Archive for category: Live Tracks

Enjoy these ultra-rare exclusive live performances from Redbeard’s Dallas/Ft.Worth and Memphis afternoon radio shows between 1978-1998 ; live In The Studio performances from 1988-present ; and actual concert broadcasts produced by Redbeard .

Led Zeppelin- Ramble On- London O2 Arena 11-2007

Three of the four surviving members of Led Zeppelin plus John Bonham's son Jason on drums decided to "Ramble On"to the stage at London's O2 Arena back in November 2007 in order to raise money for a scholarship to honor the Turkish-American immigrant…

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Even the Losers- San Francisco 2-6-97

Listen to the late great Tom Petty put the  Heartbreakers through their paces on an almost cinematic live arrangement of "Even the Losers", originally on Damn the Torpedoes,  here from February 1997 at the San Francisco Fillmore.- Redbea…

King Crimson- Epitaph- San Francisco 12/14/69

Clearly King Crimson were third billed openers that night of December 14, 1969 ahead of fellow countrymen from London, The Nice, and headliners local Bay Area favorites The Chambers Brothers...

Foreigner- Feels Like the First Time- London 5-78

Like contemporaries Bad Company, Foreigner are on a very short list of arena fillers who never released the obligatory live album with the original members in their prime. Thankfully that omission has been remedied for both with impressive results,…

Paul McCartney & Wings- Soily- 1974

After listening to his songs with the Beatles for sixty-plus years, and playing his solo albums and Wings stuff on the radio/online for more than fifty, I felt that I was fairly literate in the compositions of Paul McCartney. So imagine my surprise…

Toy Matinee- Last Plane Out- Dallas 1990

This one haunts me. Believe me, I am far from being alone in the admiration and appreciation of the obvious musical talent of singer/songwriter Kevin Gilbert, first demonstrated in Summer 1990 with the collaboration with pop producer Patrick…

R.E.M.- What’s the Frequency Kenneth- Milton Keynes UK 7-95

"We were touring for the first time in five years. We wanted something arena and festival ready", says R.E.M. lead singer and lyricist Michael Stipe in Newsweek about the overall sound of the Fall 1994 release Monster.   The proof of the pudding…

Mark Knopfler- Romeo and Juliet- Grand Prairie TX 9-8-19

Mark Knopfler live in suburban Dallas/Ft.Worth 2019 performing “Romeo and Juliet”

Aerosmith- Love in an Elevator- Brussels 10-31-93

Revving you up for the Aerosmith Pump thirty-fifth anniversary coming in next week. Proof positive that on Halloween night 1993, there was not a band on the planet better than Aerosmith in concert. Exhibit A is this sizzling live version of…

Huey Lewis and the News- Trouble in Paradise- Hartford 8-25-84

Here is irrefutable proof that Huey Lewis and the News were writing great songs right from Day One, or in the case of "Trouble in Paradise", from album #1.