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 .

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Doors- Back Door Man medley- Pittsburgh 5-2-70

Just before The Doors withdrew from live concert touring to record the now-iconic LA Woman album, the band performed at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena to "get together one more time..." . The Doors opened with a medley of  Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man", "Love Hides", and their own "Five to One".
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Don’t Bring Me Down- Boston 1978

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers only had two albums of material from which to draw for their club sets (which often meant several sets a night), the band would reach down at just the right time and throw a change up cover song such as "Don't…

Aerosmith- Last Child- Brussels 10-31-93

Originally found on Aerosmith “Rocks”  fifty years ago, this little mid-tempo song was performed in concert on Halloween in Belgium in 1993. "Last Child" is proof that Aerosmith rocks in any language, on any continent, in any decade.

Van Halen- So This is Love- Oakland- June 1981

Here's Van Halen ripping through the rock rhetorical, "So This is Love?", while playing Oakland in June 1981 on the "Fair Warning" tour. Crank it up!

Rush- 2112- Dallas 2012

In 2012 Rush projected exactly one hundred years into a most uncertain future with this performance of the "2112 Overture/ Temples of Syrinx" medley during what sadly turned out to be one of their last concerts there.

U2- Until the End of the World- NYC Yankee Stadium 1992

U2's "Until the End of the World", it is imperative that the listener understand that the singers' (plural) perspectives change every time the stanzas do. The singer in the first stanza is Jesus Christ; the singer in the second stanza is Judas; and in the final stanza, it's you and me.

Led Zeppelin- For Your Life- London 12-10-07

In the December 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena to pay tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, Led Zeppelin trotted out "For Your Life", a song which lead singer Robert Plant informs us that the original band with the late drummer John Bonham had never performed in concert.

Jethro Tull- Locomotive Breath- Philadelphia 1987

Fall 1987 in Philly found Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull never sounding better, as you can hear from this live performance of "Locomotive Breath" from the perennially evergreen classic "Aqualung" on its 55th anniversary.

Jethro Tull-“Cheap Day Return/Mother Goose”- Zurich Switzerland dressing room 1989

With the tile walls and concrete floor of their backstage dressing room providing a natural reverberant ambience, here are the members of Jethro Tull prior to their 1989 Zurich Switzerland concert, performing an acoustic medley of Aqualung-era…

R.E.M.- Losing My Religion 4-28-92

This slightly slower all-acoustic performance by R.E.M. of "Losing My Religion" at the Capital Plaza Theater in Charleston WV in April 1992, replete with melancholy solo violin, may be my favorite version, thanks to the Mountain Stage...

Alice Cooper Group- I’m 18- Dallas 10-6-15

Not to be confused with Dallas Alice (that would be Little Feat), this is Alice in Dallas "Live from the Astroturf", performing in Good Records and improbably backed by his original Alice Cooper band (minus the late Glenn Buxton who passed in 1997) who gave us "Love It to Death", "Killer", "School's Out", and "Billion Dollar Babies". 

INXS- Original Sin- London Royal Albert Hall 1986

Down through history, slavery by the founding fathers has sometimes been referred to as America's "Original Sin", hence the dedication to Dr. Martin Luther King jr at the introduction of that song at London's Royal Albert Hall back in 1986…

Jimi Hendrix- Hear My Train a Comin’- Memorial Day 1970- Berkeley CA

Jimi Hendrix performed two 1970 Memorial Day concerts in Berkeley CA at which he unveiled unreleased songs, including the portentous "Hear My Train a Comin' ". Presented to honor American Black History Month.

Robert Cray- Smoking Gun- Dallas 1987

Another stellar live performance, no overdubs,  by the Robert Cray Band at Dallas club Redux in July 1987, "Smoking Gun" and the album Strong Persuader   resulted in Cray being heralded by no less than legendary Dallas native Steve Miller…

Living Colour- Cult of Personality-1990 NYC

For American Black History Month...Living Colour live "Cult of Personality" Electric Lady Studio NYC 1990