Billy Strings :: Grateful Dead Medley

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Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s six-night run at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, Billy Strings recently held a series of crowdless performances billed as the “Deja Vu Experiment.”

The Grateful Dead famously conduced the “ESP Experiments” at these shows, “prompting Deadheads in the audience to focus on imagery shown by the band and telepathically send the imagery to a test subject.” (From the Capitol Theatre website). Strings also asked viewers to project their own images of Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman with questionable results.

Anyway, all that to say, that, for many the highlight of it all was: “Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin’s Tower/Brokedown Palace.”

All of THAT to say, watch this:


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Greg Brown Live For Acoustic Guitar Magazine

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From the video’s Youtube page:

“He’s the last American troubadour, a complex mix of Midwestern common sense and bohemian Zen appeal inhabiting a poet’s soul. In some ways, there are two Greg Browns: tender and tough, acoustic and electric, funny and sorrowful, cynical and filled with an unquenchable thirst for life. One careens down country roads in the dead of night in a broken-down farm truck, no headlights, a bottle of Wild Turkey wedged between his thighs and pioneering country-star Jimmie Rodgers blaring on the stereo. The other is a sunny child balanced on his grandmother’s knee, sampling her canned goods and drinking in a cool summer breeze.

“I know that I look at life and I see a lot of different colors, a lot of different moods,” says the singer and songwriter when pressed on the subject. “I do see a lot of causes for hope and I do see a lot of causes for despair. I see things that make me proud to be a human being on this planet, and I see so many other things that make me just appalled. All of that gets into my songs. On a particular Friday, I might feel quite hopeful, and by Tuesday I might be feeling that we’re completely screwed. I manage to find balance there between the two.

“But I can attest to being one person,” he adds with a laugh.


Setlist:

  1. Bones Bones

  2. Laughing River

  3. Besham’s Bokerie


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The Dave Pike Set (1970)

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If you don’t know, Dave Pike, was a jazz vibraphone and marimba player.

Sorry, I don’t know anything about this one or have the setlist. I think this was on Belgian TV, but what do I know.

It’s worth your time.



McCoy Tyner Quintet, Berliner Jazztage (1974)

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McCoy Tyner Quintet live at Berliner Jazztage for Jazz Line, 1974.



Sorry, don’t have the setlist for this one. Maybe you do? Either way, it’s worth your time.

Players:

  • McCoy Tyner - piano

  • Azar Lawrence - sopran & tenor saxophone

  • Antonio Guilherme de Souza Franco - percussion

  • Juny Booth - bass

  • Wilbert Fletcher - drums


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Akron/Family Live at Utopia SXSW Sessions (2013)

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Akron Family Live at UTOPiA SXSW Sessions 2013 streaming through Google+ Hangouts on Air.”

Sorry folks, we could probably figure out the setlist to this one but I haven’t taken the time to do so. But I’ve been digging this live SXSW Akron/Family set and thought you might like it too, all things considered.


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Grant Green Trio (1969)

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Here’s another Youtube Treasure that I haven’t bothered to research much. I’m sure many of you can tell me when/where exactly this is from, and I look forward to learning all of that.

But in the meantime . . .

Setlist:

  1. I Don't Want Nobody to Give me Nothing (thanks Sean Graham)

  2. Oleo

  3. Insensatez

  4. Blues in G (?)

  5. Sonnymoon For Two (Thanks Harry)


Additional Players:

  • Larry Ridley on bass

  • Don Lamond on drums


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Cannonball Adderley Sextet: Live (1964)

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Cannonball Adderley Sextet/ Live on "JAZZ625", 1964.5.12.


Setlist:

  1. Work Song

  2. Song My Lady Sings

  3. Poor Butterfly

  4. Jive Samba

  5. Unit Seven

  6. The Weaver

  7. Bohemia after dark

  8. Cam-Sunday

  9. Sweet Georgia Bright

  10. Unit Seven


Players:

  • Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley

  • Nat Adderley

  • Charles Loyd

  • Joe Zavinul

  • Sam Jones

  • Louis Hayes


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Bob Weir And Wolf Bros: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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Bob Weir And Wolf Bros: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert.


Setlist:

  1. Only A River

  2. When I Paint My Masterpiece

  3. Ripple


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Miles Davis Quintet, Live at the 1967 Stockholm Jazz Festival

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Miles Davis Quintet live at the 1967 Stockholm Jazz Festival.

From the Youtube comments: “This is 50 YEARS AGO, and it sounds like tomorrow. How the hell???”

Setlist:

  1. Agitation

  2. Footprints

  3. ‘Round Midnight

  4. Gingerbread Boy

Players:

  • Trumpet: Miles Davis

  • Saxophone: Wayne Shorter

  • Piano: Herbie Hancock

  • Bass: Ron Carter

  • Drums: Tony Williams



John Coltrane (Belgium 1965)

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Here’s a Youtube Treasure I don’t know much about.

Sorry, I’ve never bothered to much research beyond knowing that it’s Coltrane in Belgium in 1965. I’m sure some of you can hep me to the jive and I’m always interested in details if you’re interested in providing them.

Otherwise, let’s just enjoy the sublime.

Setlist:

  1. Untitled Original (Vigil)

  2. Naima

  3. My Favorite Things

Other Players:

  • McCoy Tyner - Piano

  • Jimmy Garrison - Bass

  • Elvin Jones - Drums


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Sonic Youth Live From The Basement

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Sonic Youth live from the Basement, 2007.



Setlist:

  1. The Sprawl

  2. Incinerate

  3. Hey Joni

  4. Jams Run Free

  5. Pink Steam


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Herbie Hancock and Mwandishi Live in Nice, France, 1971

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From the Youtube description:

“French radio broadcast (great quality) of Herbie and the Mwandishi group in full free experimental mode performing in Nice, France, on July 21 1971. heaps good!!”

Heaps good indeed!


Setlist:

  1. You'll Know When You Get There

  2. Toys

Players:

  1. Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn

  2. Bennie Maupin - saxes, flute, bass clarinet

  3. Julian Priester - trombones

  4. Herbie Hancock - keyboards

  5. Buster Williams - bass

  6. Billy Hart - drums


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Miles Davis Quintet Live at Teatro dell'Arte

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Miles Davis Quintet Live at Teatro dell'Arte in Milan, Italy on October 11, 1964.



Setlist:

  1. Autumn Leaves

  2. My Funny Valentine

  3. All Blues

  4. All of You

  5. Joshua

Players:

  • Trumpet: Miles Davis

  • Saxophone: Wayne Shorter

  • Piano: Herbie Hancock

  • Bass: Ron Carter

  • Drums: Tony Williams


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The Cure Unplugged (1991)

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Robert Smith and company played MTV’s Unplugged in 1991 and you should watch. There is a bootleg record that has several more songs but they are not included in this video, and the video isn’t the best quality, sorry. Nevertheless, you should still enjoy this.



Tracklisting:

  1. Let’s Go To Bed

  2. Just Like Heaven

  3. Lullaby

  4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

  5. A Letter to Elise

  6. The Caterpillar

  7. The Blood

  8. Boys Don’t Cry

  9. The Walk


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Jane's Addiction 1991 Honolulu

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I haven’t visited my old tape-trading days (though I had this one on CDR) in quite a while. I remember listening to this CDR for the first time. I won’t share the details except to say that it was one of my favorite live recordings for a long time.

Full soundboard recording from the Aloha Tower in Honolulu - September 26, 1991. Second night of a two-night run and the last to feature the original lineup until 2008. Apparently, band members got nude.

Enjoy.

Setlist:

  1. Up the Beach

  2. Whores

  3. Standing in the Shower... Thinking

  4. Ain't No Right

  5. Thank You Boys

  6. Three Days

  7. Been Caught Stealing

  8. L.A. Medley - L.A. Woman - Nausea

  9. Then She Did...

  10. Mountain Song

  11. Stop!

  12. Ocean Size

  13. Chip Away


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John Prine :: House Of Strombo

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From the Youtube page:

“This is one of the coolest things. The great songwriter, John Prine setting up and performing an in my living room. His latest record, The Tree of Forgiveness is out of this world. The Strombo Show presents John Prine in an intimate performance from the House Of Strombo.”

Tracklisting:

  1. Crazy Bone

  2. Far From Me

  3. Speed Of Sound And Loneliness

  4. Sam Stone

  5. Summer's End

  6. Ramblin' Fever (Merle Haggard Cover)

  7. Christmas In Prison

  8. When I Get To Heaven


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Thin Lizzy :: Live at Sydney Opera House, 10/78

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Thin Lizzy :: Live at Sydney Opera House, 10/78.

From the Youtbue Page:

“In October of 1978 more than 26,000 screaming fan packed the Sydney Opera House in Australia for an unforgettable concert. Thin Lizzy's lineup for this show was Phil Lynott (Vocals/bass), Gary Moore (Guitars), Scott Gorham (Guitars) and Mark Nauseef (Drums).”

Again, no setlist for this one, though I imagine is out there somewhere. Please let me know if you find it.

Tom Waits :: Rockpalast 1977

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A live recording of Tom Waits performing live for WDR Studios in Köln, Germany on April 18th, 1977.




Tracklist:

  • Step right up

  • Invitation to the Blues

  • Depot Depot

  • Jitterbug Boy

  • Pasties and a G string

  • I wish I was in New Orleans

  • Fumblin' with the Blues

  • Semi Suite Emotional Weather Report

  • Bad Liver and a Broken Heart

  • New Coat of Paint

  • I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work

  • The One That Got Away

  • Small Change

  • Tom Traubert’s Blues


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T. Rex :: Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (10/08/74 Long Beach)

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T. Rex live for Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (10/08/74, Long Beach). Originally aired 01/22/75.

Sorry, setlist unknown on this one. I mean, we (you) could probably figure it out or Google-Fu it, I jus haven’t taken the time or effort. So we’ll all just have to sit back and enjoy the ride.