November's Theme At So Many Roads

October isn't quite over yet (we have 2 posts tomorrow!), but we want to take a moment to discuss our them for November.  We had such a positive response to our October Back to Back theme, that we're going to repeat it in November.  That's right, we'll have Back to Back Months of Back To Back concerts.

Our 6 Back To Back Entries for November include:

• Rolling Stones:  November 5 and 6, 1981
• Grateful Dead: November 10 and 11, 1985
• Grateful Dead:  November 14 and 17, 1973 (2 days off in between)
• Bob Dylan:  November 16 and 17. 1993
• John Fogerty:  November 17 and 18, 2011
• Eric Clapton:  November 20 and 21, 1986

Enjoy The Tunz!

Jefferson Airplane - 1969-10-26 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Jefferson Airplane 

1969-10-26 

A Weekend At Winterland

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, California 

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Good Shepherd

02. Wild Tyme 

03. Greasy Heart

04. We Can Be Together

05. Come Back Baby

06. Martha

07. Plastic Fantastic Lover

08. Drifting

09. It’s No Secret

10. The Other Side Of This Life

11. Wooden Ships

12. Eskimo Blue Day

13. You Wear Your Dresses Too Short

14. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil

Jefferson Airplane -1969-10-26 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Welcome back to the part two of our Back to Back concerts featuring the Airplane.  This soundboard captures the band on October 26, 1969, 43 years ago today, the last of 3 nights at Winterland.  The Airplance closed the show this night, following the Grateful Dead on stage.  The set list is almost completely different from the night before, with only 2 repeats from 10-25, Wooden Ships and Eskimo Blue Day.  Download this one to complete your set of back to back Airplane concerts.

Jefferson Airplane - 1969-10-25 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Jefferson Airplane 

1969-10-25 

A Weekend At Winterland

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, California 

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Somebody To Love

02. Young Girl Sunday Blues

03. Wooden Ships

04. Volunteers

05. Won't You Try > Saturday Afternoon

06. Uncle Sam Blues

07. Fat Angel

08. Greasy Heart

09. Martha

10. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil

11. Eskimo Blue Day

12. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds

13. Mau Mau (Amerikon) Jam

14. The Other Side Of This Life

Jefferson Airplane -1969-10-25 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Our last Back to Back installment for October at So Many Roads features the Jefferson Airplane on their home turf in San Francisco. Billed as “A Weekend At Winterland”, the Airplane, and the Grateful Dead reopened the venue for the fall and winter season, after having closed it for the summer with a show back on May 28. In researching these concerts, I found some confusion over the dates. Posters advertising the shows indicate that the Jefferson Airplane played on October 24 and 25 at Winterland. The Set List program, a web site “deadicated” to the history of Grateful Dead concerts, indicates that the Dead and Airplane also played on October 26. Wolfgang’s vault also mentions 3 nights, thought they only provide concert reviews for 10-25 and 10-26. The recordings we have here for you to download have set lists identical to those provided by Wolfgangs. So, it appears that the Airplance did play 3 nights, but recordings are only available for the the last two. Download this soundboard now of their show from October 25, 1969, 43 years ago today, then come back tomorrow for the next night of their weekend at Winterland.

Derek & the Dominos - 1970-10-24 - Fillmore East (SBD)

Derek and the Dominos

1970-10-24

Fillmore East

New York NY

Soundboard Recording

128 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Got to Get Better in a Little While

02. Blues Power

03. Have You Ever Loved a Woman

04. Key To the Highway

05. Tell The Truth

06. Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out

CD 2:

01. Let It Rain

02. Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad

03. Presence Of The Lord

04. Bottle Of Red Wine

05. Roll it Over

06. Little Wing

LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST - OFFICIALLY RELEASED

Here's night number 2 of Derek and the Dominos at the Fillmore East. It's a slightly different set list than the previous show but what's amazing is that neither night features Layla or Bell Bottom Blues, the 2 most well know songs from the album! Classic versions of songs such as Let It Rain, Little Wing, Got To Get Better In A Little While, and Why Does Love Got To be So Sad, however, more than make up for those omissions. Enjoy!

The Byrds - 1970-10-24 - Bloomfield, NJ (SBD)

The Byrds

1970-10-24

Bloomfield College

Bloomfield, NJ

Soundboard Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Lover Of The Bayou > Johnny Be Goode

02. You AIn't Going Nowhere

03. Old Blue

04. Positively 4th Street

05. My Back Pages

06. Baby What You Want Me To Do

07. In The Morning I'll Be Gone

08. Truck Stop Girl

09. Black Mountain Rag

10. Mr. Tambourine Man

11. Take A Whiff On Me

12. Chestnut Mare

13. It's Alright Ma

14. Ballad Of Easy Rider

15. Jesus Is Just Alright

16. Eight Miles High (incomplete)

The Byrds - 1970-10-24- Bloomfield, NJ (SBD)

A day after performing in Brooklyn, The Byrds “crossed the river to the Jersey side.’ This soundboard recording captures the band in Bloomfield, NJ on October 24, 1970, 42 years ago today. Download this one to complete your set of back to back performances from The Byrd’s 1970 fall tour.

Derek & the Dominos -1970-10-23 - Fillmore East (SBD)

Derek and the Dominos

1970-10-23

Fillmore East

New York NY

Soundboard Recording

128 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Got to Get Better in a Little While

02. Key to the Highway

03. Tell the Truth

04. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad

05. Blues Power

06. Have You Ever Loved a Woman

CD 2:

01. Bottle of Red Wine

02. Presence of the Lord

03. Little Wing

04. Let it Rain

05. Crossroads

LINK REMOVED BY REQUEST - OFFICIALLY RELEASED

The Yardbirds. Cream. Blind Faith. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. Eric Clapton has had historic turns with each of those bands, not to mention an astounding solo career. Yet, no moment in that legacy can top his brief time fronting Derek and the Dominos in 1970. Sure, the band had only 1 album, but it just happened to be one of the finest in rock and roll history. Slowhand, fueled by his unrequited love for Patti Harrison, and driven to play at his best by the presence of Duane Allman, produced his masterpiece, the 2 record set known as Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. After completing the album, the band toured the US from October to December, 1970, then Clapton went into a drug induced exile for almost 3 years. For those of us too young to see the Dominos live, we fortunately have soundboard recordings of both of their October shows at the legendary Fillmore East. Today, I've posted the complete October 23 concert while tomorrow, I'll post October 24. Get them both as it's not often you get to own a piece of history.

The Byrds - 1970-10-23 - Brooklyn, NY (SBD)

The Byrds

1970-10-23

46th Street Rock Palace

Brooklyn NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Lover Of The Bayou

02. You Ain't Going Nowhere

03. I Trust

04. My Back Pages >

05. Baby What Do You Want Me To Do

06. Truck Stop Girl

07. Black Mountain Rag

08. Mr. Tambourine Man

09. Take A Whiff On Me

10. Ballad Of Easy Rider

11. Jesus Is Just Alright

12. Eight Miles Hight

13. Hold It

The Byrds - 1970-10-23 - Brooklyn, NY (SBD)

In our 3 years here at So Many Roads, we’ve posted 5 shows from The Byrds from 1970. Over the next 2 days, we’ll bring you 2 more! Seems that bootlegs from that year abound, and probably with good reason. The 1970 line up of Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Skip Battin and Gene Parsons had the longest tenure of any configuration of The Byrds. In addition, they developed a reputation for being a formidable live act, honing their skills by touring relentlessly during a nearly 3 year stretch from September 1969 to July 1972. This soundboard recording captures The Byrds on October 23, 1970, 42 years ago today, in Brooklyn. The show took place at the 46th St. Rock Palace, later renamed Banana Fish Gardens, which would host numerous episodes of Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert TV show, such as the Stephen Stills concert we posted here. In any event, download this one now, then stop by tomorrow for another installment of The Byrds as part of our Back to Back series this month at So Many Roads.