Bruce Springsteen joined the Rolling Stones for a rocking version of “Tumbling Dice” in at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon on May 29, 2014
Check it out!
And another view:
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In August of 1969, Bob Dylan began the sessions that would result in Self-Portrait, New Morning, Dylan and, many years later, Another Self-Portrait.
The sessions continued into 1970, and during the first five days of June 1970 Dylan recorded many songs at Columbia’s Studio E in New York.
People tend to dismiss the album titled Dylan, but some of these recordings are pretty cool. Give them a listen.
“Lily of the West”:
“Mr. Bojangles”:
“Mary Anne”:
“Big Yellow Taxi”:
“The Ballad of Ira Hayes”:
“Can’t Help Falling In Love”:
“Sarah Jane”:
“A Fool Such As I”:
“Spanish Is the Loving Tongue”:
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I just got in the mood to hear Townes cover Bob Dylan today. Here he does Dylan’s “Man Gave Names To All The Animals.”
Damn I miss Townes Van Zandt. What a talent.
And here’s a live version by Bob Dylan from 1991.
And here’s Townes covering the Stones’ “Dead Flowers”:
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Title track from John Hiatt’s Terms Of My Surrender, due July 15, 2014.
Check it out.
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I love this review by Tony.
Tony deals with the boxed set as well as the single disk.
Listen to the album:
Thanks Thrasher’s Wheat!!
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This film was shot by Andy Warhol in 1967 at the Boston Tea Party, a concert venue in Boston.
It’s quite experimental as a film. The sound quality is mostly terrible. I’ve also included audio of another concert by the VU at the Boston Tea Party with good sound.
But as a document the Warhol footage is fascinating.
Here’s what was posted along with the video on YouTube:
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND IN BOSTON (1967, sound, color, 33 mins. Dir: Andy Warhol):
This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound. It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color. It’s fitting that it was shot at the Boston Tea Party, as the Beantown club became one of the band’s favorite, most-played venues, and was where a 16-year-old Jonathan Richman faithfully attended every show and befriended the group. Richman, who would later have his debut recordings produced by John Cale, and later yet record a song about the group, is just possibly seen in the background of this film.
Here’s geat audio of a live show at the same venue but in 1969:
Thanks Doom and Gloom From the Tomb!
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A new report in Billboard lists artists who have earned at least a billion dollars from touring.
The list is of the 25 highest-grossing touring artists from 1990 through 2014. Here are the top five:
1. The Rolling Stones
Gross: $1,565,792,382
Attendance: 19,677,569
Shows: 538
2. U2
Gross: $1,514,979,793
Attendance: 20,536,168
Shows: 526
3. Bruce Springsteen
Gross: $1,196,116,507
Attendance: 15,010,773
Shows: 727
4. Madonna
Gross: $1,140,230,941
Attendance: 9,694,079
Shows: 382
5. Bon Jovi
Gross: $1,030,082,884
Attendance: 12,333,668
Shows: 578
Check out the whole list here.
Check out Conor Oberst’s “Zigzagging Toward the Light,” from his 2014 album, Upside Down Mountain.
The first 2 1/2 minutes is an interview with Oberst, then the song kicks in.
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Great early Dylan song.
Bob Dylan performed “Motherless Children” at The Gaslight Café in New York in October 1962.
The song was previously recorded by a number of artists including blues greats Blind Willie Johnson and Blind Willie McTell.
Blind Willie Johnson:
Blind Willie McTell:
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Check out this new video for a five minute alternative version of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.”
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