6:12 Roger Maris sizes up Sandy Koufax. Wow. Great job with this Matt! You deserve more views but they will come with time as folks ask themselves about this history. Love the Noir angle that really was the history of West Beach next to the Pike. My mom took me there several times in the early ‘70s. ✨

🎉😂❤lovely playing

I remember going to the pike as a kid.

❤🎉😂Maravilha ! 🎉😊

This is the second viewing of this presentation and I can happily say it is well done, but am not sure it is just a tad overly lurid. In the mid and late 1950's I was in grammar school and I lived in the areas highlighted here. My parents were divorced then and I lived with my mother at the Caldwell Apartments, which was located east of the Pike on Seaside Walk. My Dad lived in the Venetian Square Apartments in a unit overlooking the ocean, also on West Seaside Walk; the Venetian is shown on a slide in this presentation and is in the area known as the Jungle. I spent a lot of time at his place. The Venetian Square was pretty and well-kept and I have no recollection of tawdriness in the immediate area. I may have not been made aware of its dangers. But as a single-digit aged child I roamed between the two dwellings and to and from a hot dog stand my parents operated across from the Municipal Band Shell on Seaside Walk, not far from the Cinderella Ballroom and the Municipal Auditorium. I knew a lot of the characters inhabiting the Pike amusement zone I have always felt fortunate I was able to be raised in such a uniquely appointed area and in such an open society as we had back then in Long Beach.

Wow! Cool or we use to say Bitchen

I was at this concert. It was absolutely amazing. Great recording/video as well.

Fascinating material. Appreciate you sharing the historic images and stories of the downtown area.

I live 5 miles from here and never went.

love love love this!

The movie BLOOD MONEY used Bearcoon in the soundtrack. The tune was excellent and first time I heard of them. Typed them in the search bar and this came up. Glad to subscribe! And this was posted 8 years ago.

Great footage!

Maravilhoso👏👏

Love Alan's music! Can anyone tell me what the intro music is? I'm intrigued by it.

Loved the pike, yes navy, my dad was stationed in long beach, The eating places and walk under the street, love it there. Used to collect old post cards of long beach, still have a few left, most were on the pike and the old Virginia hotel, not longer there. I don't remember much of what you talked about. even grew up there.

Thank you Alex

awesome stuff... Kendall Kay is amazing

Great - I vaguely remember it from the 60s when as teens we would boldly walk the Pike!

I worked there my senior year ; in the summer of '97. Awesome staff & definitely an "interesting " place to work♡

That was AMAZING! I loved the piece and the performance!

Interesting

I can't find anything about the Palace of Living Art. Having both attractions together was real value. A great place for us nice boys to take those nice girls on a date!

A master at work. Wonderful. Just Wonderful 😀🙏🎼🎼♥️♥️

Allan Parkinson was a genius...

What's that musical piece from intro? I'd like to know chord progression.

Wow, this was great, the music, the poetry, the drumming. Incredible. I have a lot of Bobby Bryant's old stuff, and he just keeps getting better.

rest easy king -daniel

Greg man! It’s good to here your voice. Love and miss you.

what a fucking legend greg eicher was. miss that man

Dave Witham and his work in documenting artists' work and concepts is a national treasure!

BUY MENTONES!

I was there and this stands by itself! Marvellous.

wow

Greg Eicher in bass!!!

I was there, They cleared the floor in under 30seconds. Brilliant

Too cool for school! :)

Jay's the man!

Killer!! Great elasticity between these two!!

damn!!!!!!!!!!

Still Killin!!,!,

Alan Pasqua, el teclista de GIANT!!!!

Wowww

Thanks!

Well done, Mr. Witham! A classic PORTABLE UNIVERSE episode.

wonderful permutation of" slam hounds on patrol": delightful! Jeff sounds great; works like a suit, plays like a kid, listens like a fed. David is a gift from long beach, and Wisdom is wisdom. somebody give these guys 20 million so we can hear this all the time. yeah, 20 should do it.

Thanks, I really enjoyed this. I would like to hear more artists.

This was a lot of fun, and It was great to play with the late great Nate Morgan...RIP, as well as the other cats in the band, and Jennifer is a powerful poet!

Dorothea Grossman would visit the poetry community of Ventura each year. When I learned she was to be in town, I was the first to arrive. I was fascinated by her talent and style.

We are ALWAYS happy to have Alan perform at the Moss! What a fabulous musician!

Incredible truely a master in every sense.