We had 24 hours of non-stop original music and conversation about freeing the "evil weed".
Look, Marijuana should be legal, at the very least for medical purposes, and we found no shortage of musicians who felt the same way. We were entertained by some of the greatest guys on blogtv, as well as some other music by folks who couldn't make the event but wanted to lend their support to the cause. After weeks of preparation, and some last minute glitches the show went off pretty much without a hitch.
We kicked the show off at noon on Saturday, August 1st with Deb from the Unsigned Musicians show playing some of the best of the best of the independent artists out there. I took over shortly thereafter since we are better able to Skype on my computer than we are on hers, and from there I was able to bring her back on. We shared a great deal of great information about Marijuana legalization, and what people can do to get involved at the local level to make it happen.
At about 4:20 in the afternoon I handed the reins off to Jamie Gray who played some of his original music and shared his views on Freeing the Weed, an informative and awesome performance.
After Jamie played for a couple of hours, we had the incomparable Jody Parker (known as Dreaminglad on youtube and blogtv) and played an awesome set. I can see why so many people flock to his show on Tuesday nights over on blogtv, awesome music!
Jody actually cut his set short so that we could check out the music of Stealurface1976. His name is Jesse, and he played some awesome music, follow the link and check out his youtube channel.
DarwinTomorrow came on and played some of the most awesome blues I have ever heard. I think if there is anyone out there who has totally nailed that blues slide sound it's him. Check out his show (just follow the link above) and tell me if I'm wrong.
If you've never heard the Native American flute, or a Didgeridoo played live then you've got to check out the guy we had next. Every Monday night Didgerod soothes us with some of the most soothing sounds while he talks about the gifts that mother Earth gives us, which does include Marijuana. He was kind enough to come on the show and had a friend of his come on and play as well. Words alone can't describe how powerful that performance was.
Jim Jeffrey was also on the show after Didgerod, wowing and amazing us with his music. He is working on a CD, due out by the end of this year. On top of rocking our socks off with his original music he also does free guitar lessons every Sunday at 4 p.m. (pacific time) as well as his show at 9 p.m (again pacific time) which is right after my own show on blogtv.
Uprightashley also came on and performed for us. As I listened to her I had to wonder why I hadn't heard her play and sing before. She literally took my breath away.
Aemissary (Angela) and I had a discussion about the issues surrounding the legalization of Marijuana after Ashley played. We really had an interesting and engaging discussion with some of the folks in the chatroom which I thought was quite impressive considering that it was almost 5 a.m. (eastern time) and I was personally surprised that we even had folks awake, much less coherent and able to carry on an intelligent conversation. I have to say that I was really quite impressed.
Jamie Gray came back on and played another set, followed by another set by Darwin, and we closed the show up with myself, Deb, and Angela talking about the issues, the show, and we dropped a few helpful links for folks who would like to learn more about why we should legalize Marijuana, and what they can do at the local level to make it happen.
Of course I can't forget my good friend Rob Mazurek who put together a bunch of videos for the event. I can't describe how awesome it is to play his music, and he really took me by surprise with some of the music he played. He's usually a pretty hard rocking guy (and his tribute to Jimi was a testament to that) so I was taken aback and pleasantly surprised with Drifting off to Dreamland. He's a hell of a guy, and he really keeps our chatrooms going on blogtv. You just never know what he's going to say next.
Marijuana Policy Project
Safe Access Now
Drugsense.org
And how to contact your representative, votesmart.org.
Get involved folks, otherwise it's never going to happen.
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