John Sebastian - 1969-10-04 - San Francisco, CA

John Sebastian - 1969-10-04 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

John Sebastian

1969-10-04

Fillmore West 

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

01. Lovin' You

02. Sitting On Top Of The World

03. Magical Connection

04. You're A Big Boy No

05. Introduction to 'The Room Nobody Lives In'

06. The Room Nobody Lives In

07. Daydream

08. Fishin' Blues

09. Younger Girl

10. Red-Eye Express

11. She's A Lady

12. Darling Be Home Soon

Speedy says: John Sebastian 1969 - Back to Back - #1: John Sebastian wasn't scheduled to perform at Woodstock in 1969, but he went to the festival as a spectator. When rain played havoc with the schedule and staging however, the festival organizers asked Sebastian to perform an acoustic set while they cleared water off the stage in order to set up the amps for Santana. Sebastian's Woodstock set consisted of 3 songs from his recorded but not yet released John B. Sebastian album (How Have You Been, I Had A Dream", and "Rainbows All Over Your Blues) and 2 Lovin' Spoonful songs (Darling Be Home Soon and "Younger Generation). Two months later, Sebastian played the Fillmore West, and featured many of the same tunes in his set list.  This soundboard recording captures his first night in San Francisco, on October 4, 1969, 56 years ago today,  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back to Back Set.

Now I have posted this set before and bear with me but the Lovin’ Spoonful were the first real discovery of my own after a burgeoning education from having an older brother who was blues based but also like The Shadows et al from the UK and I wanted to find a band that was MINE! John B and the boys were it and as soon as I saw them on the Teevee I was hooked ‘Darlin’ Companion' and 'Lovin’ You’ life long faves and Nashville Cats or a LS top hit for me and his appearance at Woodstock in which he didn’t even have a guitar with him but picked up someone’s Harmony and entertained the assembled masses with sheer aplomb [and guts it has to be said] . . .I bought John B Sebastian when it came out and there we left him . . . . . a sentimental journey for me so here it is!