Stephen Stills - 1979-09-08 - Brookhaven, NY (FM)

Stephen Stills

1979-09-08

Parr Meadows

Brookhaven, NY

FM Broadcast

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Introduction > Precious Love

02. Go Back Home

03. Fine Love

04. For What Its Worth

05. Wanna Make Love To You

06. Part Time Love

07. Cherokee

08. Hoochie Coochie Man > Rocky Mountain Way

09. Woodstock

10. Treetop Flyer

Stephen Stills - 1979-09-08 - Brookhaven, NY (FM)

With today's post, we resume our "New York, New York" theme for September here at So Many Roads. While New York City has a host of world class, indoor concert venues such as Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The Beacon Theater, and Radio City Music Hall, the Big Apple and its surrounding communities often turn to their horse racing tracks to host major outdoor shows. For example, on September 8, 1979, 33 years ago today, Parr Meadows Race Track in Brookhaven, Long Island hosted a concert in honor of the 10th Anniversary of Woodstock. A crowd of 40,000 turned out for the show, hardly the “half a million strong” from 1969, but still twice what an arena the size of Madison Square Garden could hold. The ten hour show featured a number of artists who played at the original Woodstock Festival, though many of them were now flying solo, such as Country Joe McDonald, John Sebastian, Leslie West, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Butterfield, Rick Danko and Stephen Stills. Stills made his independent status quite evident, playing just 2 song, For What It’s Worth and Woodstock, from his days with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY. Download this FM Broadcast to hear Stephen Stills on his own 10 years after Woodstock!

Expanding The Roster At So Many Roads

In addition to a monthly theme, one of the other things we've tried to do this year is expand the roster of artists that we have posted.  Yes, we have lots of favorites here that we post frequently, such as The Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Elton John, CSNY, etc, but its also fun to broaden our scope. In keeping with that thought, here's a list of artists for whom we posted shows for the first time here in 2012:

• January:  The Runaways
• February:  Jim Croce
• March: Paul Simon (solo), Roger Waters (solo), The Yardbirds and Loggins & Messina
• April:  Dusty Springfield and The Kinks (both as part of the NME Show)
• May: Greg Kihn, Squeeze and The B52s
• June: McGuinn, Clark and Hillman
• July: Stevie Wonder
• August: John Lennon (solo), Steppenwolf

This month, September, you'll see the first post for Ian Hunter, while October will include the initial shows from the Hollies, Joe Cocker and Warren Zevon.  Then in November and December, keep your eyes out for debut shows from Blood Sweat and Tears, English Beat, America, and Bob Marley.

Hope you enjoy both our old favorites and new additions!

Grateful Dead - 1978-09-02 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1978-09-02

Giants Stadium

East Rutherford, NJ

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

1st Set

01. Jack Straw

02. Friend Of The Devil

03. New Minglewood Blues

04. Dire Wolf

05. Looks Like Rain

06. Stagger Lee

07. I Need A Miracle

08. Peggy-O

09. Lazy Lightnin' >

10. Supplication

CD 2:

2nd Set

01. Good Lovin'

02. Scarlet Begonias >

03. Fire On The Mountain

CD 3:

Set 2 (continued)

04. Estimated Prophet >

05. Eyes Of The World >

06. Drums >

07. Space >

08. Sugar Magnolia

Encore

09. One More Saturday Night

Grateful Dead - 1978-09-02 - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (SBD)

Go west from Manhattan through the Lincoln Tunnel, hop on Route 3, and you’ll soon find yourself in East Rutherford, NJ, home to the Meadowlands, a huge piece of swampland that’s been turned into a sports and entertainment complex. Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands opened in 1976, and served as the home of the NY Football Giants, and later the New York Jets, until it was torn down in 2009 to make way for Met Life Stadium. Giants Stadium hosted its first concert on June 25, 1978, headlined by The Beach Boys and Steve Miller. On August 6, 1978, Aerosmith, Journey and Ted Nugent played the venue. I was able to attend concert #3 on September 2, 1978, 49 years ago today, featuring The New Riders, Willie Nelson and The Grateful Dead. We had general admission tickets on the stadium floor, meaning you found an empty space, set up your blanket and hung out. The day was brutally hot but fortunately they had plenty of hoses to spray down the crowd to keep us cool. The Dead’s performance was filled with high points, especially the Good Lovin > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain to open the 2nd set, but was cut rather short. Just 1 song after the drums, then a quick encore and they were gone. Some say they had to finish up early so the parking lots could be cleared for the crowd arriving for night time races at the adjacent horse track. Others claim that they needed to head out early as their next stop was the Pyramids in Egypt, where they played 3 shows in October. Still others say that Garcia got annoyed with security hassling him about smokng a joint. 

Bruce Hornsby - 1986-09-02 - Bottom Line, NY (FM)

Bruce Hornsby 

& The Range

1986-09-02

The Bottom Line

New York, NY

FM Broadcast.

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Jacob's Ladder

02. The Way It Is

03. The Long Race

04. Mandolin Rain

05. Piano Solo

06. The Red Plains

07. I Know You Rider

08. Every Little Kiss

09. The River Runs Low

10. The Wild Frontier

11. On The Western Skyline

12. Till The Dreaming's Done

13. Down the Road Tonight (fade out)

Bruce Hornsby - 1986-09-02 - Bottom Line, NY (FM)

The fiirst time I saw Bruce Hornsby was May 10, 1987 at Laguna Seca Racetrack in California. Bruce was leading-in for the Grateful Dead, the band he would eventually join in 1990 in the wake of the death of Brent Mydland. Until recently, I always felt that the Laguna Seca show was the start of the relationship between Bruce and the Dead. Bruce even played the Dead's I Know You Rider as part of his set that day. Then I came across this FM broadcast of Hornsby at the Bottom Line in NY on September 2, 1986, 26 years ago today. The Bottom Line was one of New York's legendary night clubs, a place where legends were born (see our August 15, 1975 Bruce Springsteen post), surprises abounded (see our May 16, 1975 Neil Young post) and career's relaunched (see our November 1, 1978 Van Morrison post). The Bottom Line was also a place where many artists gained their first national exposure, thanks to WNEW-FM's live broadcasts, such as this Hornsby concert.  Hornsby's Bottom Line appearance took place just a few months after the release of his smash debut album, The Way It Is. He played all 9 songs from that disc as well as I Know You Rider, months before Hornsby met the Dead at Laguna Seca. Maybe he had a premonition about the future! In any event, download this one to get a peak at an artist as he's just starting on the road to stardom.

Bruce Hornsby - 1990-09-01 - Wantagh, NY (HQ Audience)

Bruce Hornsby
1990-09-01
Jones Beach Theatre
Wantagh, NY
HQ Audience Recording
192 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1
01. On The Western Skyline
02. The Valley Road
03. The End Of The Innocence
04. A Night On The Town
05. Not Fade Away
06. Jack Straw
07. Jacob’s Ladder
08. Stranded On Easy Street
09. Every Little Kiss

CD 2:
01. Lost Souls*
02. Happy Birthday To Margie
03. Burn Down The Mission
04. Mandolin Rain
05. Piano Medley
06. The Way It Is
07. Across The River
08. Look Out Any Window
09. Another Day
10. When You’re Train Gets Lost

*w/ Shawn Colvin

Bruce Hornsby - 1990-09-01 - Wantagh, NY (HQ Audience)

As we mentioned, September is all about New York (and the Grateful Dead and Bruce Hornsby) at So Many Roads, and our first post reflects that theme. Located about 35 miles outside of New York City (a 50 minute ride that could take 3 hours on a summer weekend), the town of Wantagh on Long Island is the home of Jones Beach. Some 10 miles long, Jones Beach is one of New York’s most popular summer destinations, with upwards of 6 million visitors annually. Jones Beach is also the site of the Nikon Theater, a beautiful outdoor concert venue whose seats not only face the stage, but also the Atlantic Ocean! The theater was originally built in 1952, and hosted musicals, as well as Guy Lombardo and his band, The Royal Canadians. In the 1980s, the theater became the summer home to concerts on the beach, promoted by Ron Delsner. The venue underwent 2 renovations in the 1990s, expanding its capacity to 15,000 seats. This high quality audience recording captures Bruce Hornsby at the Jones Beach Theater on September 1, 1990, 22 years ago today. Just 14 days later, on September 15, Hornsby would join the Grateful Dead for an 18 month stint as their keyboard player. Download this one, to hear Bruce at a landmark NY venue for his next to last solo show before his time with the Dead. By the way, we’ll post his last solo show prior to joining the Dead in just about a week from today.

The Pretenders - 1980-08-30 Central Park, NY (FM)

The Pretenders

1980-08-30

Central Park

New York, NY

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Precious

02. Kid

03. Talk Of The Town

04. Brass In Pocket

05. Stop Your Sobbing

06. The Wait

07. Band Intros

08. Up The Neck  

The Pretenders - 1980-08-30 Central Park, NY (FM) 

When The Pretenders played their  second of 2 shows that month in New York’s Central Park on August 9, 1980, 32 years ago today, as captured in this FM brodcast, their debut album had already been met by overwhelming commercial and critical success. The disc reached #1 on the charts in the UK and climbed to #9 on The Billboard charts in the US. Famed rock critic Robert Christgau gave the disc an A- rating while Rolling Stone wrote that the album “stands as some of the freshest, most provocative music around right now.”

Rolling Stones - 1989-08-28 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD)

The Rolling Stones

1989-08-28

JFK Stadium

Philadelphia, USA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Start Me Up

02. Bitch

03. Shattered

04. Sad Sad Sad

05. Undercover of the Night

06. Harlem Shuffle

07. Miss You

08. Tumbling Dice

09. Ruby Tuesday

10. Play With Fire

11. Dead Flowers

CD 2:

01. One Hit (to the Body)

02. Mixed Emotions

03. Honky Tonk Woman

04. Rock and a Hard Place

05. Midnight Rambler

06. Can't Always Get What You Want

07. Little Red Rooster

CD 3:

01. Before They Make Me Run

02. Happy

03. Paint it Black

04. 2000 Light Years From Home

05. Sympathy for the Devil

06. Gimme Shelter

07. It's Only Rock and Roll

08. Brown Sugar

09. Satisfaction

10. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Rolling Stones - 1989-08-28 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD) - part 1

Rolling Stones - 1989-08-28 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD) - part 2

Rolling Stones - 1989-08-28 - Philadelphia, PA (SBD) - part 3

On August 29, 1989, the Rolling Stones released the album Steel Wheels, their first studio disc in over 3 years.  The disc also marked a reconciliation between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who had been at odds over the future of the band. The album received strong critical reviews and climbed to #3 on the Billboard charts in the US and to #2 in the UK.  The single Mixed Emotions, which addressed the woes between Mick and Keith, went to #5 on the Billboard charts.  On August 31 at Veterans Stadium in  Philadelphia, the Stones launched a tour in support of the album,  which would eventually stretch to 115 dates on 3 continents. Three days prior to the start of the tour, on August 28, 1989, 23 years ago today, the Stones rehearsed at JFK Stadium, also in Philadelphia.  Download this one to hear the Stones warm up for the first North American tour in 7 years!