Nick Gravenites Pt 1 | Electric Flag | Beatniks | The 60's | Mark Hummel

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Mark Hummel sits down for an extensive discussion with Nick Gravenites. Gravenites played in clubs with Mike Bloomfield, Charlie Musselwhite and others. In 1967 he formed the Electric Flag with Bloomfield.Gravenites also wrote the score for the film The Trip and produced the music for the film Steelyard Blues.
Gravenites is credited as a "musical handyman", helping such San Francisco bands as Quicksilver Messenger Service and Janis Joplin's first solo group, the Kozmic Blues Band. He wrote several songs for Joplin, including "Work Me, Lord" and the unfinished instrumental track "Buried Alive in the Blues". Gravenites was the lead singer in the re-formed Big Brother and the Holding Company (without Joplin) from 1969 to 1972. He also worked extensively with John Cipollina after producing the first album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Gravenites produced the pop hit "One Toke Over the Line" for Brewer & Shipley and the album Right Place, Wrong Timefor Otis Rush, for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award.

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