'Top Hat Crew' posted the title of this John Prine masterpiece but, as far as I can tell, failed to actually post the video so . . . . . . . y’ere ’tis!

John Prine - The Other Side of Town

. . . . .complete with enchanting false start! I dedicate this to John’s wonderful widow Fiona

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Ricky Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band - Garden Party Live 1978 | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band Garden Party Live 1978

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Them - Here Comes The Night (1965) | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Them Here Comes The Night 1965

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Monday, March 09, 2026

more Tributes to Joe: ‘Country’ Joe McDonald, ’60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

from other sources mourning the passing of a legend of the counter-culture so called

May be an image of guitar and text that says "1942-2026 1942-202 Country Joe McDonald Artist Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem Dies ί 84"

"Country" Joe McDonald, a prominent hippie rock star from the 1960s, whose song "I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag" served as a four-lettered condemnation of the Vietnam War, became an anthem for demonstrators and a significant feature of the Woodstock music festival, passed away on Sunday. He was 84.
McDonald, who was a member of the band Country Joe and the Fish, died in Berkeley, California. His death, attributed to complications from Parkinson’s disease, was confirmed by his wife of 43 years, Kathy McDonald, in a statement released by his publicist.
McDonald was a longstanding figure in the Bay Area music scene, where he shared the stage with notable peers such as the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, and his former girlfriend, Janis Joplin. He composed or co-composed hundreds of songs, ranging from psychedelic jams to soul-influenced rock tracks, and produced numerous albums. However, he is most famously recognized for a talking blues he finished in under an hour in 1965 – the same year President Lyndon Johnson began deploying ground troops to Vietnam – which was recorded in the Berkeley home of Chris Strachwitz, the founder of Arhoolie Records.

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From Gary Lucas!

Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer/The Streets Of Your Town

Country Joe and the Fish - Topic

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Monday, March 02, 2026

Lightnin Hopkins & Billy Bizor - Mr. Charlie (1967) | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

LIGHTNING HOPKINS - Mr. CHARLIE

Lightnin Hopkins & Billy Bizor - Mr. Charlie (1967)

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Crazy Horse - All Along the Watchtower (Live at Farm Aid 1994) | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Thought for a second this was Bob's 30th Anniversary in the business but it’s Farm Aid ’94 either will do the job - 8.14 minutes of Neil covering our Bobby! BLISS!

Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Crazy Horse - All Along the Watchtower (Live at Farm Aid 1994)

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Jefferson Airplane 'Crown of Creation' - on The Smother’s Brothers Show | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane on The Smother’s Brothers Show (Comedy Hour? 1968)

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Friday, February 06, 2026

Back to Memphis - The Band | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Levon and The Band ‘Back To Memphis’ revisited . . . . . .

we played this t’other day and as it’s Friday here have an up tempo version

otherwise you’ll be walking down Beale Street wearing your Pyjamas

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Bob Weir’s death announcement from Chloe Weir |Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

I thought this was rather lovely and 'Top Hat' are serious evry now and again hey?

It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues.
For over sixty years, Bobby took to the road. A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead. Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music. His work did more than fill rooms with music; it was warm sunlight that filled the soul, building a community, a language, and a feeling of family that generations of fans carry with them. Every chord he played, every word he sang was an integral part of the stories he wove. There was an invitation: to feel, to question, to wander, and to belong.
Bobby's final months reflected the same spirit that defined his life. Diagnosed in July, he began treatment only weeks before returning to his hometown stage for a three-night celebration of 60 years of music at Golden Gate Park. Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts. Another act of resilience. An artist choosing, even then, to keep going by his own design. As we remember Bobby, it’s hard not to feel the echo of the way he lived. A man driftin’ and dreamin’, never worrying if the road would lead him home. A child of countless trees. A child of boundless seas.
There is no final curtain here, not really. Only the sense of someone setting off again. He often spoke of a three-hundred-year legacy, determined to ensure the songbook would endure long after him. May that dream live on through future generations of Dead Heads. And so we send him off the way he sent so many of us on our way: with a farewell that isn’t an ending, but a blessing. A reward for a life worth livin’.
His loving family, Natascha, Monet, and Chloe, request privacy during this difficult time and offer their gratitude for the outpouring of love, support, and remembrance. May we honor him not only in sorrow, but in how bravely we continue with open hearts, steady steps, and the music leading us home. Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.

Chloe Weir

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

The Yardbirds Dazed And Confused 1968 | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

The Yardbirds - Dazed and Confused . . . . . 1968

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For all those who though it was a Led Zep original here Jimmy just lifted it straight from the Yards to his new Yardbird incarnation bandmates Robert and John Bonham and bassist John Paul notwithstanding making it overall somewhat heavier! Sorry John Paul but a bass is a bass is a bass and fine effort you did but the original here is not far off hey? Plant and Bonham transform it into a another league entirely

Friday, October 31, 2025