Tribal Stomp - Butterfield

If you are looking for the youtube clip - sorry - got this nice letter from Pete this morning. Which is okay because the clip was substandard. You would think that he would go after the original poster on Youtube instead of the tertiary chain but who knows how it works? I guess I am allowed to talk about the show still, right Pete?

You do not have the rights to post this audio from that 1978 show..  I am Chets partner and I recorded all of this.

Please remove this 1978 Tribal Stomp audio from your site.  

I am working on a deal about this video and audio footage right now.

Pete Slauson

I found this recording on Youtube this morning. I was lucky enough to be at this show, which was a Tribal Stomp reunion at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. My friends Jack and Yvonne were old Haight Street pals with Chet Helms and we were all treated to a magical day. A very nice time was had by all. I just happened to chance upon the flyer for the show which I had kept. I had forgotten that Chet signed it. Dan Hicks and the Chambers Brothers and a bunch of other people showed up and played as well but my memory is a bit, well, hazy. Someone was passing out carnations. The greatest light show I ever saw. I am not much of a dance buff but the performance by Dance Spectrum was revelatory for me. A duet like courting butterflies. Of course it may have been just the hallucinations.

It's a Beautiful Day and Butterfield were the musical highlights for me on this memorable day of pure magic. This cut is just ok but there were some slow blues numbers that burned. Bloomfield was the gold standard for urban blues guitar - in my opinion no one else came close. White or black. Wavy Gravy came out and did a great rap about false teeth chattering away on a table. Our gang took a limo up from Laguna Beach for the weekend. Glorious days. When we got back to Bluebird Canyon, it was taped off with yellow safety ribbon, sections having slid down the hill while we were cavorting up north. Sometimes you have to pay the toll.