Jerry Garcia Band - 1987-12-04 - Los Angeles, CA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia Band
1987-12-04
Wiltern Theater
Los Angeles, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

Acoustic Set:
01. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
02. Deep Elem Blues
03. Spike Driver Blues
04. I've Been All Around This World
05. Band Intro
06. Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
07. Oh, The Wind & Rain
08. Gone Home
09. If I Lose
10. Ragged But Right

Electric Set:
01. I Shall Be Released
02. Mission In The Rain
03. Like A Road
04. Harder They Come
05. And It Stoned Me
06. My Sisters & Brothers >
07. Deal
08. Evangeline

Jerry Garcia Band - 1987-12-04 - Los Angeles, CA (SBD)

We’ve spent a host of posts here at So Many Roads describing the incredible run that Grateful Dead had in 1987 during Jerry Garcia’s remarkable recovery from a diabetic coma. We haven’t spent quite as much time on his solo projects that year, which is an oversight on our part. Garcia reconnected with his acoustic roots that year, playing over 2 dozen shows featuring both acoustic and electric sets. Those included a 2 week run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway in October, followed by 3 nights at The Warfield in San Francisco in November and 2 nights at the Wiltern in Los Angeles in December. This soundboard recording captures the last night at the Wiltern on December 4, 1987, 26 years ago today. The acoustic set is filled with covers of old blues, folk and spiritual tunes, including an incredible version of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. The electric set, in typical Graci fashion, demonstrates his unique ability to interpret tunes from a host of genres and artists, including versions of Dylan’s I Shall Be Released, Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come and Van Morrison’s And It Stoned Me.

 

Joan Jett - 1982-12-04 - Tokyo, Japan (FM)

Joan Jett
1982-12-04
NHK Hall
Tokyo, Japan  
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Bad Reputation
02. Runaway
03. Wooly Bully
04. Bits & Pieces
05. You Don't Know What You've Got
06. Love Is Pain
07. I Love Playin' With Fire
08. Wait For Me
09. Victim Of Circumstances
10. Oh Woe Is Me
11. You're Too Possessive
12. I Love Rock 'N' Roll
13. Nag
14. Black Leather
15. Do You Wanna Touch Me
16. Star Star
17. Shout
18. Rebel Rebel

Joan Jett - 1982-12-04 - Tokyo, Japan (FM)

Joan Jett’s concert in Tokyo on December 4, 1982, 31 years ago today, is filled with cover tunes, including Wooly Bully (from Sam The Sham), Bits and Pieces (The Dave Clark Five), and Do You Wanna Touch Me (Gary Glitter), and Rebel Rebel (David Bowie), just to name a few. What many folks may not know, however, is that Jett’s biggest hit, I Love Rock & Roll, is also a cover tune. The song was written in 1975 by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker, whose band, Arrows, first recorded it. While the arrows version received almost no attention or airplay, Jett’s remake went to #1 on the Billboard charts, where it stayed for 7 weeks,

 

Eric Clapton - 2001-12-04 - Tokyo, Japan (SBD)

Eric Clapton
2001-12-04
Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
Soundboard Recording
320 kbs
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. Intro
02. Key To The Highway
03. Reptile
04. Got You On My Mind
05. Tears In Heaven
06. Layla
07. Bell Bottom Blues
08. Change The World
09. River Of Tears
10. Goin' Down Slow
11. She's Gone

CD 2:
01. I Want A Little Girl
02. Badge
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Five Long Years
05. Cocaine
06. Wonderful Tonight
07. Layla
08. Sunshine Of Your Love
09. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
10. Outro

Eric Clapton - 2001-12-04 - Tokyo, Japan (SBD)

Cover tunes have always been an integral part of Clapton’s live shows, especially because of his roots in blues music. Songs such as Cocaine, from JJ Cale, I Shot The Sheriff, from Bob Marley, and Crossroads, by Robert Johnson, and Further On Up The Road, by Bobby Blue Bland, have always been integral parts of his live performances. This soundboard from December 4, 2001, 12 years ago today, is no exception when it comes to cover tunes, including Key To The Highway, Hoochie Coochie Man and the aforementioned Cocaine, just to name a few. The encore, however, includes one of EC’s most unique covers, a rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, a tune most famous for the version sung by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz.

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-12-03 - Boston, MA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia Band

1983-12-03

Orpheum Theater

Boston, MA

Soundboard Recordring

192 kbps (vbr)

Artwork Included

Early Show

01. Sugaree

02. Catfish John

03. It's No Use

04. Run For The Roses

05. Dear Prudence >

06. Deal

07. How Sweet It Is

Late Show

01. Cats Under the Stars

02. They Love Each Other

03. Love In the Afternoon

04. Mission In the Rain

05. Rhapsody In Red

06. The Harder They Come

07. Russian Lullaby

08. Tangled Up In Blue >

09. Midnight Moonlight

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-12-03 - Boston, MA (SBD) - Early

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-12-03 - Boston, MA (SBD) - Late

In November 1982, Jerry Garcia would release his last solo studio album, entitled Run For The Roses. With the exception of the title track, and a cover of Dylan’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, it was hardly Garcia’s most inspired work. In part, that reflected his ongoing battles with drug addiction. It also reflected a growing disinterest on his part in making studio albums in general. For example, the Grateful Dead would go 7 years, from 1980 to 1987 without releasing a studio album. Even that 1987 album, In The Dark, was recorded on stage in a theater, though without an audience, in hopes of giving the tunes more of a live concert feel. Playing live was, ironically, both Garcia’s comfort zone and where he could experiment musically. In 1983, he played 75 solo shows, in addition to touring with the Dead, but unlike most bands, the concerts weren’t designed to promote the album. For example, during his 2 shows at the Orpheum Theater on December 3, 1983, 3 decades years ago today, only the title track made it into the set list for either show. Cover songs abounded, however, including Dear Prudence, How Sweet It Is, The Harder They Come and Tnagles Uo in Blue. Download these 2 soundboards to hear Garcia do what he did best and loved - play live.

Frank Sinatra - 1961-12-02 - Sydney, Australia (SBD)

Frank Sinatra

1961-12-02

Sydney Stadium

Sydney, Australia

Soundboard Recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Intro by Tommy Hanlin Jr

02. I've Got the World on A String

03. I Concentrate on You

04. Night and Day

05. Moonlight in Vermont

06. In the Still of the Night

07. I'll Be Seeing You

08. Day In, Day Out

09. The Moon Was Yellow

10. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

11. Monologue

12. Come Fly with Me

13. April in Paris

14. A Foggy Day

15. Without A Song

16. Imagination

17. The Second Time Around

18. Young at Heart

19. Witchcraft

20. Embraceble You

21. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else

22. My Funny Valentine

23. My Blue Heaven

24. One for My Baby

25. The Lady is A Tramp

Frank Sinatra - 1961-12-02 - Sydney, Australia (SBD)

Every Frank Sinatra performance is filled with cover tunes since his career began at a time when few, if any artists, wrote their own songs. This soundboard from December 2, 1961, 52 years ago today includes a host of songs previously sung by other artists, such as My Funny Valentine, Night and Day and In The Still Of The Night. Frank also covers My Blue Heaven, a song which had been a hit for Fats Domino in 1956. Of course, Fats wasn’t the original artist either. The song was written way back in 1924 and has been performed by a dozens of artists over the years, including The Platters, Harry Connick Jr, Marty Robbins and Nat King Cole, just to name a few.

 

John Hiatt - 1995-12-02 - Chicago IL (FM)

John Hiatt & The Nashville Queens

1995-12-02

Riviera Theater

Chicago, IL

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Intro

02. Slow Turning

03. Real Fine Love

04. Ethylene

05. Buffalo River Home

06. Good As She Can Be

07. Dust Down A Country Road

08. Drive South

09. Native Son

10. Walk On

11. Your Love Is My Rest

12. Tennessee Plates

13. Shredding The Document

14. Perfectly Good Guitar

15. Cry Love

16. Have A Little Faith In Me

17. Thing Called Love

18. You Must Go

19. Big Love

20. I Wanna Be Sedated

John Hiatt - 1995-12-02 - Chicago IL (FM)

As mentioned on several occasions, we’re doing our best here at So Many Roads to give some extra attention to the very under-rated and often unappreciated John Hiatt. This post, an FM broadcastt from December 2, 1995, 18 years ago today, makes it 4 straight months with a show from Hiatt. Normally, our John Hiatt posts reference the numerous artists who have covered his tunes. In this post, however, we turn the tables and find Hiatt performing an extremely unusual cover tune with a just as unusual introduction. As he returns for an encore, Hiatt announces he’s about to play a country western song, then launches into a version of The Ramone’s I Wanna Be Sedated!

 

Rolling Stones - 1981-12-01 - Pontiac, MI (SBD)

Rolling Stones

1981-12-01

The Silverdome

Pontiac, Mi.

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Take The A Train (Duke Ellington) intro

02. Under My Thumb

03. When The Whip Comes Down

04. Let's Spend the Night Together

05. Shattered

06. Neighbors

07. Black Limousine

08. (Just My) Imagination

09. Twenty Flight Rock

10. Going To A Go-Go

11. Let Me Go*

12. Time Is On My Side*

13. Beast Of Burden

14. Waiting On a Friend

15. Let It Bleed

CD 2:

01. You Can't Always Get What You Want

02. Band Intros

03. Little T&A

04. Tumbling Dice

05. She's So Cold

06. Hang Fire

07. Miss You

08. Honky Tonk Women

09. Brown Sugar

10. Start Me Up

11. Jumping Jack Flash

12. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

* audience source

Rolling Stones - 1981-12-01 - Pontiac, MI (SBD)

When the Stones went on tour of the US in 1981 in support of their soon to be number #1 album Tattoo You, Mick Jagger wasn’t completely in favor of hitting the concert trail once again. That didn’t stop Jagger or the band from finding ways to make plenty of money. Ticket sales for the 50 date itinerary grossed over $50 million, at an average ticket price of $16. The Stones garnered another $1 million from Jovan Musk, who in return were allowed to print their name on each and every ticket sold. It was quite ironic that the Stones, with their bad boy image, who had railed against advertising in the lyrics to Satisfaction, would be one of the first groups to engage a corporate sponsor. More cash rolled in on December 18, as the Stones’ show from Hampton VA, the next to last performance of the tour, became the first concert by any band to be broadcast on pay per view (the Grateful Dead had used closed circuit TV for their October 31, 1980 broadcast from Radio City). The end of the tour the next night didn’t mean the end of the financial windfall for the Stones. In June 1982, the band released the live album, Still Life, featuring highlights from the 1981 tour, which went to number 5 on the Billboard charts, selling over 1 million copies despite less than stellar reviews. In 1983, the Stones released the concert film, Let’s Spend The Night Together, showcasing songs from their 1981 shows on November 5th in New Jersey and December 13th in Tempe. The film grossed another $50 million for the band. All that money making did have one residual benefit for fans of the Stones. The band taped almost every show of the tour to amass material for the live album and movie. As such, over 30 soundboards from the 1981 tout are in circulation. This one captures the Stones on December 1, 1981, 3 decades ago today, in Pontiac, Michigan. Te set list includes 2 Motwon cvers - Just My Imagination from the Temptations and Going To A Go GO from Smokey Robinson.