There was a rumor that Ms. Trudeau was intimate with one of the Stones during the Mocambo Gigs. The rumor no longer persists, due to Ron Wood’s website, where he admitted that he was indeed intimate with Ms. Trudeau.

In 2022 much to the delight of their patient fans, the Rolling Stones officially released a 23-song cd from culled from those two gigs which is “arguably the best live release from the Ron Wood years.” (*It should be noted that four of the songs from the El Mocambo were officially released previously on their double-live LP, “Love You Live.”)

Songs performed by the Stones at the El Mocambo in 1977:

March 4 Set list

1. Route 66
2. Honky Tonk Women
3. Hand of Fate
4. Fool to Cry
5. Crazy Mama(Live premiere)
6. Crackin’ Up
7. Around and Around
8. Melody(Live premiere)
9. Star Star
10. Worried About You(Live premiere)
11. Let’s Spend the Night Together
12. Little Red Rooster
13. Luxury
14. Brown Sugar
15. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

March 5 Set list

1. Honky Tonk Women
2. All Down the Line
3. Hand of Fate
4. Route 66
5. Fool to Cry
6. Crazy Mama
7. Mannish Boy
8. Crackin’ Up
9. Dance Little Sister
10. Around and Around
11. Tumbling Dice
12. Happy
13. Hot Stuff
14. Star Star
15. Worried About You
16. Let’s Spend the Night Together
17. Worried Life Blues
18. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
19. Rip This Joint
20. Little Red Rooster
21. Luxury
22. Brown Sugar
23. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

*There was a rumor that Ms. Trudeau was intimate with one of the Stones during the Mocambo Gigs. The rumor no longer persists, due to Ron Wood’s website, where he admitted that he was indeed intimate with Ms. Trudeau.

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The 1973 Pacific Tour was a very interesting snapshot of the band near their peak. It was so short that they barely had time to shake the rust off before it was suddenly over. Listen carefully to the Hawaii and Australian live tracks… they sound almost human. – Emperor of Oldies

“What It Looked Like”

The Rolling Stones’ vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, drummer Charlie Watts, bassist Bill Wyman and lead guitarist Mick Taylor conquered Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand in their widely acclaimed 1973 Pacific Tour.

Also included are the benefit concerts on Jan. 18, 1973, when the Rolling Stones performed to aid the earthquake victims of Nicaragua at the Forum in Los Angeles. A month earlier, the Nicaraguan capital of Managua was rocked by a quake that killed more than 4,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. The concerts were deeply personal ones for Mick Jagger and then-wife Bianca, the former Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias, a Nicaraguan human rights advocate and a former actress, who was born in Nicaragua,

The Rolling Stones flew relief supplies to the disaster zone shortly after the quake. The concert at the Forum in Los Angeles raised more than $350,000 for the ravaged country, the highest-grossing rock benefit at the time. Today, Jagger has dual nationality, as a naturalised British citizen and citizen of Nicaragua.

The personnel also included sidemen Bobby Keys on Saxophone, Jim Price on Trumpet and Trombone,  Nicky Hopkins on Piano, along with occasional piano chords by former co-founding member, Ian Stewart, who had transitioned from the group as the Stones’ road manager.

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“What It Looked Like”

The Rolling Stones’ vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, drummer Charlie Watts, bassist Bill Wyman and lead guitarist Mick Taylor conquered Europe in their widely acclaimed 1970 tour. The personnel included sidemen Bobby Keys on Saxophone, Jim Price on Trumpet and Trombone,  Nicky Hopkins on Piano, along with occasional piano chords by former co-founding member, Ian Stewart, who had transitioned from the group as the Stones’ road manager.

Songs performed in the three part series: 

Moonlight Mile, Potted Shrimp instrumental, Sympathy for the Devil, Stray Cat Blues, Brown Sugar featuring Eric Clapton (1970 Out-Take), Dead Flowers, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Women, Prodigal Son, Live with Me, and Street Fighting Man.

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The Rolling Stones’ vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, drummer Charlie Watts, bassist Bill Wyman and lead guitarist Mick Taylor conquered North America in their widely acclaimed 1972 tour. The personnel also included sidemen Bobby Keys on Saxophone, Jim Price on Trumpet and Trombone,  Nicky Hopkins on Piano, along with occasional piano chords by former co-founding member, Ian Stewart, who had transitioned from the group as the Stones’ road manager. The first leg of the Rolling Stones’ 1972 North American Tour began in Vancouver, BC at Pacific Coliseum on June 3, 1972, concluding at Madison Square Garden In New York City with three consecutive nights, ending on Jagger’s 29th birthday on July 26, 1972.

This installment features live renditions of many Rolling Stones songs performed on the tour, primarily compositions by Jagger and Richards: Brown Sugar, Bitch, Gimme Shelter at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC; followed by Happy, Dead Flowers and Rocks Off at the Hollywood Palladium; and closing with Tumbling Dice, plus a cover version of Robert Johnson’s Love in Vain, at the Los Angeles Forum.

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Water Memories

It is quite unusual to have a typhoon here in Los Angeles. Starting over the weekend the rain poured non-stop for days. Hundreds of residents lost power. I know a good number of residents whose roofs started to leak. But this typhoon was nothing compared to the ones in South East Asia. Strangely, it brought back lots of memories.

Some say that rain did not exist until the flood during the time of Noah. Vegetation was fed from underground water systems. It rained 40 days and 40 nights and later, God made a covenant with Noah that never again would He destroy the earth with a flood and He showed Noah the first rainbow which would be a reminder of that promise. Pretty cool, huh?

Water — what a great invention. Life wouldn’t exist without it. I remember the first time I was conscious of the effects of rain was right after a storm in the Philippines. We had an outside fish pond filled with goldfish. When it overflowed with rain water, the goldfish escaped into the street canals. The neighboring kids were excited to find colorful goldfish in the sewers. The streets were cleaned of debris. The tree trunks were drenched and dark. The birds were busy feeding on the earthworms that emerged from the soaked soil. My older brother and I raced our paper boats in the canal rapids. Everything was clean. Zero pollution.

Today, decades later, these memories fade in the backdrop of human garbage. I may not agree with many of their approach, but I can certainly relate to the longings of the environmentalists. We really messed things up, didn’t we? I see a direct correlation between pollution and an undisciplined society because in Japan, in Northern Europe, I believe water is still sparkling clean.

Other Water Memories
I remember my Tita (Aunt) Dolly enrolled my brother and I to swimming lessons. She bought us our first swimming trunks that were 2 sizes too big. Every time we dove into the water, one hand stretched out to greet the water while the other held on to our “family jewels.” I remember the freestyle race on graduation day when my trunks found their way to my knees and delayed my journey to the finish line. I must have been the crowd favorite. I’m glad there were no selfies then.

In my teen years our Dad brought us kids to raging water channeling out from the mountains after a storm. It was downright dangerous but I guess life was cheap at that time. I had 6 siblings so I guess my Dad could afford to lose one of us. We giggled as we held on to the rocks for dear life — enjoying the natural water massage. Suddenly, my sister slipped and she grabbed my sleeveless shirt and yanked it like a bungee cord. My ruined shirt saved her life. Strangely, everybody laughed. Indeed, life was cheap.

Around the same time my grandfather built a swimming pool in his farm. Swimming pools were unheard of then. There was no such thing as pool maintenance. No filter systems, no circulation, no PH and alkaline tests … grandpa just built a rectangular cemented hole on the ground that was 10 feet deep. My brother and I spent summers there. And we swam with the frogs and the larvae. Our skins wrinkled and tanned. Oh, we had so much fun. The last I heard, they were raising tilapia in that pool.

One last memorable encounter with water was in a modern swimming pool. Church friends were gathered around me as our pastor submerged me in full baptism. I remember them singing: “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way, than be happy in Jesus … but to trust and obey.”

Yep! The memories of water are like the memories of a rainbow — full of joy and anticipation of a new life.

Come share your water memories. What are you waiting for? I hope they’re good.

TGIF people! Enjoy the Chinese New Year this Saturday, the Superbowl this Sunday and Valentines Day this Wednesday.

Raoul

“When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”
— Genesis 9: 14-15

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Bangers and Mash is a traditional English dish made of mashed potatoes and sausages, generally prepared with flavored pork sausage. The dish is sometimes served with rich onion gravy and fried onions.

The term “Bangers” is attributed to the fact that the sausages, particularly the kind made during World War II under rationing, contained a lot of water and would explode in the pan under high heat. Fortunately, the modern bangers do not have this attribute.

Britain has had a long love affair with sausages, with 5 million eaten every day. Bangers and Mash has a strong iconic significance as a traditional British working-class dish. A Cary Grant biographer once said that it was Cary’s favorite dish. British soldiers were known to boil them in their helmets when on the front lines.

The dish, even when cooked at home, is an example of pub grub — quick and easy to make in large quantities as well as being hearty and delicious.

Here’s a Bangers and Mash recipe, provided courtesy of Keith Richards. Yes, Keith Richards.

1. First off, find a butcher who makes his sausages fresh.
2. Fry up the mixture of onions and bacon and seasoning.
3. Get the spuds on the boil with a dash of vinegar, some chopped onions and salt to taste. Chuck in some peas with the spuds, (Throw in some chopped carrots, too, if you like.) Now we’re talking.
4. Now, you have a choice of grilling or boiling your bangers or frying. Throw them on low heat with the simmering bacon and onions (or in the cold pan, as a TV lady once said, and add the onions and  bacon in a bit) and let the fuckers rock gently, turning every few minutes.
5. Mash yer spuds and whatever.
6. Bangers are now fat free (as possible).
7. Gravy if desired.
8. HP sauce, every man to his own.

— Keef

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