J.J. Cale - Going Down [Really] | jt1674

 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/824014418799149056/jj-cale-going-down

Music I’d rather not . . . . . .

Tripping Mantras posted a Frank Zappa from Roxy’s and Elsewhere (Village of The Sun/Echidnas Art) and I really tried hard to post it here but strewth it is DULL! So boring, predictable, staggeringly the same as everything else he ever did and all that I have come to detest about dear Frank. Monotonous, predictable chord structures guitar licks and runs, and lyrics well please!. . . . . I couldn't even bring myself to post the music . . . . go to Tripping Mantras (jt1674) and listen by all means. Noodle soup anyone?!

 

here . . . . if you must

sorry!

It’s just because I feel I should!

Frank always said 'if you don’t like it don’t listen to it’ [I don’t - unless the Captain features, Hot Rats, Bongo Fury etc) but that avoids any critical theory and expression of my feelings . . . .

Patti Smith Group - Ask The Angels [Radio Ethiopia] | jt1674

  . . . . . .I gave Patti a miss around the time of Radio Ethiopia and am not entirely sure why . . . it just left me cold and was listening to other stuff by then . . . . . . I came back!

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/824015116616040448/patti-smith-group-ask-the-angels

Little Feat - 1975-10-18 - Rochester, NY | Heavybootz

 Little Feat - 1975-10-18 - Rochester, NY

Little Feat
Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY
1975-10-18

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mp3 @ 320 [140 mb]
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artwork included

01 Skin It Back
02 Fat Man In The Bathtub
03 One Love Stand
04 Rock & Roll Doctor
05 Oh Atlanta 
06 On Your Way Down
07 All That You Dream 
08 Down Below The Borderline 
09 Romance Dance
10 Dixie Chicken
11 Tripe Face Boogie
12 Willin'
13 Teenage Nervous Breakdown

tt: 1:00:52

Now I have said (ad nauseam - ED - R-U-D-E-!) what I think about Little Feat and specifically Lowell George and nobody gives a blind blue fig so here’s another set from a soundboard from Heavybootz

Gotta be good huh?

FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE Es : Last Night in Nashville (by Henry Bernstein) 2026-08-01 Nashville, TN USA

Last Night in Nashville (by Henry Bernstein)

2026-08-01, Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN 

RAY PADGETT AUG 2 ∙

Photo by Jim Martin

Last night, Bob Dylan played the final show of the Long Hot Summer Tour in Nashville. Though the setlist didn’t change, he had one last surprise up his sleeve: opening act Jimmie Vaughan, who last played with Dylan in 2024, sat in for three songs. You can see him standing next to Dylan in that grainy photo above.

On the scene was Henry Bernstein, who hosts the monthly Dylan podcast Songs of Experience. Henry reports in:

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When I saw “August 1, Nashville, TN,” as the last date on the Long Hot Summer tour (which I had been calling the “Hot Bob Summer tour” until the shirts were revealed), I circled that in my mind as a must-go-to. Bob Dylan, in August in Music City USA, home of Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift and so many more. It would not be my first time in the Volunteer state, as I got to see Dylan sing “Big River” in Memphis just three short years ago.

After an incredible night in Atlanta, I was wondering how it could top Hotlanta? Would Bob acknowledge the last night or the city? Would any special guests come out? Would he add an extra song? Having been to several “Last shows,” I tempered my expectations. So let’s get into it:

The Venue

When I think of Summer Dylan concerts, my mind goes to giant soulless amphitheaters like Tinley Park, IL. However, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the venues on this tour. See my recap of Atlanta, for more on that. Just a two-block walk from “Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk” (a completely anachronistic phrase) on Broadway, in the heart of Bachelor Party Central, is nestled the beautiful Ascend Amphitheater. With sprawling seats that descend to have a perfect view of the stage, I was completely surprised by not only how close the lawn was to the pavilion but how open everything was.

The Crowd

There were good vibes all around. People on the lawn were having a ball. There were musicians everywhere, children, young adults, and folks of Bob’s generation. I didn’t detect any drunk assholes or yappers who used the night as a venue to have a conversation or get wasted. It seemed like everyone was there for music. What a novel thought! Although it was mostly a sitting crowd, for the most part, no one seemed mad when the few of us here and there got up to dance.

The Show

At 8:55, the lights went down fast and on came the band, getting started before Bob was even at his piano. You have to be in your seat, ready to go, when he comes on! One thing that was special was that most of Lucinda’s band and some of Jimmie’s band were all watching the show from the side. Even they didn’t want to miss their hero one last time. In the Pro Wrestling world, this is called a “Curtain Sellout.” Meaning that everyone backstage is watching the match—or in this case Bob Dylan.

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Ia(i)n Matthews - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-1977 | Albums That Should Exist

 

Ian Matthews - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-1977

Paul says I am sad to announce that I have nearly come to an end of radio broadcast concerts to post from Ebbets Field, Denver. I've posted 70 Ebbets Field albums prior to this one. This is the only concert I could find from 1977, the last year the venue held concerts. (In the middle of that year, the owner switched to running a larger concert venue in Denver.) 

I only have two more Ebbets Field albums to post, and they're somewhat different. They're compilations of all the songs I could find that were recorded at this venue in the cases where only single songs have been made public instead of full shows. So this is the last proper concert. If you know of any concerts from this venue that I've missed, PLEASE let me know! I want this to be the best spot on the Internet for finding this material.

Anyway, let's get to the details of this particular concert. It's the second one from Ian Matthews, a singer-songwriter who was an original member of the band Fairport Convention. (He later changed his name to Iain Matthews.) The first one I posted was from 1976. Like that one, we have this one because it was released earlier in 2026 on the archival collection "Rhythm of the West: The Columbia Years 1975-1977." 

With his 1976 album "Go for Broke," he switched styles from folky to pop rock. He continued that trend with his 1977 album "Hit and Run." A lot of the songs here are from that album, as well as the previous one. Also, in the 1976 concert I posted, he hardly ever spoke between songs. But there's a lot of banter in this recording.

This album is an hour and one minute long. 

01 talk by emcee 
02 Just One Look 
03 Times 
04 talk
05 Rhythm of the West 
06 talk 
07 Tigers Will Survive 
08 talk 
09 Help to Guide Me 
10 Brown Eyed Girl
11 talk
12 I Will Not Fade Away 
13 talk 
14 Shuffle 
15 Hit and Run 
16 talk by emcee
17 Lonely Hunter
18 talk by emcee 

(all tracks Ian Matthews) 

Let Paul know if you are NOT sad but grateful for the number of great recordings shared from Ebbets Field - they are/were awesome!

THE CURE - A FOREST

 We haven’t featured any Cure for a while have we? How about this the interwebbie mcthingamabob threw up at me!?

The Cure - A Forest - (album version 1980) - TROS Top 50 - TopPop

young young YOUNG!

All things considered I’d rather be in a forest . . . . . . 

BRIAN ENO-DAVID BYRNE - Help Me Somebody [My Life in The Bush of Ghosts]

So the algorithm’s threw this up and it is the album track . . . . . .

 

 . . . . . .. . so there’s this!

David Byrne - help me somebody - Sessions at West 54th Street

yes yes another favourite album and I played this for the longest time and that it was thrown up at me means I might well go back and play the whole thing all over again?!

TURN IT UP!

Muireann Bradley - Not Going Back - New Single

We haven’t featured any Muireann for too long and by coincidence she has a new single out that the FB algorithms threw up at me (eeuygh!) 

Muireann says: 

My new Single 'Not Going Back' is out now Listen here: https://muireannbradley.lnk.to/NGB Join my mailing list for news, tour announcements, exclusives, competitions and more https://muireannbradley.lnk.to/newsle... Follow me online: Web - https://www.muireannbradley.ie/ IG -   / muireann_bradley   TT -   / muireann.bradley   FB -   / muireannbradley   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kuuv... Apple Music -   / muireann-bradley   CREDITS: Creative Director - Lulu Vicedomini - @coolblockbustergirl Producer - Ella Griffith - @ellagriffith123 Production Manager - Lisette Reed - @reedliketheplant_

here . . . . .

Authentic Mento Band (with thanks to Garth Williams)

 This delightful film on Mento music from Jamaica showed up in my memories from Facebook account

Authentic Mento Band

"Playing live Mento with narration from The Hon. Louise Simone Bennett-Coverly who is quite possibly Jamaica's most loved Folklorist, Writer”

original poster 

Garth Williams