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parked in front of the Four Seasons near 4th and Market

Now here's a guy that's clearly not having an identity crisis

This is a very rare film about Oakland jazz legend Vince Wallace by Goro Toshima called Green Vinyl Shoes. Goro made it while a student at Stanford University in 1996 and there are only two known VHS copies that exist. This is digitized from Vince's only copy a few years ago and has since been stolen. The only other copy is at Stanford university under lock and key and they don't lend it out

A previous upload on Google video was incomplete and can't be fixed as Google Video has now shut off all uploads, so this is the first time the complete 43 minute film has ever been shown publicly.

Green Vinyl Shoes, 1996, directed by Goro Toshima, starring Vince Wallace and family



Also, the opening song in the film is Bombay Calling, made famous by It's A Beautiful Day and then Deep Purple. The original song, in the film, is an instrumental parody about US television shows in the 50's and Hollywood's questionable portrayal of the middle east, which makes it relevant today. Bombay Calling was written in the early 60's but wasn't put on a Vince album until 1974, and was never issued on CD

You've probably heard a dozen of the thousand versions. Here's the original and a rare live performance in 1968



Jesse Fuller on wiki

this is a long story made short, but Ray Anderson, who runs Grooves records at Market and Octavia in San Francisco has a bunch of rare shows of San Francisco bands, like It's A beautiful day, Kaleidoscope, etc, that were never recorded by anybody else, because back in the 60's Ray ran a lot of the light shows at the dance halls and nobody thought to record much of it, at least on video

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Paul McCartney, live at AT&T Park San Francisco, July 10th, 2010

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Sitting In The Stand Of The Sports Arena
Waiting For The Show To Begin
Red Lights, Green Lights, Strawberry Wine,
A Good Friend Of Mine, Follows The Stars,
Venus And Mars
Are Alright Tonight.

Paul McCartney - Venus and Mars, probably the opening song on Saturday at AT&T park

here's a preview of the stage at AT&T park, taken today, July 8, 2010. This monster is at least ten stories high

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Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, live at Jessie Square, Yerba Buena Gardens, July 1, 2010

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legendary tenor saxophonist Vince Wallace at the Coffee Shop Blue Sky in the heart of Oaksterdam

Oakland, California, Sunday, June 27, 2010


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Buckaroo Bonet, June 17, 2010, North Beach Festival, San Francisco

Beer swillin tunes! Drunkabilly! Homepage!


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El Chicano, West Fest, Golden Gate Park, October 4, 2009 (El Chicano homepage)
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I think this band was better than the headliner, Gun and Doll Show.. (there were more people in the audience during the Castles in Spain set) (Castles in Spain website (myspace). They're playing Cafe du Nord this Thursday


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John York, West Fest, October 4, 2009, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

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Narada Michael Walden and Neil Schon, October 4, 2009, Golden gate Park, San Francisco

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The latest by the legendary guitarist of the San Francisco band Moby Grape

Jerry Miller and the Remington Riders, recorded down near San Jose last month

Jefferson Starship, West Fest, October 4, 2009, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco



photos by Dave Golden