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[mp3] Simon & Garfunkel – Amsterdam 5/2/1970

September 3, 2011

This a classic Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel performance and a must listen for any fan. At the time they’d just released Bridge Over Troubled Water three months prior on January 26, 1970 and you can hear the newness of the material and the passion that they have for the songs when they play them. [...]

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[mp3] Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – The Spectrum 5/23/88

November 19, 2010

Here is a delicious Stevie Ray Vaughan performance from The Spectrum in Philadelphia. This is from the Non Stop Go Tour in which Stevie was opening for Robert Plant. The recording comes from a radio broadcast sans the commercials. It contains my favorite performance of Mary Had a Little Lamb. I love the later era [...]

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[mp3] Pearl Jam – Bridge School Benefit 10/24/10

November 15, 2010

Here is a unique and rare acoustic Pearl Jam set from Neil Young’s 24th Annual Bridge School Benefit. Pearl Jam headlined the benefit along with a recently reunited Buffalo Springfield as well as Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson, Modest Mouse, Grizzly Bear, Lucinda Williams, Jackson Browne and David Lindley. This performance marks Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary [...]

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[mp3] Built to Spill – Emos 10/22/10

November 12, 2010

Happy Friday! Here is a decent recording of an epic Built To Spill show from Emos Austin a few weeks back. If you have an opportunity to see them on their current tour do it! BTS is the finest indie rock band that Boise has to offer. Dates below. Liar In The Morning You Were [...]

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[mp3] Patterson Hood – Richmond, VA 10/30/10

November 8, 2010

Here is a soundboard from an amazingly intimate performance Patterson Hood gave in the alley of Deep Groove Records a couple weeks back. If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like to sit on a porch with Patterson and listen him play a few tunes this should give you a pretty good idea. Patterson [...]

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[mp3] Ben Maney and Countless Sheep

November 2, 2010

The Sun’s Serenade To The Earth Ocracoke There’s an up and coming jazz cat named Ben Maney from Knoxville that I recently discovered whose making some mighty fine sounds with his group Countless Sheep. Ben is a jazz pianist and multi instrumentalist with some killer chops: Ben Many and Countless Sheep have a sound is [...]

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[mp3] Stevie Ray Vaughan – Stockholm Sweden 7/7/85

November 1, 2010

Its hard to believe that SRV has been gone twenty years already. He has now influenced an entire generation of guitar players that have only been able to experience his music from his albums and live recordings. Here is another great live Stevie Ray recording from the 1985 Jazz & Blues Festival in Stockholm, Sweden. [...]

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[mp3] John Hiatt – The Continental Club 3/6/1994, 3/7/1994

October 23, 2010

Here is a classic Austin performance that was way too good not so share. This is a vintage KGSR radio broadcast of John Hiatt and the Guilty Dogs’ flawless, jaw dropping, head exploding acoustic and electric sets that were recorded over the course of two days at the Continental Club in Austin. It also includes [...]

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[mp3] Doctors & Dealers – Trouble EP

October 19, 2010

What happens if you combine star producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor) and Sparrow, the one-woman driving force behind Doctors & Dealers, in a studio and close the door for a month? You get the Trouble EP and the upcoming album, Every Sinner Has A Future. Gordon Raphael, who had been following the career [...]

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[mp3] Eddie Vedder Bridge School Benefit 10/23/04 and 10/24/04

October 16, 2010

I was inspired to post this show after watching Into The Wild last night. Vedder’s songwriting and performances on the soundtrack add such a great dimension to the movie. I wish he’d do more solo work. Here is a testament of his prowess as a solo singer songwriter: Eddie Vedder Bridge School Benefit Shoreline Amphitheatre [...]

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