The Last Waltz – best concert film of all time? Certainly right up there. When I stumble upon it on TV, like I did tonight, there’s no way I can turn away.
Thanksgiving 1976. The Band. Bob Dylan. Van Morrison. Neil Young. Dr. John. Joni Mitchell. Muddy Waters. Eric Clapton. Neil Diamond. Ronnie Wood. Ringo Starr. [...]
With things being as hectic as can be in my household, it’s the little things that bring home the holiday spirit. Last night, after spending some time shopping with my wife, we collapsed into the couch and flipped on Letterman just in time to catch Darlene Love perform her classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).”
To [...]
On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five…
March 25, 2008 - 9:49 pm
Tags: Bob Dylan, Tom Petty
Posted in Rock | 3 comments
As promised, here’s the second part of this nice collection of tunes from the July 4th, Dylan/Petty show way back in old ‘86. An interesting note about “Rainy Day Women” – Howie Epstein plays slide guitar, and Mr. Tom moves over to bass. The last few songs of the night are missing from this [...]
March 22, 2008 - 11:06 pm
Tags: Bob Dylan, Tom Petty
Posted in Rock n' Folk | 5 comments
Tom Petty and Bob Dylan-RS 478/479 (July 17, 1986) – photo by Aaron Rapoport
It would be most fitting to post this 4th of July show on Independence Day, but given that this is my first post on my new host (Hostmonster), and we’ve got a new theme and some new banners, I’m feeling free and [...]
December 14, 2009 - 11:00 pm
Hey, thanks for posting this, I actually like it!
That surprised me, Dylan’s voice the last few years seemed far too nasal-y. This was great, though, thank you.
And the Muppets thing is genius