Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Contrary to his introductory sentence, Patrick tells a long story about the founding of the Deia International Festival of Music. Patrick also talks about his work with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smith of Gong.
This long recording (almost 20 minutes) from 9 November 2012 is too large to upload to this web site, but here is an imperfect transcription. UPDATE on 17 Nov 2022: I was able to use a different approach to upload the audio, so you can hear his voice once more, telling this story. The recording […]
Stephanie’s instrument was recorder so from the outset it was evident we needed a harpsichord. My experience with music told me that if you had the instruments, the musicians would appear, a kind of magic. So if you had a guitar, for instance, everyone with an illusion of being the next Bob Dylan or Cat […]
Yves sat fuming at a corner table in Las Palmeras. His scowl did not invite you to so much as say hello. He stared at the empty coffee cup, thinking so hard you could almost hear his thoughts. If you had, and you understood French, you might not want to hear those thoughts. Two days […]