Sunday, May 18, 2025

California Sober at The Hollywood Bowl

Hey Dude, I took my dad to see Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival at The Hollywood Bowl and it somehow magically restored my faith in my own home town.

QUOTE: "I would call it a borderline spiritual experience..."

LULLABY: "California Sober" by Billy Strings

AUDIO LINK

MUSICIANS/CAST: Willie Nelson, P-22 (mountain lion), Ricky Gervais, Sierra Hull, Billy Strings, Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett, Deadheads, Jimi Hendrix

LOCATIONS: The Hollywood Bowl, Ventura Blvd, Universal City, Burbank, Griffith Park, LA Zoo, Greek Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, LA County, Hollywood HIlls, California, Hollywood, Cahuenga Pass

PROPS: pandemic, Saturday Stairs, Hollywood Sign, Hollywood Cross, American Flag, California Flag, pot, weed, vaping, contact high, threading

MUSIC: "Whatever", The Beatles, "California Sober", "All Along the Watchtower", John Wesley Harding

SOUNDS: plane, gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes wind

PHOTO: "Hollywood Bowl Outlaw" shot with my iPhone XS

RECORDED: May 18, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California

GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 19:28 FILE SIZE: 10MB

HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

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