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I met the four women in the below "Americana" folk group in 2004 at a private party in Las Vegas while attending "T.H.E. Show" at the Alexis Hotel, the audiophile auxiliary event not far from the main CES event at the Las Vegas convention center. Read Steve Rochlin's "Enjoy The Music" report on "T.H.E. Show" HERE.
At the time, I was moderator for the three vacuum tubes audio forums at AudioAsylum.com, and they partially sponsored my trip. The four women in the group had met at an open mic event in Portland, Oregon in about 1997. They began performing and recording as Misty River shortly thereafter, and played together as a group until 2011.
Bob Crump, who had worked with John Curl at Parasound designing the HCA and Halo series (and passed away less than two years later in November, 2005) had seen Misty River at a local casino show, and paid them to come and perform after audio show hours in the courtyard outside his show room at the Alexis. There is an old AudioAsylum report on the private party HERE (pictures no long available for that post). It was a truly marvelous evening, and I was able to chat with all four of those wonderful, down-to-earth women - and of course, I bought a couple of their CD's.
2003/2004 was a mild winter, and there was no snow on the desert mountain passes. I had driven to 'Vegas in my old Dodge windsurfing/camping van. Heading out from Sonoma County north of San Francisco, I drove Interstate 5 south to just east of Bakersfield, then east past Bakersfield and through the Mojave desert to Las Vegas.
For my return, however, I drove out of 'Vegas and headed to the back dirt road up through Death Valley. Then it was back on the paved highway over to the Panamint Valley where I stopped for lunch at the restaurant of a nearly empty camping and RV resort. I ended up sitting with some guys who were on the film crew doing a Cadillac commercial on the desert dry lake at Panamint.
After lunch, I drove up the highway switchbacks east to the next long mountain pass. Since it was snow free, I decided to take the dirt road up and over yet another pass and down through the totally isolated and spectacular Saline Valley, a distance of about 80 miles with no towns, or even ranches.
The short winter day was ending when I reached the next highway to the north, so I headed east to U.S. 395, and then south to Lone Pine for a motel room, simple dinner, and a well deserved night's sleep. I got up early in the morning, had breakfast before dawn, bought a glazed doughnut and coffee-to-go, and headed to a good, traffic-free spot to watch the sunrise light up the eastern face of Mount Whitney. What I saw was like the picture below (not mine) and as the sun 's first rays touched the top of Mount Whitney - the highest mountain in the lower 48 U.S. states - I played Misty River's a capella version of "America the Beautiful." I was playing yet it again when I started this post - and it was my inspiration for writing tonight.
At the time, I was moderator for the three vacuum tubes audio forums at AudioAsylum.com, and they partially sponsored my trip. The four women in the group had met at an open mic event in Portland, Oregon in about 1997. They began performing and recording as Misty River shortly thereafter, and played together as a group until 2011.
Bob Crump, who had worked with John Curl at Parasound designing the HCA and Halo series (and passed away less than two years later in November, 2005) had seen Misty River at a local casino show, and paid them to come and perform after audio show hours in the courtyard outside his show room at the Alexis. There is an old AudioAsylum report on the private party HERE (pictures no long available for that post). It was a truly marvelous evening, and I was able to chat with all four of those wonderful, down-to-earth women - and of course, I bought a couple of their CD's.
2003/2004 was a mild winter, and there was no snow on the desert mountain passes. I had driven to 'Vegas in my old Dodge windsurfing/camping van. Heading out from Sonoma County north of San Francisco, I drove Interstate 5 south to just east of Bakersfield, then east past Bakersfield and through the Mojave desert to Las Vegas.
For my return, however, I drove out of 'Vegas and headed to the back dirt road up through Death Valley. Then it was back on the paved highway over to the Panamint Valley where I stopped for lunch at the restaurant of a nearly empty camping and RV resort. I ended up sitting with some guys who were on the film crew doing a Cadillac commercial on the desert dry lake at Panamint.
After lunch, I drove up the highway switchbacks east to the next long mountain pass. Since it was snow free, I decided to take the dirt road up and over yet another pass and down through the totally isolated and spectacular Saline Valley, a distance of about 80 miles with no towns, or even ranches.
The short winter day was ending when I reached the next highway to the north, so I headed east to U.S. 395, and then south to Lone Pine for a motel room, simple dinner, and a well deserved night's sleep. I got up early in the morning, had breakfast before dawn, bought a glazed doughnut and coffee-to-go, and headed to a good, traffic-free spot to watch the sunrise light up the eastern face of Mount Whitney. What I saw was like the picture below (not mine) and as the sun 's first rays touched the top of Mount Whitney - the highest mountain in the lower 48 U.S. states - I played Misty River's a capella version of "America the Beautiful." I was playing yet it again when I started this post - and it was my inspiration for writing tonight.
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Wowowow. Mountains are splendid and majestic. Your commentary always is so well composed and the patriotism of the Yankees is contagious too.
My remaining patriotism is for the many wonderful people who are the majority in the USA, and for the astounding variety of natural beauty across the land. I have traveled far and wide throughout the American west during my life, and many of my journeys were on back roads. Those days are long gone for me. Fortunately, the internet - and especially YouTube - are allowing me to relive them vicariously as I grow older and lose my mobility and the opportunity to do those 12-14 hour drives.
I've driven all over Western USA and Central USA and met some very nice people. I grew up living about 3 miles from the Canada USA border and I have a Washington State accent sometimes. Good stuff!
Just lost Primephonic. Trying something different here.
Yes, yes.
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