Big Blue Sky

Nurk, will be thinking and praying for you.....everything will be okay. 

Yes, keep coming here. Prayers, my thoughts and love still coming, Nurk....

Thinking of you Nurk. I hope to see you check in soon.  🥺

OMG... I hope all went well... considering the circumstances of course.
All the best, Nuktwin! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

hope all went well Nurk!  Been thinking of you and hoping for good news!  

Does anyone know where the painted girl "might" be? Yup. Becomming a quest. Been looking for 20 years. Feeling a little defeated. Appreciate all you wonderful TP fans. Each and every one of you are awesome!

Hey Big Blue Sky. Just remembered. The boneyard where they filmed the aircraft segments is now owned by K- Tech Aviation. You'll notice that most of the cockpit windows on the aircraft are missing. The reason for that is that used, serviceable windscreens bring a premium in sales. New are rediculously expensive. (Spent many years as a mechanic on aircraft). One thing I noted after about 6000 viewings of the video! Duh on me! Lot of the older birds are still active. Cheers!

Tom always said it like he saw it. I think he may have meant kooks. It's his attitude toward his calling that made him the ultimate professional he became. He just did what he did. Always had a plan for how. Never forgot who he was. To me that defines success in anything. I'll bet he's still writing.

Cool article, thanks. I don't remember reading that.  This line was interesting.  I wonder who he was referring to?

Much appreciate hearing from you! I fly for a living so the planes are a day at the office. Looks like a lot of Convairs, a Grumman Albatross and a couple of Beech 18s with a B-25(maybe) thrown in. I'm really interested in the final scene since the painted girl seems to simply have vanished. I've been able to find the names of several extras and dancers etc. but the final scene seems to be the toughest.
BTW- Tom was right. Coming down is the hardest part. LOL

Have you all seen this version of the Wilbury Twist music video? Released on official Travelling Wilburys you tube channel.  
Says it's the original version! 
 

I would think it's the opposite right? Race is biology. A Korean man is different from an Irish woman. Pick whatever examples you like.
I think the more important thing is quality of character, how one exercises their free will. Along with that are matters of the soul, both of which I find more interesting than race as a topic. 
While the biological differences exist, that we all share this world and its creatures is what counts and how we treat each other and them, of which, if you haven't gathered, I'm in favor of kindness, generosity, justice tempered with mercy. 
cheers

Sure hope things are going well during surgery & recuperation. 💕

Here's the audio from the livepetty site:
https://livepetty.com/1985-09-22-champaign-il-sbd/
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/jb4zouD9EvigsxP9aP1Xx83etuXo3MVveP7QWViGomQ?_encoding=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0&mgh=1

Me and cousin Mike would always try to guess what cover song they were going to play.  I saw a lot of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers shows with Mike.  We loved when they covered the Stones, and this is the Heartbreakers covering the Stones covering Chuck Berry.  Triple play.  I didn't mean to suggest that there was no magic in those years of the 80's.  There were moments of brilliance for sure.  I saw that tour with Dylan and enjoyed it immensely.

Hi, yes, mostly* agree with above points. Certainly, watching doco there's a sense along the way of so many situations where, if they were another band, it would be "... so, they broke up". 
(*As dual fan of both Bob & Heartbreakers, I consider them touring with Dylan to be a truly fruitful phase & a high point. No pun intended.) Other peaks at that time? Gotta nominate both Farm Aid concerts, surely! Especially contrast between slightly wobbly Live Aid at start of tour & how sharp & tight they are for Farm Aid just a couple of months later. They seem so genuinely thrilled to be playing - look at those grins!

Oops I wrote * August* whereas today's still *July*. Epic fail. My bad.  Blush. (To be fair all day, we'd been discussing a bunch of things that'll happen throughout August - so maybe my brain has jumped a month ahead? Or, nah... well, no excuse, really.)

Something that's maybe a little off topic... Maybe people who play in bands have a name / phrase for what I've heard and am trying to describe? Was just listening to "Dogs On The Run" from the Official Live Leg 1976/77 recording. Noticed a similarity with "Melinda" in the way they are controlling the tempo and sound so they create a space within the song where the wave goes out to sea... all the noise falls away until the melody is being carried by one or two instruments. Which is always pretty special when you're in the audience, especially a large & enthusiast crowd, and you can feel the musicians having this very direct influence on you & on the mood of the rest of the crowd. You know, when sometimes it's almost like you can hear a pin drop? The that wave surges back in and the music builds right back up. And everyone breathes again.
tend to think of that as an advanced level skill for bands. Whereas, say, support bands want to keep your attention (not have a riot with audience chanting the main band's name). Often they tend to do that by entertaining you all as much as possible and by building one great song on top of another. Not by creating that hollow space between waves. Plus, guess there's a risk some drunk'll yell out if there's a quiet lull. ;-)  better to keep juggling! On unicycle!! With flaming torches!!! 
So. Really quite amazing they were already capable of doing that within the first few months of their initial tour. Sure, experienced musicians, but only in that combo & out on the road for a few months by time it was recorded. So even though they don't say much between songs, seems like they were exceeding expectations straightaway as far as badass playing live goes. 

I'm fine with live only versions. If they did a studio track I'd be all right with a tight version of the song, under three minutes with a brief but memorable solo from Benmont. I could be wrong but the song much like Two Men Talking struck me as a live jamming vehicle. Something like It's Good To Be King turned into a jam song in the live setting but Two Men Talking and Melinda felt like they were written precisely to be jams, if that makes sense.
 
cheers

Yes, wow.. it's been a while since I saw this particular video. Kinda better than the song.. haha! And golly, I had forgot how many of the 90ish celebs they parade through it. Some of them quite obscure admittedly, but it seems many wanted to be part of it. No wonder. 

Have you all seen this version of the Wilbury Twist music video? Released on official Travelling Wilburys you tube channel.  
Says it's the original version! 
 

Hi, as we know, our favourite piano playing legend (drum-roll) Benmont Tench (applause) is currently touring along the Northern California coast.   According to setlist fm, on 18th July 2019, Benmont played these songs at The Chapel in San Francisco! 🎹🎹🎹
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) interesting song choice, not one I would've thought he'd go for  I Will Not Follow You Down Welcome to Hell (Mudcrutch) Veronica Said I Want to Know Why Love Is Not Enough If She Knew You Should Be So Lucky Wobbles Lucille (Little Richard) (with Sylvie Simmons (?), ukulele and vocals) Shot of Love (Bob Dylan) Corrine Corrina  Dogs on the Run (TPATH)  yay!! I love "Dogs on the Run" from "Southern Accents" album. But was it that one - or their other song by the same name??? Roll over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)  The Melancholy Season Dogwood This Is a Good Street (Mudcrutch) China Doll (Grateful Dead) Pledge American Girl (TPATH) Someone's posted on YouTube their audience videos of Corrina Corrina, Roll Over Beethoven, China Doll & American Girl. I'm just pausing on that for a moment, though. Respect.... Unlike during Mr Tench's last tour, I haven't read anywhere that he has asked people not to share footage of him playing his more intimate songs, including American Girl. Sorry, too many negatives squished into one tiny sentence! In other words -  what's the go? Shall we assume it's standard mobile phone bootleg & it's okay to repost songs from YouTube... unless we hear that Benmont says something about this issue during a show? I think last time the issue was about allowing himself to be particularly raw & vulnerable onstage for one song for a very special live moment. 
Anyway. I sure hope it's okay to repost, especially if he plays Dogs On The Run again & someone records it! I will plotz! (translates as "explode with joy"). 
In other, kinda unrelated topic, I listened to The Beatles Live At Hollywood Bowl album this week. Sure, it's one thing to know that audiences screamed the whole time. But actually hearing the screaming, soaking through the Beatles' music, the whole time, is so intense... It's like a wild animal or a howling wind, it has a powerful life of its own. I felt deeply uneasy ...& that's me listening in the safety of my home to a recorded concert years later. My sympathy is absolutely with George Harrison!
 
 

Okay, so, here are the songs. I take it from the absence of mention in Peterdimples review that Benmont didn't mention anything about not filming? The last one is "American Girl". I haven't actually watched them yet myself. 
Sorry, Shelter, nothing on Joy Division yet. 
Housekeeping - someone on YouTube called "demand" posted some random electronic noises, labelling it Benmont Tench San Raphael 2019. I don't swear much but that's fucked up. Seriously, what a waste of time by this "demand" person, whoever they are. Such people don't show any basic respect to the very musicians /artists they might claim to be a fan of - their actions reflect poorly on themselves.
Alright, put your hands together for Misterrrr Bennnnmont Tennnnch‼️ 
Lucille
Corrina Corrina
Roll Over Beethoven
 
China Doll
American Girl
 

^^ Big Sur, hu... Could be my favorite place on earth. Let's just say I'm a fan per se. Jeeze I miss that place