zaterdag 2 februari 2019

Graham Nash - Amsterdam (14 July - 2018)

                                               Live at the AmsterdamBostheater

           Shane Fontayne                Graham Nash                                                        Todd Caldwell.

 Het Amsterdamse Bostheater bleek de ideale prachtige locatie voor het optreden van Graham Nash en zijn vrienden.Ook de af en toe laag overvliegende vliegtuigen konden de pret niet drukken.Graham kan putten uit een uigebreid repertoir,van The Hollies,natuurlijk CSN&Y.en eigen werk.Tussendoor mooie anekdotes over Crosby en het toeren met CSN &Y.en dat allemaal met die karakterstieke stem waar totaal geen sleet op zit.
Een mooie zwoele zomeravond in het Amsterdamse bos.
Hieronder de setlist..


1 Wasted On The Way (Crosby,Still & Nash song) filmed by info4allat

 "Wasted on the Way" is a 1982 song by American folk rock band Crosby, Stills & Nash, featuring harmony vocals by Timothy B. Schmit. It was their first top 10 hit in five years, and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in August 1982.[1] On the Adult Contemporary chart, "Wasted on the Way" was the group's biggest hit on the chart, peaking at number two for five weeks.[2] It appeared on the band's 1982 album Daylight Again. The B-side was the David Crosby composition "Delta".


2 Marrakesh Express    (Crosby,Still & Nash song)

 “Marrakesh Express” is a song written by Graham Nash and performed by the band Crosby, Stills and Nash (CSN). It was first released in May 1969 on the self-titled album, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and released on a 45-RPM single in July of the same year, with another CSN song, "Helplessly Hoping,"[1] as its backing side. The single reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 23, 1969.[2] It reached the same position on the Easy Listening chart.[3]

 3 Bus Stop (The Hollies) filmed by Arthur

 Bus Stop is the fourth U.S. album by the British pop band the Hollies, released on Imperial Records in mono (LP-9330) and rechanneled stereo (LP-12330) in October 1966. It features songs ranging from both sides of the band's then-current hit single to material recorded in the Hollies' early days on the UK's Parlophone Records in 1963, 1964 and 1965. The song "Oriental Sadness" had previously been issued in the U.S. on the Hollies' album Beat Group! earlier in 1966.




4 I used to be a King (Graham Nash song)

 Songs for Beginners is British singer-songwriter Graham Nash's debut solo studio album, released in May 1971, and one of four high-profile albums released by each partner of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970. It peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and the single "Chicago" made it to No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been certified a gold record by the RIAA.[4]

5 Immigration Man (Crosby & Nash song) filmed by Arthur

 "Immigration Man" is a song written by Graham Nash and recorded by David Crosby and Graham Nash, released as a single in March 1972. It was the lead single for the duo's debut album, Graham Nash David Crosby. It peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is their only Top 40 hit as a duo.


 
6 Sleep  Song

7 Myself at last

 This Path Tonight is the new studio album and collection of 10 original songs from Graham Nash. Produced by Shane Fontayne, this is Nash's first solo record of new music in fourteen years. The album is one of reflection and transition of a singer-songwriter whose career (the Hollies, CSN, CSNY) has spanned more than five decades and counting.


8 Military Madness   filmed by info4allat 

 “Military Madness” helped to get a lot of things off my chest. England had been bombed by the Germans, and when I moved to America I realized that the same issues were going on in Vietnam. The battle was raging, and I wanted to say something about the madness of the military agenda waging preemptive war – which is what happened later in Iraq and Afghanistan.(Graham Nash)

9 To the last Whale  A Critical Mass B Wind on the Water

 Wind on the Water is the second album by Crosby & Nash, released on ABC Records in 1975. Cassette and 8-track tape versions of the album were distributed by Atlantic Records, to which Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were signed. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 album chart and was certified gold by the RIAA.[2] Three singles were released from the album, "Carry Me," "Take the Money and Run," and "Love Work Out," of which only the first charted, peaking at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[3]


10 A  Day in the Live (The Beatles cover) filmed by Ruby Tuesday
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                                         11 Right Between The Eyes

 Over The Years… highlights songs from the iconic CSN debut album (“Marrakesh Express”) and its successor album Déjà Vu, for which Neil Young joined forces with CSN (“Our House” and “Teach Your Children”) as well as songs from subsequent CSN albums (“Just A Song Before I Go” and “Wasted On The Way”). In addition, the collection highlights songs that Nash recorded for his 1971 solo debut, Songs For Beginners, including “Military Madness” and “Simple Man,” and includes unreleased mixes for two other songs from that album: “Better Days” and “I Used To Be King.” The most recent recording on the compilation is “Myself At Last” from Nash’s 2016 solo album This Path Tonight.

 12 Lady of the Island   filmed by Arthur

 "Lady of the Island" is a folk song written by Graham Nash in the late 1960s. The song appears on Crosby, Stills & Nash's critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album. The song is notable for taking its inspiration from fellow folk musician Joni Mitchell, with whom Nash was romantically involved at the time. Although the album contains another love song to Mitchell, David Crosby's "Guinnevere", Nash told Mojo magazine in April 2009 that this potentially tricky situation did not create any problems. He explained: "The way that we went about our lives did not entail jealousy and it didn't entail raging about somebody being with somebody else's woman. Me and David and Joan didn't think anything of it, that's for sure.


13 Just a song before i Go     filmed by info4allat 

 "Just a Song Before I Go" is a song by Crosby, Stills and Nash that appeared on the 1977 album CSN. It was also released as a single and reached number seven on the Billboard singles charts, becoming the band's highest charting hit. It is also one of the band's shortest songs, with a running time of only 2:14. In Canada, it peaked at number 10.
The song was written by Graham Nash about leaving loved ones behind before going on a concert tour. It was written in Hawaii in about 20 minutes at the piano while Nash and Leslie Morris were staying with a friend, waiting for the rain to stop before leaving the house. The opening line came from the question: "You've got half an hour, why don't you just write a song before you go?"[1]

14   4+20   filmed by Arthur
 Déjà Vu is the second album by trio Crosby, Stills & Nash, and their first as a quartet with Neil Young. It was released in March 1970 by Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 7200. It topped the pop album chart for one week and generated three Top 40 singles: "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children", and "Our House". It was re-released in 1977 as SD-19188 and the cover was changed from black to brown. In 2003, the album was ranked #148 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Certified septuple platinum by RIAA, the album's sales currently sit at over 8 million copies. It remains the highest-selling album of each member's career to date.

                                    15 Golden Days - 16 Missippi Burning -17 Back Home

This Path Tonight is the new studio album and collection of 10 original songs from Graham Nash. Produced by Shane Fontayne, this is Nash's first solo record of new music in fourteen years. The album is one of reflection and transition of a singer-songwriter whose career (the Hollies, CSN, CSNY) has spanned more than five decades and counting.

                                             18 Orleans
 If I could only remember my name is het eerste soloalbum van de Amerikaanse zanger David Crosby. Atlantic Records bracht het uit in februari 1971, een periode waarin zijn groep Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young na een lange tournee een pauze inlaste. Elk groepslid nam in 1970/1971 een soloalbum op: Crosby met If I could only remember my name, Neil Young met After the gold rush, Graham Nash met Songs for beginners en Stephen Stills met Stephen Stills. Op het album van Crosby spelen ook Nash en Young bij enkele liedjes mee.

 
                                            19 Cathedral

CSN is the fifth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. It is the group's third studio release, and their first since their debut album without Neil Young. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; two singles taken from the album, Nash's "Just a Song Before I Go" and Stills' "Fair Game" peaked at #7 and #43 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. It is currently the trio configuration's best selling record, outselling 1969's Crosby, Stills & Nash by 200,000 copies.[4] It has been certified quadruple platinum by RIAA.[5]
 

20 Our House (Deja Vu) filmed by Arthur

 Our house is a song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young written by Graham Nash. They released it in 1970 on a single with Carry on on the B-side. In addition, it appeared that year on the album Déjà vu.

21 Chicago

 "Chicago" (often listed as "Chicago / We Can Change the World") is a song written by Graham Nash for his solo debut Songs for Beginners. As a single, it reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and 29 on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] It is his highest charting single. In Canada, "Chicago" peaked at number 19.[2] The song also made the Dutch Charts in 1971, peaking at number 5.


Encore


22 Every Day (Buddy Holly cover)


23 Teach Your Children
  "Teach Your Children" is a song by Graham Nash. Although it was written when Nash was a member of the Hollies, it was never recorded by that group in studio (a live recording does exist), and first appeared on the album Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released in 1970.





    dinsdag 29 januari 2019

    Van Morrison - And the Healing Has Begun (album Into The Music)


     Into the Music is the 11th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and was released in August 1979. The record received widespread acclaim that year, and was named by critics as one of the year's best albums.



    And the healing has Begun
    Live at the Hollywood Bowl 21 April 2006

    John Allair,Robin Aspland-keyboards,Crawford Bell - Acoustic guitar,trumpet,backing vocals
    Cindy Cashdollar-steelguitar,Ned Edwards - guitar.David Hayes -bass,Kate Kissoon-backingvocals,
    Jason Robert -violin. Neil Wilkinson -drums.


    Biographer Brian Hinton calls it the central song in the album and perhaps in Morrison's whole career: "It starts just like 'Cyprus Avenue', no coincidence as the line about 'songs from way back when' hints, and with a walk down the avenue (of dreams), to the sound of a haunted violin. A song of full, blazing sex as well as revelation. The healing here is like that in Arthurian myth, the wounded King restored through the action of the Holy Grail, but it is also through as graphic a seduction, almost, as the original live version of "Gloria"'.
    Author Clinton Heylin concludes that "what makes the song, and indeed Into the Music work is its self-awareness. Gone is the awkward self-consciousness... It is replaced by a newly assured tone, born of a genuine awareness of what he (Morrison) was attempting

    dinsdag 22 januari 2019

    Champagne Charlie - Alabama Bus (De Spot ,Middelburg 17 Januari 2019)

        Foto Tanja Hoogerheide. (thanks Tanja)

    Een van de hoogtepunten van het nieuwe album van Champagne Charlie "Sixpack"
    Geschreven door Brother Will Hairston een fabrieksarbeider en prediker, die “The Hurricane of the Motor City”, werd genoemd Dit vanwege zijn daverende invloed op kerkdiensten bij het prediken en zingen.Zanger Sjef geeft aan waar de song over gaat.......


    Alabama Bus (Film by Jaap van Visvliet) thanks Jaap.

    Champagne Charlie:
     Geert de Heer - slide, Peter Bout - bass,Sjef Hermans, vocals. Peter Lenselink,- percusion Gait Klein Kromhof -harmonica ,Theo de Koning-guitar/vocals.

     http://www.champagnecharlie.nl/


    The original:



    dinsdag 15 januari 2019

    Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

    "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. Originally performed by Roy Acuff, the song has been covered by many artists; such as Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Russell, and Charley Pride. Also the song was later recorded by Willie Nelson as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger. Both the song and album would become iconic in country music history, and jump start Nelson's success as a singer and recording artist.

    "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"

     The version by Willie Nelson, recorded for his 1975 concept album, Red Headed Stranger, which was about a fugitive preacher on the run from the law after killing his wife, was lauded by country music historian Bill Malone as "a fine example of clean, uncluttered country music, [with] a spare arrangement that could have come straight out of the 1940s." Rolling Stone noted the song was delivered with his "jazz-style phrasing" and was "the beating heart of Red Headed Stranger."


    In the twilight glow I see her
    Blue eyes crying in the rain
    When we kissed goodbye and parted
    I knew we'd never meet again

    Love is like a dying ember
    And only memories remain
    And through the ages I'll remember
    Blue eyes crying in the rain

    Some day when we meet up yonder
    We'll stroll hand in hand again
    In a land that knows no parting
    Blue eyes crying in the rain
    Writers: FRED ROSE

    maandag 14 januari 2019

    Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview


     Saint Dominic's Preview is the sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. Records. Rolling Stone declared it "the best-produced, most ambitious Van Morrison record yet released."


     The title track, "Saint Dominic's Preview", was said by Morrison to have been composed after seeing an ad for a peace vigil to be held at St. Dominic's Church in San Francisco.[28] The song is written in a "stream of consciousness" fashion as with the Astral Weeks songs. Lyrics in the song refer to different stages of Morrison's life: "chamois cleaning all the windows" (teenage years) and "The record company has paid out for the wine" (his contemporary status as a pop music star). Erik Hage calls it "expansive and groundbreaking, representing an enlarging scope and ambition in Morrison's music.

     Shammy [chamois] cleaning all the windows,
    Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul.
    And I hear blue strains of "no regredior"
    Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame.

    Meanwhile back in San Francisco
    We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend,
    As we sit upon this jagged
    Storey block, with you my friend.

    And it's a long way to Buffalo.
    It's a long way to Belfast city too.
    And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist
    'cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew.

    As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
    As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on
    Saint Dominic's Preview
    Saint Dominic's Preview
    Saint Dominic's Preview




    PINK FLOYD with Syd Barrett - See Emily Play/Arnold Layne.

    "See Emily Play" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single in June 1967.[4][5] Written by original frontman Syd Barrett and recorded on 23 May 1967, it featured "The Scarecrow" as its B-side. It was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track of the American edition of their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). "See Emily Play" is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list and reached No. 6 in the United Kingdom singles chart.[6] As of 2018, the song has never been mixed to stereo, so the US album version was rechannelled and all subsequent reissues have been in mono.

                                                
                                               See Emily Play 
     These two singles were written by Syd Barrett. Of the 11 songs on the debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, which appeared in August 1967, Barrett wrote eight of his own and collaborated on two others. As an innovative guitarist, he investigated the musical possibilities of dissonance, distortion, feedback, echo machines and various sound effects on tape. The typical Pink Floyd guitar sound was obtained, among other things, because Barrett slid over the strings of his Fender Esquire guitar with a Zippo lighter and connected to an echo box.

     "Arnold Layne" is the debut single released by the English rock band Pink Floyd on 10 March 1967, written by Syd Barrett.


     Arnold Layne

    The song's title character is a transvestite whose strange hobby is stealing women's clothes and undergarments from washing lines. According to Roger Waters, "Arnold Layne" was actually based on a real person: "Both my mother and Syd's mother had students as lodgers because there was a girls' college up the road so there were constantly great lines of bras and knickers on our washing lines and 'Arnold' or whoever he was, had bits off our washing lines.

     The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album, named after the title of chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and featuring a kaleidoscopic cover photo of the band taken by Vic Singh, was recorded from February to May 1967 and released on 4 August 1967.[3] It was produced by Beatles engineer Norman Smith and released in 1967 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom and Tower in the United States, in August and October respectively. Two of the album's songs, "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive", became long-term mainstays of the band's live set list, while other songs were performed live only a handful of times.

                                                    ----------                                      -              
     Note from Arthur.
     I remember that I saw the single at the local music store, of course I listened to it, but what a strange music it was! It did not look like anything, but very different. In 1967  i saw them for the first live in Vlissingen (concert hall) then already with a beautiful lightshow and in my memory for that time hard! Syd Barret was in my opinion already replaced by David Gilmour (but I'm not sure) The in itself some lame movies give a nice time picture of the sixties.

                                                 Vlissingen



    zaterdag 12 januari 2019

    Let It Be - The Beatles (The movie)

    Let It Be is a 1970 British documentary film starring the Beatles and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The film documents the group rehearsing and recording songs for their twelfth and final studio album Let It Be, in January 1969. The film includes an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, their last public performance. Released just after the album in May 1970, Let It Be is the final original Beatles release.


    The world premiere of the film was in New York City on 13 May 1970. One week later, UK premieres were held at the Liverpool Gaumont Cinema and the London Pavilion. None of the Beatles attended any of the premieres. The Beatles won an Oscar for Let It Be in the category "Original Song Score", which Quincy Jones accepted on their behalf. The soundtrack also won a Grammy for "Best Original Score".

    zondag 6 januari 2019

    Pot-Ent (Polydor Sampler 1970)

                                                             
    Sunday afternoon old LP, running, fun activity. So I came across this compilation album again, a look back at the more or less progessive rock music from the 70,s

                                                       Stone The Crow -Blind Man

                                                                            Side One
                                                                                                   
                                          
                                             1 The Who - Young Man Blues ,album "Live at Leeds"

                                                                  


                                              2 Golden Earring - Wall Of Dolls ,album "Golden Earring"





                                            3 Sabicas with Joe Beck - Inca Song,album "Rock Encounter"




                                           4 Steeplechase - Lady Bright ,album "Lady Bright"





                                            5 Ten Wheel Drive - Stay With Me .album "Brief Replies"




                                                 6 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain ,album "Eric Clapton""




                                                                                 Side Two


                         1 Eric Burdon & War - Tobacco Road ,album "Eric Burdon declares "War"




                                        2 Sweet Thursday - The Dealer ,album "Sweet Thursday"





                                          3 Stone The Crows - Blind Man ,album "Stone The Crows"





                                                  4 Armaggedon - People Talking, album "Armageddon"





                                    5 Ginger Baker,s Airforce - Doin It, album "Ginger Baker,s Airforce"



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    zaterdag 5 januari 2019

    Tim Buckley - Song fom the Siren(update/repost)


     Timothy Charles (Tim) Buckley III (Washington D.C., 14 februari 1947 - Santa Monica, 29 juni 1975) was een Amerikaans singer-songwriter.
    Hij combineerde tijdens zijn korte carrière in de late jaren '60 en '70 verschillende soorten muziek als jazz,funk, soul en avant-garde muziek in een geheel eigen stijl. Zijn song Song to the siren kreeg in 1984 bekendheid in Nederland in de uitvoering door het Britse project This Mortal CoilVader van Jeff en zoveel overeenkomsten Allebei een prachtige stem en allebei helaas veel te vroeg overleden.Zag Tim optreden op het popfestival in Hilversum.Een opvallende
    verschijning tussen het gitaargeweld van o.a The Dooby Brothers, Allmann Brothers en het Mahavishnu Orchestra.(later meer over dit festival)


    Song from the Siren

    "Song to the Siren" is a song written by Tim Buckley and his writing partner Larry Beckett and was first released on Buckley's 1970 album Starsailor. It was also later released on Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology, the album featuring a performance of the song taken from the final episode of The Monkees TV show which aired on March 25, 1968.
    Pat Boone was the first to release a version of the song when it was featured on his 1969 album Departure, predating Buckley's Starsailor release. However, the song has become perhaps Buckley's most famous due to a number of artists covering the song after his death in 1975, notably This Mortal Coil.(Wikipedia)




    donderdag 3 januari 2019

    The Soft Machine - Jazz Bilzen (1969)

     

    Onze eerste Jazz Bilzen ervaring in 1968 was zo goed bevallen dat we het jaar daarop natuurlijk ook van de partij waren.De groep was ondertussen uitgebreid tot een man of 8,ik dacht dat we een busje gehuurd hadden(weet ik niet meer zeker)De opzet van het festival was nog hetzelfde gebleven,ik herriner me nog de stoeljes voor het podium,het gezellige dorpscafe waar we volgens mij ook de tickets kochten,en de gemoedelijke sfeer.
    De editie van Jazz Bilzen 69 had ook deze keer weer een geweldige programmering,veel Nederlandse topbands als Ekseption, Shocking Blue, Livin Blues, Group 1850,Blues Dimension en buitenlandse acts als Deep Purple(met een geweldige Ritchie Blackmore)
    Humble Pie, een sfeervol optreden van The Moody Blues ,de cabareteske Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band en de zeer aparte muziek van The Soft Machine.Gek genoeg kan ik me,in tegenstelling met de andere optredens) van de laatste niet veel meer herrineren,gelukkig zijn er dan nog die mooie BRT opnames...


    The Soft Machine - Moon in June
    Mike Radledge,Hugh Hopper,Robert Wyatt

    Toevallig stond er in de laatste editie van het mooie muziekblad ,,Heaven,,(zeer aanbevolen)een artikel over het nummer Moon In June .Het is geschreven door Robert Wyatt.De titel Moon In June is waarschijnlijk ontleend aan Both Sides Now van Joni Mitchell.Het nummer is niet vaak ,,life, gespeelt.Tijdens hun Europese toernee was het hun opener ,zie ook het optreden in Bilzen.Dit was echter een ingekorte versie en Robert Wyatt heeft wat moeite om zich te concentreren.De definitieve versie van Moon In June zou uiteindelijk op het Soft Machine album Third komen te staan in een versie van 19 minuten.



    Het mooie verhaal van Moon In June en meer over Robert Wyatt is te lezen in HEAVEN (Het Popmagazine dat de oren opent)
    http://www.popmagazineheaven.nl/

    Robert Wyatt
    http://www.strongcomet.com/wyatt/