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Bruce Cockburn - 1999-06-04 - Syracuse, NY (SBD)

Bruce Cockburn 

1999-06-04

Styleen's Rhythm Palace

Syracuse, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Introduction 

02. Night Train 

03. Understanding Nothing 

04. Mango 

05. All The Diamonds 

06. Soul Of A Man 

07. The Whole Night Sky 

08. When You Give It Away 

09. Mines of Mozambique 

10. And They Call It Democracy 

2nd Set:

11. Get Up John 

12. Let the Bad Air Out

13. Look How Far 

14. Down In The Delta 

15. Dust And Diesel 

16. Pacing The Cage 

17. That's What Friends Are For

18. Dialogue With The Devil 

19. Last Night Of  The World 

20. Dream Like Mine 

21. Tie Me At The Crossroads 

Bruce Cockburn - 1999-06-04 - Syracuse, NY (SBD)

I saw Bruce Cockburn as the lead in band for Bob Weir in the summer of 1992. Cockburn also joined Weir during the encore of The Weight. The show was part of the Meadowlands Summer Fest series of concerts, which believe it or not, took place in the PARKING LOT of Giants stadium. The ever resourceful John Scher, a promoter who never let anything stand in the way of making a buck, through up a stage and some retractable stands in the lot, put a fence around it, and lo and behold, created a concert venue! You can read more about Mr. Scher and other crazy venues used for concerts in my book, TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT. 

In any event, this FM broadcast captures Cockburn about 7 years after I saw him in concert, in Syracuse on June 4, 1999, 27 years ago today.

Robert Cray - 1994-06-03 - Mesa, AZ (SBD)

Robert Cray 

1994-06-03

Mesa Amphitheatre

Mesa, AZ

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Smoking Gun

02. I Shiver

03. Right Next Door (Because Of Me)

04. You're Gonna Need Me

05. Labor Of Love

06. Reconsider Baby

07. The Last Time (I Get Burned Like This)

08. 1040 Blues

09. Our Last Time

Note: opened for Santana

Robert Cray - 1994-06-03 - Mesa, AZ (SBD)

I've seen Robert Cray in concert twice, both times in 1987. The first time, in April, he led-in for Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden. Then I saw Cray again in August 1987 at Pier 84 in New York. He was the headline act with John Hiatt as his lead in. It was a fitting pairing since just as Hiatt had his commercial breakthrough that year, so did Cray. His album Strong Persuader, released in late 1986, climbed into the top 15 on the Billboard charts in 1987. 

This soundboard recording captures Cray 7 years after I saw him live, leading in for Santana in Arizona on June 3, 1994, 32 years ago today.

Billy Joel - 1977-06-03 - Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (SBD)

Billy Joel

1977-06-03

Carnegie Hall

new York, NY

Soundboard Recording

128 kbps

Artwork Included

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

02. Prelude > Angry Young Man

03. New York State of Mind

04. Just The Way You Are

05. She's Got a Way

06. The Entertainer

07. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

08. Band Introductions

09. Captain Jack

10. I've Loved These Days

11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood

12. Souvenir 

Billy Joel - 1977-06-03 - Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (SBD)

Of all of Billy Joel's albums, my two favorites are two of his earliest, Piano Man and Turnstiles. His breakthrough album, The Stranger, didn't do much for me, and his first #1 disc, 52nd Street, is on my list of albums I never want to hear again. That disc came out when I was in college and so many people were playing it constantly that I just couldn't take it any more. So, given those facts, why have I seen Billy Joel in concert on half a dozen occasions? Well, back in 1990 I met a girl. And we went out on a few dates. And she had tickets to see Billy, her favorite artist, at Yankee Stadium. And she invited me to go. And two years later we were married! And marrying her has been the best thing I've ever done in my life! So, whenever she wants to see Billy Joel, I gladly get the tickets. As I mentioned, we've seen him 6 times together - 1990, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2016. By the way, if you like personal anecdotes like this one, you'll find a host more in my book, TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT.

This soundboard recording captures Billy on the cusp of superstardom, at Carneige Hall on June 3, 1977, 49 years ago today. The setlist included 2 songs - Just The Way You Are and Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - from the soon to be released album The Stranger.  That album would take the world by storm, climbing to #2 on the US charts, and selling over 10 million copies, becoming Columbia Records largest selling album up to that time. The disc yielded 4 top 25 singles, the aforemnetioned Just the Way You Are at #3, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) at #17, Only the Good Die Young at #24, and "She's Always a Woman at #17. And the other tune from the album played at Carneige Hall, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, became a favorite of FM radio stations.

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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 550 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. 

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Linda Ronstadt - 1973-06-02 - Santa Monica, CA (SBD)

Linda Ronstadt 

with Country Gazette

1973-06-02

McCabe's Guitar Shop

Santa Monica, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Rocky Top 

02. Crazy Arms 

03. Once More 

04. Wicked Path of Sin 

05. I Can't Help It 

06. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms 

07. The Poor Old Slave 

08. Angel Band 

09. Orange Blossom Special 

Tracks 1-5 Linda Ronstadt on lead vocals

Tracks 6-8 Linda duets with Country Gazette

Track 9 Country Gazette

Linda Ronstadt - 1973-06-02 - Santa Monica, CA (SBD)

I saw Ms. Linda only once, at Radio City Music Hall in 1982. It's tragic that Parkinson's Disease has silenced that amazing voice.

This soundboard recording captures Linda long before she became the Queen of Rock & Roll and graced the cover of Time Magazine, singing with the band Country Gazette at McCabes Guitar Shop on June 2, 1973, 53 years ago today.

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-06-01 - Roseland, New York, NY (Ex Aud)

Jerry Garcia Band

1983-0-01

Roseland Ballroom

New York, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Crowd & Tuning 

02. I'll Take a Melody 

03. Harder They Come

04. They Love Each Other >

05. Gomorrah >

06. Run For The Roses 

2nd Set:

01. Crowd & Tuning 

02. Rhapsody In Red 

03. Don't Let Go 

04. Russian Lullaby >

05. Dear Prudence >

06. Deal 

Encore:

07. How Sweet It Is 

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-06-01 - Roseland, New York, NY (Ex Aud)

Besides the 50 times I saw the Dead live, I attended 4 Jerry Garcia Band concerts - in March 1978 at the Capitol Theater, in March 1980, also at the Capitol (a show that has been officially released), in August 1984 at Caldwell College and finally in November 1991 at Madison Square Garden (another one that has been officially released). Garcia solo shows were like Dead concerts in some ways as some songs overlapped, the set lists were unpredictable and the jamming intense, but unlike them in others. Garcia on his own played an amazing variety of covers not found in the Dead's set lists, broke out some of his rarer solo tunes, and took far more solos than he would when jamming with the Dead. To sum it up, seeing Garcia solo was not seeing the Dead, and vice versa.

This excellent audience recording captures Garcia at Roseland in New York on June 1, 1983, 43 years ago today, about 6 month's after the 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.  Only one tune from Run For The Roses, for example  namely the title track, was included in his set list at Roseland.