Laboring on Labor Day
Getting ready to put in some time at The Depot this afternoon. Such is life in the part time retail food chain on a holiday. At least I had the weekend off and was able to soak up a heavy dose of college football. I’ve purchased a season long ESPN pay per view package that gives me up to 15 extra college games on Saturdays. I about overdosed on all the games this weekend, with Miami vs. FSU to come tonight. I was thrilled to see my Tennessee Volunteers thump California in a rowdy Neyland Stadium with 106,000 strong. ESPN GamePlan will pay dividends next weekend as I will be able to see the Vols against Air Force.
I picked up an SACD of the Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! yesterday. Live from Madison Square Garden in 1969, it is a rollicking two guitar tour-de-force. Mick Taylor, one underrated guitarist, adds some fantastic slide on the Robert Johnson classic ‘Love in Vain’. I am not sure who plays the solo on ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, but I suspect it may again be Mick Taylor, although Keith Richard’s solo on the studio version is cetainly one of the greatest in rock history. All in all this ’60s era Stones is an enjoyable look at the band at the peak of their powers.
I may be going to see Jeff Beck on Thursday. My former assistant manager at The Depot has free tickets and if I go I’ll be sure to blog a report here.