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Monday, April 06, 2026
Dave Mason - 1988-04-06 - Philadelphia, PA USA (FM) | so many roads
Dave Mason - 1988-04-06 - Philadelphia, PA USA (FM)
Dave Mason1988-04-06Chestnut CabaretPhiladelphia, PAWMMR-FM Broadcast
01. Feelin' Alright
02. Let It Go, Let It Flow
03. World In Changes
04. Just A Little Lovin'
05. Look At You Look At Me
06. Two Hearts
07. Every Woman
08. We Just Disagree (cuts in)
09. Dream I Dream
10. Bring It On Home To Me
11. All Along The Watchtower
12. WMMR Break & tuning
13. Only You Know And I Know
14. Dear Mr. Fantasy
15. WMMR outro
Speedy says:
"Dave Mason entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 as a member of Traffic. The 2004 class also included George Harrison, Bob Seger, Prince, ZZ Top, and Jackson Browne. Traffic played Dear Mr. Fantasy at the ceremony, while Mason and Steve Winwood also joined in during the all star jam on Feelin' Alright.This FM broadcast captures Mason out solo at the Chesnut Cabaret in Philadelphia on April 6, 1988, 38 years ago today. Both songs played at the 2004 induction ceremony were also in this set list - a little bit of foreshadowing!"
We love Dave Mason the enigmatic songwriter of such masterpieces as Feelin’ Alright, the hit for Joe Cocker, Let it Go Let it Flow, the hit for Eric Clapton + Traffic songs like Dear Mr Fantasy and playing on All Along The Watchtower with Jimi didn’t hurt either but a personal favourite in Only You Know and I Know . . . .enjoy! I did!
For Speedy:
Dave Mason - We Just Disagree
Dave Mason performing "All Along The Watchtower" at Music City Roots
live from the Loveless Cafe on 9.25.2013
Taj Mahal - Giant Step • De Ole Folks At Home (1969 USA, 2017 Japanese remaster) | Plain and Fancy :Rockasteria
Taj Mahal - Giant Step • De Ole Folks At Home (1969 USA, magnificent electric acoustic blues folk, 2017 japan remaster)
Along with Ry Cooder, Taj was a founder of the legendary Rising Sons, and went on to release two stripped down delta-blues classics in 1968. Giant Step, released concurrently with a raw collection of solo recordings called De Ole Folks At Home in 1969, would be his third, and personal favorite to many. It’s the title track’s delicate, sparse mood I can’t stuff in my head enough. Taj transforms the Monkees hit, composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, into a relaxed and gorgeous rural roamer – his muddy vox rolls all over the changes, miles beyond blues. And though Giant Step isn’t completely free of the old I-IV-V, just let the feedback harmonica moan from Give Your Woman What She Wants hook you in, the toe-tapping Cajun feel to You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond take you along, and overpowered drive of Six Days On The Road stamp it down, then see who cares about chord progressions anymore.The most fun comes from inventive production touches: childish piano tittering on Good Morning Little School Girl, metronomic banjo rapping on Farther On Down The Road (one of two originals on the record and an easy classic), ace country guitar leads all throughout provided by Jesse Ed Davis, here accompanying Taj for the third and final record before embarking on his own solo career (releasing three solid records and sessioning with plenty of the greats). The final track, Bacon Fat, is a pretty standard blues originally penned by The Band, and here mostly a drawn out jam affording everbody last licks.The album is actually 2 in 1, accompanied with De Ole Folks At Home, an acoustic solo set with Taj providing old-time steel-body slide picking, clawhammer banjo, harp, and hambone on traditional and classic numbers like Cluck Old Hen and Fishing Blues, as well as several originals. It’s like pulling up a hot seat on Taj’s front porch, who would pass? An excellent pairing, this record is essential on its own and along with Giant Step you can’t refuse. Downhome grooves, raw authentic performances, a plain fun record that got me rethinking the blues. “Take a giant step outside your mind.”
by Brendan McGrath, September 2nd, 2009
Tracks
1. Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie Anymo' (Jesse Ed Davis, Taj Mahal, Chuck Blackwell, Gary Gilmore) - 1:04
2. Take A Giant Step (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 4:18
3. Give Your Woman What She Wants (Joel Hirschhorn, Taj Mahal) - 2:32
4. Good Morning Little School Girl (Bob Love, Don Level) - 3:46
5. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (Buffy Sainte Marie) - 4:59
6. Six Days On The Road (Carl Montgomery, Earl Green) - 3:03
7. Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me) (Jesse Ed Davis, Taj Mahal, Chuck Blackwell, Gary Gilmore) - 4:41
8. Keep Your Hands Off Her (Huddie Ledbetter) - 2:17
9. Bacon Fat (Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson) - 6:47
10.Linin' (Huddie Ledbetter) - 1:43
11.Country Blues #1 (Taj Mahal) - 2:40
12.Wild Ox Moan (Ruby Pickens Tartt, Vera Hall) - 2:48
13.Light Rain Blues (Taj Mahal) - 3:24
14.A Little Soulful Tune (Taj Mahal) - 2:40
15.Candy Man (Rev. Gary Davis) - 2:58
16.Cluck Old Hen (Taj Mahal) - 2:34
17.Colored Aristocracy (Taj Mahal) - 2:08
18.Blind Boy Rag (Taj Mahal) - 4:14
19.Stagger Lee (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 3:26
20.Cajun Tune (Taj Mahal) - 1:59
21.Fishin' Blues (Henry Thomas, Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams) - 3:11
22.Annie's Lover (Taj Mahal) - 3:34
Personnel
*Taj Mahal - Vocals, Harmonica, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar
*Jesse Ed Davis - Electric, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ
*Chuck Blackwell - Drums
*Gary Gilmore - Bass
Taj Mahal - Fishing Blues 1993
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil [The David Frost Show 1968]
posted by Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives” sad to find their version didn’t play
here in the UK so here’s another
The Rolling Stones on The David Frost Show, November 30, 1968.
Here performing "Sympathy for the Devil." One of the last appearances with founder Brian Jones. I also left in a humorous reference to the Stones by the following guest, actor Nicol Williamson, who is there to opine on the subject of death for some reason.From "Frost on Saturday" DVD collection.
Bob Dylan And The Hawks - Baby Let Me Follow You Down (1966)
Bob Dylan And The Hawks - Baby Let Me Follow You Down (1966)
nice film:
note it doesn’t feature Levon on drums as he was away from the band at that time
but Rick’s bass is always a favourite!
ROUTE
posted this one this morning and who am I to argue!?
Neil Finn, Roddy Frame, & Graham Gouldman - Songwriters' Circle, Subterania Club, London, UK 1999
Neil Finn, Roddy Frame, & Graham Gouldman - Songwriters' Circle, Subterania Club, London, Britain, 7-2-1999
Paul says: Here's another episode of the BBC TV show "Songwriters' Circle." This show ran for only five episodes in 1999. Then it had a longer life about ten years later, with over a dozen episodes from 2010 to 2012. This is one of those 1999 episodes. It stars Neil Finn from Crowded House, Roddy Frame from Aztec Camera, and Graham Gouldman from 10cc. (Both Neil Finn returned for second appearances in 2011.)
As usual, the show had the format of each singer-songwriter taking turns performing their own songs. This episode, however, had more collaboration between them, especially in the second half of the show. That's one of the reasons I think this is one of the best shows in this series.
Unfortunately, this is the last episode I've been able to find. There are three others that were broadcast that remain elusive for me. There are two more 1999 episodes. One of them starred Joan Baez, Matraca Berg, and Gretchen Peters. The other one starred two duos, Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, and then Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, plus John Martyn. I'm also missing a 2012 episode starring Bill Anderson, Clint Black, and Bob DiPiero. If anyone has them and wants to share, I'd love to post them here as well.
On a different note, I'm back from my week-long trip to Seattle. Now that I'm back, I fixed the cover of County JoeMcDonald's "BBC Sessions, Volume 3," so you might want to redownload that one. I also hope to finally respond to some comments I still haven't gotten to during my Peru trip, plus the ones from the last week.
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.
This album is an hour and four minutes long.
01 talk (Neil Finn)
02 Distant Sun (Neil Finn)
03 talk (Roddy Frame)
04 Bigger Brighter Better (Roddy Frame)
05 talk (Graham Gouldman)
06 Bus Stop (Graham Gouldman)
07 talk (Neil Finn)
08 Don't Dream It's Over (Neil Finn)
09 talk (Roddy Frame)
10 Hymn to Grace (Roddy Frame)
11 talk (Graham Gouldman)
12 Heart Full of Soul (Graham Gouldman)
13 talk (Neil Finn)
14 Throw Your Arms Around Me (Neil Finn)
15 talk (Roddy Frame)
16 Killermont Street (Roddy Frame)
17 talk (Graham Gouldman)
18 For Your Love (Graham Gouldman)
19 talk (Neil Finn, Roddy Frame & Graham Gouldman)
20 Fall at Your Feet (Neil Finn with Roddy Frame & Graham Gouldman)
21 talk (Roddy Frame)
22 Oblivious (Roddy Frame with Neil Finn & Graham Gouldman)
23 talk (Graham Gouldman)
24 I'm Not in Love (Graham Gouldman)
25 talk (Neil Finn)
26 Weather with You (Neil Finn with Roddy Frame & Graham Gouldman)
27 talk (Neil Finn)
28 Ten Guitars (Neil Finn with Roddy Frame & Graham Gouldman)
29 talk (Neil Finn, Roddy Frame & Graham Gouldman)
30 Somewhere in My Heart (Roddy Frame with Neil Finn & Graham Gouldman)
31 talk (Graham Gouldman)
32 Dreadlock Holiday (Graham Gouldman with Neil Finn & Roddy Frame)
33 talk (Neil Finn)
34 Better Be Home Soon (Neil Finn with Roddy Frame & Graham Gouldman)
LEST WE FORGET - HISTORY NEVER REPEATS right? | photographers Yevgeny Khaldei
Yevgeny Khaldei
Jewish Couple Who Had Miraculously Escaped Deportation to Auschwitz in Newly Liberated Budapest 1945
“…Suddenly I saw a [Jewish] husband and wife walking along the street… with Stars [of David on their clothes]. I was stunned: the city had been liberated but they were still wearing those stars. I approached them. I was wearing a black leather coat and they became… frightened… taking me for an SS-man. I approached… and said to them … in a mixture of Yiddish and German, ‘Wait’ and I tore off the Star of David off the man and then off the woman. They again became frightened so I said to them.… 'Alles gut … ich bin auch a yid. Sholom aleichem’ [everything is o.k. I am a Jew too. Peace to you]. When I said 'Sholom aleichem’ the women burst into tears and fell on into arms. They told me how afraid they had been, how awful it was for them to constantly wear this Star of David.…”
Yevgeny Khaldei, from an interview with Belgian television, 1997
Yevgeny Khaldei - Nazi Butcher War Criminals on Trial, Nuremberg, Germany 1946
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget. My father and two sisters were thrown alive into a coal pit (and killed), with 70,000 others. That was the Germans.”
Yevgeny Khaldei, on the murder of his Jewish family in Nazi-occupied Ukraine.
Ashton, Gardener & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
Gary (Lucas) is really a most interesting man with the broadest musical taste you will ever meet!
This morning he posted this! IT WAS A HIT!
Ashton, Gardener & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
Well it is still EASTER!
An EASTER WEEKEND LOVE STORY | David Bowie and Iman
A WEEKEND LOVE STORY
David Bowie and Iman
Always be aware of a man who is happy to kneel in front of his partner! It means he adores her! When asked if when meeting David for the first time was it love at first sight she laughed and said “Well it was for him! It took me about a fortnight”
They met on a blind date set up by mutual friends and were inseparable ever after!When asked Bowie said “ "You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world.It is". with a grin!
When asked not so long ago whether she had considered dating again after Bowie’s death her response was immediate “Why on earth would you ask me that? I’m still married!”
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