Jim Morrison wandering around a film set in France

According to someone named Porche--who maintains a comprehensive catalog of movie and video Jim Morrison appearances--this is "Silent color footage of Jim Morrison visiting the set of Jacques Demy's film 'Peau d'Âne' (aka 'Donkey Skin') during a trip to France in late June 1970. This film is often generically described as footage of Jim in Paris, but he was actually at the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley, about 100 miles (180 km) southwest of Paris. Jim can be seen with his friend Alain Ronay and signing an autograph for one of the stars of the film, Delphine Seyrig. This was filmed by Demy's wife, fellow filmmaker and friend of Jim's, Agnès Varda." Kinda cool.

Current preoccupations....Jimmy Reed

Today was foggy, silver, and cold outside.

I blew off a tour of trees at the Presidio.

Also a promising Duke Ellington concert at Yerba Vista Gardens.

I stayed home to drink tea and listen to music. Brilliant. Went on a many-hours long Jimmy Reed spree.
This song is insane. Rhythm keeps shifting and changing character starting around 0:43 - make no sense - completely brilliant - and he is so sly and grinning wily "But's let's get taagethaaah, baaaaaybaaah....see what we can do."

This song is all about the roll...

Another roller...with a slightly different vibe, clearer, with more delicate guitar sound - who is that playing? so delicate and such a different style - such a more traditional ballad - the form of the song I mean - but as it goes, on I disagree with myself....those drums! that's no traditional anything. I keeping saying, with each one, this is my favorite Jimmy Reed song.


Similar guitar sound "Caress me baby, like a wind caress a tree...I wantcha to love me like a soft soft summer breeze." Gulp!


My friend Billy turned me onto this song, specifically, saying:
there's a great Jimmy Reed song called "I'm Nervous" - -- it's him and Mama doing a duet - - - it's fantastic! Anyway, they never say "I'm nervous" - - -the line is "I love you" (I guess making the joke that's he's stuttering - - -- - - but that's not as important as the whole experience itself. Such fine music!


good hell!!!! all kinds of crazy fiddle here - inSANE "Odds and Ends" - fiddle player also happened to be the producer.