Look out mama, there’s some greybeards comin’ up the river. They may look like your old hippie parents or grandparents, but they are really one of rock music’s most enduring and consistent bands, Crazy Horse. Playing as if the clock never moved over the last 40-plus some years, it was a treat to see Neil […]
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It’s A Bleedin’ Board – Los Lobos 8-3-10
As we prepare for the upcoming blockbuster show at the Wolstein Center tonight (Monday, October 8th) featuring North American music giants Los Lobos and Neil Young, I offer to you, from the big black vaults of musical eclecticism, nearly two hours of soundboard-quality Los Lobos. Recorded August 3, 2010 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, […]
MP3: Grateful Dead – Playing In The Band (from Europe ’72 box set)
September isn’t exactly around the corner quite yet, but if you’d like a taste of the forthcoming Grateful Dead Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings box set, due to ship in September, you’re in luck. The band offers up a teaser in the form of this downloadable version of “Playing In The Band,” recorded on April […]
Good Listening: More Free Live “Noise” from Bruce Hornsby
Thinking in the context of the Grateful Dead’s Dick’s Picks series (curated by their late great archivist Dick Latvala), some of the best live releases are compiled by the people that know the artist/band inside and out. In the case of Bruce Hornsby, recording engineer/producer Wayne “Dagle” Pooley has been an important part of the […]
Good Listening: Bruce Hornsby & The Roanoke Symphony in Salem, 10/9/97
Before I developed my appreciation for the music of the Grateful Dead, I found it hard to understand the tape collectors with hundreds to thousands of hours of Grateful Dead shows. You’d hear them talking about that one version of “Dark Star,” recorded on that one night in Albany. (I’m still fascinated by Grayfolded, the […]
The 12 Boots of Christmas – How About Sandals?
Installment number two of the 12 Boots of Christmas series is a thirty year-old chestnut that is ready to be roasted again this holiday season. The Grateful Dead is truckin’ across the nation in support of the Shakedown Street album and lands in Cleveland on November 29, 1979 at Public Hall for a night of […]
THROUGH THE EYES AND EARS OF THE STEREO DICTATOR
The upcoming Foreigner thing scares me. One original member, remixing old tunes, the Wal-Mart exclusive and the fact that the last good album they put out was over 25 years ago. Know when to say when. The occasion of Jerry Garcia’s 67th birthday coincides with me reading a great book called Garcia written by Blair Jackson […]