
Aerosmith- Fever- Brussels 10-31-93
The only kind of "Fever" that's actually good for anyone is the musical one that is symptomatic of the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu. Aerosmith was running a high "Fever", originally from the album Get a Grip earlier that year,…

David Bowie- China Girl- New York City 1999
Did you know that the late David Bowie pioneered the art and technology "livestreaming" even before the new millennium? I was there in New York City when the Album Network teamed with David's bowie.net to live stream his show from the Kit Kat Klub November 19, 1999. Here's "China Girl" from that show.

Tommy Shaw of Styx-“Crystal Ball” unplugged Memphis Spring 1981
Tommy Shaw of Styx unplugged doing "Crystal Ball" in Memphis Spring 1981;with an additional verse not on the Styx album!

Chris Whitley- Poison Girl- Dallas 7-91
...the dearly departed Chris Whitley in July 1991 outdoors in Dallas Texas under a tent on the lawn with no stage, no monitors, tiny PA, accompanied only by several ancient Depression-era guitars and dobro with warped necks going in and out of tune, sharing “Poison Girl” from his debut album Living With the Law.

Cry of Love- Peace Pipe- August 1993
With a band named after a Jimi Hendrix album, and their debut album Brother in 1993 sounding like Free meets Lynyrd Skynyrd, how could I not love this Carolina band? Great guys too in Cry of Love , including the trueheart guitarist Audley…

ZZ Top- Sharp Dressed Man- Los Angeles
ZZ Top with the incredibly durable original tres hombres of the late bass player Dusty Hill, drummer Frank Beard, and squankmaster Billy Gibbons taking a turn on the Hollywood red carpet with "Sharp Dressed Man" in concert in the City of Angels.

Pink Floyd- Money- Knebworth 6-30-90
By the time a soggy Pink Floyd wrapped up 1990's Knebworth Festival, we listened to Pink Floyd performing "Money" live on the London radio, including a spirited extended sax solo by leggy Candy Dulfer.

John Fogerty- Proud Mary- Burbank rehearsal 5-97
Here is a kick*ss performance of "Proud Mary" from a 1997 rehearsal, one of the essential songs of the last half of the 20th century, sung and played by the composer John Fogerty and made internationally popular when he led Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Def Leppard- Rock On- Abbey Road Studios London 2008
When Pink Floyd were putting the finishing touches on "Dark Side of the Moon" at Abbey Road Studios, a very young and impressionable Joe Elliott and Ric Savage would have been all ears in the northern industrial city of Manchester hearing the delicious, otherworldly song "Rock On" by David Essex on BBC Radio One. Check out Def Leppard's impressive 21st century live-in-the-studio version.

Tom Kimmel- Small Song- Dallas 1987
Nashville songwriter Tom Kimmel's "Small Song" packs a big wallop in this Redbeard exclusive.
