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August 03: The Levon Helm Band at The Newport Folk Festival in 2008

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August 03: The Levon Helm Band at The Newport  Folk Festival in 2008

The best way to remember Levon Helm is to enjoy his music.

Today we have searched the cellars of YouTube and found a shining gem: The Levon Helm Band at The Newport Folk Festival in 2008.

I think we got the full show (but not sure). Levon Helm and his band went on stage second to last on the final day of the festival. They gave a tremendous show that confirmed their influence from folk music and they were a fitting act to play at a folk music festival.

Levon Helm was one of the finest drummers and most soulful singers in music history! …and the set list has some traditional songs, some solo stuff and quite a few songs from The Band era. The Band songs are so fresh and fits this band so well, they sound amazing.

Highlights: Chest Fever, Got Me A Woman plus Anna Lee from my favorite Levon Helm album, Dirt Farmer, Long Black Veil and The Weight with guests, Jake Shimabukuro, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

We also get some very special guests:

Set list:
Ophelia
Deep Elem Blues
Ashes of Love
Anna Lee
Chest Fever
Love Played A Game
Long Black Veil
Got Me A Woman
Rag Mama Rag
Fannie Mae
The Same Thing (incomplete)
The Shape I’m In
The Weight

The Levon Helm Band live at The Newport Folk Festival 2008:

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Classic Concert: Gunsmoke Blues

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Classic Concert: Gunsmoke Blues with Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton and Big Joe Turner

By day, Link Wyler was a character actor who often appeared on TV Westerns, most notably Gunsmoke. By night, Wyler was a passionate blues fan, and in 1971, when he discovered that Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, and George “Harmonica” Smith would be making their way up the West Coast as part of a package tour, he persuaded several cameramen from Gunsmoke to pack up their camera equipment and sound gear and follow the tour for the weekend, catching up with them at a college gig in Oregon.

Gunsmoke Blues is the result, which features the long-lost footage from this weekend adventure, capturing these master blues artists in fine and funky form. Selections include “Got My Mojo Working,” “Long Distance Call,” and “Mannish Boy” Muddy Waters, “Shake, Rattle and Roll” Big Joe Turner, “Ball and Chain” Big Mama Thornton, and “Leaving Chicago” George “Harmonica” Smith.

This is a “must-see”! Just incredible all through.

Gunsmoke Blues (full concert):

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May 22: Bruce Springsteen played Milton Keynes in 1993 (videos)

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May 22: Bruce Springsteen played Milton Keynes in 1993 (videos)

Great 93-concert – 22 years ago today!

The concert (all or some of it) was professionally shot with multiple cameras for an (never happened) upcoming DVD release. Instead a DVD bootleg is circulating:

Bruce Springsteen The lost 1993 TV Special

I’ve always had a weak spot for “Downbound Train“.. and this is a great version:

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Video of the day: Jack White at Fargo Theatre April 26 2015 (full show)

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Video of the day: Jack White at Fargo Theatre, ND April 26 2015 (full show)

Jack White finished his 5 concert long tour, all acoustic, with a final show in North Dakota April 26. The whole show is now on YouTube, this is a real treat! This show is the final one on a tour where White visited 5 states he hadn’t played in before.

Enjoy!

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April 25: Bruce Springsteen Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA 2005 (Videos)

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 April 25: Bruce Springsteen Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA 2005 (Videos)

This is the first concert from Springsteen’s “Devils & Dust Solo Acoustic” tour.

Devils & Dust Solo and Acoustic tour:April 25, 2005 – November 22, 2005 (72 shows)

  • Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, electric piano, pump organ, dobro, autoharp, ukulele, banjo, stomping board)
  • Alan Fitzgerald (offstage synthesizer, piano)
  • Kevin Buell (offstage percussion)

Fox Theatre
Detroit, MI
April 25, 2005

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