The song is a very catchy country tune, with tasty pedal steel by Garcia laid in, that takes a side trip into the blues on one of the “done some time” refrains. I would love to find a vintage label from the 1960s, but no luck so far. That article is no longer available on their website, but they do seem to be producing a wine under the Pride of Cucamonga label. Joseph and his son Joey boosted production, creating a jug brand offering nine different varietals and a name so distinctive - Pride of Cucamonga - that the Grateful Dead used it in a 1974 song.” “A Venetian immigrant named Giovanni Filippi founded his vineyards in 1922, and in 1934 with his son Joseph, made a name in table and altar wine. An article on the winery's website confirms that the label is being revived for a fine wine in its new incarnation. Pride of Cucamonga: The label of a jug wine produced in the late 1960's by the Joseph Filippi Winery in Rancho Cucamonga. But eventually, I received a note via email, as I often do, letting me know that “Pride of Cucamonga” was indeed the name of a brand of cheap wine produced in the 1960s. I chased down the locale of Rancho Cucamonga itself. I found references to it in Annie Lamott’s Rosie - but as a reference back to the song. The title was long a source of some speculation. There’s a sense that something better must be available-(“I think I’ll drift for old where-it’s-at.”), but that this might be a chimera. The lyric vividly portrays a life on the road, and seems to convey a sense of escaping one thing (“the northern sky, it stinks with greed”-a reference to the lumber mills of southern Oregon, perhaps) to fall prey to another (“and I done some time.”). It appeared on side two of From the Mars Hotel, released June 27, 1974-which means the Dead debuted it on very close to its 30th birthday. Since Garcia’s death, it has become a feature of post-GD versions of the band, introduced by The Dead into the live repertoire on June 15, 2004, at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado.
“Pride of Cucamonga” was never played live by the Grateful Dead.
A posthumous edition of his collection poems, Alleys of the Heart, was published by Hologosi. He published one volume of poetry during his lifetime, Far Away Radios. He was a constant presence in the Grateful Dead’s world, from its earliest days in Palo Alto. He bridged the Beat scene of San Francisco to the rock era, like his sometime companion, Neal Cassady. He knew the lore of the West, its local and natural history. In the fifties, he hopped freights, played jazz saxophone, and attended San Mateo College, in California, where he met Phil Lesh, with whom he later wrote several songs for the Dead. The summary of his life included in The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics was written by Alan Trist:īorn in 1936, of a solid middle-class background in Klamath Falls, Oregon. This song contains a number of biographical clues to Petersen’s life. “Pride of Cucamonga” is one of the several songs Lesh wrote with lyricist Bobby Petersen, and its road-oriented words fit in with the outlines of Petersen’s life spent out on the edge of an empty highway. However, it is Phil Lesh’s birthday week, and therefore time to talk about a Phil song. I can’t locate a link for “Pride of Cucamonga” on the website. (I’ll consider requests for particular songs-just private message me!)
#ANYBODY ELSE LYRICS PHIL COOK FREE#
Therefore, the best part, I would hope, would not be anything in particular that I might have to say, but rather, the conversation that may happen via the comments over the course of time-and since all the posts will stay up, you can feel free to weigh in any time on any of the songs! With Grateful Dead lyrics, there’s always a new and different take on what they bring up for each listener, it seems. Here’s the plan-each week, I will blog about a different song, focusing, usually, on the lyrics, but also on some other aspects of the song, including its overall impact-a truly subjective thing.
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