portrait of this blog's author - by Stephen Blackman 2008

Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Just because  . . . . . . . . Lou Live . . . . . .  'Rock 'n' Roll' Great set . . . . . 




check this . . . . . . live version in Hempstead New York in '72 and exploration of what it means to be a rhythm guitarist! Well all of 'em really drums, keyboards, lead and bass too . . . . 

oh you want more . . . . . . Vicious!





'Sweet Jane'? Oh yes!




"This is another one . . . . . "





If you have time . . . . . .
" . . . . the Rock version" . . . . . . . . . "


and finish with a 'Walk on the Wild Side'


The day after Christmas, December of 1972: Lou Reed and band (The Tots) in Hempstead, NY, recording live for radio at Untrasonic Recording Studio. Recorded just a month after the release of Transformer, the set finds Reed pulling from the new record, riffing on five Velvets tracks and the penultimate “Berlin” – the track that would title his next release six months later.


The Tots were:

  • Vinny Laporta – guitar
  • Eddie Reynolds – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Resigno – bass guitar
  • Scottie Clark – drums

note not the band from 'Rock 'n' Roll Animal' as some report [Steve Hunter, Prakash John. Pentti Glan et al]]

of course spotted that this is an official release so didn't want to imply otherwise and is available here

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