God bless the Flamin' Groovies and all who sail with them. I saw the Groovies several years ago when they played at Dante's in Portland (I still have my t-shirt I bought). If I remember correctly, they were filming for the documentary you mentioned. If it's been released, I would love to see it. One of my all-time favorite videos on YouTube is the Groovie's badass, maraca-shredding 'Slow Death' video from French TV in 1972.
On a side note, I also wanted to comment on a past post, but the comments were for paid subscribers only. I really enjoyed your Paisley Underground article. I was a big fan of The Tell-Tale Hearts and The Miracle Workers (among others). Mike Stax and I first connected in the '80s over our mutual love of The Pretty Things, and he soon became one of my go-to people to trade tapes with.
In 1990, I visited Portland for the first time and walked into 2nd Avenue Records. A Miracle Workers 'Moxie's Revenge' poster greeted me at the entrance, and I quickly found several Miracle Workers albums I could never find back home in Cleveland. I eventually met Mike several years later in London, where I was living, as he helped organize a festival that reunited the Chocolate Watchband along with his and Anja's band, The Loons.
Since returning to the States from London in 2007, Portland has been my home, and I am pleased to say that Miracle's poster is still on display at 2nd Avenue! 😎
I think the film makers ran out of money. I tried to have them coordinate with Danny Garcia and Chip Baker Films and what they said makes sense. It costs a lot of money to pay for the rights of the songs. There’s over ten years of footage just catching dust. I fixed my settings on that comments section on Paisley Underground..I am new here so I haven’t got it down. Thanks so much, just when I felt “I Don’t Fit In’" here a reader like you came along…cheers! PS Dantes was a badass show..I was there selling the merch.
Our paths definitely must have crossed, as I bought a t-shirt at the gig! It was indeed a killer show, and I was front and center soaking it in. Bummer about the film and all that great footage gathering dust. One day, hopefully, somebody will invest, and the story of the Groovies and their legacy from the early SF days to Greg Shaw's managerial days in the 70s and all points thereafter (including their reunion tours!) will be told! I know Cyril had a column he was writing in Ugly Things ("SF Beat"), but a film with footage would be supersnazzy!
God bless the Flamin' Groovies and all who sail with them. I saw the Groovies several years ago when they played at Dante's in Portland (I still have my t-shirt I bought). If I remember correctly, they were filming for the documentary you mentioned. If it's been released, I would love to see it. One of my all-time favorite videos on YouTube is the Groovie's badass, maraca-shredding 'Slow Death' video from French TV in 1972.
On a side note, I also wanted to comment on a past post, but the comments were for paid subscribers only. I really enjoyed your Paisley Underground article. I was a big fan of The Tell-Tale Hearts and The Miracle Workers (among others). Mike Stax and I first connected in the '80s over our mutual love of The Pretty Things, and he soon became one of my go-to people to trade tapes with.
In 1990, I visited Portland for the first time and walked into 2nd Avenue Records. A Miracle Workers 'Moxie's Revenge' poster greeted me at the entrance, and I quickly found several Miracle Workers albums I could never find back home in Cleveland. I eventually met Mike several years later in London, where I was living, as he helped organize a festival that reunited the Chocolate Watchband along with his and Anja's band, The Loons.
Since returning to the States from London in 2007, Portland has been my home, and I am pleased to say that Miracle's poster is still on display at 2nd Avenue! 😎
I think the film makers ran out of money. I tried to have them coordinate with Danny Garcia and Chip Baker Films and what they said makes sense. It costs a lot of money to pay for the rights of the songs. There’s over ten years of footage just catching dust. I fixed my settings on that comments section on Paisley Underground..I am new here so I haven’t got it down. Thanks so much, just when I felt “I Don’t Fit In’" here a reader like you came along…cheers! PS Dantes was a badass show..I was there selling the merch.
Our paths definitely must have crossed, as I bought a t-shirt at the gig! It was indeed a killer show, and I was front and center soaking it in. Bummer about the film and all that great footage gathering dust. One day, hopefully, somebody will invest, and the story of the Groovies and their legacy from the early SF days to Greg Shaw's managerial days in the 70s and all points thereafter (including their reunion tours!) will be told! I know Cyril had a column he was writing in Ugly Things ("SF Beat"), but a film with footage would be supersnazzy!
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