Thursday, July 8, 2010

Rocco's Blog 7/7/10


Bryan and myself drove three days before the full moon from Los Angeles to Portland- we stopped in Oakland and we began to document- I've been collecting stories concerning the supernatural on an A1 camera and four-track cassette deck- our version of field recordings (praise Alan Lomax for documenting the priceless treasure of the human spirit)- I'm never quite sure what to do with these materials but I have a good feeling about them-
Blind Willie Johnson has been on my mind- his voice came over the airwaves by some sudden stroke of luck and I melted in my seat- Angels running from heaven to the physical world and full moons, volcanoes in Iceland, New Orleans, all this information, I’m sorting it out, normal bias cassettes from radio shack-
I would like to thank my friends in Germany, France, Norway, Scotland and other great neighborhoods on the other side of the pond for your kind words and actions-
I will be tripping down to Austin to play a few dates in late July- I will continue to participate in a residency on Monday nights at the Saxon Pub for the month of August-