The Evolution of The So Many Roads Banner

Believe it or not, the banner right below the site's title header has undergone numerous changes since we launched So Many Roads back on November 11 2009. The current banner is version #12! When we first launched, we had no banner at all - we were so new to blogging it's a miracle we even got a post up. After a few months, we hit on the idea of using band logos to make a banner for the site. Version 1 had about 25 bands listed, and over the next few months we added some more. In April 2011, when we changed the look of the site and expanded to 3 columns, we suddenly had lots more room to add all kinds of logos! We've changed the look and feel of the banner over a half dozen times since then! See what happens when we have too much time on our hands! In any event, if you want to see the evolution of our banner, go to the right sidebar, and scroll down to 2nd CD artwork slideshow. The first picture in that slideshow is our dancing bear avatar, and then the next 12 are the evolution of the banner. Enjoy!

Warren Zevon - 1994-08-26 - Asbury Park, NJ (FM)

Warren Zevon

1994-08-26

WNEW-FM 20th Anniversary Show

The Stone Pony

Asbury Park, NJ

FM Broadcast

224 kbps

Artwork Included

01. intro

02. Splendid Isolation

03. Lawyers, Guns and Money

04. interlude 1

05. Hurry On Home

06. Thompson Gunner

07. Junk Bond King

08. Excitable Boy

09. Werewolves Of London

10. interlude 2

11. Poor Poor Pitiful Me  

Warren Zevon - 1994-08-26 - Asbury Park, NJ (FM) 

Readers of this blog know that I've often discussed WNEW-FM in New York, the station I grew up on, the station whose motto was "Where Rock Lives" and the station where rock was often LIVE, as they broadcast countless concerts to the tri-state area.  Today, we have one of those live broadcasts a concert featuring Warren Zevon at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ celebrating the stations's 20th anniversary, on August 26, 1994, 17 years ago today. Warren Zevon opened the night, followed by The Band. 

Chimes of Freedom

With the Web Sheriff long gone, we are again free to post all of Mr Dylan's bootlegs. The other day, I put 3 shows of Bob with the Band back up on the site! Today, I've put 6 other shows back up for your enjoyment, including ones with Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, and the Silver Wilburys, better known as John Fogerty and George Harrison. Just go over to the side bar, scroll down to the artists list, and click on Bid Dylan! Enjoy!

Crosby, Stills & Nash - 2009-08-22 - Clearwater FL (HQ AUD)

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2009-08-22

Ruth Eckerd Hall

Clearwater, Florida

HQ Audience Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

1st Set

01. Intro

02. Helplessly Hoping

03. Wasted On The Way

04. Ruby Tuesday

05. Close Your Eyes

06. Reason To Believe

07. Girl From The North Country

08. Guinnevere

09. Dream For Him

10. In Your Name

11. Uncle John's Band

12. Our House

13. Southern Cross

CD 2:

2nd Set

01. Love The One You're With

02. Marrakesh Express

03. Rock & Roll Woman

04. Long Time Gone

05. Just A Song Before I Go

06. Cathedral

07. Deja Vu

08. Bluebird

09. Almost Cut My Hair

10. Band Introductions

11. Wooden Ships

12. For What It's Worth

13. Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills & Nash - 2009-08-22 - Clearwater FL (HQ AUD)

For Crosby, Stills and Nash, the year 2009 marked the 40th anniversary of their first shows together (along with sometime companion Neil Young). Despite their on again, off again relationships with each other and Neil, CSN somehow endured the test of time. For their 2009 tour, the trio, who in the past rarely played any songs but their own in concert, broke from tradition and added numerous cover songs to their set list. Those tunes included rock classics such as Ruby Tuesday, Girl from North Country and Uncle John's Band, just to name three. CSN had supposedly been working with producer Rick Rubin on an album of cover songs, but that never has materialized. In any event, you can hear CSN's take on these rock classics in this high quality audience recording of their show from Clearwater on August 22, 2009, 2 years ago today.

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' - AGAIN & AGAIN - Some Good News

Well, the saga of Bob and his boots just keeps rolling along (see below the dotted line for some past history). Looks like Mr. Dylan, much like Mr. Morrison, has fired Web Sheriff. Hooray! More and more sites have been posting Dylan bootlegs in recent weeks. I'm slowly going to restore therefore, all the posts and links that I have to Dylan concerts. I've started with 3 shows of Bob with The Band from 1974. Just go to the artist list in the sidebar, click on either Bob Dylan or The Band, then scroll down till you find the show. The links to the concert, as always, in in the middle of the post. Enjoy! I'll keep you posted as I restore more links! And lets hope this time these can stay up for everyone to enjoy!

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Over the last few months, the saga of Bob Dylan bootlegs has been quite a roller coaster ride. At one point, I got word that DIME had banned all Bob Dylan bootlegs because they had been threatened with legal action if they did not remove them from their site. Then I heard that DIME has taken Dylan off the banned list and could once again post his shows! Then on Wednesday, all my Dylan posts were removed by Megaupload. I put them all back up, only to find out 30 minutes ago, they were all taken down again. So at this point, I am not going to repost those shows. I don't want to take a risk that my site is taken down or that my Megaupload account is canceled. Looks like we will have to live without any of Mr. Robert Zimmerman. Its a shame that Dylan has taken the Van Morrison route, but at least there's plenty of other great music to share.

Update as of April 5 - Mr. Zimmerman has hired Web Sheriff, following in the footsteps of Van Morrison. They contacted me yesterday to remove all my Dylan posts, which I had left on my site so folks could read about the shows, even though I had deleted the links to the music weeks ago! Seems that they don't want any references to Bob's bootlegs on the web, including posting of the set lists and artwork! So, I've removed them all to protect my site from any legal action. The only reference you'll find on this site, therefore, to Bob Dylan is this one! As I said above, it's a shame, but we have plenty of other music for you!

Thanks For All The Comments!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the comments over the last week or so. I apologize for not responding to all of them sooner but I was away on vacation. It was nice to come back and see that so many folks took the time to say such nice things about this little blog. I really do appreciate it! More great music to come! Keep checking back each day!

Blues Traveler - 2010-07-04 - Morrison CO (SBD)

Blues Traveler

2010-07-04

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Morrison, CO

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. The Star-Spangled Banner >

02. Forever Owed >

03. You, Me & Everything > Felicia

04. The Mountains Win Again

05. What I Got

06. The Beacons >

07. Look Around

08. How You Remember It >

09. Love & Greed

10. Carolina Blues > Drums

CD 2:

01. Drums >

02. Run-Around

03. But Anyway

04. Gina > Mulling It Over

05. 100 Years

06. Dropping Some NYC

07. Crystal Flame

08. Slow Change

09. Warmer Days

10. Gotta Get Mean > Alone >

11. Sweet Talking Hippie

CD 3:

01. Sweet Talking Hippie (continued)

02. Creep

03. Hook

Blues Traveler - 2010-07-04 - Morrison CO (SBD)

In August 2008, Blue Traveler released their 10th studio album, entitled North Hollywood Shootout.  The disc had mixed critical and commerical success.  This soundboard captures the band on tour in support of the album, at Red Rocks, on July 4, 2010, just a year ago today.