Robert Johnson, born May 8 1911
Born 100 years ago on May 8, 1911 Robert Johnson only recorded 29 songs but influenced scores of blues musicians.
He was influential in the Mississippi delta but his memory waned after his early death at 27 years old from poisoning. Continue reading
Bob Dylan singing Hazel with The Band at Winterland 1976 (image Wolfgang’s Vault)
(Updated) – Wolfgang’s Vault is showing raw black and white rushes from “The Last Waltz”.
They 52 videos are not perfect but they are fun to watch and show you how things look and sound before they get edited and mixed.
Dylan is bang on with his performances. The Band sounds ragged but right in places. Continue reading
The Band in concert 1973, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko (pic Wolfgang's Vault)
Wolfgang’s Vaults has added streaming videos of rock concerts to the existing thousands of audio streams.
I should be working but I’m so buzzed after listening to The Rollin Stones from 1981 and this 1983 concert from The Band. (corrected from my error “1973″)
Click on the link now. Don’t wait. Try it. It’s free.
The link opens in another window so you can finish reading while the music plays.
Early releases include an impressive list of who’s who of rock music: The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Grateful Dead, Lynryd Skynyrd and Muddy Waters. Continue reading
Bob Dylan and The Band in historic reunion tour 1974 (photo Jim Summaria creative commons)
Wolfgang’s Vault has released four concerts from the 1974 tour of Bob Dylan and The Band that are free to listen to on the web or on an iPhone with their WVIP membership.
In 1974 Bob Dylan, the voice of the sixties generation, had been laying low in Woodstock New York since 1967. His albums after the motorcycle accident had been different, not the “wild mercury” sound of Highway 61 and Bringing It All Back Home.
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