Redbeard’s Blog

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…

Jimmy Page/ Robert Plant- No Quarter: UnLedded 25th Anniversary

"Moroccan vocal music is just like blues from Mars!" exclaims Robert Plant in today's Medium Rare interview. The MTV Unplugged television series was getting long in the tooth by the time Robert Plant agreed to join Jimmy Page on it in 1994,…
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Cheap Trick- Essential Best pt2- Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen

When Cheap Trick's "The Flame" from "Lap of Luxury" smoldered its way to the #1 slot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in July 1988, it capped over a decade of relentless touring and some of my favorite albums, wonderfully anthologized by the "Essential" double disc. Lifers Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen were basking in the glow of "The Flame" when they joined me In the Studio.

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…

Allman Brothers Band- Gregg Allman

"Whipping Post","Dreams", and "Trouble No More" all came from the Allman Brothers Band's debut album in 1969, which is delightfully documented here by the late Gregg Allman In the Studio.

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".