Grateful Dead - 1991-03-31 - Greensboro, NC (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1991-03-31

Greensboro Coliseum

Greensboro, NC

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ->

03. Wang Dang Doodle

04. Friend Of The Devil

05. Queen Jane Approximately

06. West L.A. Fadeaway

07. Cassidy >

08. Might As Well

2nd Set:

01. Samson And Delilah

02. Eyes Of The World >

03. Playing In The Band >

04. Drums >

05. Space >

06. The Wheel >

07. Around And Around >

08. Johnny B. Goode

Encore:

01. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Grateful Dead - 1991-03-31 - Greensboro, NC (SBD)

1990s - #7: As long time readers of this blog know, I've spent numerous posts discussing the Dead's renaissance between 1989 and 1991. The number of official releases from that period is a testament to the caliber of the band's performances in that era, as they include:

• a show from Philadelphia from July 7, 1989
• the Giant Stadium Shows from July 9 and 10, 1989
• The 2 night stand at RFK Stadium from July 12 and 13, 1989
• the famed Warlock shows in Hampton Virginia on October 8 and 9, 1989 
• the Meadowlands NJ concert on October 16, 1989
• the Landover, Maryland show on March 15, 1990 
• the Knickerbocker arena run from March 24 to 26, 1990; 
• 2 (yes 2) box sets from Spring 1990, featuring every show from that tour - the only other tour to be released in its entirety besides Europe 1972
• a show from from Mountain View CA from June 16, 1990
• a show from from Pittsburgh from July 8, 1990
• the Madison Square Garden concerts from September 14 to 20, 1990. 
• a show from Paris from October 27, 1990 
• a show from Washington DC from June, 14, 1991
• the Giants Stadium shows from June 16 and 17, 1991
• a show from Pine Knob from June 20, 1991 
• a show from Madison Square Garden from September 10, 1991, featuring Bradford Marsalis
• a show from Boston Garden on September 25, 1991

Without a doubt, those 3 years marked the last great period of the Dead's incredible career.  This soundboard recording captures the Dead during that run, in Greensboro, on March 31, 1991, 35 years ago today.

Robin Lane - 1980-03-31 - Boston, MA (TV SBD)

Robin Lane

& The Chartbusters

1980-03-31

WQTV-68

Boston, MA

TV Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Video Link Below

01. It'll Only Hurt A Little While

02. When Things Go Wrong

03. Waiting In Line

04. Don't Wait Till Tomorrow

05. I Don't Want To Know

Robin Lane - 1980-03-31 - Boston, MA (TV SBD)

1980s - #7: When I was in collge, I had a good friend who went to UMass, where thanks to WBCN, he was clued in to the energing punk and new wave scene. One of the band's he introduced all of us to was Boston's own Robin Lane & The Chartbusters.  Their debut disc, with songs like When Things Go Wrong, Without You, and It Will Only Hurt A Little While, just to name 3, were the perfect blend of punk and new wave, all powered by Robin's slightly gravelly, definitely powerful, vocals. On August 10, 1980, I got to see Robyn at the Royal Manor North, one of the countless NJ rock clubs that thrived in the early 1980s.  If you lived in the area at the time, you'll recognize that name, along with other like Creations, the Cuss From Hoe, the Meadowbrook, the Fast Lane, the Stone Pony, etc (go here for a whole blog dedicated to those clubs). In any event, my buddies and I manged to find a spot on the floor directly in front on where Robin was standing.  As the night wore on, and the beer consumption increased, my friends swore that after each song, Robin was looking directly at me, smiling and trying to flirt.  Sure she was! Despite the beer, I was smart enough to know my friends were trying to get me to do or say something embarrassing.  In any event, the show was great and its a shame Robin and The Chartbusters never found mainstream success. This TV soundboard recording captures Robin back in Boston a few months prior to when I saw her, on March 3, 1980, 46 years ago today. Note - we originally posted this a few years ago but only had a single file of the whole performance.  This version has the tracks split out!

Marshall Crenshaw - 2002-03-30 - Philadelphia, PA (late) (SBD)

Marshall Crenshaw

2002-03-20

Tin Angel 

Philadelphia, PA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Nervous Breakdown

02. Little Wild One

03. Where Home Used To Be

04. What Do You Dream Of

05. Just Not For Me

06. Cynical Girl

07. Endless Sleep

08. TMD

09. Tell Me All About It

10. Cleaning Windows

11. Television Lights

11. 2541

12. Kick Out The Jams

13. instrumental (Burt Bacharach tune)

14. My Little Red Book

15. Pushin' Too Hard

Marshall Crenshaw - 2002-03-30 - Philadelphi, PA (late) (SBD)

2000s - #7: As long time readers of So Many Roads Know, one of my favorite musicians is Marshall Crenshaw. Crenshaw is so under rated that he makes John Hiatt, whose lack of attention I have frequently mourned, look like Mr Popularity. Crenshaw was born in Detroit, MI but got his big break in New York, when he played John Lennon in the off Broadway production, Beatlemania. While in New York, he recorded Someday, Someway, a song that Robert Gordon covered and took to #76 on the Billboard charts in 1981. Crenshaw released his version the next year, which went to #36 in the charts, his only top 40 single. Crenshaw’s first 2 albums are must owns for every rock fan. Famed critic Robert Christgau summed those 2 discs up in one simple word - PERFECT. This soundboard recording captures Crenshaw, in Philadelphia on March 30, 2002, 2 dozen years ago today.

The Youngbloods - 1969-03-30 - San Francisco CA (FM)

The Youngbloods

1969-03-30 

Avalon Ballroom 

San Francisco, CA

KPFA FM-Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Ride The Wind

02. Sugar Babe

03. Four In The Morning

04. Too Much Monkey Business

05. On Beautiful Lake Spenard > Station ID

06. Dolphins

07. The Wine Song

08. Darkness, Darkness > Encore Break

09. Beautiful > KPFA Outro

The Youngbloods - 1969-03-30 - San Francisco CA (FM) 

1960s - #7: As a crowd a half a million strong converged on Woodstock, a song that embodied festival's message of the peace and love was climbing the charts in the US. Get Togther, recorded by the The Youngbloods, which was originally released in 1967 to little fanfare, found new life in the summer of 1969. The tune's chorus, "Come on people now, Smile on your brother, Everybody get together, Try to love one another, Right now" seemed to have been written specifically to announce the message of the Woodstock generation. Ironically, The Youngbloods missed the festival, as their invitation arrived late as they were based in a small town north of San Francisco and hard to get in touch with. Their hit tune, however, made an appearance at Woodtsock, as it was the 2nd song played by Richie Havens, who opened the festival. This FM broadcast captures The Youngbloods about 5 months before Woodstock, in San Francisco, on AMarch 30, 1969, 57 years ago today.

April's Theme At So Many Roads

For April 2026, our theme will be the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.  Every artist we post will have been inducted into the Rock Hall.

Enjoy the tunz!

Rolling Stones - 2006-03-29 - Sapporo, Japan (SBD)

Rolling Stones

2006-03-29

Sapporo Dome

Sapporo, Japan

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Opening

02. Jumping Jack Flash

03. It's Only Rock And Roll

04. Let's Spend The Night Together

05. Oh No Not You Again

06. Angie

07. Rain Fall Down

08. Bitch

09. Midnight Rambler

10. Tumbling Dice

11. Band Introductions

12. This Place Is Empty

13. Happy

CD 2:

01. Miss You

02. Rough Justice

03. Start Me Up

04. Honky Tonk Women

05. Sympathy For The Devil

06. Paint It Black

07. Brown Sugar

08. You Can't Always Get What You Want

09. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Rolling Stones - 2006-03-29 - Sapporo, Japan (SBD)

2000s - #6: When the Rolling Stones released A Bigger Bang in September 2005, it was their first studio album in almost 8 years. To support the album, the Stones launched a massive world wide tour, that started at Fenway Park, and included a performance at the Super Bowl in February 2006. The tour continued for another 18 months, covering South America, Asia, several return trips to North America and finally ending in Europe in August 2007, 2 years after it began. The Stones set a record by grossing over $558 million for the 147 shows they performed. It truly was a Bigger Bang, especially for the bucks! This soundboard captures the band on March 29, 2006, 20 years ago today, in Sapporo, Japan, about 9 months into the tour. 

Billy Joel - 2024-03-28 - MSG, NY, NY (TV SBD)

Billy Joel 

2024-03-28

100th Residency Show

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)

02. My Life

03. Vienna

xx. The Downeaster "Alexa"

04. An Innocent Man

xx. Lion Sleeps Tonight > The Longest Time

05. Turn The Lights Back On

06. Big Man On Mulberry Street (with Sting)

xx. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (with Sting)

07. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

xx. Half A Mile Away

xx. The Entertainer

xx. Don't Ask Me Why

xx. Allentown

08. New York State of Mind

09. Only The Good Die Young

10. The River Of Dreams

xx. Nessun dorma (sung by Mike DelGuidice)

11. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

12. Piano Man

Encore:

xx. We Didn't Start The Fire

xx. Uptown Girl

13. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

xx. Big Shot

14. You May Be Right

xx = not broadcast

Billy Joel - 2024-03-28 - MSG, NY, NY (TV SBD) 

2020s - #7: In January 27, 2014, Billy Joel launched his residency at Madison Square Garden, an ongoing tour in which he would play the "World's Most Famous Arena" once a month until folks stopped buying ticktes. At his thirteenth consecutive monthly performance (January 9, 2015), Joel broke his 2006 record for the most consecutive sold-out shows at the venue. On July 1, 2015, Joel set the record for most shows at the Garden by a single artist; his 65th all-time show broke the record previously held by Elton John. While the resdiency had to be interupted on occaision for illness, scheduling conflicts, and most seriously, the COVID pandemic, it continued on for over a decade.  This TV SBD recoding captures highlights of the 100th show of the residency (and 146th overall at the Garden), on March 28, 2024, 2 years ago today.  The run would continue for 4 more shows, coming to an end on July 25, 2024, the 104th show of the residency and 150th in total at the World's Most Famous Arena.  Note - in typical TV fashion, all the advertising talked about this performance as Billy's 100th at the Garden, failing to point out it was the 100th since he began playing once a month, not his 100th overall at the venue. He had passed that mark at show 54 of the residency.

James Taylor - 1986-03-27 - Baden-Baden, Germany (TV SBD)

James Taylor

1986-03-27

Ohne Filter

SWF Studios

Baden-Baden, Germany

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. You Can Close Your Eyes 

02. Sweet Baby James 

03. Wandering

04. Carolina In My Mind 

05. That's Why I'm Here 

06. Only A Dream In Rio 

07. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 

08. Handy Man 

09. Country Road 

10. Walking Man 

11. Your Smiling Face

12. Long Ago And Far Away

13. Traffic Jam > Sea Cruise 

14. Everyday 

15. Fire And Rain

16. Mexico 

17. Brother Trucker 

18. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

19. You've Got A Friend

20. Steamroller Blues 

James Taylor - 1986-03-27 - Baden-Baden, Germany (TV SBD)

1980s - #7: In the early 1980s, James Taylor found his life falling apart around him. His marriage to Carly Simon ended, he was once again hooked on drugs, close friends John Belushi and Dennis Wilson both died tragically, and his music career had stalled. He thought it might be time to retire. Then he was invited to play at the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio De Janiero in January 1985 and his life changed dramatically. In an interview years later, Taylor described the experience as follows: “We put the band together and went down and it was just an amazing response. I played to 300,000 people. They not only knew my music, they knew things about it and were interested in aspects of it that to that point had only interested me. To have that kind of validation right about then was really what I needed. It helped get me back on track.” He penned the tune Only a Dream in Rio as a tribute to that night, filling the song with hopeful lyrics such as “I was there that very day and my heart came back alive.” This soundboard recording captures the rejuvenated JT about 15 months later, in Germany, on March 27, 1986, 4 decades ago today.

Bob Dylan - 1965-03-27 - Santa Monica, CA (SBD)

Bob Dylan

1965-03-27

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica, CA 

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. To Ramona 

02. Gates Of Eden 

03. If You Gotta Go, Go Now

04. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) 

05. Love Minus Zero-No Limit 

06. Mr Tambourine Man 

07. Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right 

08. With God On Our Side 

09. She Belongs To Me 

10. It Ain’t Me Babe 

11. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll 

12. All I Really Want To Do 

13. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue 

Bob Dylan - 1965-03-27 - Santa Monica, CA (SBD)

1960s - #6: On March 22, 1965, Bob Dylan released his 5th studio album, entitled Bringing It All Back Home. The disc would climb to #6 on the Billboard charts in the US, makling it Dylan's first top 10 album in the states. Across the pond, the album would go to the top of the British charts. With tunes such as Mr. Tambourine Man, Subterranean Homesick Blues, It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue, It’s Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), and Maggie's Farm, the album would eventually be considered one of rock's masterpieces, with Rolling Stone ranking it #31 on its 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This FM broadcast captures Dylan 5 days after the release of Bringing It All Back Home, in Santa Monica on March 27, 1965, 61 years ago today.

Huey Lewis - 1987-03-26 - Portland, OR (FM)

Huey Lewis

& The News

1987-03-26

Memorial Coliseum

Portland, OR

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Jacob's Ladder

02. I Never Walk Alone

03. Walking On A Thin Line

04. Bad Is Bad

05. Heart Of Rock And Roll

06. If This Is It

07. Power Of Love

08. Buzz Buzz Buzz

09. Hip To Be Square

10. Stuck With You

11. Back In Time

12. I Know What I Like

13. I Want A New Drug

Huey Lewis - 1987-03-26 - Portland, OR (FM)

1980s - #5: In August 1986, Huey Lewis and The News released their 4th studio album, entitled Fore! The disc was a huge commercial success, reaching #1 on the Billboard charts and earnimg a Triple Platinum certification. It spawned 5 top 10 singles, including two tunes that went to the top of the charts, Stuck With You and Jacob's Ladder.  This FM broadcast captures Huey and The News on tour in support of Fore! on March 26, 1987, 39 years ago today, in Portland.

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2021-03-25 - Jacksonville, FL (Webcast)

Tedeschi Trucks Band

2021-03-25

Fireside Session #6

Jacksonville, FL

Webcast Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Laugh About It

02. Do I Look Worried

03. Part Of Me

04. Life Is Crazy

05. Ladi Da Ladi Day

06. Don't Let Me Slide

07. Don't Know What It Means > The Letter

08. 44 Blues

09. Midnight In Harlem

10. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

11. I Pity The Fool

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2021-03-25 - Jacksonville, FL (Webcast)

2020s - #6: When the global COVID pandemic shut down normal activities for over a year, muscians took to the interent to stay connected with fans and play music. The Tedecshi Trucks Band, for example, played a series of concerts that fans could view via the web, which they dubbed the Fireside Sessions.  This webcast captures session #6, from March 25, 2021, 5 years ago today.

U2 - 2001-03-24 - Sunrise, FL (SBD)

U2

2001-03-24

National Car Rental Center

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Elevation

02. Beautiful Day

03. Until The End Of The World

04. New Year's Day

05. Stuck In A Moment

06. Gone

07. Discotheque > Staring At The Sun

08. New York

09. I Will Follow

10. Sunday Bloody Sunday > Get Up Stand Up

11. Band Introductions

12. Sweetest Thing

CD 2:

01. In A Little While

02. Ground Beneath Her Feet

03. Bad

04. Where The Streets Have No Name

05. Mysterious Ways

06. The Fly 

07. Bullet The Blue Sky

08. With Or Without You

09. One

10. Walk On

U2 - 2001-03-24 - Sunrise, FL (SBD)

2000s - #5: While the last leg of the Elevation Tour is remembered for U2's remarkable tribute to the victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, the early parts of the tour were a celebration of the band's amazing new album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. Following the mixed reception to their 1997 album, Pop, U2 returned to their roots for All That You Can't Leave Behind. At the time of the album's release, U2 said on a number of occasions that they were "reapplying for the job of the best band in the world". The public and critics heartily approved, as the disc sold over 12 million copies and won 7 Grammy Awards. The songs Beautiful Day, Walk On, Elevation, and Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of all reached the top 5 on the Billboard charts in the United Kingdom. Of course, many of the album's songs, especially Walk On, New York, and Peace On Earth, would take on new meaning in the wake of the events of 9-11.This soundboard recording captures the band in Sunrise on March 24, 2001, a quarter century ago today, and just about 6 months before that tragic moment.

Allman Brothers Band - 1973-03-24 - Fort Worth, TX (SBD)

Allman Brothers Band

1973-03-24

Tarrant County Convention Center

Fort Worth, TX

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Wasted Words

02. Done Somebody Wrong

03. Statesboro Blues

04. Ain't Wastin' Time No More

05. One Way Out

06. Stormy Monday

07. Midnight Rider

08. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

09. Trouble No More

10. Jessica

11. You Don't Love Me

12. Les Brers In A Minor

13. Whipping Post

Allman Brothers Band - 1973-03-24 - Fort Worth, TX (SBD)

1970s - #7: In 1971, the Allman Brothers lost founder, spiritual leader and guitar virtuoso, Duane Allman, in a motor cycle accident. In 1972, another motorcycle accident, just blocks from where Duane died, claimed the life of bassist Berry Oakley. Those twin losses would have finished most bands. The Allmans, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, however, somehow reached new heights of success and popularity in 1973. The single Rambling Man reached #2 of the Billboard charts, and helped spur interest in other Southern rock bands, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band. This soundboard recording captures the Allmans on tour during that historic year, Fort Worth, on March 24, 1973, 53 years ago today.

The Police - 1979-03-23 - Toronto, Canada (FM)

The Police

1979-03-23

The Edge

Toronto, Canada

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Truth Hits Everybody 

02. So Lonely

03. Fallout

04. Born In The '50s 

05. Hole In My Life 

06. Be My Girl > Sally > Peanuts 

07. Roxanne 

08. Landlord 

09. Next To You 

10. Can't Stand Losing You

The Police - 1979-03-23 - Toronto, Canada (FM)

1979 - #6: In early 1979, The Police went on tour in North America in support of their debut album, Outlandos d’Amour. The tour kicked off on March 1 at the legendary Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles and ran until May 25, with the band criss-crossing the US and Canada. They often played 2 shows a night, and rarely took a day off. Given that the album had flopped when initially released, the band felt compelled to tour relentlessly in hopes of gaining exposure for themselves and airplay for their songs. The strategy seemed to work, as the album eventually climbed to the #23 position on the Billboard charts in the US, and rose all the way to the #2 position in the UK. In addition, 3 singles from the disc – Roxanne, Can’t Stand Losing You and So Lonely - charted in the top 20 in the UK in 1979. Roxanne also climbed to the #32 spot on the US Billboard charts. This soundboard recording captures the band early on in that tour, on March 23, 1979, 47 years ago today. 

Warren Zevon - 1978-03-23 - Chicago, IL (FM)

Warren Zevon

1978-03-23

Park West 

Chicago, IL

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. WXRT Intro

02. Johnny Strikes Up The Band

03. Tenderness On The Block

04. Mohammed's Radio

05. Excitable Boy

06. Werewolves Of London

07. Accidentally Like A Martyr

08. Band Intro's

09. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

10. Poor Poor Pitiful Me

11. Lawyers, Guns, & Money

12. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Warren Zevon - 1978-03-23 - Chicago, IL (FM)

1970s - #5:  In 1978, Warren Zevon became an “overnight success”, when he released the album Excitable Boy, which in addition to the title track, featured Werewolves of London, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Johnny Strikes Up The Band and Lawyers, Guns and Money. Of course, success hadn’t come overnight at all, as Zevon had toiled for years in Los Angeles as a song writer, contributing tunes to albums by artists such as Linda Ronstadt and The Everly Brothers, as well as to the soundtrack of Midnight Cowboy. In addition, he had released 2 albums prior to Excitable Boy, though neither garnered much attention. Excitable Boy helped the general public understand what the rock community had know for years, namely that Zevon was an incredibly gifted song writer, able to cast a cynical eye on events, politics, celebrities and even himself. This soundboard recording captures Zevon playing tunes from Excitable Boy at the Park West in Chicago, on March 23, 1978, 4 dozen years ago today.

Graham Parker - 1996-03-22 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD)

Graham Parker

1996-03-22 

Early Show

Tin Angel

Philadelphia, PA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. White Honey 

02. Lady Doctor 

03. Howlin' Wind 

04. Pollinate 

05. Force Of Nature 

06. Over The Border (To America) 

07. Sweet Sixteen 

08. Green Monkeys 

09. Sharpening Axes 

10. Haunted Episodes 

11. My Love's Strong 

12. Back Door Love

13. Stick To Me 

14. No Woman, No Cry 

15. Discovering Japan

Encore:

16. Disney's America 

Graham Parker - 1996-03-22 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD)

1990s - #6: In rapid succession in 1995 and 1996, Graham Parker released the albums, 12 Haunted Episodes and Acid bubblegum.  AllMusic noted that the former was an artistic rebirth for Parker, boasting a quiet set of intimate songs about simple, domestic concerns that had tenderness, even when he was bitter.  In contrast,  they noted that the latter blasts out of the speaker with the snarly rage that distinguished his seminal late '70s albums that unfortunately often sounds like a parody of classic Parker instead of an inspired return.  This soundboard recording captures Parker on tour in support of both discs, in Philadelphia, on March 22, 1996, 27 years ago today.

Grateful Dead - 1987-03-22 - Hampton, VA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1987-03-22

Hampton Coliseum

Hampton, VA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Hell In A Bucket >

02. Sugaree

03. It's All Over Now >

04. West LA FAdeaway

05. El Paso

06. When Push Comes To Shove

07. Cassidy >

08. Deal

2nd Set:

01. Tuning

02. Sugar Magnolia >

03. Scarlet Begonias >

04. Fire On The Mountain

05. Estimated Prophet >

06. Drums >

07. Space >

08. The Wheel >

09. Black Peter >

10. Sunshine Daydream

Encore:

01. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Grateful Dead - 1987-03-22 - Hampton, VA (SBD)

1980s - #4: As long time readers of this blog know, I’ve written extensively about how in 1987 Jerry Garcia returned to the stage from a diabetic coma that almost cost him his life. That year was also a time when the Dead achieved a new level of popularity, as the MTV generation, captivated by the innovative video for Touch Of Grey, climbed on the bus. In addition, the summer of 1987 featured 6 historic shows where the Dead served as Dylan’s back-up band. Moreover, on September 18, 1987 at Madison Square Garden, I attended my favorite Grateful Dead concert, a show which has also been recognized as one of the best of the 1980s. The mood at all of the 1987 concerts was incredibly festive, as Dead Heads rejoiced that the band’s spiritual leader was still “truckin’ on”. This soundboard recording captures The Dead on March 12, 1987, 39 years ago today, in Hampton, VA, during the triumphant Spring tour that marked Jerry’s return.

John Mellencamp - 2023-03-21 - Sacramento, CA (IEM)

John Mellencamp

2023-03-21

Safe Credit Union Performing Arts Center

Sacramento, CA

IEM Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. John Cockers

02. Paper In Fire

03. Minutes To Memories

04. Small Town

05. Hey God

06. Human Wheels

07. Don't Need This Body

08. Jackie Brown

09. Check It Out

10. The Eyes of Portland

11. Longest Day

12. Jack & Diane

13. I Always Lie to Strangers

14. The Real Life

15. Rain on the Scarecrow

16. Lonely Ol' Night

17. Crumblin' Down

18. Pink Houses

19. Chasing Rainbown

20. Cherry Bomb

21. Hurts So Good

John Mellencamp - 2023-03-21 - Sacramento, CA (IEM)

2020s - #5: In February 2023, John Mellencamp launched his Live & In Person 2023 Tour, a 76 show run that both statred and ended in his home state of Indiana. The tour was in support of 2 albums, his 2022 disc, Strictly A One Eyed Jack, and his then upcoming 2023 album, Orpheus Descending, which was released in June just as the tour came to a close. Those 2 discs were the 24th and 25th of his career. This IEM recording captures Mellencamp during the Live & In Person tour, in Sacramento on March 21, 2023, 3 years ago today. 

Elton John - 2024-03-20 - Washington, DC (TV SBD)

Elton John 

2024-03-20

Gershwin Prize Ceremony 

D.A.R. Constitution Hall

Washington, DC 

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

02. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

03. Your Song

Elton John - 2024-03-20 - Washington, DC (TV SBD)

2020s - #4: In 2024, Elton John and Bernie Taupin were awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, given to composers or performers for their lifetime contributions to popular music. Prior winners at that point included Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Hal David, Burth Bacharach, Carole King, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, and Willie Nelson. This TV soundboard recording captures Elton performing at the awards ceremony, on March 20, 2024, 2 years ago today.

Solo Beatles - Re-Posted Links

A few months ago, we reposted every Paul McCartney & Wings show on this site - most o fthose links are still working by the way!

Today we bring you re-posted links for all the solo shows we have from:

• John Lennon
• George Harrison
• Ringo Star

Use the sidebar where it says LABELS to click on the artistsabove to be taken to the posts we've put up for each of them.  Then scroll to the show you want and the new link will be there.

These new links, like all free ones, will expire in 30 to 60 days.  That said, don't hammer the links all at once - that's the fastest way for the host to delete them for overloading traffic.  Grab a show or two a day, then come back the next day for another couple, and so on.

At some point, we'll re-post all the Beatles live shows as well as all of Sir Paul's from his solo career post Wings.  That's a ton of links so bear with us until we have time to get to those!

Enjoy the tunz!

Three Dog Night - 1983-03-19 - Portland, OR (SBD)

Three Dog Night

1983-03-19

The Starry Night

Portland, OR

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Early Show:

01. One Man Band

02. The Family Of Man

03. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)

04. Liar

05. Old Fashioned Love Song

06. Out In The Country

07. Black & White

08. One

09. Never Been To Spain

10. The Show Must Go On

11. Shambala

12. Easy To Be Hard

13. Mama Told Me Not To Come

14. Joy To The World

Encore:

15. Eli's Coming

16. Celebrate

Late Show (partial)

01. One Man Band

02. The Family Of Man

03. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)

04. Liar

05. Old Fashioned Love Song

06. Black & White

07. One//

Three Dog Night - 1983-03-19 - Portland, OR (SBD)

1980s - #3:  From 1968 to 1975. Three Dog Night dominated the Billboard singles chart. The band scored 21 Top 40 hits, including 3 that reached the top spot, each featuring a different lead singer - Mama Told Me Not to Come (Cory Wells on lead), Joy to the World (Chuck Negron on lead); and Black and White (Danny Hutton on lead). Dunhill Records claimed that the band sold over 40 million record albums during that stretch. Soon after their run of hits ended, the band disbanded in July 1976. They reformed in 1981, and went on tour in 1983. This soundboard recording captures the band in Portland on March 19, 1983, 43 years ago today. The reunion would last for another 2 years, afterwhich the band parted ways with Chuck Negron due to his drug use.

Paul McCartney & Wings - 1973-03-18 - Borehamwood, UK (TV SBD)

Paul McCartney & Wings
1973-03-18
ATV Elstree Studios
Borehamwood, UK
TV Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Video Link Below

01. The Mess
02. Maybe I'm Amazed
03. Long Tall Sally
04. Hi Hi Hi

Paul McCartney & Wings - 1973-03-18 -  Borehamwood, UK (TV SBD)

1970s -#4: In early 1973, Paul McCartney agreed to star in a television special for the British ATV network in order to settle his two-year legal dispute with Sir Lew Grade. As the owner of the network and its music publishing division, which included the Beatles' Northern Songs catalogue, Grade had objected to Maccartney crediting his wife Linda as his co-writer since 1971, citing her lack of professional experience as a songwriter and musician. McCartney's commitment to the television project allowed him to retain the 2nd composer's publishing royalties, which otherwise would have been assigned to Grade's company. The TV show, entitled James Paul McCartney, was Paul's first such special since the Beatles' 1967 television film Magical Mystery Tour. The show's closing section featured a tape of McCartney & Wings performing live on March 18, 1973, 53 years ago today. By the way, this early version of Wings featured Henry McCullough on guitar.  He'd be replaced by Jimmy McCulloch  by the time of the Wings Over The World Tour in 1975/1976. One other note - Long Tall Sally was included in the US broadcast of the TV show while The European version of the program rsubstituted it with Hi Hi Hi.

Grateful Dead - 1967-03-18 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1967-03-18
Winterland Arena
San Francisco, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Me And My Uncle
02. Next Time You See Me
03. He Was A Friend Of Mine
04. Smokestack Lightnin'
05. Morning Dew
06. It Hurts Me Too
07. Beat It On Down The Line
08. Dancin' In The Streets

2nd Set:
01. Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion
02. Cream Puff War
03. The Same Thing
04. Cold Rain And Snow
05. Viola Lee Blues
06. Death Don't Have No Mercy

Grateful Dead - 1967-03-18 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

1960s - #5: On March 17, 1967, the Grateful Dead released their self titled debut album, one of a host of incredible first albums from that legendary year. The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Janis Joplin, and the Jefferson Airplane (with Grace Slick) also released their debut discs that year. Even then, however, the Dead were far more about what transpired on stage than in the studio. The day after their album hit record stores, March 18, 1967, 59 years ago this very day, the Dead found themselves at Winterland in their home town of San Francisco. Per the Day Of The Dead website, this soundboard recording, is a "quintessential, elemental piece of raw, primal Dead that just cannot be missed."  The show also features one of the only two available live recording of the tune Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion.  Download this one, then while you listen, read more about it here.

Gone Fishin'

Be away for the next few days or so. Be back around March 23 or so! 

Don't worry - Iet up plenty of shows to automatcially post while I'm gone so they'll be music every day! 

 

Please don't leave requests while I'm gone as I have no way to access them and respond. 

Enjoy the tunz!

TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT: UPDATED & EXPANDED EDITION

Countless "truth is stranger than fiction" tales, 177 magical concerts, 100 unique bands, 50 years of finding a way to the next show, and 10 Rules Of The Road all add up to 1 ordinary guy's extraordinary love letter to live rock & roll. 

And now, the book with a 4.4 star review on Amazon just got even better - welcome to the updated and expanded 2025 edition of TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT: AN ORDINARY GUY'S LIFETIME OF LIVE ROCK & ROLL!

The new edition is 582 pages, with over 250 pages of brand new content including:

• updates elements to every section of the book – the rules, the essays, the concert summaries, and the statistics.
• more tales from my 20th century concert adventures that I dredged out of my memory that didn't make the first edition
• details of all the shows I’ve attended since 2021, after the first edition was published, until today
• complete re-writes of Rules #2, #5, #6, #7, # 8 and #10, as well as the Grateful Dead essay, have been almost completely re-written. 
• consolidating the Song Selection essays from three to two but adding more songs to each remaining chapter in the process, doubling the number of tunes covered from 40 to 80. 
• replacing the discarded song essay, with a new one about the relationship between rock & roll and Broadway, a unique pairing that only really came into focus for me in the last year or so. 
• adding numerous new charts/tables to the statistics section
• quadrupling the number of setlists from shows I attended.  
• re-editing the entire book to clean up some areas that either seemed cumbersome or didn’t flow well 
• reformatting the entire book to give it a more professional look and feel. 

It's bigger! It's  better! It's the perfect holiday gift for the rock and roll fan in your life!  And the paperback is still only $14.99!

Read a sample here!   

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Peter Frampton - 2016-03-17 - Washington, DC (TV SBD)

Peter Frampton

2016-03-17

Tiny Desk Concert

NPR Music Studios

Washington, DC

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)

02. Lines On My Face

03. Baby, I Love Your Way

Peter Frampton - 2016-03-17 - Washington, DC (TV SBD)

2010s - #7: The 1976 album Frampton Come's Alive came from out of nowhere to take the music world by storm. With songs such as Baby I Love Your Way, Show Me the Way, and the mammoth 14 minute long, Do You Feel Like We Do, which featured Frampton's distinctive talk box guitar, Frampton Comes Alive climbed to the top of the Billboard Charts, sold over 6 million copies, and was voted album of the years by readers of Rolling Stone. The album was so popular that it was still in the #14 position in the charts at the end of 1977, almost 2 years after its release. The disc that came to define rock and roll in the mid 1970's. FM rock stations began to play more album oriented rock (AOR), as Frampton's album and other similar work came to be called. Other bands attempted to copy Frampton Comes Alive, but unfortunately the results were usually excessive, over produced, and downright boring. Other rebelled against the AOR sound and movements such as disco, punk and new wave emerged. All that, from 1 album. If you want to read more about the impact of Frampton Comes Alive and the dramatic changes in music in 1976, pick up the book, I Hate New Music, by Dave Thompson. In any event, this webcast recording captures Frampton perfroming 3 songs from his landmark disc for the NPR show, Tiny Desk Concert, 4 decades after the release of his landmark album, on March 17, 2016, 10 years ago today.