October's Theme At So Many Roads

You may recall that last year in October our theme was European Vacation, with every show we posted being from that continent.  Well, this year we've decided to expand our geographic reach, bringing you a theme we call Every Where But The USA.  That's right, we'll have shows from Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and other North American countries, but for 31 days, we'll skip the 50 states,

Every the tunz and the world tour!

Grateful Dead - 1989-09-30 - Mountain View CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1989-09-30

Shoreline Amphitheatre

Mountain View, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set

01. Tuning

02. Bertha >

03. Greatest Story Ever Told

04. West L.A. Fadeaway

05. Queen Jane Approximately

06. Row Jimmy

07. Let It Grow

2nd Set:

01. Iko Iko

02. Estimated Prophet

03. Truckin'>

04. Smokestack Lightnin' >

05. Drums >

06. Space >

07. I Will Take You Home >

08. The Wheel >

09. All Along The Watchtower >

10. Touch Of Grey

Encore:

01. U.S. Blues

Grateful Dead - 1989-09-30 - Mountain View CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead 1989 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back To Back set featuring the Grateful Dead in Mountain View CA warming up for their legendary 1989 East Coast tour.  This one is a soundboard recording from September 30, 1989, 31 years ago today.

Grateful Dead - 1989-09-29 - Mountain View CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1989-09-29

Shoreline Amphitheatre

Mountain View, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. Let The Good Times Roll

03. Feel Like A Stranger >

04. Franklin's Tower

05. Wang Dang Doodle

06. Jack-A-Roe

07. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again

08. We Can Run

09. Bird Song >

10. The Promised Land

2nd Set:

01. Tuning

02. China Cat Sunflower >

03. I Know You Rider

04. Blow Away

05. Equipment Break

06. Playing in the Band >

07. Terrapin Station >

08. Drums >

09. Space >

10. I Need a Miracle >

11. Death Don't Have No Mercy >

12. Sugar Magnolia

Encore:

01. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)

Grateful Dead - 1989-09-29 - Mountain View CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead 1989 - Back to Back - #1: We've written on numerous occasions  here at So Many Roads about the Grateful Dead's legendary Fall 1989 East Coast tour which included:

• The Formerly The Warlocks shows in Hampton  on October 8 and 9 that featured tunes such as Death Don't Have No Mercy, Attics of My Life and And We Big You Goodnight, staples of the 1970s that hadn't been played in years. booked themselves into the Hampton Arena under the pseudonym “Formerly The Warlocks”. 
• The 5 night run at the Byrne Arena in NJ that finished with a masterpiece on October 16, Bob Weir’s 42nd birthday, featuring a 2nd set that wove songs in and out of Dark Star and Playing in The Band,which was later officially released as the album, Nightfall Of Diamonds (I was lucky enough to be in the audience that night!).
• A classic in Miami on October 26,  highlighted by one of the finest post 1970s versions of Dark Starr, which was included in the box set, 30 Trips Around the Sun. 

The Dead warmed up for that tour with 3 shows on September 29, 30 and October 1 in Mountain View, CA just south of their home base of San Francisco.  Look at the set lists for those 3 concerts and there's no hint of what was to come on the East Coast, except for a few brief moments on night 1, September 29, 1989, 31 years ago today, when the Dead surprised everyone (and maybe even themselves) with the first Death Don'T Have No Mercy since April 26, 1970!  Download this soundboard recording to hear that historic moment, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back To Back set.

Bruce Hornsby - 2016-09-29 - Edmonds, WA (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby
& The Noisemakers
2016-09-29
Edminds Center For The Arts
Edmonds, WA
Soundboard recording
256 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Take Out The Trash
02. Hot House Ball
03. Show Goes On
04. Funhouse
05. End of the Innocence
06. Swing Street
07. M.I.A. in M.I.A.M.I.
08. Green Rocky Road
09. The Valley Road
10. Pretty Polly
11. Ross Fiddle Intro
12. The Long Race
13. On The Western Skyline
14. JT Organ Intro
15. The Way It Is

Encore:
16. What The Hell Happened To Me
17. Swan Song

Bruce Hornsby - 2016-09-29 - Edmonds, WA (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby 2016 - Back to Back - #2:  As promised, yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back to Back set featuring Bruce Hornsby on tour 30 years after the release of his debut album.  This one is a soundboard recording from Edmonds on September 29, 2016, 4 years ago today.

Bruce Hornsby - 2016-09-28 - Portland, OR (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby 

& The Noisemakers

2016-09-28

Revolution Hall

Portland, OR

Soundboard Recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

      

01. Barren Ground

02. Cyclone

03. Levitate

04. Gibb And Bruce intro

05. Place Under the Sun

06. Mandolin Rain

07. Candy Mountain Run

08. On The Western Skyline

09. Every Little Kiss

10. The Black Rats of London

11. Soon Enough

12. Pretty Polly

13. See The Same Way

14. Ross Fiddle Intro

15. Jacob's Ladder

Encore:

16. Sunflower Cat

Bruce Hornsby - 2016-09-28 - Portland, OR (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby 2016 - Back to Back - #1: On his 2016 tour, Bruce Hornsby brought both something old and something new to each show. He reached back to the past to feature 2 to 3 tunes from his debut album, The Way It Is, released 3 decades earlier. Then, for the first time live, he played several tunes on dulcimer, backed by band members on fiddle and washboard. This soundboard recording captures him during that tour, in Portland on September 28, 2016, 4 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back to Back set.

Phil Lesh - 2003-09-27 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Phil Lesh & Friends

2003-09-27

Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Jam >

02. Into The Mystic

03. King Solomon's Marbles

04. Midnight Train >

05. Jam >

06. Passenger >

07. Patchwork Quilt

08. Playin' In The Band* >

09. Iko Iko*

10. Sugar Magnolia*

*with Bob Weir & Mickey Hart

2nd Set:

01. I Know You Rider >

02. Jam >

03. No More Do I >

04. Jam >

05. Wharf Rat >

06. Jam >

07. Cryptical Envelopment

08. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys >

09. Terrapin Station >

10. Jam >

11. The Other One >

12. Sugaree

13. Midnight Hour

14. Donor Rap & Intros

Encore

14: Not Fade Away >

16. And We Bid You Goodnight

Phil Lesh - 2003-09-27 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Phil Lesh 2003 - Back to Back to Back - ##3: As promised yesterday, here's the 3rd and final post in our Back to Back to Back set featuring Phil Lesh & Friends in San Francisco in 2003. This one is a soundboard recording from September 27, 2003, 17 years ago today. Two of Phil's former Grateful Dead band mates, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, stopped by help him close out the first set.

Phil Lesh - 2003-09-26 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Phil Lesh & Friends

2003-09-26

Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set

01. Jam >

02. Casey Jones > 

03. Jam > 

04. Welcome To The Underground > 

05. Shakedown Street > 

06. Stagger Lee 

07. Beautifully Broken > 

08. Doin' That Rag

09. Night Of 1000 Stars 

2nd Set: 

01. Turn On Your Lovelight > 

02. Jam > 

03. Uncle John's Band > 

04. St. Stephen > 

05. Again & Again >

06. Jam > 

07. The Eleven > 

08. Jam > 

09. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys > 

10. Viola Lee Blues

11. Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion 

12. Donor Rap & Intros

Encore:

01. Celebration 

Phil Lesh - 2003-09-26 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Phil Lesh 2003 - Back to Back to Back - ##2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd post in our Back to Back to Back set featuring Phil Lesh & Friends in San Francisco in 2003. This one is a s soundboard recording from September 26, 2003, 17 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the final post in this entry.

Phil Lesh - 2003-09-25 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Phil Lesh & Friends

2003-09-25

Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Jam >

02. Scarlet Begonias > 

03. Jam > 

04. Blue Sky 

05. Soulshine 

06. Crazy Fingers >

07. Jam > 

08. The Wheel > 

09. Built To Last > 

10. Cumberland Blues 

2nd Set 

01. Jam > 

02. Mason's Children > 

03. Jam > 

04. All Along The Watchtower >

05. New Potato Caboose >

06. The Real Thing 

07. Unbroken Chain > 

08. Help On The Way > 

09. Slipknot! > 

10. Franklin's Tower

11. Donor Rap & Intros 

Enocore

01. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > 

02. Angel Band 

Phil Lesh - 2003-09-25 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Phil Lesh 2003 - Back to Back to Back - ##1: While Phil Lesh took an occasional vocal during Dead concerts, he hardly seemed like the type to front a band. Yet, once the Dead officially disbanded in 1995 after Jerry Garcia's death, he did exactly that. In 1998, he began playing under the moniker Phil Lesh and Friends. Over the years, the friends have included a virtual who’s who or rock and roll, including Jorma Kaukonen, Trey Anastasio, Joan Osborne, Stanley Jordan, Steve Kimock and Derek Trucks, just to name a few. This version of Phil & Friends, as captured in this soundboard recording from San Francisco on September 27, 2003, 17 years ago today, includes 3 more legends - John Molo, Warren Haynes, and Jimmy Herring. Download this one, the come back tomorrow and the next day for parts 2 and 3 of this set.

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-09-24 - Paris, France (FM)

Jimmy Buffett

& The Coral Reefer Band

2016-09-24

La Cigale

Paris, France

FM broadcast

256 Kbps

Artwork Included

01.  Piece Of Work  

02.  Brown Eyed Girl  

03.  Pencil Thin Mustache  

04.  Knees Of My Heart  

05.  Come Monday  

06.  Son Of A Son Of A Sailor  

07.  Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants  

08.  It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere  

09.  Off To See The Lizard  

10.  Fins  

11.  Margaritaville  

12.  Delaney Talks To Statues  

13.  Gypsies In The Palace  

14.  Take it Easy (Eagles cover)  

15.  He Went To Paris  

16.  Autour Du Rocher  

17.  Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes  

18.  Cheeseburger In Paradise  

19.  A Pirate Looks At Forty  

20.  Last Mango In Paris  

21.  Love And Luck  

22.  Volcano  

    

Encore:  

23.  Southern Cross  

24.  One Particular Harbour  

25.  Rue De La Guitare  

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-09-23 - Paris, France (FM)

Jimmy Buffett 2016 - Back to Back - #2:  As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back To Back set featuring Jimmy Buffett in Paris in 2016.  This one is an FM Broadcast from September 24, 2016, 4 years ago today.

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-09-23 - Paris, France (FM)

Jimmy Buffett

& The Coral Reefer Band

2016-09-23

La Cigale

Paris, France

FM broadcast

256 Kbps

Artwork Included

01.  Piece Of Work  

02.  Brown Eyed Girl  

03.  Tiki Bar Is Open

04.  Knees Of My Heart  

05.  Come Monday  

06.  Son Of A Son Of A Sailor  

07.  Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants  

08.  It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere  

09.  Weather With You

10.  Fins  

11.  Margaritaville  

12.  Delaney Talks To Statues  

13.  Gypsies In The Palace > Take It Easy 

14.  Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

15.  Autour Du Rocher 

16.  Cheeseburger In Paradise   

17.  Last Mango In Paris

18.  A Pirate Looks At Forty    

19.  Love And Luck  

20.  Volcano

    

Encore:  

21.  Southern Cross  

22.  One Particular Harbour  

23.  He Went To Paris

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-09-23 - Paris, France (FM)

Jimmy Buffett 2016 - Back to Back - #1: Jimmy Buffett's 2016 I Don't Know Tour found him criss - crossing the US, playing 26 dates starting on May 23 in Austin, TX and ending on October 22 in Irvine. CA. As part of the run, he did something unusual - he played 2 shows in Paris in September. Buffett rarely played Europe, as the BufettNews website lists only 23 concerts total on that continent in his long storied career. France has been his favorite European destination, accounting for 19 of those concerts, all in the "City of Lights". This FM broadcast captures the first of his two Paris shows, on September 23, 2016, 4 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back to Back set.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2012-09-22 - Beacon Theatre, NY, NY (Ex Aud)

Tedeschi Trucks Band

2012-09-22

Beacon Theatre

New York, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Love Has Something Else To Say

02. Isn't It A Pity

03. Everybody's Talkin' At Me

04. I Know

05. The Sky Is Cryin'

06. he Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down

07. Mahjoun*

08. Midnight In Harlem >

09. Rollin' And Tumblin'

10. Shelter Me

CD 2:

01. Anyday (with Blue Sky Jam) >

02. That Did It

03. Old Time Lovin'@

04. Uptight, Alright

05. Drums, Bass, And Keyboard Jam

06. Bound For Glory

Encore:

07. Happy Birthday Kofi Burbridge

08. Angel From Montgomery >

09. Sugaree >

10. Angel From Montgomery

11. Simple Things >

12. Get What You Deserve

13. Give It Up Or Let Me Go ^+

* With Marc Quinones On Percussion

@ With Band Introductions By Saunders Sermons

^ With Eric Krasno On Guitar

+ With Ricky On Washboard  

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2012-09-22 - Beacon Theatre, NY, NY (Ex Aud)

TTB 2012 - Back to Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back to Back set featuring the Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Beacon Theatre in 2012. This one is an excellent audience recording from September 22, 2012, 8 years ago today.

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2012-09-21 - Beacon Theatre, NY, NY (Ex Aud)

Tedeschi Trucks Band

2012-09-21

Beacon Theatre

New York, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Wah Wah

02. Rollin & Tumblin

03. Dont Let Me Slide

04. Until You Remember

05. Bound For Glory

06. Ball & Chain *

07. 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy *

08. Have You No Shame *

09. I Know

10. Little Martha >

11. Midnight In Harlem

12. Garvey's Ghost **

13. Uptight

14. Drums / Bass

15. Introz Jam

16. That Did It

17. Get What You Deserve

Encores:

18. Nobody's Free **

19. Sing A Simple Song

20. I Want To Take You Higher

* with Oliver Wood

** with Bill Evans

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2012-09-21 - Beacon Theatre, NY, NY (Ex Aud)

TTB 2012 - Back to Back - #1: Powered by the dynamic husband and wife duo of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, the band, which formed into 2010, won a Grammy for best blues album for their debut disc, Revelator, in 2011. Their follow up disc, Everybody’s Talking, was a live album released in 2012 that featured their unique take on a host of cover tunes, such as the title track. This excellent audience recording captures the band on tour in support of Everybody’s Talking at the Beacon Theater in New York on September 21, 2012, 8 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of this set.

Furthur - 2009-09-20 - Oakland CA (SBD Matrix)

Furthur
2009-09-20
Fox Theater
Oakland, CA
Soundboard Matrix Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Samson & Delilah
02. Casey Jones
03. Mississippi Half Step
04. Sugaree
05. Pride of Cucamonga >
06. Throwing Stones >
07. Passenger

2nd Set:
01. Viola Lee Blues >
02. Cumberland Blues >
03. Viola Lee Blues
04. King Solomon’s Marbles
05. Cassidy >
06. Dark Star >
07. Welcome To tTe Dance >
08. Dark Star >
09. Uncle John’s Band
10. Sugar Magnolia > donor rap

Encore:
01. Cosmic Charlie

LINK REMOVED - OFFICIALLY RELEASED

Furthur 2009 - Back To Back To Back - #3: As promised yesterday, here's the 3rd and final post in our Back to Back to Back set featuring Furthur in Oakland in 2009.  This one is a soundboard matrix recording from September 20, 2009, 11 years ago today. Link will only be up for a week so act fast!

Spin Doctors - 1993-09-19 - Melbourne, Australia (SBD)

Spin Doctors

1993-09-19

The Palais Theater

Melbourne, Australia

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Yo Mama's A Pajama

02. Off My Line

03. Big Fat Funky Booty

04. Jimmy Olsen's Blues

05. Lady Kerosene

06. How Could You Want Him?

07. Refrigerator Car

08. At This Hour

09. What Time Is It?

10. Bags of Dirt

11. Two Princes

12. More Than She Knows

Encore:

13. The Drop (Tape Flip in the Middle)

14. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

Spin Doctors - 1993-09-19 - Melbourne, Australia (SBD)

Spin Doctors 1993 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back to Back set featuring the Spin Doctors in Melbourne in 1993.  This one is a soundboard recording from September 19, 1993, 27 years ago today.

Furthur - 2009-09-19 - Oakland, CA (SBD Matrix)

Furthur

2009-09-19

Fox Theater

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Matrix Recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Jam > Bertha >

02. Good Lovin’

03. Estimated Prophet

04. Friend of the Devil

05. Feel Like a Stranger

06. Brown Eyed Women

07. Hell A Bucket

2nd Set:

01. Jam > Shakedown Street >

02. New Speedway Boogie

03. China Cat Sunflower >

04. I Know You Rider

05. Playing In The Band >

06. Eyes Of The World >

07. Unbroken Chain

08. Help On The Way > Slipknot!>

09. Franklin’s Tower > donor rap

Encore:

01. One More Saturday Night

LINK REMOVED - OFFICIALLY RELEASED

Furthur 2009 - Back To Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd post in our Back to Back to Back set featuring Furthur in Oakland in 2009.  This one is a soundboard matrix recording from September 19, 2009, 11 years ago today. Download this one then come back tomorrow for the last show in this entry.  Link will only be up for a week so act quick!

Nick Lowe - 2011-09-18 - Montreal, Canada (SBD)

Nick Lowe
2011-09-18
Metropolis
Montreal, Canada
Soundbord Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Stoplight Roses
02. Heart
03. What’s Shakin’ On The Hill
04. Raging Eyes
05. All Men Are Liars
06. Lately I’ve Let Things Slide
07. I Live On The Battlefield
08. I Read A Lot
09. Cruel To Be Kind
10. Allison
11. When I Write The Book
12. What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?

Note: Opening for Wilco

Nick Lowe - 2011-09-18 - Montreal, Canada (SBD)

Nick Lowe 2011 - Back To Back To Back - #3: As promised yesterday, here's the third and final show in our Back To Back To Back set featuring Nick Lowe opening for Wilco in 2011 while on tour in support of the album The Old Magic.  This one is a soundboard recording from September 18, 2011, 9 years ago today. 

Spin Doctors - 1993-09-18 - Melbourne, Australia (SBD)

Spin Doctors

1993-09-18

The Palais Theatre

Melbourne, Australia

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Jimmy Olsen's Blues

02. Yo Mama's a Pajama

03. Off My Line

04. Big Fat Funky Booty

05. Poetic Forty of Fifty Introduction

06. Forty or Fifty

07. What Time Is It?

08. Refrigerator Car

09. How Could You Want Him?

10. Turn It Upside Down

11. Lady Kerosene

12. Two Princes

13. More Than She Knows

Encore:

14. Daryl and Ossie Ostrich Encore Introduction

15. Cleopatra's Cat

16. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

Spin Doctors - 1993-09-18 - Melbourne, Australia (SBD)

Spin Doctors 1993 - Back To Back - #1: In August 1991, the Spin Doctors released their debut album Pocket Full Of Kryptonite, but it barely received any commercial or critical notice. It took almost a year before folks picked up on the album, bolstered by MTv playing videos of Two Princes and Little Miss Can't be Wrong. Sales suddenly took off, with the album certifying gold by September 1992, and reaching triple platinum status by June 1993. The disc peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts, and the 2 singles mentioned previously both cracked the top 20. By the way, the album got its title from a line from its opening track, Jimmy Olsen's Blues, which didn't chart when originally released, but eventually cracked the Billboard Top 100 after the band's big commercial breakthrough. This soundboard recording captures the band at the height of their commercial success, in Melbourne, Australia on September 18, 1993, 27 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of this Back To Back set.

Furthur - 2009-09-18 - Oakland CA (SBD)

Furthur

2009-09-18

Fox Theater 

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Phil & Bob Jam>

02. The Other One>

03. The Wheel>

04. Jack Straw

05. The Music Never Stopped

06. Birdsong >

07. Born Cross-Eyed >

08. Let It Grow

2nd Set:

01. Lost Sailor >

02. Saint of Circumstance

03. Althea

04. Scarlet Begonias >

05. Fire on the Mountain

06. Saint Stephen >

07. The Eleven >

08. Terrapin Station >

09. Not Fade Away

10. Donor Rap

Encore:

01. Touch of Grey

LINK REMOVED - OFFICIALLY RELEASED

Furthur 2009 - Back To Back To Back - #1:  Furthur, named after the psychedelic bus used by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in 1964, was the 3rd post Grateful Dead band,  following the Other Ones and the Dead, to feature multiple members of that group  In this case, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh teamed up to launch Furthur in 2009. The band toured from 2009 to 2014, with a host of supporting players and numerous guest sitting in along the way.  This soundboard recording captures the band on on their home turf, in Oakland across the bay from San Francisco, on September 18, 2009, 11 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow and the next day for the rest of this Back to Back to Back set.

Historical notes - The Grateful Dead, of course, served as the house band in 1967 for Ken Kesey's Acid Tests, which were chronicled in Tom Wolfe's book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The bus, Furthur was driven by Neal Cassady, the inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's On the Road, who is referenced in the Grateful Dead tune The Other One in the line "Captain Neal at the wheel of the bus to Never Never Land". 

Download note - like the Other Ones and The Dead posts, while this concert was found this at the internet archive, since most Furthur shows have been officially released, this and the next 2 will be up a week and then gone.  Get them now.

Nick Lowe - 2011-09-17 - Toronto, Canada (SBD)

Nick Lowe

2011-09-17

Massey Hall

Toronto, Canada

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Stoplight Roses

02. Heart

03. What’s Shakin’ on the Hill

04. Raging Eyes

05. All Men Are Liars

06. Lately I’ve Let Things Slide

07. I Live On The Battlefield

08. I Read A Lot

09. Cruel To Be Kind

10. llison

11. When I Write The Book

12. What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?

Note: Opening for Wilco

Nick Lowe - 2011-09-17 - Toronto, Canada (SBD)

Nick Lowe 2011 - Back To Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's part 2 of our Back To Back To Back set featuring Nick Lowe opening for Wilco in 2011 while on tour in support of the album The Old Magic.  This one is a soundboard recording from September 17, 2011, 9 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 3rd and final part of this set.

Paul McCartney - 2017-09-17 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (SBD)

Paul McCartney

2015-09-17

Madison Square Garden

New Yorrk, NY

Soundbaord rexcording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. A Hard Day's Night

02. Save Us

03. Can't Buy Me Love

04. Letting Go

05. All My Loving

06. Let Me Roll It >

07. Foxy Lady Jam

08. I've Got a Feeling

09. My Valentine

10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

11. Maybe I'm Amazed

12. I've Just Seen a Face

13. In Spite of All the Danger

14. You Won't See Me

15. Love Me Do

16. And I Love Her

17. Blackbird

18. Here Today

19. Queenie Eye

20. New

21. Lady Madonna

22. FourFiveSeconds

23. Eleanor Rigby

24. I Wanna Be Your Man

25. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

26. Something

27. A Day in the Life > Give Peace A Chance

28. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

29. Band On The Run

30. Back In The U.S.S.R.

31. Let It Be

32. Live And Let Die

33. Hey Jude

Encores:

34. Yesterday

35. Day Tripper

36. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

37. Helter Skelte

48. Golden Slumbers > Carry That Weight > The End

Paul McCartney - 2017-09-17 - Madison Square Garden, New York,  NY (SBD)

Paul McCartney 2017 - Back To Back - #2: As promised 2 days ago, here's the 2nd half of our Back To Back set featuring Sir Paul McCartney at Madison Square Garden in 2017. This one is a soundboard recording form September 17, 2020, 3 years ago today.  No special guests at this one, but still 3 hours of the greatest rock and roll ever recorded.

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Nick Lowe - 2011-09-16 - Toronto, Canada (SBD)

Nick Lowe

2011-09-16

Massey Hall

Toronto, Canada

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Allison (soundcheck)

02. Stoplight Roses

03. Heart

04. What’s Shakin’ on the Hill

05. Raging Eyes

06. All Men Are Liars

07. Lately I’ve Let Things Slide

08. I Live On The Battlefield

09. I Read A Lot

10. Cruel To Be Kind

11. Allison

12. When I Write The Book

13. What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?

Note: Opening for Wilco

Nick Lowe - 2011-09-16 - Toronto, Canada (SBD)

Nick Lowe 2011 - Back To Back To Back - #1:  As music as evolved over the years, so has Nick Lowe.  The man who burst onto the scene in the late 1970s with an album of new wave classics thtat had not 1 but 2 great titles (released as Jesus Of Cool in the UK, Lowe has to change the name for US release to avoid offending folks who might object to the religious reference, so it became Pure Pop For Now People in the states!), Lowe played rockabilly with Dave Edmunds in Rockplie, drawing inspiration from the Everly Brothers on many tunes, then went on to solo career featuring a host of diverse releases. His 2011 album, The Old Magic, for example. saw Lowe taking the role, in the words of critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of "an old crooner". On stage, touring in support of the disc, his shock of gray hair and Buddy Holly glasses saw Lowe embracing, rather than running from old age.  Of course, never afraid to take risks, that 2011 tour found him playing solo acoustic while opening for the alternative rock band Wilco!  This soundboard recording captures him during that run, in Toronto on September 16, 2011, 9 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow and the next day for the rest of this Back To Back To Back set.

Paul McCartney - 2017-09-15 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (SBD)

Paul McCartney

2015-09-15

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. A Hard Day's Night

02. Junior's Farm

03. Can't Buy Me Love

04. Jet

05. All My Loving

06. Let Me Roll It >

07. Foxy Lady Jam

08. I've Got a Feeling

09. My Valentine

10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

11. Maybe I'm Amazed

12. I've Just Seen a Face

13. In Spite of All the Danger

14. You Won't See Me

15. Love Me Do

16. And I Love Her

17. Blackbird

18. Here Today

19. Queenie Eye

20. New

21. Lady Madonna

22. FourFiveSeconds

23. Eleanor Rigby

24. I Wanna Be Your Man

25. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

26. Something

27. A Day in the Life > Give Peace A Chance

28. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

29. Band On The Run

30. Back In The U.S.S.R.

31. Let It Be

32. Live And Let Die

33. Hey Jude

Encores:

34. Yesterday

35. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

36. Helter Skelter

37. I Saw Her Standing There (with Bruce Springsteen & Miami Steve)

38. I Saw Her Standing There (again) (with Bruce Springsteen & Miami Steve)

39. Golden Slumbers > Carry That Weight > The End

Paul McCartney - 2017-09-15 - Madison Square Garden, New York,  NY (SBD)

Paul McCartney 2017 - Back to Back - #1: Since 1993, I've seen Sir Paul McCartney in concert on 8 occasions and the last 3, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, I went with both my wife and my twin boys. We started that run back in June 2015, a Father's Day show in Philadelphia, which was also the first concert my boys ever went to! The set list that night included the tune Macca wrote for Destiny, one of my boy's favorite video games. We followed that up with an August 7, 2016 show at Giants Stadium on what what would have been my Dad's 83rd birthday had he not passed away in 2012. Sir Paul broke out Birthday that night, the first time I had ever heard him play that song live. Then on September 15, 2017, 3 years ago today, at Madison Square Garden on my Mom's 85th birthday, Macca topped all the previous shows I had attended. For over 3 hours, Sir Paul entertained us as almost no other performer can, telling stories, paying tribute to lost friends and lovers, playing over 40 songs spanning almost 60 years of musical history. Beatles tunes, Wings songs, and solo numbers, From In Spite Of All The Danger, written by the Quarymen in 1958, to Four Five Seconds, written with Rihanna and Kanye in 2015. From rockers such as Helter Skelter (maybe Sir Paul did invent Heavy Metal?!?) to ballads such as And I Love Her. He played Love Me Do for George Martin, Something for George Harrison, Here Today for John Lennon and Maybe I'm Amazed for Linda. He told tales of Jimi playing a gig at a club in London, and asking Eric to come up on stage to help re-tune his guitar and of hopping in a cab with Mick & Keith. He told them casually, easily, in the same way we would talk about going to a concert or dinner with a friend. Except for Macca, those "mates,” as he refers to them, are rock gods! Near  the end of this already incredible night, Paul told us he had some special guests in the house, and the next thing we knew, Bruce Springsteen and Miami Steve Van Zandt strode on stage.  They launched into I Saw Her Standing There, the first song on the first side of the first Beatles album. Paul and Bruce traded verses at the mic while Miami Steve took a solo. When it ended some 3 or 4 minutes later, the crowd was in a frenzy. Ever the consummate showman, Macca did the only thing he could do - to Springsteen's surprise, he counted the band down into a 2nd complete version of the tune! Yes, back to back versions of I Saw Her Standing There! That finally satisfied us all, and Bruce and Miami Steve took their final bows. Then, telling us all it was late and we had to go home - and yes - he had to go home as well, Sir Paul launched into Golden Slumbers into Carry That Weight into the only song that could bring the night to a close, The End. As the house lights came on, we knew we had witnessed a masterpiece, a Picasso unfolding live on stage, to the soundtrack of the greatest rock music ever played. This soundboard recording captures it all - download it then come back in two days for part 2 of this Back To Back set,

One note - Sir Paul did not play a show on the 16th, so the 15th and 17th were back to back performances.  Though that's not exactly how we usually view Back to Back shows here at So Many Roads - normally they are 2 on the same day or 2 or more on consecutive days - if we're going to make an exception, then for who better than the one and only Sir Paul McCartney!