736756976197478920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-20040331329253126432018-11-27T14:43:53.477-08:002018-11-27T14:43:53.477-08:00they also apparently played the Whole Earth Festiv...they also apparently played the Whole Earth Festival, I believe at UC Davis in 1978, per video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1I2H7NYOb0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869758492424742335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-85354252399927804432018-11-20T17:17:33.638-08:002018-11-20T17:17:33.638-08:006/26/77 Shady Grove6/26/77 Shady GroveFate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-63260600761811502452018-09-27T03:54:58.008-07:002018-09-27T03:54:58.008-07:00Does anyone have a copy of 3-10-78? I can’t find i...Does anyone have a copy of 3-10-78? I can’t find it anywhere. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901603152559801220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-6181559348187628372018-07-01T11:03:10.549-07:002018-07-01T11:03:10.549-07:006/23/78 Robert Hunter and Comfort billed for a ben...6/23/78 Robert Hunter and Comfort billed for a benefit for KRAB-FM at the HUB, University of Washington, Seattle.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-5952972645601896212018-07-01T10:59:29.172-07:002018-07-01T10:59:29.172-07:001/23-24/78 Shady Grove Robert Hunter and Comfort /...1/23-24/78 Shady Grove Robert Hunter and Comfort / New Harvest Moon BandFate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-44072516414611392152018-07-01T10:34:04.336-07:002018-07-01T10:34:04.336-07:0012/1/77 Shady Grove Sarah Baker Band/Robert Hunter...12/1/77 Shady Grove Sarah Baker Band/Robert Hunter and ComfortFate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-54792803450015545572017-08-18T12:46:35.809-07:002017-08-18T12:46:35.809-07:00I attended the show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hartf...I attended the show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hartford, CT, intending to review the show for the Hartford Advocate, for whom I was free-lancing at the time. Hunter and Comfort played two sets, and I used my press pass to speak with Hunter backstage between sets. He came off, frankly, as bitter and arrogant. "Why don't you go interview Kevin for a change?" His reason for playing out after having spent so many years in the shadows of the Dead: "I was broke." I found the music so barely competent, that I didn't have the heart to write a bad review, and so I just pretended I never went.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018478074113763203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-50114006154265899542015-12-01T23:02:33.842-08:002015-12-01T23:02:33.842-08:00I was at the May 7, 1978 show in Albany. It was a...I was at the May 7, 1978 show in Albany. It was an outdoors show, at SUNY, and Robert Hunter and Comfort played in the afternoon. I remember how UNimpressed I was with the overall level of musicianship from the band; Rodney Albin and Larry Klein were the only players of any note. Ozzie Ahlers appeared sometime in 1980 w Jerry Garcia and Johnny D'Fonseca at the Palace Theater in Albany, and Robert Hunter played a duo show, w Larry Klein, at J B Scott's in 1979. No, I don't remember exact dates, but I do remember thinking the duo show was pretty good. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945835550472408817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-38607413331222279422015-12-01T23:02:13.294-08:002015-12-01T23:02:13.294-08:00I was at the May 7, 1978 show in Albany. It was a...I was at the May 7, 1978 show in Albany. It was an outdoors show, at SUNY, and Robert Hunter and Comfort played in the afternoon. I remember how UNimpressed I was with the overall level of musicianship from the band; Rodney Albin and Larry Klein were the only players of any note. Ozzie Ahlers appeared sometime in 1980 w Jerry Garcia and Johnny D'Fonseca at the Palace Theater in Albany, and Robert Hunter played a duo show, w Larry Klein, at J B Scott's in 1979. No, I don't remember exact dates, but I do remember thinking the duo show was pretty good. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945835550472408817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-22430159948885967212015-09-18T06:31:50.353-07:002015-09-18T06:31:50.353-07:00Fixed, thanks.Fixed, thanks.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-32823841486676085942015-09-18T05:47:13.916-07:002015-09-18T05:47:13.916-07:00Thanks, "Lost Live Dead", for adding the...Thanks, "Lost Live Dead", for adding the Cornell show to your list. I wish I could be more certain about the exact date. I have a nagging suspicion that the 08 May "New Paltz" was cancelled at the last minute (after the tour was publicized), and Cornell was added in its place. Except for the link I cited above, Cornell Concert Commission and the Cornell Daily Sun have yet to help clarify this.Stephen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118349976507843853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-8756746930975480142015-09-18T05:15:10.459-07:002015-09-18T05:15:10.459-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Multi-colored Pepyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529693039968755030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-23733760602347612652015-07-28T06:18:56.196-07:002015-07-28T06:18:56.196-07:00I saw Robert Hunter w Comfort open for Robert Palm...I saw Robert Hunter w Comfort open for Robert Palmer at Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, on or about 04 May 1978. <br /><br />http://orgsync.rso.cornell.edu/org/ccc/pastevents5 confirms the existence of a Cornell Hunter / Palmer show May 1978.Stephen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118349976507843853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-90313447573805334722014-07-23T18:19:14.990-07:002014-07-23T18:19:14.990-07:00Fred, this seems pretty logical to me. Beta House ...Fred, this seems pretty logical to me. Beta House had the phone number, Hunter and Albin probably remembered the gig. That's how bookings happen for local bands.<br /><br />I hope someone remembers with some additional details (you know how memories can be...)<br />Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-69024156692200408842014-07-23T18:01:35.362-07:002014-07-23T18:01:35.362-07:00Cross-posting this from over on the Roadhog post. ...Cross-posting this from over on the Roadhog post. Just seeing if anyone else remembers this - I'm certain I didn't imagine it, and the date seems pretty tightly constrained by the tenure of the band and by my student days:<br /><br />While it is not on your list, I do have a distinct memory of Hunter and Comfort playing another Beta Nooner at Stanford when I was a student there. It must have been in Spring 1978 if they disbanded later that year....<br />Fred Levitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122238322524363801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-31738947874608921412014-07-23T18:00:17.534-07:002014-07-23T18:00:17.534-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fred Levitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122238322524363801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-54574118609982568232014-06-26T22:51:37.731-07:002014-06-26T22:51:37.731-07:00In Robert Hunter's interview with the UK magaz...In Robert Hunter's interview with the UK magazine Dark Star (Dec 1980), after going into details about playing with Roadhog and the Barry Melton Band, Hunter talks a bit about the Alligator Moon album, saying he decided not to put it out because it put Barry Melton to sleep! <br />"I think I will release it at some point. I've got it tied up with terrible vocals right now. People are on about why don't I put some decent vocals on the thing? Maybe I could recoup some of the losses on that, I don't know. Christie was in it, we did ballet with it, fully choreographed. We did 'The Hooker's Ball' and the whole 'Alligator Moon' suite with the ballet. It was quite impressive! I hear there are videotapes of it somewhere, but I have to get a hold of them. We did it down at Santa Cruz Auditorium with the Jerry Garcia Band. We also did it at Marin Civic Center and Ranch Nicasio. I guess we played it four times. That was some production. I had thirteen people in my crew, plus the three ballerinas."Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-71765312412389118982014-02-28T06:09:19.071-08:002014-02-28T06:09:19.071-08:00As a reader, I also want to thank the good doctor ...As a reader, I also want to thank the good doctor for the details. Great stuff!Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.com