Van Halen- Best of Both Worlds- Dallas 12-91
The Van Halen free concert ( you read that right, FREE ) in the streets of downtown Dallas on the afternoon of December 4, 1991 included this performance of "The Best of Both Worlds".
Jethro Tull- Locomotive Breath- Zurich dressing room 1989
Jethro Tull's singer/ songwriter/ flautist Ian Anderson ( left ) returns here In the Studio next week for the band's big fiftieth anniversary of "Aqualung", so this should prime the pump with another angle on all of that material. Here's another of the rare "Dressing Room Tapes" performances in the backstage bowels of the concert hall before a Zurich Switzerland 1989 concert with guitarist Martin Barre ripping a spirited "Locomotive Breath".
R.E.M.- Half a World Away- Milton Keynes UK 7-30-95
This live R.E.M. performance outdoors in the English countryside of "Half a World Away" in Summer 1995 serves as an appetizer for the upcoming rockumentary here In the Studio for the parent album "Out of Time" 's thirtieth anniversary coming 3/1.
Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight”- Live Aid Philadelphia 7-13-85
with 100,000 people for Live Aid US, I stood back of center stage about ten feet behind Phil Collins who was seated at a black grand piano. Beside me looking over his 3"x 5" recipe cards with notes for stage announcements stood Jack Nicholson. Collins, fresh off the Concorde supersonic jet which had conveyed him from his earlier performance at the London Live Aid concert, sang his surprise movie hit "Against All Odds" and then "the other song I know on piano"...
Rush- Limelight- Dallas Soundcheck 11-28-12
Rush soundcheck Dallas November 2012 performing “Limelight”.
David Bowie- White Light/ White Heat- New York City 1996
this ultra-rare live acoustic performance by David Bowie of the Velvets' "White Light/White Heat" in New York City 1996
Styx feat. Tommy Shaw- Crystal Ball- 1981 Memphis
Styx singer/songwriter/guitarist Tommy Shaw rolled out of bed and used a borrowed acoustic guitar to sing live on my afternoon show ...1981 acoustic version of his "Crystal Ball" ( with the extra verse not on the Styx version)
Peter Frampton- Nowhere’s Too Far for My Baby- Montreal 2011
Here's Peter Frampton on 2011's triumphant Frampton Comes Alive 35 tour with a terrific song called "Nowhere's Too Far for My Baby" which was dropped for vinyl time restrictions from the original Frampton Comes Alive album. This tight performance is from the Montreal show in 2011.
Toadies New Years Eve 25th Anniversary- Dallas Bomb Factory 12-31-95
The hottest New Years Eve ticket in Texas twenty-five years ago was The Toadies live at Dallas' Bomb Factory. The Ft. Worth band's "Rubberneck" album had just been certified gold on its way to a million in sales, and even though the Bomb Factory held thousands, the concert sold out in advance, so my radio station Q102 broadcast the Toadies live.
38 Special- Live New Years Eve 1982 Memphis
From the 38 Special New Years Eve nationwide radio broadcast rockin' into the night live from Memphis on 12/31/82