West Coast, Part One
The whole west coast run has been a whirl wind - from getting a chance to see some serious music history in San Francisco, to seeing John cover both Hendrix & Dylan in one night at Irvine. This is part one:Before meeting up with the tour at Shoreline, I spent a few days in San Fran for meetings, but the most memorable time was the day I spent at Wolfgang's Vault. For those not in the know, Wolfgang's Vault is another name for Bill Graham's archives. It's the place where every piece of psychedelic rock history from the late 60's and early 70's is kept in pristine condition and cataloged by artist. We're talking original show contracts signed by James Brown himself, handwritten Jimi Hendrix lyrics on cocktail napkins and original ticket stubs from Jefferson Airplane shows. One of the highlights of the day was getting to see how there are very few current artists in the Bill Graham archives, and John is one of them. Below are two JM show posters from 2002, one from The Greek, the other from The Fillmore. A little John Mayer nerd history.
