Thank you everyone for all the anniversary well wishes, they were quite heartening. Today is Palm Sunday and I am at Rockaway Beach in my little house. I like to sit and contemplate these coming days: Palm Sunday, Passover, Good Friday and Easter. I follow the trajectory of these days through the scriptures. My way of moving through this period is not attached to religion but the mystical aspects of human history.
I hope everyone has a beautiful Sunday. It’s extremely windy on the beach but I will bundle up and take a walk. Nothing is more magnificent yet calming than the sound of the sea. I also like to listen to Jerry sing this song, sitting in my favorite chair. Sometimes when I sit in it to read I fall asleep, even if for only a few moments. Then I get up and sit at my desk, with it’s beloved talismans, waiting for me.
I am sorry that Robin and others have had technical difficulty. It's certainly a problem on the site. I will do my own sleuthing and try to find what is wrong. Meanwhile please don't suffer stress because of it. We will work these glitches out together. One's healthy mind and body is more important. I am grateful for all the support and enthusiasm. I will do my best to be your match.
Beautiful song. Thanks. Here's Donna Jean Godchaux in an interview about the song:
"Oh, I can still feel what was going on when we did the vocals on that. Jerry and I were on omnidirectional mics, so he was on one side of the mic, and I was on the other side. And it was three o’clock in the morning. And we were just in a space. That’s the only way I know to describe it (laughs). We were just in this other world and other space. And it came off like we were in another dimension, but I love that song and we just had so much, not only fun, but deepness about recording that song. We loved it."
And there's a link to a lovely and rare live version performed on Palm Sunday 1978 in the longer interview here:
https://glidemagazine.com/255351/donna-jean-godchaux-mackay-shares-stories-of-elvis-jerry-keith-pigpen-more/