TOMMY BOLIN - FIRST TIME LIVE

Tommy Bolin - First Time Live

: Tommy Bolin

: First Time Live

 2009(*)

Set One

1. Teaser (Bolin, Cook) 5:48

2. People People (Bolin) 7:00

3. The Grind (Bolin, Cook, Sheldon, Tesar) 5:32

4. Wild Dogs (Bolin, Tesar) 7:21

5. Delightful (Walden) 6:15

6. I Fell In Love (Bolin) 4:50

7. Marching Powder (Bolin) 8:46

8. Lotus (Bolin, Tesar) 6:25

9. Homeward Strut (Bolin) 7:10

Set Two

1. Teaser (Bolin, Cook) 5:51

2. People People (Bolin) 8:11

3. The Grind (Bolin, Cook, Sheldon, Tesar) 3:11

4. Wild Dogs (Bolin, Tesar) 7:44

5. Delightful (Walden) 5:35

6. I Fell In Love (Bolin) 5:20

7. Marching Powder (Bolin) 9:40

8. Lotus (Bolin, Tesar) 6:21

9. Homeward Strut (Bolin) 7:50

Tommy Bollin: Guitar, Vocals

Norma Bell: Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals

Narada Michael Walden: Drums

Mark Stein: Keyboards

Reggie McBride: Bass

(*) Gravado em abril de 1976 no La Paloma Theater, Encinitas, California.

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TOMMY BOLIN - PRIVATE EYES

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TOMMY BOLIN - TEASER

After performing in a variety of bands since the late '60s, Bolin finally released his first solo album in 1975. "Teaser" is an impressive display of the guitarist's prowess & range, & is a natural progression from the previous Bolin-dominated James Gang albums Bang & Miami & his work with drummer Billy Cobham. The album features heavy doses of jazz-rock fusion (furthered by guests Jan Hammer, Dave Sanborn, & Michael Walden) in the instrumentals 'Homeward Strut' & 'Marching Powder', & straight-ahead rock in tracks like 'The Grind'. Bolin was always equally adept at subtleties, & the ballad 'Dreamer' & the exotic 'Savannah Woman' (with percussion from Phil Collins) represent this stylistic range here. Overshadowed historically by his guitar dynamics, Bolin's understated yet strong vocals are another selling point. Teaser is a stronger album than its one successor, the uneven Private Eyes, & survives as Bolin's signature work Sony/Japan. - CDUniverse

01. The Grind
02. Homeward Strut
03. Dreamer
04. Savannah Woman
05. Teaser
06. People, People
07. Marching Powder
08. Wild Dogs
09. Lotus                                                                                                                                              http://fp.io/293c8c5e/

BEASTIE BOYS - Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, - 02/07/1987

 Beastie Boys - Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, 7 February 1987


01. Intro
02. Slow And Low
03. It's The New Style
04. She's Crafty
05. Time To Get Ill
06. She's On It
07. Paul Revere
08. Rhymin' And Stealin'
09. Posse In Effect
10. Brass Monkey
11. Hold It Now, Hit It!
12. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
13. My Adidas
14. It's Tricky
15. Walk This Way
16. King of Rock
17. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)
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BEASTIE BOYS - Live at SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, - 05/03/1999

Beastie Boys - Live at SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, 3 May 1999 (2 CD)

Setlist

CD1
01. Intro
02. Super Disco Breakin'
03. Flute Loop
04. Root Down
05. Shake Your Rump
06. Time For Livin'
07. Egg Raid On Mojo
08. Gratitude
09. Song For The Man
10. The Move
11. Unite
12. Skills To Pay The Bills
13. Slow And Low
14. Sabrosa
15. Lighten Up
16. Believe Me
17. Tough Guy
18. Pass The Mic
19. Sure Shot
20. Putting Shame In Your Game
21. Three MC's And One DJ

CD2
01. Nervous Assistant
02. Heart Attack Man
03. Remote Control
04. Body Movin'
05. Time To Get Ill
06. So What'Cha Want
07. Intergalactic
08. Sabotage
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - AUGSBURG - 04/29/2012

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WILLIE NELSON - HEROES

Willie Nelson – Heroes (2012)

Returning to the Columbia/Sony family after nearly two decades away, Willie Nelson once again tries to be everything to everybody on 2012's Heroes, an appealingly misshapen collection of classics, contemporaries, and originals. Heroes — its title signifying no great concept — is roughly divided into quarters, with part of the album devoted to the Western swing and Texas country he’s always loved to sing, part consisting of new songs from Willie, part originals from his son Lukas, and part covers of newer, rock-oriented tunes from the likes of Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, and Chris Martin. Each of these categories is a bit hit-or-miss, either succumbing to cutesy novelty (the dope-smoking anthem “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” complete with country cadences from a…
…non-rapping Snoop Dogg) or laziness, and there’s a wee bit too much Lukas Nelson scattered throughout the record, with the son of the father singing on no less than nine of the album’s 14 songs. This can be too much of a strong spice, obscuring the overall flavor of the music, but Lukas contributes a couple of the record’s best songs in “Every Time He Drinks He Thinks of Her” and “The Sound of Your Memory,” songs that fit well next to a quite beautiful version of Vedder’s “Just Breathe” and yet another strong, swinging rendition of “My Window Faces the South.” And so Heroes kind of winds up summarizing all that’s good and bad about Willie as he approaches his 80th birthday: he’s open to everything but has no innate editor, so he whiffs as often as he connects, but when he does connect, it’s a wonder to behold…and somehow he can still surprise whenever he sings those old songs.
1. A Horse Called Music (with Merle Haggard) (4:38)
2. Roll Me Up (with Snoop Dogg, Jamey Johson & Kris Kristofferson) (3:26)
3. That’s All There Is to This Song (3:03)
4. No Place to Fly (with Lukas Nelson) (5:08)
5. Every Time He Drinks He Thinks of Her (with Lukas Nelson) (2:49)
6. Come On Up to the House (with Sheryl Crow & Lukas Nelson) (5:17)
7. Hero (with Jamey Johnson & Billy Joe Shaver) (4:40)
8. My Window Faces the South (with Lukas Nelson) (2:33)
9. The Sound of Your Memory (with Lukas Nelson) (6:11)
10. Cold War with You (with Ray Price & Lukas Nelson) (4:05)
11. Just Breathe (with Lukas Nelson) (4:03)
12. Home in San Antone (with Lukas Nelson) (4:10)
13. Come On Back Jesus (with Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson) (3:25)
14. The Scientist (5:05)
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THE GRATEFUL DEAD - ROAD TRIPS: VOL. 3- NO.3

Grateful Dead - Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 [3CD with bonus]

Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 is a live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. It was the eleventh of the "Road Trips" series of albums, and the first to contain three discs instead of two.

Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 was billed as a 40th anniversary celebration of the album Workingman's Dead. It includes several versions, some acoustic and some electric, of seven of the eight songs that appear on that album, omitting only "High Time". The album contains material from two concerts — the early show and the late show — performed on May 15, 1970, at the Fillmore East in New York City. Like many early 1970 Grateful Dead shows, these concerts featured both acoustic and electric sets. The New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS), with whom Jerry Garcia was playing pedal steel guitar, also performed at these concerts, between the Dead's acoustic and electric sets. The NRPS sets are not included on this release.

Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
Ron McKernan – organ, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals



*Disc One
May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY
Early Show: Acoustic:
"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional)
"I Know You Rider" (traditional)
"Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)" (Lightnin' Hopkins)
"Long Black Limousine" (Merle Haggard)
"New Speedway Boogie" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
Early Show: Electric:
"Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia)
"St. Stephen" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) >
"That's It for the Other One" > (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir)
I. Cryptical Envelopment
II. Drums
III. The Other One
IV. Cryptical Envelopment
"Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter)
Early Show: Encore: Electric:
"New Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis)

*Disc Two

May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY
Late Show: Acoustic:
"Deep Elem Blues" (traditional)
"The Ballad of Casey Jones" (traditional, Mississippi John Hurt)
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (Jack Rhodes, Dick Reynolds)
"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter)"
"Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter)
"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter)
"She's Mine" (Hopkins)
"Katie Mae" (Hopkins)
"A Voice from On High" (Bill Monroe)
Late Show: Electric:
"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter)
"I Know You Rider" (traditional)
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter)
"Hard to Handle" (Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding)
"Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose)
"Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter)

*Disc Three
May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY
Late Show: Electric:
"Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick)
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter)
"St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) >
"Not Fade Away" > (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)
"Turn On Your Love Light" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone)
Late Show: Encore: Acoustic:
"Cold Jordan" (traditional) - with the New Riders of the Purple Sage

*Bonus Disc
May 15, 1970: Fillmore East, New York, NY
Early Show: Acoustic:
"Friend Of The Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter)
"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter)
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter)
"Cold Jordan" (traditional)
Early Show: Electric:
"Easy Wind" (Hunter)
"Attics of My Life" (Garcia, Hunter)
Late Show: Electric:
"Beat It on Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller)
"Next Time You See Me" (Frank Forest, William G. Harvey)
May 14, 1970: Meramec Community College, Kirkwood, Missouri
"New Speedway Boogie" (Garcia, Hunter)
"St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter)
"Not Fade Away" > (Holly, Petty)
"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Scott, Malone)
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THE GRANDMOTHERS OF INVENTION - Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC - 04/28/2012

The Grandmothers Of Invention
2012-04-28
Cat's Cradle
Carrboro, NC


The Grandmothers of Invention performing Roxy & Elsewhere plus other hits

"Great news for Zappaphiles!"..."If you ever dug Zappa, you don't want to miss the GrandMothers of Invention."..."They are THE authentic live version of Zappa's music."..."This isn't just another comeback, this is the reincarnation of the Mothers of Invention!"..."From Zappa's mid to late 70's Mothers bands, the GrandMothers are touring the world and keeping Zappa's music alive."..."The evening contained a lot of the contradictory eclectic, serious and circusy flavors of a Zappa show...the GrandMothers were able to go deeper into the material, rather than merely parroting Zappa's notoriously tricky composed lines." The GrandMothers of Invention are the only Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention alumni who have been consistently performing the music of the maestro since 2003. From the classic Freak Out, Absolutely Free, "We're Only In It For The Money", "Uncle Meat", and "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" - to - Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Apostrophe, "The Grand Wazoo", "Overnite Sensation", "Roxy & Elsewhere", "Bongo Fury", and "One Size Fits All" - they have performed on a very long list of classic Frank Zappa & the Mother's of Invention's albums, movies and other projects. (See their combined Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention discography and videography lists.)
"Rare are the musicians who can even play Zappa's music, let alone make it live and breathe. So Thank the Lord for the GrandMothers of Invention."..."With three different Zappa eras represented, the GrandeMothers have a wide palette of material to choose from."..."They served up vintage psychedelia - rock songs with surreal lyrics, jazz-like harmonies and melodic complexity, with flashes of wacky satire."..."Amazing virtuoso musicians, fun and funny."
The GrandMothers of Invention are: NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK (with Mothers of Invention / Frank Zappa from 1974 thru 1984), on vocals, tenor saxophone, flute, suavenicity, and dancing(!) - TOM FOWLER (with Mothers of Invention / Frank Zappa from 1973 thru 1976), on bass, hats, and musical M.D. - DON PRESTON (with Mothers of Invention / Frank Zappa from 1967 thru 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1974 as a Special Guest), on keyboard synthesizers, electronics, IPOD, magic tricks(!), and vocals. Also featuring the incredible MIROSLAV TADIC on electric guitar, and the masterful CHRISTOPHER GARCIA on drums, percussion, marimba, and vocals.
The GrandMothers were formed in August of 2002, when four legendary former members of Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada, Bunk Gardner, and Don Preston were invited to perform the music of Frank Zappa in Leipzig, Germany. It would be the first time that these esteemed Mothers of Invention alumni would be getting together to rehearse and perform classic Frank Zappa material.
Finally, on March 27th 2003, after 6 months of intensive rehearsals, The GrandMothers of Invention took the stage to a standing room only audience in Leipzig, Germany. This event was recorded, filmed, and released by Warner Classics in Europe, and has been broadcast and re-broadcast repeatedly on European television. Due to the overwhelming demand since then, they have performed more than 140 concert events across America, Canada and Europe, including performances in: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland. Each performance providing indisputable proof that "THEY CAN (AND DO) STILL DO THAT ON STAGE!"
The list of dates at clubs, concert halls and festivals is long, and includes headlining the Frankfurt Jazz Festival, the Zappanalle Festival, the Vancouver Folk Fest, performing classic Frank Zappa material with the Bergen Filharmonik Orkester in Bergen Norway, performing the orchestral music of Frank Zappa under the baton of Kristan Jarvi, the Ottawa Blues Fest, the Winnipeg Folk Fest, the Sarajevo Jazz Festival, the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival , and performing classic Frank Zappa material with string orchestra (the Trondheim Soloists) at the Trondheim Jazz Festival in Norway.
"It was INCREDIBLE! .....this just blew my mind (I was at a loss for words during the intermission). One thing I really appreciated was that these Mothers really went out there and experimented onstage, in true Zappa fashion. " "UN-BELIEVABLE, they played Frank's music right." ..."I felt like crying the whole time."
"One of the best non-musical moments of the night was when they talked about Zappa's legacy, and then lead the audience in a round of applause for Frank himself.
"One of the top ten shows in my life - they played for a good three hours, SUPERMEN all - the lot of them." "Amazing... the vibe was just so much more a Zappa show... The guitar solos were monstrously beautiful, and the drumming was interstellar! "

01 Band Introductions 5:47
02 Let's Move To Cleveland 8:37
03 Oh No  1:39
04 Son Of Orange County  5:46
05 More Trouble Every Day 8:21
06 Holiday In Berlin  8:03
07 Aybe Sea  1:50
08 Penis Dimension  4:06
09 Merry Christmas, Baby  3:23
10 Penis Dimension 2:58
11 Cheepnis 5:13

set 2
01 Village Of The Sun  3:50
02 Echidna's Arf (Of You)  4:22
03 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing 8:35
04 Peaches En Regalia 6:48
05 Pygmy Twylyte  2:20
06 Dummy Up 8:04
07 Sofa 4:46
08 Debra Kadabra  3:57
09 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy 6:03
10 crowd & tuning 1:32
encore
11 I'm The Slime 6:37
12 B-Bop Tango 3:26

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND -Jazz + Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA - 04/29/2012

101. Badlands
102. We Take Care Of Our Own
103. Wrecking Ball
104. Out In The Street
105. Death To My Hometown
106. My City Of Ruins
107. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
108. Jack Of All Trades
109. Something You Got (w/ Dr. John)

210. O Mary Don't You Weep
211. Prove It All Night
212. Johnny 99
213. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
214. The Promised Land
215. The Rising
216. Lonesome Day
217. We Are Alive

318. Land Of Hope And Dreams
319. Pay Me My Money Down
320. Born To Run
321. Dancing In The Dark
322. Rocky Ground / When The Saints Go Marching In (w/ Michelle Moore)
323. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
324. Outro
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GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS - IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS
''IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL''
2012
CAPITOL
COMPILATION

1 - Hello Little Girl/3:43
2 - As The Years Go Passing By/4:59
3 - Seventh Son/3:03
4 - I'm Ready/3:15
5 - Devil In Disguise/3:08
6 - Bad To The Bone/4:48
7 - Be Bop Grandma/3:57
8 - Mama Talk To Your Daughter/2:28
9 - No Particular Place To Go/3:55
10 - So Much Trouble/3:22
11 - Rock Party/4:19
12 - Move It/4:43
13 - Rocking My Life Away/3:32
14 - Miss Luann/4:07
15 - Hello Josephine/3:03
16 - Nobody But Me/3:24
17 - Sweet Little Lady/3:48
18 - It Wasn't Me/4:07
19 - Let It Rock/2:52
20 - B.I.G.T.I.M.E/3:07

George Thorogood & The Destroyers – It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (2012)

George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States,[1] known for his hit song “Bad to the Bone” as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams’ “Move It On Over” and John Lee Hooker’s “House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”. Another favorite is a cover of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?”.
George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers have released sixteen studio albums, including two that were certified Platinum and six that have been certified Gold. The band has sold fifteen million albums worldwide. The band is credited with the early success of Rounder Records.
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JAMES GANG (with Tommy Bolin) - Academy of Music, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. - 02/14/1974

James Gang (with Tommy Bolin) .... February 14, 1974
Academy of Music, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.


01. Funk 49  (5:20)
02. The Devil is singing our Song  (4:47)
03. Must be love  (4:37)
04. Stratus  (6:;19)
05. Blues (aka Goin' Down Slow)  (6:46)
06. Standing in the rain  (7:16)
07. Walk away  (3:11)
08. My Door is open  (8:19)


Tommy Bolin – guitar
Dale Peters - bass
Jim Fox - drums
Roy Kenner - vocals                                                                                                                           http://fp.io/m9m2bdae/

JAMES GANG (with Tommy Bolin) Central Park, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. - 06/17/1974

James Gang (with Tommy Bolin) .... June 17, 1974
Central Park, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.


Tommy Bolin – guitar
Dale Peters - bass
Jim Fox - drums
Roy Kenner - vocals


Taper: unknown
Source: AUD (??unknown generations??)
Lineage: Trade CDR> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg
Length: 9 tracks; ~54 minutes


Set list:

01. Ride the Wind  (4:48)
02. Funk 49  (5:02)
03. Must be love  (5:26)
04. Stratus  (4:26)
05. Jam  (10:33)
06. Standing in the Rain  (4:29)
07. Walk away  (3:13)
08. My Door is open  (10:25)
09. Blues  (6:20)
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JAMES GANG (with Tommy Bolin) .... 1974 Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

James Gang (with Tommy Bolin) .... 1974
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.


01. the devil Is Singin' Our Song  (4:13)
02. Must be Love  (5:02)
03. Stratus  (4:26)
04. goin' down slow  (9:18)
05. Standin' In the rain  (1:51)


Tommy Bolin – guitar
Dale Peters - bass
Jim Fox - drums
Roy Kenner - vocals

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ENERGY & Big Mama Thornton .... August 1971

Tommy Bolin with Energy & Big Mama Thornton .... August 1971
U.S.A.

01. Cry Cry me a River (5:03)
02. Slow Talkin' Blues (5:49)
03. Makin' Whoopee (1:21)


Big Mama Thornton - vocals
Tommy Bolin – guitar
Jeff Cook – vocals
Stanley Sheldon – bass
Tom Stephenson - keyboards
Bobby Berge – drums
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ENERGY - Break On Through Soundtrack; - 1971

Tommy Bolin with Energy
1971
Break On Through Soundtrack;

01. Instrumental 10:50
02. Break on Through 3:12
03. Skysoul Music 5:16

Tommy Bolin – guitar
Stanley Sheldon – bass
Tom Stephenson - keyboards
Bobby Berge – drums

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ENERGY - TULAGIS, Boulder, CO - 12/17/1972

Energy
1972-12-17
Tulagis
Boulder, CO

01. Rock Me Baby
02. Country Stomp
03. Give Me Some
04. Drum Solo
05. Ostinada
06. I'm A Mover
07. Down Stretch
08. Hoka Hey
09. Praylude / Red Skies
10. Praylude End
11. Guitar Solo

Tommy Bolin – guitar
Jeff Cook - vocals
Stanley Sheldon – bass
Tom Stephenson - keyboards
Bobby Berge – drums




“Okay brothers and sisters, right now, direct from the Crippled Chicken in Abilene… no shit… please welcome out… ENERGY.”

And thus, years of mislabeled cassettes were set into motion like a freight train. Finally we can yank back the brake lever, and say, “Whoa there! That performance is from Tulagi in Boulder!” and leave the chicken crippled back there on the tracks. Bobby Berge tells the story very well

“We are introduced by Marty Wolfe, who worked for Barry Fey and was a good friend of the band. We had just done a gig at some redneck bar in Abilene, Kansas, called The Crippled Chicken. It was a small dark dumpy bar and we set up our equipment on the floor, over in a corner of the dance floor. I remember looking out from the stage and could see our sound man, Cliff Yeager, playing pool with some of the local yokels. The next thing we know, there’s this big ruckus and we soon find out that Cliff just got in a fight with somebody. He ended up getting a huge wad of hair yanked from his head. Somehow we managed to get through the gig and got the hell out of there without any further incidents.”

So you see, the intro is just a goof… a sarcastic inside joke about a previous lame gig. But on this evening Energy was back in familiar territory at 1129 13th Street in Boulder, CO — their old stomping ground Tulagi. Bobby recalls it fondly

“Energy frequently played Tulagi’s on ‘The Hill’ (a small business district just across from the CU campus in Boulder). This particular evening was an excellent night for our music. Unfortunately, there may have been around a half dozen people in the audience. We had a blast anyway, as we usually did, playing our blend of heavy rock, funk, blues, and jazz. This is the period when we were really influenced by people like John McLaughlin, Tony Williams, Larry Young, Jeremy Steig, and Stanley Clarke, just to name a few.”

Can you imagine it!! A half dozen people showing up when you have Bobby Berge, Stanley Sheldon, Tom Stephenson, Jeff Cook, and TOMMY BOLIN on the stage But, then again, hindsight is 2020, and it somehow makes more sense now to value and appreciate this group then it did in 1972. Energy is like a musical Tartus, time traveling with ease and leaping genres or catagorizations in a single bound. Even a traditional blues workout like “Rock Me Baby” gets it’s share of jazz and island calypso thanks to the rhythmic pulse of drummer Bobby Berge and guest conga player Bobby LaKind (of Doobie Brothers fame). Tommy’s fluid guitar exit is particularly jazzy, leading into a happy “Country Stomp” improvisation.

BOBBY BERGE “Tommy and I had fun going into that short country jam, which we often did, along with other assorted ditties including movieTV themes, or maybe an old Bebop jazz standard. Whatever popped into our heads.”

Berge had plenty of room to jam in the next portion of the set, where he did a hard hitting solo sandwiched between the instrumentals “Give Me Some” and “Ostinada.” Tommy’s guitar tech, Dave Brown, played the gong on the balls heavy “Give Me Some,” a fusenhanced prototype of the “stoner rock” movement. “Ostinada” was a favorite cover tune from the jazz fusion era.

Jeff Cook returns to the stage for the Free song “I’m A Mover,” a muscular cocksure strut featuring a transcendental organ solo by Tom Stephenson, and Bolin stepping up to center stage for the second and third solos. Tommy’s leads play by the four “S” rule soulful, simple, sincere… and SWEET!

The last cut that survived the years from this Tulagi performance is the Jan Hammer composition “Down Stretch.” This song was originally on Jeremy Steig’s “Energy” album, which is where the band got it’s name. Word has it that Bolin actually bought the rights to the name from Steig, who also spent about six weeks in the band, but left because he didn’t like Denver, wasn’t making any money… and thought that Tommy played too loud!

The second half of this CD features Energy in Bolin’s hometown of Sioux City, Iowa, in December of 1972 at the Rooftop Ballroom. Bobby Berge related the following memories

“The Rooftop Ballroom is where I first saw Tommy play with A Patch Of Blue around 1966 or ’67. His solo on Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual” really struck me. I remember thinking, ‘Hey, this kid is really good!’ The Energy gig at the Rooftop was another “Par Excellence” gig and was pretty much standard operating procedure for the band. We were all in great shape musically and very ‘practiced’ on our instruments. It all seemed to happen so naturally though, and playing behind the great Tommy Bolin made it all that much easier.”

AS IF after hearing the dynamic Tulagi set anyone would need any more convincing as to the incredible talent and creative forces of Energy, then this Rooftop Ballroom set will drive the point home once and for all. For those who have not heard this material yet, I’d suggest you put your seat belt on, because you’re in for a hell of a ride!

History tells us that Crazy Horse would ride into battle crying “Hoka Hey!,” which for him meant, “It is a good day to die” — this was both a rallying cry to his tribe and a threat to his enemies… another translation of the Sioux Lakota dialect claims “Hoka Hey” more closely means “pay attention”… and the song “Hoka Hey” will most certainly get your attention.

The first thing that strikes this writer is the clarity of the recording. No one recalls how this tape was made, but it is unlikely that it was a soundboard recording. Yet, hear the clarity of the four separate instruments… all the subtleties of the cymbals, keyboard, bass… you can practically hear Bolin’s pick hitting the strings (later in the show you definitely can)! This is testimony to why the TBA Collector’s Series is a valid and indispensable resource for music fans While these recordings may not have everything going for them in regard to pristine studio sound, they are still at such an extraordinary level, both in terms of sonic aural presentation, and in completely outrageous and telepathic performances, that they DEMAND to be heard. We here at the Bolin Archives are both delighted and proud to be able to make that a reality.

“Red Skies” is a real treat. General consensus is that this is the first recorded performance of Tommy Bolin singing a lead vocal live in concert. While Tommy’s singing is tentative to say the least, he still gives a glimpse into what the future will hold for his lovely voice after he got those coaching lessons from the Beach Boys! Of course Tommy preferred to speak with his guitar, and he clearly makes himself heard on this spectacular number, picking in a manner that recalls all of the greats of the psychedelic guitar era, yet again has the distinguishing feature of that Tommy Bolin sincerity.

For everyone in anticipation for Tommy to really let it wail, wait no longer. The last portion of this Rooftop recording has both a chunky echoplex enhanced guitar solo and an aggressive solo slide exhibition, with a smokey blues jam in between. Get ready to blast off into the stratosphere! Imagine what the local Iowans were thinking when they heard Tommy bring his far-out talent back home that night in late 1972… maybe they wished they’d never kicked him out of school!

BOBBY BERGE “On this gig, I really hear John McLaughlin’s influence on Tommy, who plays some incredible stuff. I always liked to play off his riffs. Sometimes I would lead into a different rhythmic feel. Basically it would double sometimes, or split in half into a slow blues or reggae or maybe fast funk. I’m still impressed at our improvisations and ability to stretch out.”

“As an added note, lately I have been playing with the Blues Bastards at a bar called ‘No Place’ at 5th and Pearl in Sioux City. This used to be the ‘Jet Bar,’ where Tommy last jammed with his friends before heading down to Miami for the Jai Alai concert. Interestingly enough, just several doors down from ‘No Place’ is 409 12 Pearl Street, which is the old Rooftop Ballroom. The upstairs ballroom has been closed for quite some time and is currently used for storage.”

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TOMMY BOLIN & ENERGY LIVE AT TULAGI IN BOULDER, CO 1972 AND THE ROOFTOP BALLROOM IN SIOUX CITY DECEMBER 17 & 18, 1972

TOMMY BOLIN & ENERGY LIVE AT TULAGI IN BOULDER, CO 1972 AND THE ROOFTOP BALLROOM IN SIOUX CITY DECEMBER 17 & 18, 1972

1. Rock Me Baby
2. Country Stomp
3. Give Me Some
4. Drum Solo
5. Ostina
6. I'm A Mover
7. Down Stretch
8. Hok-O-Hey
9. Praylude - Red Skies
10. Praylude - End
11. Guitar Solo

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UK - HIGHLINE BALLROOM, New York City,NY. - 05/04/2012

UK - 2012-05-04 - New York City
UK
May 4, 2012
Highline Ballroom
New York City, NY


101. Alaska
102. Night After Night
103. Thirty Years
104. Rendezvous 6:02
105. Carrying No Cross
106. Jobson Solo
107. Bozzio Solo

201. Intro/Fallen Angel (King Crimson)
202. Danger Money
203. In The Dead of Night
204. Caesar's Palace Blues
205. The Only Thing She Needs

Recorded by ProzaKcblues

John Wetton - Bass, Vocals
Edwin Jobson - Violin, keyboards
Terry Bozzio - Drums


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ZZ TOP - Rocking The Castle [1980]

ZZ Top - Rocking The Castle [1980]

Castle Donington, United Kingdom - August 17, 1980
Soundboard Recording

CD 1:
01 - Got Me Under Pressure
02 - I Got The Six
03 - Gimme All Your Lovin'
04 - Waiting For The Bus
05 - Jesus Just Left Chicago
06 - Sharp Dressed Man
07 - Ten Foot Pole
08 - Tv Dinner
09 - Manic Mechanic
10 - Heard It On The X
11 - I Need You Tonight
12 - Pearl Necklace

CD 2:
01 - Cheap Sunglasses
02 - Arrested For Driving While Blind
03 - Party On The Patio
04 - Legs
05 - Tube Snake Boogie
06 - Can't Stop Rockin'
07 - Jailhouse Rock
08 - La Grange
09 - Tush

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