Artist	Song
John Lee Hooker	The Right Time
Jefferson Airplane	Blues From an Airplane
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Moody Richard
Jorma Kaukonen	I Am the Light of This World
Free	Oh, I Wept
John Lee Hooker	Frisco Blues
Jorma Kaukonen	Genesis
Jefferson Airplane	Good Shepherd
Free	Mr. Big
Creedence Clearwater Revival	I Put a Spell on You
Ravi Shankar	Friar Park
Grateful Dead	New, New Minglewood Blues
John Lee Hooker	Teachin' the Blues
Hot Tuna	Hesitation BLues
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Sweetheart
Grateful Dead	Jack Straw
John Lee Hooker	I'm in the Mood
Jorma Kaukonen	Song For the North Star
Jefferson Airplane	Today
T-Bone Walker	I'm in Love

Comment:

This is a mix to capture what San Franciso felt like to me in the early 1970's. What a great place and vibe! Stuff from the first CCR album will always remind me of my first visit there.

Also, a double LP compilation by FM dj Voco was put out in about 1971, and the feel from that album is what I am going for here. I think that album is not availble on any format except the old cassette tape I made of it. It was fantastic.

I want to capture what CD would be playing in the car driving around on a rainy night in North Beach, looking for a little dive bar to meet up with friends, maybe after some cool concert earlier in the evening.

Of course the Dead and the Airplane are representative of the time and the scene, but I also put in some others such as Free and Shankar that do a good job capturing the blues/cosmic/psychedic/beat feel of SF in the early 1970's.

I made a volume 2 in the same structure with all different songs (except Hooker's Frisco Blues remains on v.2 in honor of the name). I will put that out later.

In my initial (beta) attempt at the mix I had a couple songs from It's a Beautiful Day (White Bird, Hot Summer Day), and Quicksilver Messenger Service (Fresh Air). Of course they were great SF bands, but I felt I captured the late night vibe better with what I have here.

I did not want obvious SF-related tunes such as San Franciscan Nights (Animals) or whatever Scott MacKenzie's song is called ("are you goin to SF with flowers in you hair?"). I wanted the blues and the beatitude to prevail.

Hope you like it.

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