Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Swingin'

Thomas Earl Petty (Gainesville (Florida), 20 oktober 1950 - Santa Monica (Californië), 2 oktober 2017) 

 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performing "Swingin' " in Hamburg, Germany on April 23, 1999. This was from a recent hour long HD broadcast of this classic Rockpalast concert.

Echo is the tenth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Released in April 1999, the album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 aided by the singles "Free Girl Now", "Swingin'" and "Room at the Top", which hit numbers 5, 17 and 19 respectively on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1999.

 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2020/12/tom-petty-heartbreakers-isle-of-wight.html
 
 

The Nits - feat.George Kooymans /Rinus Gerritsen/Boudewijn De Groot - The Flowers

                           George Kooymans (Den Haag, 11 maart 1948 - Rijkevorsel, 23 juli 2025) 

The Nits in concert with friendly artists and ex-members of the band as part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the band.The concert was on May 27th, 2014 in Stadsschouwburg, Haarlem. "The Flowers" is from the album: "Doing The Dishes" (2008)

 

Freddie King(September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976)

Guitarist Freddie King rode to fame in the early '60s with a spate of catchy instrumentals which became instant bandstand fodder for fellow bluesmen and white rock bands alike. Employing a more down-home (thumb and finger picks) approach to the B.B. King single-string style of playing, King enjoyed success on a variety of different record labels. Furthermore, he was one of the first bluesmen to employ a racially integrated group on-stage behind him. Influenced by Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers, and Robert Jr. Lockwood, King went on to influence the likes of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Lonnie Mack, among many others.


Whole Lot Of Lovin

Freddie King (who was originally billed as "Freddy" early in his career) was born and raised in Gilmer, TX, where he learned how to play guitar as a child; his mother and uncle taught him the instrument. Initially, King played rural acoustic blues, in the vein of Lightin' Hopkins. By the time he was a teenager, he had grown to love the rough, electrified sounds of Chicago blues. In 1950, when he was 16 years old, his family moved to Chicago, where he began frequenting local blues clubs, listening to musicians like Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Little Walter, and Eddie Taylor. Soon, the young guitarist formed his own band, the Every Hour Blues Boys, and was performing himself.


Hideaway

In the mid-'50s, King began playing on sessions for Parrott and Chess Records, as well as playing with Earlee Payton's Blues Cats and the Little Sonny Cooper Band. Freddie King didn't cut his own record until 1957, when he recorded "Country Boy" for the small independent label El-Bee. The single failed to gain much attention.


Have You Ever Loved a Woman

Three years later, King signed with Federal Records, a subsidiary of King Records, and recorded his first single for the label, "You've Got to Love Her With a Feeling," in August of 1960. The single appeared the following month and became a minor hit, scraping the bottom of the pop charts in early 1961. "You've Got to Love Her With Feeling" was followed by "Hide Away," the song that would become Freddie King's signature tune and most influential recording. "Hide Away" was adapted by King and Magic Sam from a Hound Dog Taylor instrumental and named after one of the most popular bars in Chicago. The single was released as the B-side of "I Love the Woman" (his singles featured a vocal A-side and an instrumental B-side) in the fall of 1961 and it became a major hit, reaching number five on the R&B charts and number 29 on the pop charts. Throughout the '60s, "Hide Away" was one of the necessary songs blues and rock & roll bar bands across America and England had to play during their gigs.


Ain,t Nobody,s Business

King's first album, Freddy King Sings, appeared in 1961, and it was followed later that year by Let's Hide Away and Dance Away With Freddy King: Strictly Instrumental. Throughout 1961, he turned out a series of instrumentals -- including "San-Ho-Zay," "The Stumble," and "I'm Tore Down" -- which became blues classics; everyone from Magic Sam and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Dave Edmunds and Peter Green covered King's material. "Lonesome Whistle Blues," "San-Ho-Zay," and "I'm Tore Down" all became Top Ten R&B hits that year.


Ain,t No Sunshine

Freddie King continued to record for King Records until 1968, with a second instrumental album (Freddy King Gives You a Bonanza of Instrumentals) appearing in 1965, although none of his singles became hits. Nevertheless, his influence was heard throughout blues and rock guitarists throughout the '60s -- Eric Clapton made "Hide Away" his showcase number in 1965. King signed with Atlantic/Cotillion in late 1968, releasing Freddie King Is a Blues Masters the following year and My Feeling for the Blues in 1970; both collections were produced by King Curtis. After their release, Freddie King and Atlantic/Cotillion parted ways.


Freddy King & Clarence,,Gatemouth,, Brown

King landed a new record contract with Leon Russell's Shelter Records early in 1970. King recorded three albums for Shelter in the early '70s, all of which sold well. In addition to respectable sales, his concerts were also quite popular with both blues and rock audiences. In 1974, he signed a contract with RSO Records -- which was also Eric Clapton's record label -- and he released Burglar, which was produced and recorded with Clapton. Following the release of Burglar, King toured America, Europe, and Australia. In 1975, he released his second RSO album, Larger Than Life.


Going Downn

Throughout 1976, Freddie King toured America, even though his health was beginning to decline. On December 29, 1976, King died of heart failure. Although his passing was premature -- he was only 42 years old -- Freddie King's influence could still be heard in blues and rock guitarists decades after his death.



The Official Freddie King Website
http://www.freddiekingsite.com/

Danko/Field/Anderson -Driftin Away

 

The Band's Rick Danko, Norwegian singer/songwriter and guitarist Jonas Fjeld and legendary singer/songwriter Eric Andersen made this seamless album of beautiful, earthy songs a winner of the Spellemans Pris, Norway's 'Grammy' Award. D/F/A brings together a trio of gifted singer/songwriters on both new material and favorites gathered from their extensive repertoires

 

 

                 "Driftin' Away" (penned by Andersen and Rick and Elizabeth Danko)                                                                                                       Norway TV 1991 

 Danko/Fjeld/Andersen is a collaboration in the fullest sense of the word, with each musician bringing high credentials as singer, songwriter, and solo performer. Andersen has made 18 albums, and his songs have been covered by a diverse bunch of performers including the Grateful Dead, Fairport Convention, Rick Nelson and Linda Ronstadt. Fjeld, a major figure in his native Norway, has 12 albums to his credit, ranging from acoustic solo performances to full-scale electric excursions. In 1990 his collaboration with poet Ole Paus earned him a gold record in Norway. 

                Rick Danko ... Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 - December 10, 1999)

Tom Waits - Silent Night.....Merry Christmas & Happy Newyear!!

.Arthur wishes all music friends, fellow bloggers a very happy holidays and a very happy and healthy and! music to 2026 Of course there is an appropriate music to this, but since I hate the traditional Christmas music, White Christmas, Rudolf, JingleBels, ea (brrrr) I chose the song below. Tom Waits at his best, with a bit of Christmas thought. ...


Medley: Silent Night;Christmas Card from A Hooker in Minneapolis
Tom Waits
December 5, 1978
Austin City Limits
Austin

Joni Mitchell (feat.Pat Metheny) - Amalia

Mitchell (from a 1996 interview with the Los Angeles Times): "I wrote the album while traveling cross-country by myself and there is this restless feeling throughout it... the sweet loneliness of solitary travel. In this song, I was thinking of Amelia Earhart and addressing it from one solo pilot to another, sort of reflecting on the cost of being a woman and having something you must do."

Amelia Earhart was a pioneering aviator who in 1932 became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

                              Joni Mitchell Wembley Arena London 24-4-1983

 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2013/07/joni-mitchell-wembley-arena-london-24-4.html

The Allman Brothers - "Into The Mystic"

                                                      Orpheum Theatre Boston 12-3-2011

                                           Beautiful performance of one of my favorite VM songs                                 

 "Into the Mystic" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and featured on his 1970 album Moondance. It was also included on Morrison's 1974 live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now. 

 

Curtis Mayfield - Inner City Blues / Ain't No Sunshine (1972)

                                                                     BeatClub1972

                              Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999)

Tyrone McCullen: kit Joseph 'Lucky' Scott: bass Henry Gibson: percussion Craig McCullen: gtr

 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2014/08/curtis-mayfield-superfy-live-at-hofstra.html

 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/2012/12/cutis-mayfield-gotta-have-peace1972.html

 

Willy Deville- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain/This Is the Way You Make a Broke heart

                                                                 Beckendorrf 2000
 

Willy DeVille, pseudoniem van William Paul Borsey (Stamford (Connecticut), 25 augustus 1950 – New York, 6 augustus 2009), was een Amerikaans zanger en liedjesschrijver. Hij maakte aanvankelijk naam als leadzanger van de band Mink DeVille en scoorde met deze band in 1977/1978 de internationale hit Spanish stroll en in 1984 de hit Each word's a beat of my heart.

. Eric "Rick" Von Schmidt - The Folk Blues of Eric Von Schmidt

 

.                                          Dick Farina -Blind Boy Grunt (Dylan)- Eric Von Schidt

 Eric "Rick" Von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 -- February 2, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter and Grammy Award recipient. He was associated with the folk/blues revival of the 1960s and a key part of the East Coast folk music scene that included Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Richard & Mimi Farina, among many others.

 Eric von Schmidt, guitar and vocals, with Geoff Muldaur, guitar; Robert L. Jones, guitar and vocals; and Fritz Richmond, washtub bass.

A1 Crow Jane 0:00 A2 Gulf Coast Blues 1:48 A3 Brave Wolfe 6:16 A4 Junco Partner 10:23 A5 De Kalb Blues 12:53 A6 Lolita 15:26 B1 Champagne Don't Hurt Me. Baby 19:09 B2 Buffalo Skinners 22:10 B3 Jack O' Diamonds 26:15 B4 He Was A Friend Of Mine 27:46 B5 Cocoa Beach Blues 30:03 B6 Down On Me 32:32 B7 Titanic 35:19

 

 Eric was also a talented painter, and it was this that became the center of his creative life. Bob Dylan absorbed much of Eric's encyclopedic knowledge of American folk, country and blues, and one of Eric's LPs is in the cover photograph of Bob's 'Bringing It All Back Home' album. Dylan once wrote of Eric von Schmidt, "For here is a man who can sing the bird off the wire and the rubber off the tire. He can separate the men from the boys and the note from the noise. The bridle from the saddle and the cow from the cattle. He can play the tune of the moon. The why of the sky and the commotion from the ocean. Yes he can."