Special event in the Lyric Theatre London to celebrate the launch of his new book ‘Lit Up Inside’.
-> Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics (Mandatory book!)
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The Rolling Stones: 5 Great Live versions of “Gimme Shelter” (Audio/video)
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My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
My Favourite Stones song. The original album version can hardly be surpassed, but there many great live versions, here are 5 wonderful examples & the album (Let It Bleed – 1969) version.
Album version:
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
July 20, 1972
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October 6: Watch Bob Dylan Performing a Mind-Blowing Blind Willie McTell in London, England 2000
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, “This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans
To Jerusalem”
I traveled through East Texas
Where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
A FANTASTIC version.
Wembley Arena
London, England
6 October 2000
Neil Young plays Bob Dylan songs
We love Bob Dylan and Neil Young and today they are playing in London(July 12 2019). This is our way of celebrating this major event (in addition to Egil being there in person, the lucky bastard).
I think Neil Young is maybe the best interpreter of Bob Dylan’s songs. Here are some great versions, sometimes alone and sometimes with other great artists.
Here is a fine clip from the Charlie Rose Show, Neil Young talks about Bob Dylan:
Neil Young – Girl From The North Country:
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March 26: The Rolling Stones at The Marquee Club London 1971
Wonderful concert with a Mick Taylor in superb form…
Live debut of album tracks, “Brown Sugar”, “Dead Flowers”, “Bitch” and “I Got The Blues” (all from “Sticky Fingers”, released a month later)
Band:
- Mick Jagger – Vocals
- Keith Richards – Guitar
- Mick Taylor – Guitar
- Bill Wyman – Bass
- Charlie Watts – Drums
- Ian Stewart – Piano
- Nicky Hopkins – Keyboards
- Bobby Keys – Sax
- Jim Price – Horns
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Tom Waits: Two Classic Concerts London 1979 and Chicago 1975 – No Visitors After Midnight
First we get a BBC television concert documentary, Tonight In Person, filmed at the BBC television Theatre in London/UK (aired July 26, 1979, probably taped earlier in the spring). Shortened version rebroadcast in 1998 in “Later on… Tom Waits” aka “Later With Jools Holland”, presented by Jools Holland. Producer: Serena Cross
Executive Producer: Mark Cooper. BBC, 1998 for UK-Arena.
There is a download for an audio bootleg of the performance over at Aquarium Drunkard.
“The concert might be regarded as a straight taping of a live show but it also included elements that were more theatrical and seemed to be incorporated into the show as if it were an in-studio taping, a bit like when standup comedians bring in an audience for something that is understood by everyone present to be a recording of a TV special. That’s how this program feels, anyway, it doesn’t feel like a regular concert.”
– Dangerous Minds
The second show is a PBS television show on Tom Waits and Mose Allison. Chicago/USA (aired December 22, 1975, probably recorded November 3, 1975).
With Kenny Soderblum on alto sax
Jim Atlas on upright bass.
Great opening opening number, Tom Waits does an a capella performance of “Eggs and Sausage” that is both soulful and dramatic. He is sitting at the counter of a diner, smoking. We see waitresses, bored patrons, sizzling burgers. Het is the snapping his fingers and slapping his leg. Finishing the song, he turns to a waitress and asks for another cup of coffee.
His voice is more mellow on the 1975 concerts and it’s lovely to get such an early document of Waits as a performer.
Both shows are essential for all Tom Waits fans, enjoy!