New mewsic postings this weekend people.....are:

Bob Dylan - House of the Blues Dallas Texas 2008
and his
truly breathtaking set from the Irving Plaza, New York 1997
...............over on the Bobby page (funnily enough...Ed.)

also some more contemporary sounds from:

Stephen Fretwell live in the Arts Centre Colchester 2009
 (with added 'heckler fan par excellence')

Jay Bennett & Ed Birch (from Wilco) Live in Seattle 2002
that I found on Big O who said at the time:

          "Jay Bennett, a member of Wilco from 1994 to 2001, died in his sleep on May 24, 2009. The multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer and singer-songwriter was 45.

Since April, Bennett had been dealing with intense pain from a hip injury suffered during a dive from the stage while playing with his group Titanic Love Affair. At the beginning of May, Bennett filed a lawsuit against Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy for breach of contract and unpaid artist’s royalties. 

Just after he left Wilco, Bennett teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Edward Burch and released The Palace At 4am (Part 1) in 2002. In a Rolling Stone review, Evan Schlansky wrote: “Eschewing much of Palace’s pent-up pop orchestration, Bennett takes the role of cracked-voiced troubadour, with acoustic guitars providing much of the album’s backbone… Don’t worry though - he hasn’t completely sworn off the mellotron. Bennett’s weary baritone is the weakest instrument here, but his gift for melody is obvious, and worth returning for.” [For those who need convincing, check out Disc One’s Puzzle Heart.]

On the other hand, a Bennett fan blogged: “Brimming with alt.country perfection, this CD is great. Some Wilco fans even argue that this should be the follow up to Summerteeth instead of the overly indie-avant garde Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Where with YHF, you can kind of feel where the country in alt.country comes in, on Bennett’s CD the country is worn on his sleeve.”

Taking the album on the road in 2002, Bennett and Burch practically perform the entire Palace At 4am album live at the Tractor Tavern. Here’s to the memory of Bennett."

and 
Paolo Nutini live in Dunfermline 2009

Both available over on the my music page......

Have a great weekend people!

 .......and hey! Lets' Be Careful Out There!