Dr. John & The Meters — Chalmette, LA (3/5/1973)
01 Instrumental Intro >
Mardi Gras Day (instrumental)
02 Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
03 Let The Good Times Roll
04 Right Place,Wrong Time
05 Iko Iko
06 Medley :
High Blood Pressure
Don’t You Just Know It
Well I’ll Be John Brown
Jackomo (cut)
07 I’ve Been Hoodooed
08 Loup Garou
09 Wang Dang Doodle *
10 Junko Partner
11 Qualified
12 I Walk On Guilded Splinters
13 Mess Around
14 Mardi Gras Day
Prince — Het Paard Van Troje, Holland (8/18/1988)
After show jam session with his purple highness.
Instrumental Jam
D.M.S.R.
Just My Imagination
People Without
Housequake
Down Home Blues
Cold Sweat
Forever in My Life
Still Will Stand All Time
I’ll Take You There I
I’ll Take You There II
Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic
Pink Floyd — Great Gig In The Sky (RIP Richard Wright)
In honor of Richard Wright’s passing, we’ve posted the following clip from Delicate Sound Of Thunder:
Led Zeppelin — How Many More Times
How Many More Times from Wiki:
On early Led Zeppelin concert tours, “How Many More Times” was often the band’s closing number. Plant typically introduced the rest of the band during the opening bassline, as can be seen during the Danish TV appearance on the Led Zeppelin DVD. By late 1969, the intro of the song would be quite extended and the band would incorporate more and more material into the song as a medley. An example of such a performance is included on the same DVD, during the Royal Albert Hall concert. During the “Bolero” section, Plant quotes Neil Young‘s “On the Way Home” from Buffalo Springfield‘s Last Time Around (1968). After “The Hunter,” the band performs John Lee Hooker‘s “Boogie Chillin’,” with lyrics ad-libbed from other sources, and “Travelin’ Little Mama.” The band would then go into “Cumberland Gap” then After “The Lemon Song,” the band would play “That’s Alright Mama” (which is not on the Led Zeppelin DVD but bootlegs show they did play it. Then they return to “How Many More Times” at the moment where they left off, the conclusion of “The Hunter.” The typical medley pattern (“Boogie Chillen” followed by improvisational set of covers and finally a slow blues and a return to the main song) would later be incorporated into “Whole Lotta Love,” as demonstrated on Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions and How the West Was Won.
From Royal Albert Hall 1969:
Part One:
Part Two:
Bob Dylan — Like A Rolling Stone
From Wiki:
The basis of “Like a Rolling Stone” was a twenty-page story written by Dylan. It was, according to him, “just a rhythm thing on paper all about my steady hatred, directed at some point that was honest.”[2] From the story, Dylan wrote four verses and one chorus in Woodstock, New York.[3] The song was written on an upright piano in the key of G sharp; it was changed to C on the guitar while recording.[4] The song was originally written in 3/4 (waltz) time, and with a length of 1:36, was much shorter than the released 4/4 version.[5] The song was recorded by Dylan on June 15, 1965, and concluded the next day.[6] The recording took place in Studio A of Columbia Records in New York City and was produced by Tom Wilson.[7][8]
The musicians included Mike Bloomfield on guitar, Al Kooper on organ, Paul Griffin on piano, Josef Mack on bass, and Bobby Gregg on drums.[8] Kooper, a teenage guitarist at that time, was originally not supposed to play at all, but was a guest of Tom Wilson.[9] However, as Wilson was not present at the time, Kooper sat down with his guitar with the other musicians. By the time Wilson returned, Kooper was away in the control room. Wilson moved Griffin from hammond organ to piano. Kooper then went to Wilson, saying that he had a good part for the organ. Wilson belittled Kooper’s organ abilities but, as Kooper later said, “He just sort of scoffed at me….He didn’t say no—so I went out there.” Wilson agreed when he saw Kooper on the organ.[10]
On the first day of recording, five takes of the song were done; however, the song was never completed in its entirety. There was no sheet music and the recording was utter chaos.[2] Instead, the song was played by ear; its essence was found as it went along. In its fourth take, the chorus was reached. This take would appear on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 in 1991 and in James Marshs’s film Highway 61 Revisited. During this take, Dylan reached the chorus and played a harmonica, after which he interrupts the take.[11]
On the second day of recording, two rehearsal takes and fifteen takes were completed. The fourth take was the master take, which would later appear on the Highway 61 Revisited album. After this take was completed, Wilson said happily, “That sounds good to me.”[12]
From 1966:
RIP — Richard Wright of Pink Floyd (1943-2008)
Pink Floyd pianist and founding member has passed. BBC:
Wright appeared on the group’s first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.
Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards.
Gilmour said: “He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him.”
Writing on his website, he added: “And that’s a lot of people. Did he not get the loudest, longest round of applause at the end of every show in 2006?”
Umphrey’s McGee — Atlanta, GA (9/14/08)
Last night Umphrey’s McGee played Atlanta’s Tabernacle and tore the roof off the mutha. A ferocious second set filled with stalwart war horses that made me repeatedly confirm that it was 2008, not 2004. Umphrey’s played like a multi-limbed monster with Jake’s guitar spewing molten lava as they tore through many a fan favorite. “Pay The Snucka” bookended the second set, a balls to the wall “Mail Package” and the perfect cherry on top, the first suite of songs from side two of Abbey Road. That segue, of course, was Mean Mr. Mustard>Polythene Pam>She Came In Through The Bathroom Window and was a tasty surprise. Umphrey’s is off the road until October 2, when they kick off their fall tour in Kalamazoo, MI.
| Set One | Bridgeless* > Push the Pig, Tribute to the Spinal Shaft > Morning Song, Last Man Swerving > Bridgeless |
| Set Two | Pay the Snucka** > Utopian Fir > Mail Package, Anchor Drops > The Triple Wide > Ringo > Pay the Snucka |
| Encore | Mean Mr. Mustard > Polythene Pam > She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, 40′s Theme |
| Notes | * with Search 4 tease ** with Alex’s House teases last Mean Mr. Mustard > Polythene Pam > She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 09.08.06 |
Jerry Garcia & Friends — Hollywood, CA (4/20/1974)
The Great American String Band featuring Jerry Garcia,Taj Mahal, David Grisman & Richard Greene.
Phish — Classic Phish
Jump on over to Mr. Miner’s and pick up a great download of a great show.
Once upon a time, there was one analog tape- one set- that I played twice as much as all my others. It was just that good. Forward, backward- I played it over and over and over again. This is the story of that tape. After stepping up their game in August of ‘93, concluding a very successful summer tour, Phish took the fall off from touring. The next time the band hit the stage, they embarked on their customary December New Year’s Run tucked into the Northeast. It is this New Years Run that produced 12.30.93, one of the best Phish shows in history, and the outlandishly over-played analog tape of my yesteryears was the second set of this show. Continue Reading….
33 Years Ago Today…
Pink Floyd released their “Wish You Were Here” album.
Written in homage to former member, Syd Barrett, who was becoming more and more withdrawn and was no longer a member of the band. Here’s an account of the day Syd visited the studio during recording of the album courtesy of Wiki:
According to drummer Nick Mason‘s book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett actually turned up at the studio in the middle of a recording session on 5 June 1975, which was also, according to the book Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey, the day David Gilmour married his first wife, Ginger. However, Gilmour denies that this was the same day during an interview in 2003, seen in The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story. Barrett hadn’t been seen by any of the band members in five years. He arrived unannounced, his head completely devoid of hair (including eyebrows, as alluded to in The Wall film) and had put on so much weight that most of the band did not recognize him at first. Reports would indicate that Barrett repeatedly jumped up and down brushing his teeth during the visit. Waters later confided that the sight was enough to bring him to tears. While the band were listening to a song in progress (allegedly “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”), Barrett sat motionless; he is sometimes quoted as saying, when someone asked to play it back again, that this would be pointless as they had already just heard it. In a recent televised special on Barrett, Gilmour says that it was “Shine On” that they were recording as he showed up. In the same special, he says that Barrett asked (despite the album being nearly complete) if there was anything he could do, and said that he was available if needed. Later on, one of the band’s technicians, Phil Taylor, drove past Barrett, who appeared to be looking for a lift. Avoiding an awkward situation, Taylor ducked down in the car as he passed. In a July 2006 interview with a New York City radio station before Barrett’s death, Gilmour indicated that they never saw him again after that point. However, Roger Waters has said later on he almost bumped into Syd in Harrods, but did not speak to him. Echoing Barrett’s presence, Wright plays a subtle refrain from “See Emily Play” in the final seconds of the album.
