Van Morrison in Ireland 1979

Weinig nieuws van het Van Morrison front in 2014.Natuurlijk gaan ook bij Van  de jaren tellen en doet hij het wat rustiger aan. Gelukkig zijn er nog de prachtige concerten uit het verleden,onderstaande is er een van.Een mooi begin van 2015!!!

Van Morrison in Ireland is the first official video by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1981 of a concert Morrison recorded in Northern Ireland two years earlier. The video also shows footage of the band whilst touring in Ireland and images of Belfast, including Hyndford Street and Cyprus Avenue. Tony Stewart of the NME states "The band display a range of textures reminiscent of The Caledonia Soul Orchestra, first with the dark resonance of Toni Marcus' violin, then Pat Kyle's bright sharp tenor sax and finally Bobby Tench's prickly electric guitar".
This concert featured the band with which Morrison recorded his 1978 album Wavelength, augmented by a horn section and violinist. The concert included two songs from Wavelength, the title track and "Checkin' It Out". The rest of the songs had originally been recorded at least seven years earlier, the latest of these being "Saint Dominic's Preview" from 1972. Also on the video are two songs Morrison had recorded when fronting the band Them in the mid 1960s — "Don't Look Back" and "Gloria".
(Wikipedia)



Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic guitar,Peter Bardens – piano, organ, synthesizer,Bobby Tench - lead guitar,vocals,Mickey Feat – bass guitar,Peter Van Hooke - drums,Herbie Armstrong – rhythm guitar, backing vocals,Pat Kyle – tenor saxophone,John Altman – alto and baritone saxophones,Toni Marcus- violin,stroviola,Katie Kissoon - vocals,Anna Peacock - vocals.

Concerten-Festivals 2014 ,een terugblik.....

                                Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Lokeren)

2014 was een mooi muziekjaar,ondanks dat ik door verschillende omstandigheden enkele optredens moest missen bleef er genoeg moois over.Welke het mooiste concert was is moeilijk te zeggen,daarvoor waren de muziekstijlen te divers en de omstandigheden te verschillend.BvNeil Young op het grote festival van Lokeren of Laurence Jones in een klein bruin cafe is natuurlijk niet te vergelijken,maar ik vind het allebei erg mooi.Kwadendamme is een vaste waarde bij het festivalbezoek,maar ook Blues open in Geldrop was zeker de moeite waard.En dan het vernieuwde TivoliVredeburg,wat een mooi podium!Het optreden van Jeff Beck was zeker een van de hoogtepunten van 2014.Natuurlijk is het fototoestelletje meestal  bij de hand voor een paar fotootjes ,en kwam ik tot deze samenvatting.

Altijd spannend wat het nieuwe jaar op muziekgebied gaat brengen.Januari begint alvast goed met het optreden van  The Nimmo Brothers in de sportschool van vriendin Yvonne.Ook Steven Wilson staat weer op het programma(Tivoli).Natuurlijk naar het naburige Kwadendamme voor het jaarlijkse bluesfeestje en ook het voorlopige programma van Moulin Blues ziet er veelbelovend uit.Voor de rest?nog geen idee,we laten ons verrassen....

Do you Remember.....Joe Cocker & The Grease Band

                                Joe Cocker (20 mei 1944 - 22 Dec 2014 (R.I.P)




Drie Joe Cocker Albums in mijn verzameling(LP,s)With a Little Help from my Friends,Mad Dogs and Enghlisman en Sheffield Steel.Stuk voor stuk mooie albums en vandaag aan de dag nog steeds goed te beluisteren Zijn latere werk werd voor mij steeds minder interessant.Toch veel waardering voor Joe,deze week komt er nog een nieuw album uit.
Voor onderstaand fimpje gaan we 41 jaar terug in de tijd.


Joe Cocker & The Grease Band -With a Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney)
Heel bijzonder,organist Chris Staiton op bass!Zag hem dit jaar nog in aktie samen met Eric Clapton.De rest van de band bestond uit Alan Spenner(bass),Bruce Rowland (drums)later bij Fairport Convention.Henry McCullough(git.)later bij Paul Mccartney,s Wings.

With A Little Help From My Friends
Het idee voor With a Little Help from My Friends was afkomstig van Paul McCartney. McCartney en John Lennon werkten daarna samen aan het vervolmaken van het nummer in Lennons huis in Weybridge, Engeland.
De liedtekst van het nummer is grotendeels in de vorm van een gesprek tussen Starr en de overige drie Beatles, waarbij zij telkens een vraag stellen en Starr antwoord geeft. Zo zingen de drie Beatles de door John Lennon geschreven regel "What do you see when you turn out the light?", waarop Starr antwoordt met "I can't tell you, but I know it's mine".
Op verzoek van Starr werden de openingsregels van het nummer, die eerst luidden "What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and throw tomatoes at me?", veranderd in "What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?". Starr was bang dat hij anders bij elk concert bekogeld zou worden met tomaten. Iets dergelijks was namelijk ook gebeurd toen George Harrison zich tijdens een interview had laten ontvallen dat The Beatles van jelly beans hielden.(bron Wikipedia)

Big Brother & The Holding Compagny - Call On Me (live 1968)

Big Brother and The Holding Company pulled into the Carousel Ballroom during 1968 for two shows June 22-23. At the board that evening was the Grateful Dead’s soundman and chemical engineer deluxe Owsley “Bear” Stanley. He had the tape machine rolling and produced a surprisingly clear tape of the June 23 concert.

The band formed in San Francisco during 1965 and a year later consisted of bassist Peter Albin, guitarist Sam Andrew, guitarist James Gurley, drummer David Getz, and new vocalist Janis Joplin.

Bobby Charles - Tennessee Blues

Bobby Charles, artiestennaam van Robert Charles Guidry (Abbeville, Louisiana, 21 februari 1938 – Louisiana, 14 januari 2010), was een Amerikaans singer-songwriter. Charles groeide op in Louisiana, waar hij in contact kwam met de cajunmuziek. Later begaf hij zich meer op het pad van de rock- en bluesmuziek. Als tiener schreef hij het lied See You Later Alligator. Het nummer werd ingezongen door Bill Haley and His Comets en werd in 1956 een hit in de Verenigde Staten. In 1960 bracht Fats Domino een cover van zijn nummer Walking to New Orleans uit.

Bobby Charles' gelijknamige debuutalbum kwam uit in 1972. Op het album speelden onder meer vier leden van The Band, David Sanborn en Dr. John mee. Nummers als Small town talk en Grow too old werden later door diverse andere artiesten, zoals Paul Butterfield, Rick Danko en Yvonne Elliman op de plaat gezet.

Bob Dylan - Isis ( Clearwater 22 April 1976)

  This video is from a rejected TV special that was shot at the Starlight Ballroom of the Biltmore hotel in Clearwater, Florida on April 22, 1976 during Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review tour.

 "Isis" is the second track on the Bob Dylan album Desire. It was written by Bob Dylan in collaboration with Jacques Levy.

 

• Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal)
• Scarlet Rivera (violin)
• T-bone J. Henry Burnette (guitar & piano)
• Steven Soles (guitar)
• Mick Ronson (guitar)
• Bobby Neuwirth (guitar & vocal)
• Roger McGuinn (guitar & vocal)
• David Mansfield (steel guitar, mandolin, violin & dobro)
• Rob Stoner (bass)
• Howie Wyeth (drums)
• Gary Burke (percussion)

"Isis"

I married Isis on the fifth day of May
But I could not hold on to her very long
So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.

I came to a high place of darkness and light
The dividing line ran through the center of town
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.

A man in the corner approached me for a match
I knew right away he was not ordinary
He said "Are you looking for something easy to catch ?"
I said "I got no money". He said "That ain't necessary".

We set out that night for the cold in the North
I gave him my blanket he gave me his word
I said "Where are we going ?" He said "We'd be back by the fourth"
I said "That's the best new that I've ever heard".

I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold
I was thinking about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
I was thinking about Isis how she thought I was so reckless.

How she told me that one day we meet up again
And things would be different the next time we wed
If I only could hang on and just be her friend
I still can't remember all the best things she said.

We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
He said "There's a body I'm trying to find
If I carry it out it'll bring a good prize"
It was then that I knew what he had on his mind.

The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
When he died I was hoping that it wasn't contagious
But I made up my mind that I had to go on.
I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
There was no jewels no nothing I felt I'd been had
When I saw that my partner was just being friendly
When I took up his offer I must-a been mad.

I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied
Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her.

She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead.

She said "Where ya been ?" I said "No place special ?"
She said "You look different" I said "Well I guess"
She said "You been gone" I said "That's only natural"
She said "You gonna stay ?" I said "If you want me to, Yeah ".

Isis oh Isis you mystical child
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain.

 

 

Happy Birthday Keith Richards (Dartford 18 Dec.1943)

Keith Richards - The Nearness Of You by Aart Van Hoften on Mixcloud

Santana - Abraxas (1970)

Abraxas is the second studio album by latin rock band Santana. Consolidating the interest generated by their first album, Santana (released in May 1969), and their highly acclaimed live performance at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969, the band followed-up with Abraxas in September 1970. The album's mix of rock, blues, jazz, salsa and other influences was very well received, showing a musical maturation from their first album and refining the band's early sound.

 

Incident at Neshabur (Tangelwood 18 Augustus 1970)

Carlos Santana - leadguitat/voals,Gregg Rolie - keyboards/vocals,David Brown  - bass,Michael Shrieve - drums,Jose ""Chepito"Areas - percussion/conga,s/timbales,Mike Carabello - percussion/conga,s

 

Black Magic Woman   (Peter Green )                       

 

Bonnie Dobson & Robert Plant - Morning Dew (Royal Festival Hall, London Tuesday December 3 2013 )

                                          Bonnie Dobson

 "Morning Dew", also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew", is a post-apocalyptic folk rock song written by Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson and made famous by the Grateful Dead.
The song is a dialogue between the last man and woman left alive following an apocalyptic catastrophe: Dobson has stated that the initial inspiration for "Morning Dew" was the film On the Beach which is focused on the survivors of virtual global annihilation by nuclear holocaust. The actual writing of the song occurred in 1961 while Dobson was staying with a friend in Los Angeles: Dobson would recall how the guests at her friend's apartment were speculating about a nuclear war's aftermath and "after everyone went to bed, I sat up and suddenly I just started writing this song [although] I had never written [a song] in my life".Dobson premiered "Morning Dew" in her set at the inaugural Mariposa Folk Festival that year with the song's first recorded version being on Dobson's At Folk City live album in 1962. Dobson would not record a studio version of the song until 1969, that being for her Bonnie Dobson album.(Wikipedia)

"Morning Dew" was not published until 1964 when Jac Holzman of Elektra Records contacted Dobson with an offer to sign her as a songwriter as Elektra artist Fred Neil had heard "Morning Dew" and wished to record it. The first studio recording of "Morning Dew" appeared on the 1964 album Tear Down The Walls by Fred Neil and Vince Martin. It was this version which introduced the song to Tim Rose who in 1966 recorded "Morning Dew" for his self-titled debut album after soliciting permission to revise the song with a resultant co-writing credit. Dobson agreed without having any intended revision specified and was subsequently much discomforted to learn that the sole lyrical revision in Rose's version was that the original line "Take me for a walk in the morning dew" became "Walk me out in the morning dew", a change already apparent in Fred Neil's recording of the song. As of the February 1967 release of the Tim Rose single version of "Morning Dew" the standard songwriting credit for the song has been Bonnie Dobson and Tim Rose: Dobson, who in 1998 averred she'd never met Rose (d. 2002), has stated that she's received 75% songwriting royalty as she retains sole writing credit for the song's music.

                                 Robert Plant

Steve Ray Vaughan - Life Without You

                                Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Orpheum Theater on Beale Street
                                Memphis, Tennessee August, 1986

Steve Ray Vaughan - Life Without You from Aart van Hoften on Vimeo.
  "Life Without You" was a song Stevie wrote after the untimely death of his great friend and mentor Charley Wirz. the song shows his love for Charley and how much he truly missed him. The White Stratocaster Vaughan played that was fitted with Danelectro Lipstick Tube Pickups was made by Wirz with the help of Stevie's Guitar Tech Rene Martinez.