Van Morrison plays Astral Weeks (Hay-On-Wye ,Wales, 01-06-2001)

Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll or just Y Gelli), often abbreviated to just "Hay", is a small market town and community in the historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales, currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys.^] With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as "the town of books", and is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of the annual Hay Literary Festival.
The settlement's name is first referred to between 1135 and 1147 as "Haya"; in 1299 the name of "La Haye" is used. By the 16th century it was simply called "Hay", and the use of the river as a suffix is a later addition. In 1215, a Welsh name, "Gelli" was recorded, and "Gelli gandrell" in 1614; the two names may have been used concurrently in 1625. The English language name, "Hay", is derived from Old English "hæg", possibly meaning a "fenced area" and a noun used in late Saxon and Norman times for an enclosure in a forest. The Welsh word celli (lenited to Gelli) has a range of meanings including wooded areas of various extents

  Sweet Thing (thanks to the taper)

The town lies on the south-east bank of the River Wye and is within the north-easternmost tip of the Brecon Beacons National Park, just north of the Black Mountains. The town is just on the Welsh side of the border with Herefordshire, England, here defined by the Dulas Brook. Where the brook joins the River Wye just north of the town, the border continues northwards along the river. The Wye was the boundary between the former counties and districts of Radnorshire and Brecknockshire.
The adjacent village of Cusop lies on the English side of the Dulas Brook. The nearest city is Hereford, county town of Herefordshire, some 22 miles (35 km) to the east.

Madame George (thanks to the taper)

Big hand for the band!
Richard Dunn- keyboards,Ned Edwards!!! -guitar, Lee Goodall- sax,Matt Holland- trumpet,
Pete Hurley -bass,Bobby Irwin-drrums,Martin Winning -sax/flute

Steely Dan - 1980 The Lost Gaucho Gaucho Studio Demos

The following is taken from Steely Dan’s website: "While recording "Gaucho", Becker and Fagen had to endure various misfortunes which delay the release date: Becker is hit by a car, one of their favorite new tracks "The Second Arrangement" is accidentally erased by an assistant recording engineer, and there is a dispute over which record company has the rights to their forthcoming album.


 Thanks To Master Eddie

"Becker and Fagen had already signed a new contract with Warner Brothers, but ABC (now owned by MCA) claims that they are still owed one more album. MCA wins the contract dispute and then decides to increase the album's list price to US$9.98, one dollar more than all the other albums. Donald and Walter continue to hold back the album while they unsuccessfully fight the price increase. Finally, Gaucho is released in November, 1980." Aja came out in 1977 and Steely Dan took three years fighting with their record company before they released Gaucho in 1980. Unknown to most fans was the "lost" Gaucho, a complete album vastly different to what was released. Of the songs that appeared on Gaucho only three appeared on this lost version in different form. Were You Blind That Day was an early rendition of a song with different lyrics that finally appeared as Third World Man on Gaucho. Time Out Of Mind on the lost version is simpler missing the embellishments added on the Gaucho version. And the title track here is just an instrumental. But the lost Gaucho had original songs that never appeared before. Kind Spirit, The Bear, The Second Arrangement, Talkin’ About My Home and Kulee Baba have never been released as far as we know in any form. For the longest time, the only source of info on this lost album was from Brian Sweet’s Steely Dan biography, Reelin’ In The Years, which told the story of how at least one track from the early Gaucho sessions was accidentally erased by a careless engineer. The track was identified as The Second Arrangement. Sweet said Becker and Fagen decided it was too difficult to get the feel of that song and abandoned it in favor of Third World Man. These early sessions supposedly originate from 1979 and earlier versions of these songs circulated in poorer quality until 2002 when high quality copies of the sessions emerged. A copy was recently torrented and shared among the trading community. We’ve heard the earlier Gaucho Outtakes and can vouch that this new source is superior with a clean sound and wide stereo. (However, CD #1 was unfortunately presented in an 'Out-Of-Phase' reproduction, which can be corrected by means of 'Phase Reversal' on one channel in analogue mode.) As to why so many songs were dropped from the final lineup of Gaucho, a case can be made that this early version was too close in style to 1977’s Aja - shorter songs, sweeter melodies and more accessible lyrics. The finally released Gaucho seemed purposely obscure, deep and complex. Was it to spite their record company MCA? Is it possible that The Second Arrangement was never erased but that Becker and Fagen concocted the story to avoid releasing what they thought was the better version of Gaucho? Listen and decide for yourself.

 00:00 Kind Spirit 03:54 Were you blind That Day 08:39 The Bear 13:50 The 2nd arrangement 19:16 Talkin' about my home 23:53 Time out of mind 28:15 Kulee baba 33:01 Gaucho (instr.) 2: 38:33 Gaucho 43:55 The Second Arrangement 48:53 Glamour Profession 56:42 Babylon Sisters 1:02:35 My Rival 1:06:50 Gaucho, piano & vocals 1:11:41 Babylon Sisters 1:16:55 The Second Arrangement 1:22:28 Talkin' about my home 1:27:09 I can't write home about you 1:31:25 Kulee Baba

Lucinda Willams - OLT Rivierenhof Antwerpen (8-31-2017)

      7 jaar geleden zag ik Lucinda Williams in dit prachtige openluchttheater optreden,en deze avond deed ze het nog een keer over.Ook nu weer een mooi optreden,een regenbuitje tussendoor mocht de pret niet drukken.Ook Lucinda had het naar haar zin ,dit is wat ze schreef op FB.

      There was some debate about whether we played in the world's diamond capital of Antwerp before, the band was saying yes -and after some intense (not really) online research they were proven correct.(L.W.)

Not only had we played Antwerp in July of 2009 but we had played the same beautiful Openluchttheater Rivierenhof, so we got all that squared away. Lu really love the sound on stage, so the technical problems of the night before in Amsterdam were completely behind us. This one did have a rather unusual ending.(L.W)

                                                     All day long they had been telling that it was a hard curfew so we were careful to make the setlist go right up to the final minute - and actually a couple minutes. After Lu and the band had left the stage and headed toward the dressing room - and with the boisterous crowd now not wanting leave - one of the production managers came over and said “one more” (L.W)

So we went to see if we could get everybody together to go back out and do another song. About this time the house lights came up and the after show music had started and some people had started to leave - but most of the audience was still there. We had to go get David back from the dressing room but we managed to get everybody back quickly and back on stage for a rollicking version of Get Right With God - and people who had begun leaving came back down to the front of the stage. A crazy ending to a great night in Antwerp we’ll definitely remember this one! (L.W)

De Setlist with some footage.
1 Steal Your Love
2 Protection

3 Pineola
4 Drunken Angel 
5 Doors Of Heaven

                                          6 Ghost Of Highway 20
7 Lake Charles
8 Sweet Old World
9 Change The Locks
10 Out Of Touch

 11 Foolishness
12 Honey Bee
13 Joy

encore:
Get Right With God.

The end of a wonderful evening,Lucinda and band Thanks!!!

The Byrds (org. line-up) - Live!! (1965)

                        
                           
The Byrds, van L.naar R. David Crosby,Gene Clarke,Michael Clarke,Chris Hillman,RogerMcGuinn.

 Het was de bedoeling dat The Byrds de  Amerikaanse tegenhanger zou worden van Britse bands
als   The Beatles en The Rolling Stones. Wat haardracht en gillende dames betreft waren er wel overeenkomsten,muzikaal wat minder. De band ontwikkelde een volstrekt eigen sound ,mede door de 12-snarige gitaar van Roger McGuinn.Door het coveren van nummers van folkartiesten als Pete Seeger en Bob Dylan werd hun muziek in die tijd ook wel omschreven als "folkrock"

                                          Turn,Turn Turn (Pete Seeger)

 De opnames komen uit de concertfilm The Big TNT Show gepresenteerd door David McCallum.
Andere optredende artiesten waren o.a The Lovin Spoonful,Ray Charles,BoDiddley,Donovan ,Petula Clarke,Roger Miller,Ike&TinaTurner,Joan Baez.

                                          The Bells of Rhymny (Pete Seeger)

 In 1966 verliet David Crosby de band,de groep ging steeds meer zijn eigen weg. "The Notorious Byrd Brothers". is nog steeds een prachtig album Het daaropvolgende album, getiteld "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo",was wel even wennen country muziek pur sang ,maar ook deze is het beluisteren nog steeds meer dan waard .Eigenlijk twee tijdloos mooie albums,

                                          Mr.Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan)

Drummer Michael Clarke overleed in 1993.Na zijn periode bij The Byrds maakte hij samen met Doug Dillard en Gene Clarke het prachtige album  The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
nog steeds een van de mooiste albums uit mijn verzameling.daarna voegde hij bij The Flying Burrito Brothers (met onder anderen Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman en Rick Roberts) . In 1973 deed hij mee aan de reünie van The Byrds. Hij speelde van 1974 tot 1981 in de door Roberts opgerichte softrockgroep Firefall.

                                          The Times they are Changing(Bob Dylan)

Gene Clarke samen met Roger McGuinn en David Crosby een van de oprichters van The Byrds overleed in 1991.Hij had in 1966 de groep al verlaten om een solocarriere te beginnen.Hoewel Roger McGuinn erg gezichtbepalend was voor de band,was Gene toch verantwoordelijk voor de grootste hits ,waaronder"I Feel A Whole Lot Of Better" en "Eight Miles High"Zijn solocarriere verliep met pieken en dalen,maar leverde wel een paar pareltjes op in mijn muziekverzameling met "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard andClarke" en "Through The Morning,Through the Night"(Dillard & Clarke)en solo met o.a"White Light,"Roadmaster en vooral het prachtige "No Other"

                                          Do You Believe in Magic(John Sebastian,Lovin Spoonful)

De overige drie leden zijn nog steeds "on te road".David Crosby nog dikwijls met Crosby,Stills Nash en soms Young.Roger McGuin solo(zag hem een paar jaar geleden nog op het bluesfestival van Peer,erg mooi.)Chris Hillman kennen we natuurlijk van de Flying Burrito Brothers,The Desert Rose Band en is ook te horen als muzikant op talloze albums.

Gene Clarke (Tipton (Missouri), 17 november 1944 - Sherman Oaks (Californië), 24 mei 1991)
http://arthurfromholland.blogspot.nl/search/label/clark%20gene

The Byrds - Monterey PopFestival 17 Juni 1967

Waarschijnlijk niet het beste optreden van The Byrds op het Montery Popfestival van 1967.
In ieder geval niet goed genoeg voor de officiele film die van dit festival gemaakt is.
Wat mij betreft onterecht,zeker omdat er van The Byrds, in een van eerste bezettingen weinig goede ,,live,,beelden zijn.Medeoprichter Gene Clarke had de band al verlaten,The Byrds bestonden op dit moment uit Roger McGuin,David Crosby,Chris Hillman en Michael Clarke


Chimes Of Freedom
Komt van het eerste album van The Byrds Mr Tambourin Man.
Geschreven door Bob Dylan in 1964 en geinspereerd door de dichter Alan Rimbaut



He Was A Friend Of Mine van het album Turn Turn Turn
"He Was a Friend of Mine" is een traditione folk song waarin de zanger over de dood van een vriend zingt. Door zeer veel artiesten gecoverd o.a Bob Dylan,Dave Van Ronk,Grateful Dead,Bobby Bare,The Black Crows en natuurlijk The Byrds.Roger McGuin paste de tekst aan naar aanleiding van de moord op John F Kennedy.Een van de mooiste en meest recente, is de uitvoering van Willie Nelson in de film Brokeback Mountain.


Hey Joe van het album Fifth Dimension
Niet helemaal duidelijk wie het nummer geschreven heeft ,Tim Rose,Dino Valenti,Billy Roberts het kan allemaal.Er zijn veel uitvoeringen van de song o.a The Leaves,The Standells,The Surfaris,Love ,The Byrds en ontelbaar veel anderen. Maar de grote doorbraak was natuurlijk de onvergetelijke versie van Jimi Hendrix.

Setlist van The Byrds tijdens het Montery International PopFestival 1967
1 Renaissance Fair
2 Have You Seen Her Face
3 Hey Joe
4 He Was A Friend Of Mine
5 Lady Friend
6 Chimes Of Freedom
7 So You Want To Be A Rock&Roll Star(with Hugh Masakela)

Enkele Byrds leden in het publiek,ik weet niet of het voor of na hun optreden is maar de stemming zit er niet in.

Townes van Zandt & Blaze Foley - Snowin On Raton (1984)

     Performance by Townes and Blaze from the series, "Austin Pickers". Recorded in Austin in 1984

   Snowin On Raton (album "At My Window")

Willy deVille - ( Paris, Jan. 19 1991) Willy DeVille Aug. 25th 1950 - Aug. 06th 2009

Willy DeVille, pseudoniem van William Borsey (Stamford (Connecticut), 25 augustus 1950 – New York, 6 augustus 2009)

Afgelopen vrijdag 6 Augustus is het alweer een jaar geleden dat Willy deVille is overleden. Zijn vele fans ,naar mijn mening vooral in Nederland zorgen er wel voor dat hij niet vergeten word.Dank zij vele tips en toezendingen begin ik ook al een aardige WDV verzameling te krijgen.Een paar weken geleden Willy live in Carre(opnames van Ane)en dan nu deze TV opnames uit Parijs(dank,Jaap)


You Better Move On
Prachtige nummer van Arthur (what,s in the name)Alexander.Kennen we natuurlijk ook in de versie van The Stones


Pick Up The Pieces
Uit de Mink De Ville periode van het album Where Angels Fear to Tread (1983)


Bad Boy
van het wat mij betreft mooiste Mink DeVille album Le Chat Bleu
Ik schreef al eerder op mijn blog over wijlen mijn onvergetelijke buurman Jan die met het nummer Mazurka van dit album mij,en de hele buurt liet meegenieten.


Lover Please (A Cappella)
Nummer van de Amerikaanse R&B zanger Clyde McPhatter

de band:
Willy DeVille, guitar, vocals, harmonica
Freddy Koëlla, guitar
Seth Farber, keyboards
Shawn Murray, drums
Eddie Manion, saxophone
Bobby Curiano, bas guitar

Willy DeVille Official Website
http://www.willydevillemusic.com/

Willy DeVille op Hyves
http://willydeville.hyves.nl/

Willy DeVille op YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/aggiespoenk

Willy DeVille Wikipedia
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_DeVille

John Lee Hooker - Live at Newport (1960)

Newport Jazz Festival 1960


Maudy

John Lee Hooker begeleid door de Muddy Waters Bluesband met:
James Cotton (harmonica)-Otis Spann(piano)-Pat Harris(git.)-Andrew Stevens(bass)-Francis Clay(drums)


Come Back Baby


John Lee Hooker (Clarksdale (Mississippi), 22 augustus 1917 - Los Altos (Californië), 21 juni 2001) was een invloedrijke Amerikaanse blueszanger, gitarist en songwriter die tijdens zijn leven verschillende soorten stijlen hanteerde. Hij geldt als een belangrijke vernieuwer van de blues. Bekende nummers van Hooker zijn onder andere Boom Boom en I'm in the Mood.

Johnny Winter with The Muddy Waters Bluesband - Last Night

John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014), known as Johnny Winter, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Best known for his high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

                  Last Night (Little Walter)

Ry Cooder - Soundstage Part Two(1978)

Ryland Peter (Ry) Cooder (Los Angeles, 15 maart 1947) is een Amerikaans gitarist en producer. Aanvakelijk werkte hij als slide gitarist. Cooder heeft veel gewerkt als studiomuzikant waarbij hij aan vele film-soundtracks heeft meegewerkt. Cooder verzorgde onder andere de filmmuziek voor Paris, Texas (1984) van Wim Wenders. Ook speelde hij onder meer in Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band.










In 1978 kwam het album Jazz uit ,waarop Ry terug ging naar de Jazzmuziek uit de jaren 20 en 30.Ter gelegenheid hiervan werden er een paar concerten gegeven met veel van de muzikanten die aan dit album meewerkten onder leiding van de co-producer van het album Joseph Byrd.
Dit concert is opgenomen 16 November 1978 in Chicago,Illinois


Maria Helena There,s No Restricted Signs in Heaven

De beelden zijn natuurlijk niet van topkwaliteit,het geluid is matig,maar jongens,wat vind Arthur dit mooi!


Shadrack In A Mist Flashes[instrumental]

Ry about this songs...
Bix Biederbecke,of Davenport.lowa,learned cornet from some of the earliest jazz records amd firsthand from the jazz players to come north from New orleans.
By the time of his death in 1931 at 29,he was a legend among his fellow musisians for his beautiful cornet music.But he was also interested in concert piano and particularly in the impressionistic style that Gershwin later became associated with,,Davenport Blues,, ,,Flashes,, and ,,In a Mist,, are representet here in a salon/jazz context that brings uot the atmosphere of Bix strange music.


Gospel vocal quartet:
Bill Johnson
Jimmy Adams
Clifford Givens
Simon "Pico" Payne


Nobody (Bert Williams)

Ry about Bert Williams..
The great Bert Williams was the first black artist to reach crossover stardom in Vaudeville.He would appear on stage in a broken-down tuxedo and black face(as if to mark the passing of Coon songs and minstrelsey)and recite his sardonic double-edged monologues.He got star billing with Ziegfield,icredible for the times,and his Colombia records like ,,Nobody,, and ,,Samuel the Night Porter,,were big sellers.

Orchestra arranged and conducted by Joseph Byrd

Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar and vocals
with:
David Lindley - mandolin
Art Baron - trombone
Joe Wilder - trumpet
Phillip Bodner - reeds
Walter Kane - reeds
Harvey Pittel - reeds
Tom Collier - vibraphone
Phillip Namenworth - piano
George Duvivier - bass
Mark Stevens - drums