Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live at Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY – July 10, 2000

In early 2000, the newly formed Musicmaker.com website featured two new online releases featuring The Who (the excellent ‘The Blues To The Bush‘ collection) and another featuring  Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes roaring through a set of Zep classics in concert.

The album, Live At The Greek, was so successful, Page and The Crowes joined forces that summer (along with The Who) for a tour of the American Northeast. This recording comes from the NY stop on the tour and rips from start to finish!

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/uza5vk339ayvyot/page.crowes.jonesbeach2000.mp3.zip?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4j6qkbnrv5ssbmn/Greyboy%20%26%20Galactic%20%2797.zip?dl=0

Both Galactic and The Greyboy Allstars grooved hard on on stage when they were rolled into town, which in the Northeast was fortunately often. I was actually in the audience when a young Galactic opened for Medeski, Martin & Wood at Tipitina’s in 1996 and really caught on to the urgency in Rich Vogel’s organ laing. I bought a copy of ‘Coolin’ Off (still a fantastic album) after the show. A friend’s sister recommended The Greyboy Allstars to me that next following summer. The whole band was solid but I quickly feel in love with Karl Denson’s expressive sax playing. He’s one of my absolute favorite players of the instrument.

This is just really, really good, fun music, and great to dance to! Performance, mix and quality are all balanced and even. Listening to these this weekend really took me back to Tipitina’s NOLA and Club Toast in VT.

DIG IT! All shows included in one file!

Greyboy Allstars – Wetlands, New York City, NY – 4/11/97 (w/Melvin Sparks & John Blair)

Greyboy Allstars – Wilbert’s, Cleveland, OH – 11/16/97

Galactic – Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI – 10/23/97

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4j6qkbnrv5ssbmn/Greyboy%20%26%20Galactic%20%2797.zip?dl=0

Los Lobos, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Allman Brothers, Little Feat & Van Morrison.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbvkqjne8lss0r6/Frawls%27%202018%20Feburary%20Vacation%20Mix.zip?dl=0

Los Lobos – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA – 11/21/97
1. One Time, One Night
2. Angels With Dirty Faces
3. Peace
4. Papa Was A Rolling Stone ->
5. I Can’t Understand
6. I Got Loaded
7. Don’t Worry, Baby

Eric Clapton – Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA – 2/11/78
8. Lay Down Sally
9. The Core
10. We’re All The Way
11. Cocaine
12. Badge ->
13. Let It Rain
14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Bob Mary & The Wailers – Paul’s Mall, Boston, MA -7/11/73 (1st US appearance)
15. WBCN Intro -> Lively Up Yourself
16. Slave Driver
17. Kinky Reggae
18. Concrete Jungle
19. Get Up, Stand Up -> WBCN Outro

Johnny Guitar Watson – Le Bataclan, Paris, France – 12/8/76
20. Cuttin’ In
21. Ain’t That A Bitch
22. Everyday I Have The Blues
23. Stormy Monday

The Allman Brothers Band – West Saugerties, NY – 8/14/96
24. Midnight Rider
25. Jessica
26. No One To Run With
27. Back Where It All Begins

The Rolling Stones – Philadelphia & Ft. Worth – 1972
28. Brown Sugar
29. Bitch
30. Rocks Off
31. Gimme Shelter
32. Tumbling Dice
33. Bye Bye Johnny
34. Rip This Joint
35. Jumping Jack Flash
36. Street Fighting Man

Little Feat – Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA – 2/14/76
37. Skin It Back ->
38. Fat Man In The Bathtub
39. All The You Dream
40. Cold, Cold, Cold -> Dixie Chicken -> Tripe Face Boogie

Van Morrison – San Anselmo, CA ’73/KSAN Pacific Heights, CA ’71
41. Everybody’s Talkin’
42. I Just Want To Make Love To You
43. Hard Nose The Highway
44. Ballerina
45. Tupelo Honey
46. Just Like A Woman

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tbvkqjne8lss0r6/Frawls%27%202018%20Feburary%20Vacation%20Mix.zip?dl=0

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman – Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA – May 1992

This tape is a mix tape of the five night Garcia/Grisman run (5/7 – 5/11). The tape was given to David Gans by David Grisman for Gan’s Grateful Dead Hour program. The tape was subsequently stolen from Gans and put into circulation. Garcia’s voice had aged at this point and was so well suited to this type of material, perhaps even more to that of the electric Dead sets of the ’90s.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ed5b3ihy9sqh5g5/Garcia%20Grisman%20Warfield%201992.zip?dl=0

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Chris Hillman, Bernie Leadon & Al Perkins – Rockefeller’s, Houston, TX – January 12, 1984

Here we have a Byrd (Hillman), an Eagle (Leadon) and steel/slide extraordinaire, Al Perkins (Manassas, Souther-Hillman-Furay) running through a wonderful acoustic set filled with Dylan, Gram Parsons, Hillman and Leadon songs. If you like Bluegrass, alt-Country, or Gospel with fine harmonies and acoustic picking (think Garcia/Grisman or New Riders Of The Purple Sage), then grab this show.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8w2ikds9lz96sr2/hillman.leadon.perkins.1984.01.12.zip?dl=0

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Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman – Sheraton Ballroom, Steamboat Springs, CO – May 23, 1990

Here’s another nice soundboard recording of two nice acoustic sets from Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman. Rob Wasserman handled the bass duties in Ratdog, Weir’s project after The Grateful Dead stopped touring in the ’90s. However, you can really appreciate his loping bass runs on this recording as well as Weir’s fine vocals and song choices. Even if you’re not a Deadhead, you’ll probably like this.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uuby7kii10mzla6/weir.wasserman.1990-05-23sbd.mp3.zip?dl=0

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Roger Waters – Desert Trip, Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA – October 9th, 2016

Recorded directly from the soundboard. Beautiful sound on this one and a great show!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/up7eh143lbxo7p9/Roger%20Waters%20Desert%20Trip%202016.zip?dl=0

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Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy & Robert Cray – Royal Albert Hall – London, England – February 3rd 1990

Not much to say about this except it was originally broadcast on BBC 1 FM and just smokes from start to finish. Clapton explains early on that the band had only had one rehearsal the day before so “things may be a little loose.” Sounds tight as hell to me!

Don’t miss out on Johnnie Johnson’s (Chuck Berry’s long time pianist) excellent contributions, either. This is a classic show in every way.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jranem9qkcs0xnw/Clapton%2C%20Cray%20%26%20Guy%20-%20London%20%2790.zip?dl=0

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Steve Miller, Jimmie Vaughan & Charlie Musselwhite – The Rose Theater @ Lincoln Center, New York, NY – December 2, 2017

I’m typically not huge on Steve Miller. ‘Greatest Hits 1974-1978’ was one of my first CDs and I knew all the hits but I didn’t listen to him much after my early teens. What I later discovered was that he made a slew of blues albums early on (some with Boz Scaggs) and is a still a major blues enthusiast.

This very recent broadcast finds him with Mississippi harmonica virtuoso, Charlie Musselwhite and ex-Fabulous Thunderbirds guitarist (and Stevie Ray’s brother), Jimmie Vaughan. It’s one of the best live shows I’ve pulled recently and has been getting a lot of play around my house.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8wthuhlqz76zdd4/Miller%2C%20Vaughan%20%26%20Musellwhite.zip?dl=0

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Graham Parker & The Rumour – Live at The Palladium, New York City, NY – May 11, 1979

I first heard Graham Parker & The Rumour around 1992 when my father brought home a copy of ‘Burning Questions.’ I thought then – and still do – that he sounds like a mix of Elvis Costello and early Joe Jackson with some Dylan thrown in.

In 1979, Parker set out on an extensive tour to promote his then current (and still my favorite) LP, ‘Squeezing Out Sparks.’ Several broadcasts were arranged by stations in the cities where they played and I was given this one by an older Deadhead friend of mine. He saw the same tour earlier in San Francisco and said it ranked among one the very best he’s ever seen by anyone. High praise indeed from someone who caught The Dead and many other bands in their prime!

Here we have Graham & The Rumour burning up The Palladium in New York City as broadcast by WNEW-FM. It’s an outstanding show and long a favorite of mine. I never go very long without having it in my rotation. If you like a little new wave, a little punk and some pub rock to round it out, check these guys out!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/esku4vkqslc59dm/gramparker.1979.05.11.mp3.zip?dl=0

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