B.B. King Blues Club (New York City, NY)
Veteran rock band Jefferson Starship celebrates the ill-fated 1969 concert festival at Altamont (chronicled in the documentary Gimme Shelter) with their own "Alternate Reality Altamont" festival at B.B. King's. The band will perform songs played at the original festival by artists like the Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead. Quicksilver Messenger Service and former Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten also perform.
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This was a fantastic event. The music went on for 3 solid hours, and we heard classics from the Airplane and Quicksilver Messengers Service who were all as tight as they were back in my earlier years when I first was influenced by this music. The guest vocalist who performed "Ball and Chain" did Janis proud. The club is a cabaret, so you can see and hear from anywhere. Drinks were strong and the serving sizes were huge. I've already checked out the calendar for future visits. I loved every minute of it. Nothing like hearing this music live to remind you of who you are!
it was great event. b.b.kings is always a great place for shows. small venue. we were sitting very close to the stage. music was a little to loud.(only complaint) The staff at b.b.kings was great and always there for you. food was good and pricey (its time square!!!) the music brought back memories from when i was a teenager and what i was doing and where i was at the time. great music, great time and good memories..
we had a great time can't wait for another event there from goldstar...
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Conveniently located in the heart of Times Square near Penn Station and Port Authority, The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill offers music fans a unique experience. Owned by the Bensusan Family, proprietors of the world renowned Blue Note Jazz Club, the club features world-class musical talent and consists of two distinct spaces: the Showcase Room & Lucille's Grill.
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The creator and stars of "The Heroes of Woodstock" plan a concert to highlight music performed at ill-fated 1969 festival.
“Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane founder, Jefferson Starship founder and leader) is a big fan of science fiction and ardent advocate of ‘alternate quantum universe theory’” muses long time manager and producer Michael Gaiman who also created this summer’s highly successful “The Heroes of Woodstock” tour. “Early on” Gaiman continues, “Paul & I discovered a mutual love for Phillip K.Dick’s “The Man In The High Tower,” perhaps the first ever alternate universe novel.” That sci-fi sub-genre has become immensely popular and frames the season finale of Fox’s highly rated sci-fi TV drama “Fringe.”
Following the bliss of Woodstock in 1969, a cabal of promoters including Woodstock’s Michael Lang set out to do the same on the West Coast. The ill-fated Altamont Speedway Free Concert was the result and has long been a subject of academic discussion as delineating ‘the end of the 1960’s.’ “I couldn’t disagree more,” argues Gaiman. “I was a bit too young to attend Woodstock, so for me and my friends, the 1960s continued well into the 1990s ... if they ever ended at all. In fact, a stroll along the canals of Amsterdam or waterfront of Lahaina on Maui or any ski town in Colorado to name a few proves that the 1960s bohemian ethic and influence on culture, fashion and commerce is very much at play.”
The stellar line-up at Altamont, consisting of The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airpalne, CSNY, Santana, Flying Burritto Bros. and Grateful Dead (the latter didn’t perform) was overshadowed by violence, well chronicled in the film ‘Gimme Shelter.’ “That bothers me a lot,” says Gaiman. “After all, some great music was performed under difficult circumstances. I believe it is possible to revisit musical touchstones, recordings, places in time and glean what is, was or could have been good. Many so called pundits told us “The Heroes” tour would fail ... that no one was interested in the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock and all that old music. We proved them wrong! Like the classics, some themes and music are timeless. When I read the Altamont set lists, it makes me wish I was there, so I suggested we throw a party on both coasts: “The Alternate Reality Altamont".
Popular in the 1970s and 80s, Jefferson Starship continues to tour and record today, with many of the original members, including founder Paul Kantner. The band, which is a spinoff from 1960s stars Jefferson Airplane, is best known for hits "We Built This City," "Miracles," and& "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now."
The Bay Area psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service rose to fame in the mid-to-late 1960s, along with similar Bay Area artists Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. Tom Constanten served as the Dead's keyboard player during the late 1960s.
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