zaterdag 16 december 2017

Review of the concert year 2017, highlights - Buddy Guy (HIBF Grolloo 8 juni 2017)

    Buddy Guy & Laurence Jones (foto Arthur)

Het jaar 2017 loopt weer ten einde.,tijd voor een terugblik Veel mooie optredens gezien en festivals meegemaakt.Soms een filmpje/fotootje als herinerring aan de mooie momenten.Een kleine selectie,te beginnen met Buddy Guy op het prachtige HIBF in Grolloo

 Een vrolijke en bijzonder fitte Buddy Guy als afsluiting van dag 1 van het H.I.B.F in Grolloo


dinsdag 12 december 2017

Neil Young & Booker T & the M.G,s - Separate Ways (Torhout Belgium 1993 )

                  NEIL YOUNG                                                             STEVE CROPPER

In 1993, Neil Young collaborated with Booker T and the MGs for a summer tour of Europe and North America.
  I saw two performances in this line-up, one in Ahoy Rotterdam (Holland) and one in Torhout (Belgium) Two very special performances ..

  "Separate Ways"

Steve Cropper Guitar,Jim Keltner Drums,Donald"Duck"Dun Bass,Astrid Young,Annie Stocking Vocals

 "I won't apologize
The light shone from in your eyes
It isn't gone,
It will soon come back again.
Though we go our separate ways
Lookin' for better days

And I'm feeling better now,
a lot more alive somehow,
my heart is open
and my love comes pouring through.""


 Houston Chronicle critic Marty Racine, who saw the show… in Houston, was also impressed. Praising the Cropper/Young guitar interplay, he wrote, “Due to a restless muse and a repertoire three decades long, Young’s oldest music sounded ever poignant. And thanks to his able backup, the songs were served well. In the land of Noise, that combination made the loudest impact of all.”

vrijdag 8 december 2017

Ry Cooder & Flaco Jiménez and his Conjunto - He,ll Have To Go (Austin 1975)


Flaco Jiménez, accordion,Hugo Gonzales, bajo sexto,Henry "Big Red" Ojeda, bass,Isaac Garcia, drums,Ry Cooder, electric guitar /vocals   

  "He'll Have to Go" is an American country and pop hit recorded on October 15, 1959, by Jim Reeves. The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a massive hit in both genres early in 1960.



 "He'll Have to Go" has been covered by many artists. Elvis Presley recorded his version of "He'll Have to Go" on October 31, 1976, at his last known studio recording session; it is believed to be the final song he ever recorded in a studio setting.[9]
The song prompted the answer song "He'll Have to Stay" by Jeanne Black. Her song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 later in 1960. Skeeter Davis made a cover of it in 1961. "He'll Have to Stay" also got an answer song: "I'm Gonna Stay". It was recorded by Johnny Scoggins and released on the single Fraternity Records 869.
This song was also done by Solomon Burke in 1965/66(c) on the Soul chart. It was one of his biggest hits.
Harry James recorded a version on the 1966 album Harry James & His Western Friends (Dot DLP 3735 and DLP 25735).
Ry Cooder covered the song on his 1976 album Chicken Skin Music.
Anne Murray, Connie Francis, Mary Ford, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nat King Cole and Tom Jones have recorded versions of the song.


                                     

woensdag 6 december 2017

Bob Dylan - If Dogs Run Free

                                Wembley Arena London,England - October 6, 2000
 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar) Larry Campbell (guitar) Charlie Sexton (guitar) Tony Garnier (bass)
David Kemper (drums)

 If Dogs Run Free (album New Morning)

If dogs run free, then why not we
Across the swooping plain?
My ears hear a symphony
Of two mules, trains and rain
The best is always yet to come
That’s what they explain to me
Just do your thing, you’ll be king
If dogs run free

If dogs run free, why not me
Across the swamp of time?
My mind weaves a symphony
And tapestry of rhyme
Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee
So it may flow and be
To each his own, it’s all unknown
If dogs run free

If dogs run free, then what must be
Must be, and that is all
True love can make a blade of grass
Stand up straight and tall
In harmony with the cosmic sea
True love needs no company
It can cure the soul, it can make it whole
If dogs run free




dinsdag 5 december 2017

Van Morrison - Common One (Hollywood Bowl - Nov.8 - 2008)

     Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl is the fifth live album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison, It was recorded during two live concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California in 2008 .
The live performances of the eight original songs that feature on the album were recorded on November 7 and 08, 2008. Coincidentally, they took place forty years after the classic Astral Weeks was first released by Warner Bros. Records in 1968.

   Common One(Summertime in England)




woensdag 29 november 2017

Steve Earl - "Pilgrim" (San Francisco, California,October 8, 2017)

                        Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.-Rooster Stage - Golden Gate Park

 "Pilgrim" album The Mountain (with Del McCoury Band)

                   feat. Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Lucinda Williams



donderdag 23 november 2017

Ry Cooder & David Lindley - The Promised Land

                      Recorded Live: 4/27/1994 - Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA

            with Bobby King- Terry Evans-  Arnold McCuller (vocals) Joachim Cooder (perc.)


  The Promised Land

 Album Twango Bango II -  David Lindley & Wally Ingram  


dinsdag 21 november 2017

Eric Burdon & The New Animals - Paint It Black/Monterey

                            
                                                                     ERIC BURDON
                                                                     
                                                                       Vic Briggs
                         Danny McCulloch (bass) - Barry Jenkins (drums)- John Weider (guitar/violin)

   Paint It Black

"Paint It Black" (originally released as "Paint It, Black") is a song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and first released as a single on 6 May 1966. It was later included as the opening track to the US version of their 1966 album, Aftermath.

 Eric Burdon covered it on the 1967 Eric Burdon & The Animals debut album, Winds of Change.

 Monterey

Eric Burdon and the Animals performed at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival at the peak of the Summer of Love; they followed Johnny Rivers onstage and were introduced by Chet Helms. In his book, Monterey Pop, Joel Selvin wrote that, at the festival, "Burdon did nothing short of reinvent himself in front of the audience."

 The song "Monterey" was subsequently written in tribute to the group's experiences at the festival, and proved to be one of the new band's biggest hits. The lyrics describe the atmosphere of the festival and some of the notable musicians who played, including The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, The Who, Hugh Masekela, The Grateful Dead, and Jimi Hendrix, as "young gods" with music "born of love" and "religion was being born." The band described a scene at which "children danced night and day", and "even the cops grooved with us." "His Majesty Prince Jones" referred to Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, who was an MC at the event. Before the ending of the song, Burdon quoted the Byrds song "Renaissance Fair": "I think that Maybe I'm Dreamin'".

dinsdag 14 november 2017

BIG SUR FOLK FESTIVAL 1969

Sixth Big Sur Folk Festival
1969
Featuring:

Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
John Sebastian
Johanna Demetrakas
Dorothy Morrison & the Edwin Hawkins Singers
Mimi Fariña
Julie Payne
Ruthann Friedman
Carol Ann Cisneros
The Comb Sisters
Chris Ethridge
Flying Burrito Brothers
Struggle Mountain Resistance Band



Down by the River van Neil Young. Crosby Stills Nash & Young op zijn best!
Met Dallas Taylor op drums en Gregg Reeves op bass.





Sea of Madness met Neil op organ. Stephen probeert een fan te kalmeren en loopt een klapje op,daarna toch een hele mooie 4+ 20 Grote klasse!


Jaon Baez Song for David (Haar toenmalige echtgenoot was David Harris)


John Sebastian(Lovin Spoonful) en Joni Mitchell


Crosby Stills Nash John Sebastian Joni Mitchell


A musical documentary of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival, filmed in a chaotic style reminiscent of Woodstock. It features performances by Joan Baez, John Sebastian, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Combs Sisters.

Some of the finest folk singers and musicians in the world positioned themselves on the edge of some of America's most glorious scenery for a farewell to summer and a celebration of nonviolence in mid-September. It was the sixth annual Big Sur Folk Festival.

The festival, held on the tree-shaded lawns of Esalen, also differed from other recent celebrations in that here the "scene" did not eclipse the music, but merely served as a complement. According to its producers, Nancy Carlen and Paula Kates, Big Sur was designed as a "performers festival," an opportunity for artists to come together after a hectic summer on the festival circuit for some peace and solitude.

Crosby Stills Nash and Young played the final set, as on Saturday, repeatedly bringing the thinning crowd to it's feet. For a finale - with the audience pushed forward around the pool, closer to the performers now - everyone at the festival reprise "Oh Happy Day"
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zondag 12 november 2017

Neil Young Glastonbury 2009(Words)

Happy Birthday Neil!! (12 Nov. 1945)
Hoewel ik erg genoten heb van Neil,s optreden in Antwerpen enkele weken eerder ,was zijn optreden in Glastonbury de absolute top.Mede natuurlijke door prachtige TVRegistratie van de BBC.Prachtige lange uitvoering van Words met ook een hoofdrol voor Ben Keith R.I.P op de pedalsteel.


Words