Check out these pictures of the mega rare 13th Floor Elevators French EP! This was Riviera 231-240 1966 with a You're Gonna Miss Me/Tried To Hide/Reverberation/Fire Engine track listing. Not only that but it is different takes than anything released in America! This is a world-class rarity!
Please look at the above picture to see my framed 13th Floor Elevators Signatures, Pyramid with Eye plate, that has been signed by: Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Clementine Hall, Ronnie Leatherman and John Ike Walton. This was the plate that was included with the Jack Ortman "Roky" Books if you bought the four book set. I've had this baby framed and up on my wall for years.
I also have two Avalon "Spaceman" posters with the signatures of everybody above including Danny Thomas and Powell St. John. One of the posters is an original with the "Bindweed Press" imprint on it. These were printed prior to the gigs. Those baby's aren't framed, yet.
Oh yeah, I have a mono copy of the first LP, a picture disc of the first LP, and a stereo copy of the first LP framed together, all signed by the band. Check that out below here:
Get a load of my signed Golden Dawn posters. I am fortunate to be friends with George Kinney and he signed a few Golden Dawn posters for me along with the Rest of the band. Check them out. I also have a signed poster by Jerry Lightfoot and George Kinney. This was Jerry's Band of Wonder with Grateful Dead Keyboardist Vince Welnick and a cast of Texas Music All Stars. George, and the Blue Bonnet Road Band, warmed up. After Jerry passed, George signed this for me. I've also included a Jerry solo poster (signed of course). Jerry was such a wonderful cat.
I have created a photo slideshow that contains shots from my collection of rare rock poster art. These are only the ones framed. I have tons more stored. Notice the signatures on many of the items.
Please use the below email and password to login to the slideshow by clicking the link below. Once in the account click: Kiloh's Art in the upper left. Then click the full screen option in the upper right when the slideshow starts. Enjoy!
This is the Amboy Dukes on (I think) Dallas' Sump'n Else TV Show.
Sump’n Else was a live teen dance show that aired during the years 1965 - 1968 on Channel 8 WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas. The program was much like American Bandstand and featured Host - Ron Chapman.
Sump’n Else proved to be an after school staple on Channel 8. It was a huge attraction for area kids who came from all over North Texas to see and be seen on the show. Sump’n Else broadcast live from North Park Center shopping center in a storefront studio that had a soundproof window so shoppers and fans could see the daily goings on.
The last broadcast of Sump’n Else was in January 1968. A reunion show, hosted by Ron Chapman, was broadcast live from the Galleria Dallas shopping mall in Dallas on Sept. 7, 1985, in a simulcast with Channel 8 and KVIL radio.
I found this Jerry Lightfoot Tribute Montage on Youtube. It's really cool and brought back strong memories. I am adding to this post my original Jerry Lightfoot RIP post from 9/21/2006. Jerry Lightfoot passed away at 5:17 pm Texas Time the day before yesterday succumbing to head injuries from a fall. He was my friend and a great guitarist. His favorite band was the 'Elevators and his favorite guitarist was Stacy Sutherland. I've been playing a lot of Golden Dawn with Jerry as guitarist today. See his web site here:http://www.jerrylightfoot.com/index.html
Jerry was full of stories about places he had been and people he had known. It all revolved around music. He had hung out on Haight Ashbury in the Sixties and followed the 13th Floor Elevators prior to that. He took the best in concert photographs of the 13th Floor Elevators ever. He was friends with Stacy Sutherland and told a great story about how him and Stacy had stolen a crate of Bull of the Woods LPs from International Artists and they walked along 6th Street with Stacy selling autographed copies for a few bucks each. He sheltered Roky before Rusk and was involved in many benefits to raise money to get him out of there.
Jerry was a fantastic guitarist, just an amazing talent. He had such a great sound and would really wail out and then sound real pretty. He could accentuate a song's emotions with his guitar and make "sad" or "happy" sounds with all kinds of nuances in between. He was a total rocker.
When I met Jerry he didn't know shit about bootleg CD's. He had been listening to the same officially released recordings of his favorites for years. Over time, I made him about 75 bootleg CD's of all his favorites: Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Paul Butterfield, 'Elevators, Grateful Dead, 'Stones, Van Morrison... Jerry was my pal after that. I remember on the way to a Golden Dawn gig in Phoenix Jerry rode with me because everybody was pissed off at him. We listened to a Dr. John with Van Morrison bootleg and rocked out!
He was a real gentleman and a gentle soul as well. We stayed in touch and I enjoyed calling him about once a month. We spoke for over an hour about two weeks ago. He sometimes would just go on and tell all these cool stories. I really, really wanted to interview him and get it down on tape. We talked about doing this. He really told a great yarn.
When we would sign off he always would say: "I love you bro'". I'm going to miss him...
Please click the links below to download a cool 13th Floor Elevators book. This manuscript is no longer available online and was written in 2001 by a member of the original Roky Yahoogroup. This group evolved, in a Korzybskian manner, into the world famous Texas Psych Google Group. This is the group where it all goes down! You'll get the straight skinny here! Click the title of this post to visit that group. Anyway, the online book is about a 100 pages and takes two links to download it all.
Check out these pictures of the mega rare 13th Floor Elevators French EP! This was Riviera 231-240 1966 with a You're Gonna Miss Me/Tried To Hide/Reverberation/Fire Engine track listing. Not only that but it is different takes than anything released in America! This is a world-class rarity!
Please click the links below to download a cool 13th Floor Elevators book. This manuscript is no longer available online and was written in 2001 by a member of the original Roky Yahoogroup. This group evolved, in a Korzybskian manner, into the world famous Texas Psych Google Group. This is the group where it all goes down! You'll get the straight skinny here! Click the title of this post to visit that group. Anyway, the online book is about a 100 pages and takes two links to download it all.
