Tag: John McLaughlin

Shakti and Weather Report at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall

This is one of the top five concerts I ever attended. It came on April 23, 1976, just a few days past my birthday. Shakti with John McLaughlin, opened for Weather Report on the latter’s Black Market album tour. For those who have not been there, the Kennedy Center’s sound quality is exquisite anywhere in […]

A Hunchbacked Trout or Allergies to Truth

Now for something completely different. The wondrous writing prompt does it again. I’m not allergic to the truth, just reminded by Jeffrey McDaniel of days decades ago. Brautigan trout fishing in America among the telephone booths. Proctor and Bergman/the Firesign Theatre–the bureau of small animal reclamation where the power resides or the plague on an […]