
Metallica- Too Heavy for Halftime- Super Bowl 50
Metallica reminds us that the last time that San Francisco was involved in a Super Bowl was not as a team but as host to the landmark Super Bowl 50 in February 2016. Here is "Fuel" for your fire from that show.

Black Crowes- Hard to Handle- Houston 2-6-93
An absolutely sizzling hot Black Crowes live version of Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" from a Houston performance 2/ 6/93.

Todd Rundgren- Road to Utopia/ Caravan- Boston 11-79
Todd Rundgren live "Road to Utopia/Caravan" Boston 11/79

Christmas with Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde
One of my favorite Christmas songs was composed and included on the legendary Learning to Crawl album by the Pretenders, but it was a limited bonus track which appeared only on the initial vinyl pressings. Here is Chrissie Hynde discussing…

Queen- Now I’m Here- London Hammersmith Odeon 12-75
Long ago Queen set a very high standard for concert performance from which they have never wavered. Here is proof of it with "Now I'm Here", originally off of Queen's third studio album Sheer Heart Attack released forty-five years ago,…

Bush- Glycerine- with Gwen Stefani 12/12
Here is one of those double-take anniversaries where you'd swear it was only half that long ago: English band Bush released their impressive debut Sixteen Stone twenty-five years ago the first week of December 1994 ( #4 sales on Billboard…

Bryan Adams- I Fought the Law- Belgium 1988
Bryan Adams has always been a terrific live performer. Case in point: when I visited Bryan at his Vancouver home way back in September 1988 to discuss his career breakthrough Cuts Like a Knife in 1983 and his star-making blockbuster Reckless…

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Rainy Day Women #12 & #35- Gainesville 11-4-93
Maybe I chose this terrific version of Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 and #35", performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at a homecoming Gainesville FL concert in November 1993, because the calendar says 4-20. But then again, with Tom…

The Police- Walking on the Moon- Boston 1979
Here is a rare early performance by The Police of "Walking on the Moon" in a Boston club 1979 just after the release of their second album, Regatta de Blanc . -Redbeard

Eric Clapton- Tell the Truth- Crossroads Guitar Fest Chicago 2007
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival came full circle in 2019 back to Dallas Texas where the first one was held ( Cotton Bowl 2004 ). Here's a flashback to Eric Clapton and southpaw slide guitarist Doyle Bramhall II at the 2007 Chicago GuitarFest, combining like EC did with the late Duane Allman as Derek and the Dominos, on "Tell the Truth".