The Hold Steady performed at the Fuzz 92.1 Radio Theater, Scranton, PA, USA on April 6, 2014.
Check these out.
“Almost Everything”:
“You Can Make Him Like You”:
“The Only Thing”:
“The Ambassador”:
“Big City”:
“Spinners”:
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So today I’ve got some clips from Neil Young’s show in Chicago, plus more from his Dallas shows. If you missed my Dallas show post, you can check it out here.
Neil Young at the Chicago Theater, Chicago IL., April 22, 2014.
“Reason To Believe”:
“Changes”:
“Harvest”
“Old Man”:
“A Man Needs A Maid”:
“Ohio”:
“Southern Man”:
“Mr. Soul”:
Another view of “Mr. Soul”:
“Someday”:
“Heart of Gold”:
“If You Could Read My Mind”:
Neil Young at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas TX on April 18, 2014 Dallas, TX.
“From Hank to Hendrix”:
Plus more from the April 17, 2014 show in Dallas at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
“Mellow My Mind”:
“On The Way Home” & “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”:
“Love In Mind”:
“Are You Ready For the Country?”:
“Someday”:
“Changes”:
“Harvest”:
“A Man Needs A Maid”:
“If You Could Read My Mind”:
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Bob Dylan at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, MO one year ago, April 23, 2013.
He’s in quite good voice for this show.
Enjoy.
“Things Have Changed”:
“High Water (For Charley Patton)”:
“Tangled Up In Blue”:
“Blind Willie McTell”:
“What Good Am I?”:
“Summer Days”:
“All ALong the Watchtower”:
“Ballad of a Thin Man”:
Things Have Changed
Love Sick
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Soon after Midnight
Early Roman Kings
Tangled Up in Blue
Pay in Blood
Visions of Johanna
Spirit on the Water
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Blind Willie McTell
What Good Am I?
Summer Days
Scarlet Town
All Along the Watchtower
Encore:
Ballad of a Thin Man
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The late Dave Van Ronk’s previously unreleased Live in Monterey is will be released on May 13, 2014.
From the press release:
Live in Monterey looks back on his entire career. Recorded at Monterey, Calif.’s Carleton Hall, the album works both as a retrospective and an introduction. The 16 tracks include traditional numbers, blues classics and originals, touching on every aspect of what makes Van Ronk revered by musicians of every generation. The album features just Dave, his voice and his guitar. That’s all that’s needed.
“Dave’s voice is a wonder,” writes set co-producer Rick Chelew (who recorded the set) in his liner notes, “going from a delicate, almost feminine whisper to a powerful frightening growl that would make a punk-rocker shut up and listen — sometimes within the same song.”
Fellow Greenwich Village folk denizen Happy Traum, who also contributed liner notes to Live in Monterey, observes: “Those of us who had a chance to know Dave Van Ronk were treated to a larger than life, contradictory, ultimately lovable personality. He was generous, opinionated, sharply intelligent, hypercritical, hospitable, cranky, an unapologetic Trotskyite communist, a sci-fi aficionado, a musical polymath with wide-ranging tastes, a darn good cook, and a friend, mentor, and teacher to many a young, aspiring guitarist.”
“At one point in his career,” Traum continues, “Dave would surely have liked to become famous, but he lived his life and made his music on his own terms an settled reluctantly for being a ‘legend.’ The irony is that none of his peers, no matter how commercially successful they became, were dubbed ‘The Mayor of MacDougal Street,’ had a Greenwich Village street named after them, or are remembered with such affection.”
Yes, there have been other live Van Ronk releases, but all live performances are not equal, and it was a stroke of good luck that tape was rolling in this old Monterey church when the artist, in fine form, played an extraordinary set. “As soon as Dave started to play it was clear that this was one of those rare occasions …,” says Chelew. Van Ronk’s widow Andrea Vuocolo, who attended countless Van Ronk shows, concurs, recalling it as “a particularly strong performance.”
It is time again for an audience with The Mayor.
Track Listing:
1. You’ve Been A Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down |
2. Blood Red Moon
3. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
4. Going Down Slow
5. Losers
6. Cocaine Blues
7. Winin’ Boy Blues
8. Did You Hear John Hurt?
9. Jelly Jelly
10. Spike Driver Blues
11. Sportin’ Life Blues
12. Come Back Baby
13. Candy Man
14. He Was A Friend Of Mine
15. St. James Infirmary
16. Four Strong Winds
Here’s a cool 1997 version of “St. James Infirmary” that is different from the one on the album:
We get a preview of Jack White’s upcoming solo album, Lazaretto, with this studio recording of the title track.
This is a good one.
Plus watch White make history recording “Lazaretto” on Record Store Day.
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Here’s a live version of “Cold Irons Bound” that Bob Dylan played at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada, October 29, 1998:
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Neil Young at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas TX, April 17, 2014.
And there are more videos from this show here.
“Harvest Moon”:
“Heart of Gold”:
“After the Gold Rush”:
“Southern Man”:
“Old Man”:
“Mr. Soul”:
“Ohio”:
“Thrasher”:
“Pocahontas” (partial):
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Ok, this I gotta hear!
Hank Williams live on-the-air performances that were broadcast back in 1950 but have never before been released on record or CD or any other format.
On Saturday, April 19, you know, Record Store Day, Omnivore Recordings is making available The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 — Extended Play.
10″ EP Track List:
Side 1:
1. THE GARDEN SPOT JINGLE (Show 4)
2. I DON’T CARE (IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES) (Show 10)
3. LOVESICK BLUES (Show 4)
4. CLOSING/OH! SUSANNA (Show 10)
Side 2:
1. FARTHER ALONG (Show 10)
2. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS (Show 9)
3. FIDDLE TUNE (Show 4)
4. CLOSING/OH! SUSANNA (Show 11)
Then on May 20, 2014 comes The Garden Spot Programs, 1950, “featuring 24 performances,” according to Omnivore, “unheard for 64 years, from the one and only Hank Williams!”
Here’s what’s on the Omnivore website:
Rescued from obscurity, these shows originally aired over 6 decades ago, and The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 collects material from the four of them now known to exist.
From hits to standards to songs rarely (if ever) performed, this is pure Hank Williams, including playful, between song banter. Fully restored to incredible quality, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 is more like being in the studio when they were recorded than actually listening to them on the radio!
The CD packaging contains rare photos from the collection of set co-producer and Williams biographer, Colin Escott, as well as new liners. Also available on LP, the first pressing will be on limited-edition, translucent red vinyl (with black vinyl to follow), and contains Escott’s informative notes and a download card.
Any music from Hank Williams is worth celebrating. Discovering material that has been unheard for generations is monumental.
“It’s incredible to me that we’re still finding new recordings by my dad, Great ones, at that! No one even suspected that these recordings existed.
We partnered with Omnivore Recordings for this release, and I especially love it that they’re taking my dad back to vinyl.” — Jett Williams
Track Listing
• Unheard for 64 years
• Available on CD/LP/Digital
• First LP pressing on translucent red vinyl
• Rare photos and informative liner notes
1. The Garden Spot Jingle
2. Lovesick Blues
3. A Mansion On The Hill
4. Fiddle Tune
5. I’ve Just Told Mama Goodbye
6. Closing/Oh! Susanna
7. The Garden Spot Jingle
8. Mind Your Own Business
9. Lovesick Blues
10. Fiddle Tune
11. At The First Fall Of Snow
12. Closing/Oh! Susanna
13. The Garden Spot Jingle
14. I Can’t Get You Off Of My Mind
15. I Don’t Care (If TomorrowNever Comes)
16. Fiddle Tune
17. Farther Along
18. Closing/Oh! Susanna
19. The Garden Spot Jingle
20. I’ll Be A Bachelor ’Til I Die
21. Wedding Bells
22. Fiddle Tune
23. Jesus Remembered Me
24. Closing/Oh! Susanna
Tracks 1 – 6 taken from NAUGHTON FARMS GARDEN SPOT PROGRAM: SHOW #4
Tracks 7 – 12 taken from NAUGHTON FARMS GARDEN SPOT PROGRAM: SHOW #9
Tracks 13 – 18 taken from NAUGHTON FARMS GARDEN SPOT PROGRAM: SHOW #10
Tracks 19 – 24 taken from NAUGHTON FARMS GARDEN SPOT PROGRAM: SHOW #11
Two live versions of Bob Dylan playing “Million Miles” (off Time Out Of Mind) plus a live take on the song by Bonnie Raitt.
Bob Dylan at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada, October 29, 1998:
Bob Dylan at the Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, January 16, 1998:
Bonnie Raitt at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21st, 2013:
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This is a great set from The Band at Casino Arena, Asbury Park, NJ, July 20, 1976.
The video is pretty faded but the audio is terrific and The Band sound great.
Robbie Robertson – Lead Guitar
Rick Danko – Bass & Vocals
Levon Helm – Drums & Vocals
Richard Manuel – Piano & Vocals
Garth Hudson – Organ & Keyboards
1. Introduction 0:00
2. Don’t Do It 1:09
3. The Shape I’m In 6:01
4. It Makes No Difference 10:13
5. The Weight 17:16
6. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) 22:00
7. Twilight 25:36
8. Ophelia 29:22
9. Tears of Rage 33:03
10. Forbidden Fruit 38:45
11. This Wheels On Fire 45:00
12. The Night They Drove OI’ Dixie Down 48:53
13. Genetic Method 52:53
14. Chest Fever 57:12
15. Stage Fright 1:01:54
16. Up On Cripple Creek 1:06:30
17. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 1:12:07
18. Life Is A Carnival 1:15:44
Thanks for hipping me to this Aquarium Drunkard!
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