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Concert films, Levon Helm, Live, Rick Danko, The Band

The Band Rockpalast Loreley June 26 1996 (video)

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The Band 06/23/96
Rockpalast Festival,
Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany
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This is from the tour in support of their album, High on the hog. It is one of the last concerts by The Band, they ended the tour in august 1996, and they played a few stand-alone gigs after that. I think this is the last filmed concert by The Band (correct me in the comments if I’m wrong).

Interesting show, good picture and sound, enjoy!

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Concert films, Live, Rick Danko, The Band

Rick Danko soundstage 1978 (video)

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The Rick Danko video is from an edition of Soundstage, an Austin City Limits-type program produced by WTTW Ch. 11, the Chicago PBS affiliate. Rick’s brother Terry Danko was one of the members of the group. Rick did several tunes from his Arista album on the show. There are extended solos on many songs and each song is also presented in an extended version compared to the Arista album. Among them a very soulful and long version of “Sip the Wine”, slowly building to a climax. Rick is in top form, he dances and bounds across the stage in obvious delight.

Set list from Sound Stage 2/23/1978:

Rick Danko introduction/Java Blues
This Wheel’s on Fire
Tired of Waiting
Sweet Romance
Brainwash
Sip the Wine
What a Town

Great set from Rick Danko and his band on Soundstage February 23 1978, what a voice!

The band:
Rick Danko
Terry Danko
Michael DeTemple
Jerry Peterson
Denny Seiwell
Marty Grebb

 

– Hallgeir

Country, folk, Ida Jenshus, Photo, Rock, Singer Songwriter, Southern rock

An acoustic evening with Ida Jenshus – photo special

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photo: alldylan
photo: alldylan

Rockefeller concert venue looked different this chilly night in october, the lights were dimmed and the stage was put in the middle of the room, there were draperies and burning candles. It was like coming into someone’s home. I could sense the anticipation from the audience, they were expecting something special. Dixie Chics softly on the speakers.

photo: alldylan
photo: alldylan

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Classic Concert, Great albums, Live, Rolling Stones

October 17: The Rolling Stones recorded the Brussels Affair in 1973

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The Rolling Stones have finally begun to assemble and release their vast archives.  Setting up The Official Rolling Stones Archive online, their first release was The Brussels Affair ’73.

Long hailed by die-hard Stones fans as one of the band’s greatest live performances, The Brussels Affair has been a mainstay in the underground music world for years. The album is pulled from the two gigs that took place at the Forest National arena in Brussels, and was originally recorded by Andy Johns on the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. Bob Clearmountain applied the final mix in 2011.

Buy it here

Keith talking about the two shows:

As i said it is compiled from two shows recorded in Brussels on 17 October 1973 in the Forest National Arena, during their European Tour. The album was released exclusively as a digital download through Google Music on 18 October 2011 in the US and through The Rolling Stones Archive website for the rest of the world in both lossy mp3 and lossless FLAC format. The 2011 digital edition has been bootlegged on physical CD.

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Classic Concert, Concert films, The Band

The Band Syria Mosque Pittsburgh 1970 (audio and video)

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The Band take the stage in top form, here is some rare footage from a 1970 concert at Pittsburgh’s Syria Mosque. It has some powerful renditions of songs from the group’s first three studio albums.

Four songs on film from The Band, performing live on November 1st, 1970.

The Songs:

Time to Kill
The Weight
This Wheel’s on Fire
Up on Cripple Creek

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