Ron MacDonald & Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane - Hot Tuna) appeared together at the Link Wray Tribute Concert in Washington DC, the
evening of January 15th, 2006 at El Boqueron II, 1330 Gude Drive, Rockville,
MD.
It was a SOLD OUT
PERFORMANCE!!!
Hundreds turned away at the door!
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LINK'S LEGACY ROCKS ON
By Chris "SKY" Shaw
and Spencer Hill
Listen, my son and
you shall hear...
Of that legendary
night when all lovers of Black Leather Rock and Roll gathered under one
sweaty hot roof on a frigid windblown night in Rockville, MD, at the El
Boqueron Music Hall to celebrate the life and legacy of F. Lincoln Wray.
All but at least one or two, that is. The one who didn't get in is
steamed. Another one is honked. But that's all behind us. The columnist
that made his way into the show is still riding high on the buzz. And
should be, for these players will never again be assembled in one spot
again - or at least until this life cycle repeats itself, a
hundred million millennia from now, okay, all you Art Bell freaks...
Meanwhile, here's
an accounting from Hollywood Thompson (Crier, Oct '05, with whom the
writers of this column have shared the stage many times) who blew hot
sax along side the incredible Ron McDonald,
Jack Casady & the Triumphs, trading licks with fellow
saxmonster Joe Stanley. "Baby, it was wild - just like a rockin' sock
hop! People back-slapping - these guys hadn't seen each other in 20 or
30 years!"
The party now in
full swing, we popped the clutch another notch and welcomed The
Triumphs to the stage! Heading up the Triumphs was vocalist
Ron McDonald, who sang (and
played drums) with Danny Gatton for many years; bassist Jack
Casady, who before going off with fellow Wilson High student
chum Jorma Kaukonen to form Jefferson Airplane out in
'Frisco, was a teenage Triumph down on New York Avenue;
Johnny Sneed on guitar; Art Beveridge, who
played with beaucoup rockers before settling into a happy life of a
piano bar specialist; Jimmy Proctor on drums; plus a whole
brass section including the great Joe Stanley. What a
treat!
Special to
The Washington Post
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Link Wray Gets
His Day With a Rockville Bonanza
By Buzz McClain
The Triumphs,
together for the first time in 45 years, featured D.C.-born bassist Jack
Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) amid a brass-laden,
double-keyboard R&B outfit that included singer
Ron MacDonald, who put his all
into "Blueberry Hill," "Lucille" and "Barefootin'."
