Doc Watson & Dolly Parton - "Last Thing on My Mind" (Merlefest 2001)

 Dolly Rebecca Parton (Pittman Center (Tennessee), 19 januari 1946 - Nashville (Tennessee), 25 augustus 2026)R.I.P

This video is an edited version of a practice session done prior to the main event of the 2001 Merlefest celebration. (Merlefest is a annual tribute to Doc's son Merle who died too young in a tragic accident) Doc and Merle toured together for many years, and played at 1000's of summer music festivals.This was the first time Doc and Dolly ever met and worked together

                        "The Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written by American musician and singer-songwriter Tom Paxton in the early 1960s and recorded first by Paxton in 1964. It is based on the traditional lament song "The Leaving of Liverpool". The song was released on Paxton's 1964 album Ramblin' Boy, which was his first album released on Elektra Records.

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.Watson's fingerstyle and flatpicking skills, as well as his knowledge of traditional American music, were highly regarded.

TEE (B) & Band - Swing Wespelaar 2026 (23.8.2026

                                                            foto Arthur

  Swing Wespelaar zit altijd vol verassingen, Tee, het project rond Marc Thijs was er ook zo een.

                                      film by Anke Bartels (thanks!!)

Marc Thijs muzikale parcours begon als multi-instrumentalist op harmonica, drums en gitaar. In die periode speelde hij bij The Slime Hunters, The Healers en als gitarist bij The Electric Kings, waarmee hij een stevige reputatie opbouwde binnen de Belgische blueswereld. Begin jaren 2000 bracht hij zijn eerste twee albums uit, waarmee hij duidelijk zijn stempel drukte op de scene. 

                                                     Film by Eline Pomp (Mr Cleanhead)

In 2012 koos hij tijdelijk voor een heel andere richting en verdween hij van het podium om zich toe te leggen op motorracen. 2026 markeert zijn terugkeer. Zijn eerste albums werden geremastered en opnieuw uitgebracht, waardoor zijn vroegere werk opnieuw een plek krijgt bij een nieuwe generatie luisteraars. Tegelijk werkt hij met een nieuwe topband aan nieuw materiaal voor een volledig nieuw album, waarmee hij zijn verhaal verderzet met meer ervaring en diepgang.

                                                     Film by Anke Bartels   Double Fool (feat.Roel Spanjer)

De Band: Abrice Bessouat drums. Renaud Lesire.bass.Roel Spanjer Toetsen.Andre De Laat sax  

                            Live blijft Tee trouw aan zijn essentie: pure, eerlijke blues zonder franjes, gedragen door vakmanschap en emotie. Marc Thijs wordt vaak omschreven als het grootste bluestalent dat België ooit heeft voortgebracht — een uitspraak die zijn status alleen maar onderstreept. 

 

The Byrds - "Bells Of Rhymney "

 The concert was shot before a live audience at the Moulin Rouge (originally opened in 1938 as the Earl Carroll Theater) club at 6230 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, California on November 29th, 1965.

 /"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song by the American folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music accompanying words written by the Welsh poet Idris Davies. Seeger first released a recording of the song on a live album in 1958, but it is the American folk rock band the Byrds' 1965 recording that is the best known version of the song.

                  Chris Hillman     David Crosby           Michael Clarke     Gene Clark   Roger Mcguinn 

                         Michael Clarke             David Van Cortlandt Crosby             Gene Clark,

 (3 juni 1946 -19 dec. 1993)    (14 augustus 1941 –18 januari 2023)   (17 november 1944 - 24 mei 1991)

                                                                                R.I.P

 

Cuby + The Blizzards -"Don't Know Which Way to Go.""

                                                                   Live Bilzen 1968

Mijn eerste Jazz Bilzen in 1968(er zouden er nog meer volgen)En dan ook nog met onze favoriete bluesband Cuby and The Blizzards.Diezelfde avond ook nog The Move,SmallFaces, Alexisis CornerChris Farlow and others,Onvergetelijk!

Herman Brood piano,Dick Beekman drums,Jaap van Eyk bass,Eelco Gelling gitaar,Harry Muskee zang)

                         More C+B

 https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/search?q=cuby

 

Deep Purple (feat.Richie Blackmore) - Smoke On The Water (12 Aug,2026, Jones Beach)

 Ritchie Blackmore has returned to the stage with Deep Purple. The 81-year old guitarist, who co-founded the band in 1968, joined them onstage at the 15,000-capacity Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York (Louder)

Blackmore hadn't played with the band since departing under acrimonious circumstances after a show in Helsinki, Finland, in November 1993, and his relationship with frontman Ian Gillan has remained frosty.(Louder)

                       Roger Clover           Richie Blackmore      Ian Giliian                      Ian Paice

 However, earlier this week, during an Instagram Live post, Blackmore revealed that he had reached out to Gillan to ask if he could appear at the show in Wantagh, a short drive from his home on Long Island.

"I sent my A.I. pigeon to Ian Gillan in Portugal, where he lives at the moment," said Blackmore (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). And I said, How would you feel about if I got up just for an encore? Just one of the songs. I don't want to intrude. And I said, No pressure - just kind of [for] old times' sake.' I'm 81 now. So he seemed to love the idea, put it to the band, got a thumbs up, and it looks like we might be doing that."

And now they have. Blackmore joined Deep Purple onstage at the climax of a 100-minute set to perform Smoke On The Water, a song powered by his most famous riff. After the song, Gillan told the story of Blackmore reaching out before introducing him.(Louder)

Wishbone Ash - Vas Dis/Jailbait (BBC 1971)

            Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early to mid-1970s

         "Vas Dis" was an old Jack McDuff jazz piece that Wishbone Ash had been performing live for some time as an exercise in turning a jazz number into a rock tune. The band rehearsed it in the studio, not realising that producer Derek Lawrence was recording, and it was this rehearsal take that appeared on the album.                                                               

             The live favourite "Jailbait" was composed "in about ten minutes" at a pub in Exeter, and came about as a joint band effort through jamming together. As the vocalist on this song, Ted Turner wrote a few lines of a lyric, which he completed with the help of drummer Steve Upton in about half an hour                                                              

           Pilgrimage is the second studio album by British rock band Wishbone Ash, released 1971. 

             Steve Upton                Martin Turner                 Andy Powell                Ted Turner

                                                 More Wishbone Ash

                  https://arthurfromholland.blogspot.com/search?q=wishbone+ash

                                               The Story (Wikipedia)

                             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone_Ash

Neil Young - Welcome Back

                                                     Recorded at The Barn  6/21/2021

                                                                                                    

  Barn is the forty-third studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his 14th with American rock band Crazy Horse.

   Billy Talbot (bass) - Ralph Molina (drums) - Nils Lofgren (guitar) - Neil Young(guitar/vocals)

Chuck Berry - Promised Land/Johnny B. Goode

Belgium Radio & Television R.T.B - T.V Show "Face Au Public" Recorded February 6th & Broadcast May 11, 1965, at Universal Studios - Waterloo, Belgium.

 Charles "Chuck" Edward Anderson Berry,(guitar/vocals)  William Edward "Eddie" Hunton (drums) BornWilly Albimoor (piano) ,Roger Vanhaverbeke aka Ed Rogers (double bass),Willy Donni (guitar)

Wilco,Billy Bragg,Nathalie Merchant - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key

                                                        Solid Sound Festival 2026 

                                                    Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
                                            Words by Woody Guthrie, Music by Billy Bragg 

 

 

 

https://www.nataliemerchant.com/ 

 

 https://www.billybragg.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

Glen Hansard & Jack Johnson - I Shall Be Released/Gloria

  This creation of this film was totaly spontaneous. I was in Italy with Glen Hansard to direct two music video promo's for his new album. While we were there Glen had a gig in Ferrara, and I accompanied him shootingt B-Roll to include in the video for his song 'No Mountain'. There was some time to spare before his performance and we wandered in to a backstage area only to be met by the legend Jack Johnson and his band, who were sitting there with their instruments, warming up. Glen was then invited to jam a song with them, and I happened to have my camera with me. 

None of it was planned. The audio is from my camera, and I asked a friend Andrea Scarso to help me capture the concert audio on their phone. I asked Glen's good friend Seán to film a wide from on-stage with my phone. Both results were surprisingly great! If you had asked me before this event, did think it possible to shoot a live concert performance with only one camera, a phone and no audio from the desk, I would have laughed at the idea and yet here's the evidence that such spontaneous efforts can be rewarded! 

              Phone cam footage of concert: Seán Kangataran Audio of concert: Andrea Scarso

                                                                Myles O"Reillly 

                                                https://www.patreon.com/mylesoreilly

    Glen James Angus Hansard (21 April 1970 - 29 July 2026)