Jimmy Buffett - 2016-10-20 - Sacramento, CA (FM)

Jimmy Buffett

& the Coral Reefer Band

2016-10-20

Golden 1 Center

Sacramento, CA

FM Broadcast

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Summerzcool  

02. Brown Eyed Girl  

03. Tiki Bar is Open  

04. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor  

05. Knees Of My Heart  

06. Come Monday  

07. It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere  

08. Weather With You  

09. Coconut Telegraph  

10. Fins  

11. Margaritaville  

12. Delaney Talks To Statues  

13. Gypsies In The Palace  

14. Take it Easy  

15. Scarlet Begonias  

16. Bama Breeze  

17. Pencil Thin Mustache  

18. Cheeseburger In Paradise  

19. A Pirate Looks At Forty  

20. Southern Cross  

21. Volcano  

22. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes  

    

Encore

23. We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About  

24. One Particular Harbour  

25. He Went To Paris 

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-10-20 - Sacramento, CA (FM)

As mentioned in yesterday's post, Jimmy Buffett was part of the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame class, along with such artists as Peter Frampton, Dave Matthews, Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, Cher, and Mary J. Blige. James Taylor handled the induction speech.  The postumous induction - Buffett had passed away unexpectedly in September 2023 - was for "Musical Excellence", another nebulous category which no one can really define. Afterall aren't all the folks inducted as performers excellent? If not, why the hell are they in the Hall of Fame? In addition, the Hall continued its confusing pattern of "sometimes we do, sometimes we don't" when it comes to backing bands by failing to induct the Coral Reefer Band.

In any event, this FM broadcast captures Buffett in Sacramento on October 20, 2016, a decade ago today. It was the next to last night of his I Don't Know tour, which had begin in May and consisted of 26 dates, including 2 in France.  Buffett rarely played Europe, as the BufettNews website lists only 23 concerts total on that continent in his long storied career. France was his favorite European destination, accounting for 19 of those concerts, all in the "City of Lights". 

Rolling Stones - 2016-10-14 - Indio, CA (IEM Matrix)

Rolling Stones

2016-10-14

Empire Polo Club

Indio, CA

IEM Matrix Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Introduction/Crowd

02. Jumping Jack Flash 

03. Get Off Of My Cloud 

04. It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It) 

05. Tumbling Dice

06. Just Your Fool 

07. Sweet Virginia 

08. Angie 

09. Live With Me

10. Paint It Black 

11. Honky Tonk Women 

12. Band intro 

CD 2:

01. You Got The Silver 

02. Little T&A 

03. Midnight Rambler 

04. Miss You 

05. Gimme Shelter 

06. Start Me Up 

07. Sympathy For The Devil 

08. Brown Sugar 

10. You Can't Always Get What You Want 

11. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 

Rolling Stones - 2016-10-14 - Indio, CA (IEM Matrix)

The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1989, a class that also featured the star power of the Stevie Wonder, the late great Otis Redding, The Temptations and Dion. They perfomed Satisfaction with some help from Bruce Springsteen and Honky Tonk Women with an assist from Tina Turner. 

This IEM Matrix recording captures the Stones at Desert Trips festival on October 14, 2016, a decade ago today, which brougt together 6 Rock & Roll of Famers for back to back weekends of music. On October 7 and 14, Bob Dylan and the Stones performed, then on October 8 and 15, Neil Young and Paul McCartney took the stage, and finally, on October 9 and 16, The Who and Roger Waters (inducted as a member of Pink Floyd) played. 

Paul McCartney - 2016-08-07 - East Rutherford, NJ (EX Aud)

Paul McCartney
2016-08-07
MetLife Stadium
East Rutherford, NJ
HQ Audience Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. entrance
02. A Hard Day's Night
03. Save Us
04. Can't Buy Me Love
05. Letting Go
06. Temporary Secretary
07. Let Me Roll It > Foxy Lady jam
08. I've Got a Feeling
09. My Valentine
10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
11. Here, There and Everywhere
12. Maybe I'm Amazed
13. We Can Work It Out
14. In Spite of All the Danger
15. You Won't See Me
16. Love Me Do
17. And I Love Her
18. Blackbird
19. Here Today
20. Queenie Eye
21. New
22. The Fool on the Hill
23. Lady Madonna
24. FourFiveSeconds
25. Eleanor Rigby
26. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
27. Something
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

Encore:
34. Yesterday
35. Hi, Hi, Hi
36. Birthday
37. Golden Slumbers
38. Carry That Weight
39. The End

Paul McCartney - 2016-08-07 -  East Rutherford, NJ (Ex Aud)

Here's another show that I was actually at! As I've mentioned previously on this blog, my wife and I took our twin boys to their first concert on Father's Day 2015 - Sir Paul McCartney at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.  To say they had a good time would  be an understatement. So, when he scheduled a show at MetLife Stadium on August 7, 2016, a year ago today, they begged me to get tickets.  We did and Macca Round 2 was just as good as the first show. And very touching for all of us as well - you see it would have been my Dad's 83rd birthday had he not passed away in 2012. Sir Paul must have know because he played Birthday during the encores, the first time I ever heard him play it live! I've provided you 3 different tapes of this show in the download, and all sound good but I think the 3rd one (PM16NJ) sounds the best.  Enjoy. And oh, by the way - at my boy's request we saw Sir Paul again next on September 15, 2017 at Madison Square Garden and on June 18, 2022, again at Met Life Stadium.  That made 4 times going to see Macca as a family, plus my wife and I saw him 5 times prior - in 1993, 2002, twice in 2005, and in 2011!  If you like what you've rerad in this post, you'll find more tales of family and music in my book.

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.

John Kadlecik - 2016-01-30 - Richmond, VA (SBD)

John Kadlecik 

2016-01-30

The Broadberry 

Richmond, VA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. The Harder They Come

02. Sister Smiles

03. They Love Each Other :bigheart

04. Cleaning Windows

05. Good Shepherd 

06. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

07. Promised Land

08. Deal

2nd Set:

01. After Midnight

02. Golden Wings

03. She Belongs To Me

04. Crazy Fingers >

05. Dear Mr. Fantasy >

06. jam >

07. Fire On The Mountain>

08. Lovers In A Dangerous Time

09. Mission In the Rain >

10. Tangled Up In Blue

Encore:

01. My Sisters And Brothers

John Kadlecik - 2016-01-30 - Richmond, VA (SBD)

2010s - #5: In 1997, John Kadlecik co-founded Dark Star Orchestra, which was originally intended to be a one night a week Dead cover band. Before long all the group members quit their other projects and began concentrating on the group full-time. The band would often recreate set lists from a particular night in Grateful Dead history. Kadlecik had an uncanny ability to emulate Jerry Garcia's playing and singing style. So much so, that in 2009, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, original members of the Grateful Dead, asked him to join Furthur, one of the many projects that the former members of the Dead embarked on after the death of Jerry Garcia. He would also later play as part of Phil Lesh & Friends. This soundboard recording captures John out on his own, in Richmond, fronting on January 30, 2016, a decade ago today.

Smokey Robinson - 2016-11-16 - Washington, DC (TV SBD)

Smokey Robinson

2016-11-16

Gershwin Prize Ceremony

DAR Constitution Hall

Washington DC

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Being With You

02. Love Is Here To Stay

03. My Girl 

Smokey Robinson - 2016-11-16 - Washington, DC (TV SBD)

2010s - #5: In 2016, Smokey Robinson was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, given to a composer or performer 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, and Willie Nelson. This TV soundboard recording captures Smokey performing at the awards ceremony, on November 16, 2016, 9 years ago today.

Sting - 2016-11-12 - Paris, France (FM)

Sting

2016-11-12

Le Bataclan

Paris, France

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Intro 

02. Fragile (with Ibrahim Maalouf) 

03. Message In A Bottle 

04. I Can’t Stop Thinking About You * 

05. One Fine Day 

06. 50,000 

07. Inshallah (with Ibrahim Maalouf) 

08. Petrol Head  

09. Down, Down, Down  

10. Driven To Tears 

CD 2:

01. Englishman in New York 

02. Desert Rose (with Ibrahim Maalouf) 

03. Every Breath You Take 

04. So Lonely 

05. Walking 0n The Moon 

06. Roxanne 

07. Ain’t No Sunshine 

08. Next to You (with Henri Padovani) 

09. The Empty Chair 

Sting - 2016-11-12 - Paris, France (FM)

2010s - #4: In November 2016, Sting released the album 57th &9th, his first rock album in 13 years since 2003's Sacred Love. The album's title is a reference to the New York intersection Sting crossed every day to get to Avatar Studios in the city's Hell's Kitchen district where much of the album was recorded. The disc includes the track 50,000, written the week of Prince's death, which pay's tribute to the Purple Rain composer as well as several other musicians who died in late 2015 and 2016 - David Bowie, Glenn Frey, & Lemmy.  The disc went to #9 on the US Billboard charts and to #15 in the UK,  This FM broadcast captures Sting in France on November 12, 2016, 9 years ago today, performing tunes from the new disc, alongside classics from his solo career and time with The Police. The concert marked the reopening the famed La Bataclan Theater, which had been the site of a terrorist attack a year earlier that killed 90 people. Sting told the crowd in French: “We’ve got two important things to do tonight… First, to remember and honour those who lost their lives in the attacks a year ago. And then to celebrate the life and the music of this historic venue.” He added: “We shall not forget them,” before holding a moment of silence on stage.

Farm Aid - 2016-09-17 - Bristow, VA (Webcast/TV SBD)

Farm Aid

2016-09-17

Jiffy Lube Live

Bristow, Virginia

Soundboard/Webcast Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Neil Young

01. Heart of Gold 

02. Out on the Weekend 

03. Human Highway 

04. Harvest Moon 

05. Are There Any More Real Cowboys? 

06. Powderfinger 

07. Rockin' in the Free World 

John Mellencamp

01. Lawless Times

02. Small Town

03. Stones In My Passway 

04. Check It Out

05. Rain On The Scarecrow

06. Paper In Fire

07. Crumblin' Down

08. Authority Song

09. Pink Houses

Willie Nelson

01. Whiskey River 

02. Still Is Still Moving to Me

03. Beer for My Horses

04. Good Hearted Woman

05. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

06. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground

07. On the Road Again

08. You Were Always On My Mind

09. Bloody Mary Morning

10. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

11. Georgia (On My Mind)

12. It's All Going to Pot

13. Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die

14. I'll Fly Away

15. Amazing Grace

16. I Saw The Light

Farm Aid - 2016-09-17 - Bristow, VA (Webcast/TV SBD)

This Webcast/TV soundboard recording provides highlights from Farm Aid 2017, held in Bristow, VA on September 17, 2016, 9 years ago today.  Included are sets from the 3 founders - Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson.

Phil Lesh - 2016-08-27 - Lockin', Arrington, VA (Ex Aud)

Phil Lesh and Friends

2016-08-27 

Lockn' Festival

Arrington, VA

Excellent Audience recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Scarlet Begonias

02. Dire Wolf

03. Rosa Lee McFall

04. Uncle John's Band

05. Mr. Charlie (w/ Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi)

06. Sugaree (w/ Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi)

07. Shakedown Street

08. Terrapin Station

Phil Lesh - 2016-08-27 - Lockin', Arrington, VA (Ex Aud)

For 30 years, Phil Lesh stood on the opposite side of the stage form Jerry Garcia, the 2 end points in the base of a triangle with Bob Weir out front. If Garcia's guitar pointed the way as the Dead segued from song to jam to song, Phil's bass was right there with him, helping lead the band unlike any other bass player had ever done, Yet if Phil's playing was often out front, he rarely took that role on stage. Yes, he occasionally took a lead vocal, but he hardly seemed like the type to lead a band. Yet, in the wake of Jerry death, that's exactly what Phil did. In 1998, he began playing under the moniker Phil Lesh and Friends. Over the years, those friends have included a virtual who’s who or rock and roll, including Jorma Kaukonen, Trey Anastasio, John Molo, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Joan Osborne, Derek Trucks, and Susan Tedeschi, just to name a few. This excellent audience recording captures Phil & Friends at the Lockin' Festival on August 27, 2016, 9 years ago today.

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-04-23 - Charlotte, NC (FM)

Jimmy Buffett

& The Coral Reefer Band

2016-04-23

Workin' n' Playin' Tour

PNC Music Pavilion

Charlotte, NC

FM Broadcast

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Ragtop Day  

02. Knees Of My Heart  

03. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink And I Don’t Love Jesus  

04. The Great Filling Station Holdup  

05. Come Monday  

06. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor  

07. It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere  

08. Volcano  

09. Workin’ and Playin’  

10. Fins  

11. Margaritaville  

12. Little Martha  

13. Bama Breeze  

14. License To Chill  

15. Silver Wings  

16. Cheeseburger In Paradise  

17. Coast Of Carolina  

18. One Particular Harbour  

19. Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw  

20. A Pirate Looks At Forty  

21. Southern Cross  

    

Encore:

22. Scarlet Begonias  

23. Brown Eyed Girl  

24. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes  

25. Purple Rain  

Jimmy Buffett - 2016-04-23 - Charlotte, NC (FM)

2010s - #4: Jimmy Buffett's 2015 Workin'N'Playing tour carried over into 2016, for 4 dates in April.  This FM broadcast captures the final night of the tour, in Charlotte, on April 23, 2016, 9 years ago today.  Buffett ends the night with a cover of Purple Rain in honor of Prince, who died 2 days earlier.

Chicago - 2016-04-08 - HOF, Brooklyn, NY (TV SBD)

Chicago

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction

2016-04-08

Barclays Center

Broolyn, NY

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Saturday in the Park > 

02. 25 or 6 to 4

03. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?  (with Rob Thomas)

Chicago - 2016-04-08 - HOF, Brooklyn, NY (TV SBD)

2010s -#1: Chicago was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, along with N.W.A., Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller and Bert Berns. In an interesting twist, Peter Cetera, who led Chicago's transition toward playing more power ballads in the in the late 1970s and early 1980s, chose not to attend. The band's set at their induction therefore, featured their early classics, the tunes that truly made them Hall of Famers in the first place! This TV soundboard recording captures that performance, from 8 years ago today, on April 8, 2016.

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The Pretenders - 2016-11-18 - Philadelphia, PA (FM)

The Pretenders 

2016-11-18

World Cafe Live

Philadelphia, PA

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Alone

02. Gotta Wait

03. Let's Get Lost

04. Down The Wrong Way

05. I Hate Myself

06. Private Life

07. Death Is Not Enough

08. Holy Commotion

The Pretenders - 2016-11-18 - Philadelphia, PA (FM)

I've seen the Pretenders live 3 times - early on in their career in October 1981 at the Palladium, in April 1987 at Radio City Music Hall after the commercial success of the albums Learning To Crawl & Get Close, and then just a few years ago, in April 2018, at the Morristown PAC. That gap of 31 years between 1987 and 2018 is the 4th longest I ever went between seeing a concert by the same band. (FYI - the 3 longest gaps were: 40 years betweem seeing Pat Benatar 1981 and 2021, 38 years between my first America concert in 1978 and the 2nd one in 2016, and 34 years between seeing John Hiatt in 1987 and then in 2021).  If you like keeping track of statitsics releated to the concerts you attened, similar to what I've just discussed, my book has a whole section filled with charts I'm sure you'll enjoy!

This FM broadcast capturs the Pretenders just 2 years before the last time I saw them, on the World Cafe program from Philadelphia om November 18, 2016, 7 years ago today.

Elton John - 2016-05-26 - Tel Aviv, Israel (FM)

Elton John

2016-05-26

Yarkon Park

Tel Aviv, Israel

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Funeral For A Friend > Love Lies Bleeding 

02. Benny And The Jets

03. Candle In The Wind

04. All The Girls Love Alice

05. Levon

06. Tiny Dancer

07. Looking Up

08. A Good Heart

09. Philadelphia Freedom

10. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

11. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)

12. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

13. Daniel

14. Have Mercy On The Criminal

15. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

16. Your Song

17. Burn Down The Mission

18. Sad Songs (Say So Much)

19. Blue Wonderful > Band Introduction

20. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

21. The Bitch Is Back

22. I'm Still Standing

23. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)

24. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

Encore:

25. Crocodile Rock

26. Circle Of Life

27. Song For Guy (missing)

Elton John - 2016-05-26 - Tel Aviv, Israel (FM)

On February 5, 2016, Elton John released Wonderful Crazy Night, the 30th studio album of his long and storied career. The disc would go to #8 on the Billboard charts in the US, and be ranked 39th on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2016. This FM broadcast captures him on th eopening night of his tour in support of the albun, in Israel, on May 26, 2016, 7 years ago today.

Paul Simon - 2016-05-12 - Austin TX (Webcast)

Paul Simon

2016-05-12

Austin City Limits

The Moody Theater

Austin, TX

Webcast Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. The Boy In The Bubble 

02. That Was Your Mother 

03. Rewrite 

04. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 

05. Wristband 

06. Homeward Bound 

07. The Werewolf 

08. The Cool, Cool River 

09. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes 

10. You Can Call Me Al 

11. The Sound Of Silence 

Paul Simon - 2016-05-12 - Austin TX (Webcast)

In June 2016, Paul Simon released his 13th solo studio album, entitled Stranger to Stranger.  The disc debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts Billboard, Mojo and Rolling Stone all rating it as one of the dozen best albums of the year.  Simon launched a two month US tour in May in support of the album.  This Webcast recording captures him during that run at Austin City Limits on May 12, 2016, 7 years ago today.

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2016-05-08 - Buffalo, NY (Ex Aud)

Tedeschi Trucks Band

2016-05-08

UB Center For The Arts

Mainstage Theatre

Buffalo, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Don't Know What It Means

02. The Letter

03. Made Up Mind

04. Do I Look Worried

05. Something

06. I Done Somebody Wrong

07. Don't Let Me Slide

08. Idle Wind (Sahib Teri Bandi-Maki Madni tease) >

09. Drums >

10. Idle WInd

11. Band Intros

12. Get What You Deserve

13. Intro: Amy Helm & Daniel Littleton

14. Angel From Montgomery

15. That Did It

16. Let Me Get By

17. Sticks And Stones

Encore:

18. Wah Wah

19. Let's Go Get Stoned

Tedeschi Trucks Band - 2016-05-08 - Buffalo, NY (Ex Aud)

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. In 2013, they released their 2nd studio album, Made Up Mind, which climbed to #11 on the Billboard album charts. Then in January 2016, they released their 3rd studio album, Let Me Get By, which would eventually climb to #15 on the charts. This excellent audience  broadcast captures the band promoting the release of Let Me Get By, in Buffalo, on May 8 23, 2016, 7 years ago today.

Joan Osborne - 2016-05-07 - Natick, MA (SBD Matrix)

Joan Osborne 

2016-05-07 

The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 

Natick, MA

Soundboard Matrix Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

02. talk

03. I Want To Be Loved

04. talk

05. Game Of Love

06. talk

07. Guiding Light

08. talk

09. St. Theresa

10. talk

11. Angel From Montgomery

12. talk

13. Kiss

14. talk

15. Work On Me

16. talk

17. Where We Start

18. talk

19. Buckets Of Rain

20. talk

21. Lord Protect My Child

22. talk

23. Shake Your Hips

24. talk

25. Freedom (new song written for Mavis Staples)

26. talk

27. Spider Web

28. talk

29. One Of Us

30. talk

31. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Joan Osborne - 2016-05-07 - Natick, MA (SBD Matrix)

In 2017, Joan Osborne, who rose to fame in 1995 with the single One of Us, released an album of Bob Dylan covers. The disc, appropriate;l titled Songs Of Bob Dylan features Joan's take on classics such as Highway 61 Revisited and Tangled Up in Blue, as well as lesser known tracks such as Dark Eyes and Ring Them Bells. This soundboard matrix recording from May 7, 2016, 7 years ago today, captures Joan about a year before the release of that disc.  Her set list, in addition to her original tuness, included 2 tracks that would eventially appear on her Dylan album, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go and Buckets Of Rain, plus another Dylan cover that didn't make the album, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You.

Tom Jones - 2016-02-12 - Chicago, IL (SBD)

Tom Jones 

2016-02-12 

Soundstage

WTTW Grainger Studio

Chicago, IL 

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Tower Of Song 

02. Run On 

03. Strange Things 

04. Delilah 

05. Take My Love (I Want to Give It)

06. Opportunity To Cry 

07. Raise A Ruckus 

08. Elvis Presley Blues 

09. Soul Of A Man 

10. If I Give My Soul 

11. Burning Hell 

12. Don't Knock 

13. Didn't It Rain

14. Green Green Grass of Home 

15. 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone 

16. Kiss

17. I Wish You Would 

18. Thunderball 

19. It's Not Unusual 

20. What Good Am I 

Tom Jones - 2016-02-12 - Soundstage, Chicago IL (SBD)

2010s - #3: He has had number one singles on both sides of the Atlantic, selling over 100 million records. He has hosted 2 TV variety series, one in the 1970's and one in the 1980's. He has performed every style of music imaginable, including pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel. He has sung the theme song to numerous movies, including What's New Pussy Cat and The Emperor's New Groove. His voice, with its trademark Welsh accent, makes every song he sings instantly identifiable. And his electrifying live performances still result in women throwing their underwear onto the stage. He is Tom Jones, and even after 50 years in the music business, he still has that magic when he takes the stage to captivate an audience. This soundboard recording captures him in Chicago on Februaru 12, 2016, 7 years ago today! Download this one and hope that you'll look and sound this good as you approach your 76th birthday!

Kris Kristofferson - 2016-09-18 - Gothenburg, Sweden (FM)

Kris Kristofferson

2016-09-16

Konserthuset

Gateborg, Sweden

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Shipwrecked In The 80s

02. Darby«s Castle

03. Me And Bobby McGee

04. Best Of All Possible Worlds

05. Help Me Make It Through The Night

06. Casey's Last Ride

07. Nobody Wins

08. Feeling Mortal

09. From Here To Forever

10. Loving Her Was Easier

11. Duvalier«s Dream

12. I'd Rather Be Sorry

13. They Killed Him

14. Jody And The Kid

15. The Pilgrim

16. The Wonder

17. To Beat The Devil

18. Sunday Morning Coming Down

19. Silver Tongued Devil

20. For The Good Times 

Kris Kristofferson - 2016-09-18 - Gothenburg, Sweden (FM)

2010s - #4:  For his 80th birthday in June 2016, Kris Kristofferson releasaed a 25 track  collection of songs recorded over three days in the summer of 2014. Enitled the The Cedar Creek Sessions, the two-disc set featured new takes on some of Kristofferson’s most revered tunes, including Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, Help Me Make It Through the Night, For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee.  All Music gave the album 5 stars and Rollling Stone wrote the "performances reflect Kristofferson’s craft and bone-dry conviction with the sort of integrity that can only be achieved when such a seasoned songwriter revisits his own history. The disc earned Kristofferson a Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album.  This FM broadcast captures Kristofferson just 3 months after the release of The Cedar Creek Sessions, in Sweden on September 18, 2016, 6 uears ago today.

Bruce Hornsby - 2016-09-03 - Orkney Springs, VA (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby

& The Noisemakers

2016-09-03

Shenandoah Valley Music Fest 

Orkney Springs, VA

Soundboard Recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Catenaires

02. Preacher in the Ring Part 1

03. Preacher in the Ring Part 2

04. Prelude In Bb

05. Look Out Any Window

06. End Of The Innocence

07. What A Time

08. Crown Of Jewels

09. Praire Dog Town

10. Swing Street

11. M.I.A. in MIAMI

12. Tipping

13. Rehab Reunion

14. Celestial Railroad

15. JT Organ Intro

16. The Way It Is

17. Shenandoah

18. Across The River

Encore

19. Ross Fiddle Intro

20. Jacob's Ladder

Bruce Hornsby - 2016-09-03 - Orkney Springs, VA (SBD)

2010s - #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 Virginia on September 23, 2016, 6 years ago today. 

Elton John - 2016-07-12 - Pompei, Italy (FM)

Elton John

2016-07-12

Anfiteatro Romano 

Pompei, Italy

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. The Bitch Is Back 

02. Bennie And The Jets 

03. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 

04. Looking Up 

05. A Good Heart 

06. Philadelphia Freedom 

07. piano intro 

08. Rocket Man 

09. Tiny Dancer 

10. Daniel 

11. Levon 

12. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 

13. Burn Down The Mission 

14. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 

15. Your Song 

16. Sad Songs 

17. bands intros 

18. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 

19. All The Girls Love Alice 

20. I'm Still Standing 

21. Your Sister Can't Twist 

22. Saturday Night Is All Right For Fighting 

23. encore break 

24. Candle In The Wind 

25. Crocodile Rock 

26. radio outros 

Elton John  - 2016-07-12 - Pompei, Italy (FM)

In early spring 1976, tickets went on sale for Elton John at Madison Square Garden, a then unheard of 7 show stand at the World's Greatest Arena which would conclude his world wide Louder Than The Concorde (But Not Quite As Pretty) Tour. Elton, while not yet a Sir, was easily the biggest rock star in the world at the time. So, it came as no surprise that my buddies and I decided our first concert experience had to be Elton at the Garden. Shut out from getting tickets through Ticketron, we opted for the local scalper, who sold us floor seats for $25. My dad gave me hell for paying three times the face value ($8.50!) to go see "some long haired rock and roller" (pretty ironic given the state of Elton's hair line). Parental disapproval aside, we made the trek from NJ to The Garden on August 15, 1976. That concert eventually inspired my self published book, Ten Rules Of The Road That I Learned At My First Concert. Since that 1976 show, I've seen Elton live 5 more times, all at MSG: 

• in October 1992 - The One tour
• in October 1999 - a solo performance
• n September 2005 - the 30th anniversary of Captain Fantastic
• in March 2007 - his 60th birthday concert
• in November 2018 - the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour

This FM broadcast captures Sir Elton in Italy on July 12, 2016, 4 decades after I first saw him live and 6 years ago this very day.