Mon. August 7th, 2006
Martin Fierro chapter 1 (LOM, GD, Interview) [68:24m]: Play in Popup | Download Martin Fierro chapter 2 (jams) [66:44m]: Play in Popup | DownloadTo Hear Martin’s Interview, Click “PLAY IN POP UP” or “Download” (Right-click, Save as… mp3) above. ^
Edited March 13, 2008: Rest In Peace, Martin Fierro. January 18, 1942 - March 13, 2008.
Martin linked to this interview podcast on the Martin Fierro Music website for the last couple months. I hope that on this interview mp3, people continuing to hear his endearing voice tell his wonderful stories will honor Martin’s suggestion in his public letter where he wrote: “Being the kind of person that I am, I have always shared my love, laughter and tears through the music I have played for over 50 years now. Please reflect on that and hold it in your thoughts and prayers for me and my extended family…” For me, every time I hear his sax like a Legion Of Mary show or a Zero tape, I’ll think of his smile — his talking voice, his sense of humor and ways of interacting with people, his personality, friendship, and presence — while I take in the uniquely lyrical sax phrasing that he would come up with on the spot.
Download the Martin Fierro Interview Podcast mp3 chapter 1 (128k, 68:24, 63MB)
(Legion Of Mary: Tough Mama / That’s The Touch I Like / Finders Keepers, Grateful Dead ![[LINK]](http://dgold.info/radio/wp-content/images/aoutside.gif)
: Weather Report Suite, Martin Fierro Interview for Jerry Garcia’s Birthday, Legion Of Mary: That’s What Love Will Make You Do)
Download the Martin Fierro Podcast Jams mp3 chapter 2 (128k, 66:44, 61MB)
(Garaj Mahal: Jan Jan, David Nelson Band: Different World, Derek Trucks Band: Egg 15, Steve Kimock And Friends: Many Rivers To Cross with special guest Martin Fierro on saxophone)
Download the Martin Fierro Podcast Jams mp3 chapter 3 (128k, xx:xx, xxMB) (coming soon - check back)
(Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, Railroad Earth, New Monsoon, Tea Leaf Green with special guest Martin Fierro on sax)
Martin Fierro rarely grants interviews, but he is a story-teller, full of wild memories from years of playing shows with Jerry Garcia in Legion Of Mary and JGB, and recording Wake Of The Flood with Grateful Dead. Returning to Fayetteville after many visits here with Zero and various Steve Kimock jams, Martin offered to tell some of his stories on the air, live on Honest Tunes Radio Show’s exclusive interview on Jerry’s birthday.
Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia… August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995. Thanks for the music. In celebration check out the podcasts of Martin Fierro telling stories about the Legion Of Mary days and many more very Jerry memories.
THE BANDS ON THE PODCAST INCLUDE:
Martin Fierro - *Interview Live at KXUA Honest Tunes
Legion Of Mary 5-21-1975 Keystone
Garaj Mahal with Martin Fierro
David Nelson Band with Martin Fierro
Derek Trucks Band with Martin Fierro
Steve Kimock & Friends with Martin Fierro @ Chester’s Place
More History of Martin Fierro
Click here to read the setlist and history of Martin Fierro in the original post on Dgold’s radio blog.
August 15th, 2006
http://www.philzone.org/discus.....1155342712
By Francis Sinatra (Frank__sinatra) on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 06:30 pm: Edit Post
Thanks!
By Susan J Weiand (Sueshi9) on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 07:36 pm: Edit Post
Cool, Daniel! Nice interview.
By Dave Curtis (Dave_c) on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 10:20 pm: Edit Post
Very nice! Thanks for posting.
By Douglas (Doogels) on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 01:58 pm: Edit Post
Man, i gotta tell ya. I’ve been listening to this podcast, and it’s -excellent-. These are amazing stories! Thank you for posting these links…
By jon (Thoughtjewel) on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 02:24 pm: Edit Post
great interview…gives a sense of the heart value that was the essence of what jerry and the music was about
By hoople-head-fusion wanker (Al_swearengen) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 10:31 pm: Edit Post
ALRIGHT!! Thanks for the interview.
March 13th, 2008
Rest In Peace ~ * Martin Fierro * January 18, 1942 - March 13, 2008
The great saxophone and even greater human-being, Martin Fierro, passed away today. (It’s pronounced “Marteeeeen” and his nickname was “The Meester”.) He was a member of Legion Of Mary with Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, and also recorded the sax parts for Grateful Dead’s stellar 1973 album “Wake Of The Flood”. He was a member of Zero with Steve Kimock. Martin jammed with dozens of other bands since he first picked up music at the age of 5. But it was his smile, voice (accent), his attitude and way of interacting with other people that is really what I will remember the most about this awesome person. Go on in Peace, Martin. I hope he’s jamming with Jerry again already.
Homepage, donations, The Meester’s blog
Here’s my interview with Martin, which he linked on his homepage for the last couple months since he announced his hospitalization
More bio on Zero’s site
Wikipedia entry for Martin Fierro (saxophone)
March 20th, 2008
excerpt from the blog associated with the daily newspaper in Northwest Arkansas via NWAnews.com
Tuned In
Information and updates on the Northwest Arkansas Music scene.
R.I.P., Martin
Date: March 18th, 2008 - Categories: Music Industry News, NWA Music News - Author: Kevin Kinder
Pardon this news for being a few days late.
Although we try really hard to catch all the music news we can, this one slipped by. And, if I hadn’t been on the Honest Tunes Radio Show’s Web page this morning, the news might have completely avoided me.
Which is sad, frankly, because it means there weren’t many banner headlines or national entertainment publications that decided to tell the music community something worth hearing about.
Martin Fierro, saxophonist for, among other bands, the Grateful Dead, passed away March 13 after a battle with cancer. He was 66.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s obituary can be read here.
He wasn’t a bandleader. He was a sideman, someone who played on hundreds of recordings throughout the years. The list of bands Fierro contributed to is pretty lengthy, including Zero, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Blue Cheer, Legion of Mary and more.
…The Story goes on, read it on the Tuned In Blog,
http://nwanews.com/blogs/tuned.....ip-martin/