Little Feat- Dixie Chicken medley- Dallas 1988
In producer Glyn Johns wonderfully behind-the-scenes memoir Sound Man , he tells how he suggested to the Rolling Stones during preliminary sessions for Back and Blue that they all go to see Americans Little Feat in a theater concert in…
Jeffrey Gaines- In Your Eyes- Dallas 1992
With Peter Gabriel's superb So album marking an anniversary, it brings to mind this bold cover version of one of Gabriel's most-loved songs. Clearly, young Jeffrey Gaines was already reinterpreting "In Your Eyes" and mesmerizing audiences…
Who- Long Live Rock- Toronto 12-82
Clearly The Who never got the memo that "rock is dead", not in 1972 when Pete Townshend first wrote and sang it, not ten years later when they performed this terrific version in Toronto, and according to all accounts including their drummer…
The Doors- Who Do You Love- 1970
The Doors Absolutely Live performing “Who Do You Love”
The WHO – Behind Blue Eyes- Toronto Dec 1982
Happy birthday to The Who's Roger Daltrey tomorrow (Tuesday )! Here's The Who performing Pete Townshend's "Behind Blue Eyes" live on 17 December, 1982 in Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens. - Redbeard
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- You Wreck Me- San Francisco 2/6/97
Tom Petty tore a page from the Buddy Holly school of minimalism with three simple descending chords and a red hot live band, the Heartbreakers, during the impressive Fillmore residency in San Francisco the first week of February 1997. Mike…
Ian Moore- Just a Little Bit- Dallas 1993
Sitting in the East Texas barbecue roadhouse Stanley's in Tyler recently with a couple of veteran radio buddies, I noticed their upcoming schedule of musical guests, including the talented Ian Moore. But the brief description of the rhythm…
U2- One- NYC Yankee Stadium 1992
Here's U2 live in New York City's original Yankee Stadium on August 30, 1992 performing "Love Is Blindness" , the last song on the Achtung Baby album which is marking its 20th anniversary .-Redbeard
Rush- Closer to the Heart- 1984
A perennial crowd-pleaser since it appeared on A Farewell to Kings, before the invention of the cellphone light "Closer to the Heart" made a Bic lighter as essential at a Rush show as a concert ticket. Here's the performance on the 1984 Grace…
Ozzy Osbourne- Paranoid- Memphis 4-28-82
In April 1982 Ozzy Osbourne honored an agreement to broadcast his sold-out concert live nationwide from the Memphis Mid-South Coliseum, in spite of the fact that his guitarist Randy Rhoads, his band seamstress, and his tour bus driver had all…