Morphine — Cure For Pain
Mark Sandman, founding member and vocalist/bassist of Boston band, Morphine is amongst a very small and notorious group, those who have died while performing on stage. Sadly, Mark died of a heart attack while the band was on tour in Italy in 1999. Mark played his two string bass with a slide and possessed a low, haunting voice. Here’s the band performing “Cure For Pain” from the band’s second album of the same name.
The Beatles, iTunes continue “bumpy” talks
ABC:
Negotiations have bogged down between Apple Inc. and The Beatles, according to reports Tuesday.
The BBC said Paul McCartney is still pushing for the band’s music to be available through Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) service.
EMI, the band’s former record label, would have to agree to a deal along with Apple Corps, which was set up by The Beatles to manage their body of work.
In March British media reports said McCartney agreed to make the group’s catalog of songs available on iTunes for about $400 million.
The deal would include payment of royalties to McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison, the newspaper reported.
Some payments might also go to Michael Jackson and to EMI and Sony Corp. because of various ownership agreements linked to some of the songs.
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper — “Stop”
Taken from Super Session. Doesn’t get too much better, eh? Dig the Norman Rockwell artwork.
Bob Dylan’s tribute to Frank Sinatra
At Frank Sinatra’s 80th birthday party bash in November of 1995, an assortment of artists gathered to pay homage to a living legend. The most poignant performance of the evening was from Bob Dylan, who performed “Restless Farewell”. Sinatra’s upcoming birthday, December 12th, would have been his 93rd.
Sinatra had his last public performance following his annual Palm Springs golf tournament in February of 1995. Here’s the setlist:
Intro
I’ve Got The World On A String
You Make Me Feel So Young
Fly Me To The Moon
Where Or When
My Kind Of Town
The Best Is Yet To Come
Bob Dylan — Bust-outs in NYC
From RS.com:
We’ll never forget when – two months after 9/11 — Bob Dylan played Madison Square Garden and declared, “You don’t have to ask me how I feel about this town. Most of these songs were written here and the ones that weren’t were recorded here.”
Bob always saves his best for his old stomping ground, and last Friday night he absolutely destroyed shit up on 175th Street at the United Palace Theater.
It was his 100th and final show of 2008, and he jump-started the eighteen-song set with “Gotta Serve Somebody,” delivered from the center of the stage accompanied only by his harp. It was the first time he played the song since February 5th, 2002, and halfway through he started freestyling crazy new verses like:
“Over and Out/Under and In/No matter where you are/No matter where you’ve been/You still gotta serve somebody.”
Bob followed that up with “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, which was played last on election night. He strapped on a guitar for “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” (originally released on Greatest Hits Vol. II). It was the first time he’d performed that song in New York in more than forty-five years!
Other highlights included “Desolation Row,” a spookily arranged “‘Til I Fell In Love With You” and Modern Times killers like “The Levee’s Gonna Break,” “Thunder On the Mountain,” and “Ain’t Talkin’.”
Steve Wynn’s Las Vegas restaurant to be named “Sinatra”
From NJ.com:
The legendary Frank Sinatra mystique will thrive once again on the Las Vegas strip.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that casino mogul Steve Wynn will open a new Italian restaurant called Sinatra in his new resort Encore.
Wynn says the the Sinatra clan has loaned him such priceless memorabilia as the singer’s 1953 Oscar and several Grammy awards which will be peppered throughout the eatery. What’s more, Paul Anka has also promised the gold record he won for writing the English lyrics for “My Way.”
Considering that the Sinatra family fiercely protects the singer’s image, permission to use the Chairman’s moniker may be considered a coup. Still, Wynn and the singer have Sin City history together. The hotelier revitalized the Golden Nugget when he snagged ‘Ol Blue Eyes to appear exclusively at the hotel during the ’80s.
The Rolling Stones — Fort Worth, TX (7/18/1978)
CD 1:
01 – Let It Rock
02 – All Down The Line
03 – Honky Tonk Women
04 – Star Star
05 – When The Whip Comes Down
06 – Beast Of Burden
07 – Miss You
08 – Just My Imagination
CD 2:
01 – Shattered
02 – Respectable
03 – Far Away Eyes
04 – Love In Vain
05 – Tumbling Dice
06 – Happy
07 – Sweet Little Sixteen
08 – Brown Sugar
09 – Jumping Jack Flash
***Use the pass code “sparkyibew” when decompressing the .rar files.
Elliott Smith — Gothenberg, SWE (7/4/2000)
Ballad Of Big Nothing
Independence Day
Junk Bond Trader
Son Of Sam
Everything Means Nothing
Cupid’s Trick
L.A.
Strung Out Again
Sweet Adeline
Bled White
Between The Bars
Color Bars
Stupidity Tries
A Question Mark
2:45 a.m.
Lost And Found
Can’t Make A Sound
The Lost Art Of The Mixtape — Mellow Weather
Here we have selections from an archived mix from 2004.
Everest – Ani DiFranco
Fly – Nick Drake
Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground
Say Yes – Elliott Smith
How To Fight Loneliness – Wilco
Lost Cause – Beck
Amy – Ryan Adams
Northern Sky – Nick Drake
Lullabye – Emitt Rhodes
Simple Twist of Fate – Bob Dylan
Time Will Tell – Bob Marley
I Found A Reason – The Velvet Underground
These Days – Nico
Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
I Didn’t Understand – Elliott Smith
Hello Sunshine – Super Furry Animals
Traffic & Jimi Hendrix — Studio Jam (1969)
Taken from description:
A purely instrumental affair, alternately dated as 1968 or 1970, this studio material is among the most intriguing unreleased pieces of either performer. The lineup is listed as Jimi Hendrix (guitar), Steve Winwood (piano), Chris Wood (flute), Rick Grech (bass), and Jim Capaldi (drums), but the actual lineup of these recordings is uncertain. Only Hendrix is identifiable with certainty. The overall sound resembles Traffic, and the piano and flute parts seem particularly recognizable as Steve and Chris, respectively.
The music on this cd consists of jams that, in contrast to Traffic’s usual melodic sensibilities, range from minor key to almost atonal structure. Some of the magic of the “Voodoo Chile” session is also evident on this recording. The jams sound basically spontaneous, organized around particular keys with shifting tempos, and lack a distinct song structure. None of them sound like they were even intended to have vocal parts. For the most part, the piano and drums drive the rhythms while the guitar and flute solo. The extraordinary aspect of the recording is the complementary interplay between Jimi and Chris. While Jimi builds upon driving vamps that eventually erupt into molten solos, Chris counterbalances with his usual delicate, mellowing flute. The result of this collaboration is at least interesting, and sometimes magical. Unlike other Hendrix jam sessions, Jimi seems to have a lot of respect for Traffic and doesn’t fully dominate the proceedings, which makes the session perhaps unique to both entities.
This bootleg CD consists of three jams of excellent quality studio recordings. The insert states that the session “was recorded at an unknown place in the late 60′s”. Credits are Jimi Hendrix (guitar), Chris Wood (flute and saxophone), Jim Capaldi (drums), and Steve Winwood (organ). In the book Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (1995), by Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek, the well researched discography section lists the CD as released in late 1990, and recorded in 1968 or 1969.
32 Years Ago Today…
The Band performed their legendary farewell show at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Promoter Bill Graham provided a Thanksgiving meal for those in attendance and The Band treated their fans to a show that included more than a dozen special guests, including Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood and Neil Young. Here are some videos of the occassion taken from Martin Scorsese’s landmark concert film.
Up On Cripple Creek:
It Makes No Difference:
Neil Young’s Helpless:
RIP — Nick Drake
Nick Drake died on this date in 1974, a result of an overdose of anti-depressant medication. If you are unfamiliar with Nick, watch the documentary below.
