Songs for The Who to sing at the Super Bowl

run, run, run
leaving here
don't look away
doctor, doctor
in the city
man with the money
i can throw for miles
substitute
i can't reach you
eli manning with the shakey hand
someone's coming
magic toss
eyesight to the blind
there's a doctor
i'm free
we're not gonna take it
trying to get through
the seeker
going mobile
time is passing
let's see action
put the money down
water
5:15
slipped, kid
in a hand or a face
tackled from the waist
player must change
you're better ? i'll bet
don't let go the coach
how can you do it alone ?
daily records
another tricky day
eminence front
dangerous
one at a time
it's your turn
why did i fall for that?
twist and shout
keep me turning
rough boys
i am an animal
gonna get ya
stop hurting people
uniforms
give blood
hiding out
i want that thing
i am afraid
a man in a purple jersey
we got a hit
they made my dream come true

Keeping track: Neil Young concerts

Neil Young concerts

1
1974-08-15, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, USA
w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Love The One You're With / Wooden Ships / Immigration Man / Down By The River / Grave Concern / Johnny's Garden / Almost Cut My Hair / Teach Your Children / The Lee Shore / Time After Time / Simple Man / It's All Right / Love Art Blues / Hawaiian Sunrise / Pardon My Heart>The Old Homestead / Blackbird / Myth Of Sisyphus / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Déjà Vu / First Things First / On The Beach / Carry Me / Pre-Road Downs / Walk On / Black Queen / Roll Another Number / Long Time Gone / Ohio / Carry On

2
1976-11-20, Early Show, Palladium, New York City, New York, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Mr. Soul / The Old Laughing Lady / Journey Through The Past / Pocahontas / Mellow My Mind / The Needle And The Damage Done / Roll Another Number / A Man Needs A Maid / Sugar Mountain // Country Home / Don't Cry No Tears / Down By The River / Bite The Bullet / Lotta Love / Like A Hurricane / After The Gold Rush / Cortez The Killer / Cinnamon Girl // Helpless

3
1978-10-04, Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Sugar Mountain / I Am A Child / Comes A Time / Already One / After The Gold Rush / Thrasher / My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) / When You Dance I Can Really Love / The Loner / Welfare Mothers / Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown / The Needle And The Damage Done / Lotta Love / Sedan Delivery / Powderfinger / Cortez The Killer / Cinnamon Girl / Like A Hurricane / Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) // Tonight's The Night

4
1986-09-21, Great Woods Perf. Arts Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Mr. Soul / Cinnamon Girl / When You Dance I Can Really Love / Touch The Night / Bad News Beat / Down By The River / Too Lonely / Heart Of Gold / Inca Queen / After The Gold Rush / Opera Star / Road Of Plenty / Cortez The Killer // Sample And Hold / Computer Age / Violent Side / Mideast Vacation / Long Walk Home / The Needle And The Damage Done / Hippie Dream / Powderfinger / Like A Hurricane / Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) // Prisoners Of Rock 'n' Roll

5
1988-09-01, Great Woods Perf. Arts Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
w/ The Bluenotes

Ten Men Workin' / Hello Lonely Woman / I'm Goin' / Married Man / Crime Of The Heart / Your Love Is Good To Me / Coupe De Ville / Ordinary People / Days That Used To Be / After The Gold Rush / Fool For Your Love / Sunny Inside / Bad News / Life In The City / Soul Of A Woman / Hey Hey / This Note's For You / Doghouse / Tonight's The Night

6
1991-02-08, Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crazy Horse
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) / Crime In The City / Blowin' In The Wind / Love To Burn / Cinnamon Girl / Days That Used To Be / F*!#in' Up / Cortez The Killer / Powderfinger / Love And Only Love / Rockin' In The Free World // Welfare Mothers / Like A Hurricane

7
1992-03-18, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Solo

Long May You Run / Unknown Legend / From Hank To Hendrix / Silver And Gold / You And Me / War Of Man / Old King / Such A Woman / Harvest Moon / Heart Of Gold / Dreamin' Man / Natural Beauty / Don't Let It Bring You Down / Mr. Soul / Sugar Mountain / After The Gold Rush / One Of These Days

8
1992-10-16, Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA
Bobfest
w/ Booker T And The MGs

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues / All Along The Watchtower / My Back Pages

9
1996-08-21, Great Woods Perf. Arts Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) / Pocahontas / Big Time / Slip Away / The Needle And The Damage Done / Heart Of Gold / Sugar Mountain / Cinnamon Girl / F*!#in' Up / Cortez The Killer / Music Arcade / Like A Hurricane // Sedan Delivery / Roll Another Number

10
1999-04-18, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Solo
Tell Me Why / Looking Forward / War Of Man / Out Of Control / Cortez The Killer / World On A String / Philadelphia / Love Is A Rose / Homegrown / Daddy Went Walkin' // Distant Camera / The Last Trip To Tulsa / Southern Pacific / Old Man / Long May You Run / Harvest Moon / Slowpoke / After The Gold Rush // Good To See You Again / Mansion On The Hill / Pocahontas // Red Sun / Comes A Time

11
1999-04-25, Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
Solo

Tell Me Why / Looking Forward / War Of Man / Out Of Control / Cortez The Killer / Pocahontas / Philadelphia / Homegrown / Daddy Went Walkin' // Distant Camera / Ambulance Blues / Old King / Long May You Run / Harvest Moon / Slowpoke / The Needle And The Damage Done / After The Gold Rush // Good To See You Again / Old Man // Sugar Mountain

12
2000-03-26, FleetCenter, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Carry On / Southern Man / Stand And Be Counted / Pre-Road Downs / Heartland / 49 Bye-Byes / Slowpoke / Marrakesh Express / Faith In Me / Almost Cut My Hair / Cinnamon Girl // Helplessly Hoping / Our House / Helpless / Dream For Him / Looking Forward / Someday Soon / After The Gold Rush / Guinnevere / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Out Of Control / Seen Enough / Teach Your Children // Woodstock / Long Time Gone / Ohio / Love The One You're With / Down By The River // For What It's Worth / Rockin' In The Free World

13
2000-03-27, FleetCenter, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Carry On / Southern Man / Stand And Be Counted / Pre-Road Downs / Heartland / 49 Bye-Byes / Slowpoke / Marrakesh Express / Faith In Me / Almost Cut My Hair / Cinnamon Girl // Helplessly Hoping / Our House / Old Man / Dream For Him / Looking Forward / Someday Soon / After The Gold Rush / Guinnevere / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Out Of Control / Seen Enough / Teach Your Children // Woodstock / Eight Miles High / Ohio / Love The One You're With / Rockin' In The Free World // Long May You Run

14
2000-08-14, Meadows Music Theater, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
w/ The Friends And Relatives
Motorcycle Mama / Powderfinger / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / I Believe In You / Unknown Legend / Dance Dance Dance / Buffalo Springfield Again / Razor Love / From Hank To Hendrix / Daddy Went Walkin' / Peace Of Mind / Walk On / Winterlong / Bad Fog Of Loneliness / Words / Harvest Moon / World On A String / Tonight's The Night // All Along The Watchtower // Mellow My Mind

15
2002-03-03, FleetCenter, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Carry On>Questions / Military Madness / Goin' Home / Wooden Ships / Feed The People / You're My Girl / I Used To Be A King / Southern Man / Southern Cross / Almost Cut My Hair / Cinnamon Girl // Helplessly Hoping / Our House / Helpless / Carry Me / Guinnevere / Harvest Moon / Ole Man Trouble / Half Your Angels / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes // Let's Roll / Long Time Gone / Two Old Friends / Woodstock / Rockin' In The Free World // For What It's Worth

16
2003-07-01, Tweeter Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Falling From Above / Double E / Devil's Sidewalk / Leave The Driving / Carmichael / Bandit / Grandpa's Interview / Bringin' Down Dinner / Sun Green / Be The Rain // Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) / Like A Hurricane / Powderfinger // Rockin' In The Free World

17
2004-03-15, Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Falling From Above / Double E / Devil's Sidewalk / Leave The Driving / Carmichael / Bandit / Grandpa's Interview / Bringin' Down Dinner / Sun Green / Be The Rain // Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) / All Along The Watchtower / Powderfinger / Rockin' In The Free World // Don't Cry No Tears / Country Home / Love And Only Love

18
2004-03-21, Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crazy Horse

Falling From Above / Double E / Devil's Sidewalk / Leave The Driving / Carmichael / Bandit / Grandpa's Interview / Bringin' Down Dinner / Sun Green / Be The Rain // Don't Cry No Tears / Country Home / Love And Only Love / Powderfinger / Rockin' In The Free World // Mansion On The Hill / Roll Another Number

19
2004-10-23, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, USA
Bridge School Benefit 18
Solo

Sugar Mountain / Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It? / Field Of Opportunity // Pocahontas / Harvest Moon / Journey Through The Past / On The Way Home / Human Highway / Old King / Comes A Time / Four Strong Winds // Only Love Can Break Your Heart / Hey Jude

20
2004-10-24, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, USA
Bridge School Benefit 18
Solo

Sugar Mountain / Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It? / Long May You Run // Pocahontas / Harvest Moon / Journey Through The Past / On The Way Home / Human Highway / Old King / Comes A Time / Four Strong Winds // Only Love Can Break Your Heart / Hey Jude

21
2006-08-16, Tweeter Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Flags Of Freedom / Carry On / Wooden Ships / Long Time Gone / Military Madness / After The Garden / Living With War / The Restless Consumer / Shock And Awe / Wounded World / Almost Cut My Hair / Immigration Man / Families / Déjà Vu // Helplessly Hoping / Our House / Only Love Can Break Your Heart / Guinnevere / Milky Way Tonight / Treetop Flyer / Roger And Out / Southbound Train / Ole Man Trouble / Carry Me / Teach Your Children / Southern Cross / Find The Cost Of Freedom // Let's Impeach The President / For What It's Worth / Chicago / Ohio / What Are Their Names / Rockin' In The Free World // Woodstock

22
2007-12-02, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
w/ Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Ralph Molina, Anthony Crawford and Pegi Young

From Hank To Hendrix / Ambulance Blues / Sad Movies / A Man Needs A Maid / Try / No One Seems To Know / Harvest / After The Gold Rush / Mellow My Mind / Love Art Blues / Campaigner / Heart Of Gold // The Loner / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Dirty Old Man / Spirit Road / Bad Fog Of Loneliness / Winterlong / Oh, Lonesome Me / The Believer / No Hidden Path // Cinnamon Girl / Cortez The Killer

23
2008-12-13, DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Neil Young & His Electric Band

Love And Only Love / Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Powderfinger / Spirit Road / Cortez The Killer / Cinnamon Girl / Oh, Lonesome Me / Mother Earth / The Needle And The Damage Done / Light A Candle / Cough Up The Bucks / Fuel Line / Hit The Road / Old Man / Heart Of Gold / Get Back To The Country / When Worlds Collide / Get Behind The Wheel / Just Singing A Song / Cowgirl In The Sand / Rockin' In The Free World // A Day In The Life

Wesleyan Argus deletes post on false Dylan GPS story

Early this morning, I received a "Google Alert" about Bob Dylan. It concerned a story from August concerning Dylan becoming a voice for a GPS system:

Google News Alert for: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Wants to be the Voice of Your GPS
Wesleyan Argus
According to a not exactly recent article in the Daily Telegraph (the Blargus has been on vacation lately), Bob Dylan is now in negotiations with several ...
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This story was never true, even though it was reprinted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and an NPR blog. I sent a comment, which needed to be approved. Lo and behold, the story is no longer available. I saved the entry - here it is:

Bob Dylan Wants to be the Voice of Your GPS
According to a not exactly recent article in the Daily Telegraph (the Blargus has been on vacation lately), Bob Dylan is now in negotiations with several unidentified car companies to discuss the possibility of having his "unmistakeable, rasping tones" used as the voice of their GPS navigation systems. This came as particularly thrilling news to me and my brother Abe '07 (who tipped me on this), because we have made a habit of singing non-Bob Dylan songs in Bob Dylan tropes ("Good, Good, GooOOOd, Good ViBraaAAtionnnnns!") over the course of the last few months:

Bob Dylan, the singer-songwriter who has taken his fans down Highway 61 by way of Lonely Avenue and Desolation Row, is in negotiations to voice a satellite navigation system.

The music star claimed that he has been approached by more than one manufacturer keen to harness his unmistakeable, rasping tones - a voice which one critic memorably likened to sandpaper. He shared the news with listeners to his late-night radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour, which is broadcast on BBC Six Music.

“You know I don’t usually like to tell people what I’m doing, but I’m talking to a couple of car companies about the possibility of being the voice of their GPS system,” he disclosed.

More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/bob-dylan/6082578/Bob-Dylan-to-become-the-voice-of-your-satnav.html

By Ezra Silk, Blargus Co-Editor
Thursday, October 15 2009, 1:43 am

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Here was my comment:

the story was debunked - go here for Bob Dylan's joke taken seriously by The New York Times, Washington Post" and the follow up article here.

don't worry - NPR, The Washington Post and the NY Times all reported this false story



NOTE: If you go here, you can still see the headline and a picture of Dylan, but the link no longer leads to the story.

Please visit my "Bob Dylan Examiner" page.

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 9 DVD Box Set Info

just passing this along . . .note : Bob Dylan, Neil Young and others may be in here somewhere !

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 9 DVD Box Set


Time Life proudly presents the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live, a 9 DVD collection featuring rare, one-of-a-kind performances from the induction ceremonies of the Rock Hall Of Fame, shot during the last 24 years. You'll see the biggest names in rock 'n' roll perform in intimate settings, and jam in combinations not seen anywhere else. Additionally, each DVD features exclusive induction speeches by rock royalty, from heartfelt tributes to hilarious zingers. Plus, each DVD has over an hour of bonus material, including rare, behind-the-scenes material and rehersal footage. Some highlights include:

Bruce Springsteen and Bono share a microphone on U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."

The original 3 members of Cream take the stage for the first time in 25 years to play a 3 song set of the group's biggest hits.

Mick Jagger and Tina Turner perform a sultry duet of the Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman."

This is the first time ever these performances have been available on home video! With 125 exclusive performances, over 24 hours of classic rock entertainment, and over 9 hours of bonus material, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live is a comprehensive collection sure to exceed the expectations of any rock 'n' roll fan!

Expected to ship on 2009-9-11


Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Light My Fire

Includes performances by Mick Jagger with Bruce Springsteen, Cream, The Doors with Eddie Vedder, Santana with Peter Green and more!

Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and The Rock Hall Jam Band: I Saw Her Standing There, 1988

Cream: Sunshine Of Your Love, 1993

Roy Orbison with Bruce Springsteen and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Oh, Pretty Woman, 1987

John Fogerty & Friends: Green River, 1993

The Doors with Eddie Vedder: Light My Fire, 1993

Crosby, Stills & Nash with Tom Petty: For What It’s Worth, 1997

Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers, 1996

Santana with Peter Green: Black Magic Woman, 1998

Crosby, Stills & Nash with James Taylor and Emmylou Harris: Teach Your Children, 1997

Jackson Browne: Running On Empty, 2004

The Band with Eric Clapton: The Weight, 1994

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Promised Land, 1999

Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood and Dhani Harrison: Handle With Care, 2004

Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison and Prince: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, 2004

Paul McCartney and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Let It Be, 1999

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Sweet Emotion

Includes performances by Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Aerosmith with Kid Rock, AC/DC and more!

Jackson Browne And Melissa Etheridge: Wake Up Little Susie, 1995

Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and The Rock Hall Jam Band: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1988

Mick Jagger, Tina Turner and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Honky Tonk Women, 1989

James Taylor: Woodstock (A Tribute To Joni Mitchell), 1997

Crosby, Stills & Nash: Wooden Ships, 1997

R.E.M. with Eddie Vedder: Man on the Moon, 2007

Aerosmith with Kid Rock: Sweet Emotion, 2001

ZZ Top: La Grange, 2004

ZZ Top: Tush, 2004

AC/DC: Highway To Hell, 2003

Metallica: Master Of Puppets, 2009

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, 1999

U2: Pride (In The Name Of Love), 2005

The Rock Hall Jam Band: All Along The Watchtower (A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix), 1992

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Start Me Up

Includes performances by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, the Righteous Brothers and more!

The Who and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Won’t Get Fooled Again, 1990

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: American Girl, 2002

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama, 2006 The Righteous Brothers: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, 2003

The Byrds with Don Henley and Jackson Browne: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season), 1991

The Mamas & The Papas: California Dreamin’, 1998

Cream: Born Under A Bad Sign, 1993

Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy, 2004

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham: Landslide, 1998

Fleetwood Mac: Say You Love Me, 1998

Queen with Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins: Tie Your Mother Down, 2001

Billy Joel: Only The Good Die Young, 1999

Mick Jagger and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Start Me Up, 1989

John Mellencamp: Pink Houses, 2008

U2 with Bruce Springsteen: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, 2005

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Feelin' Alright

Includes performances by Tina Turner, Little Richard, Dave Mason, Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page and more!

Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Roll Over Beethoven, 1986

Little Richard: Tutti-Frutti, 1995

Bo Diddley with Robbie Roberston and Eric Clapton: Bo Diddley, 2005

Eric Clapton with Robbie Robertson: Farther On Up The Road, 2000

Little Richard: (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay, 1989

Tina Turner and The Rock Hall Jam Band: River Deep—Mountain High, 1989

Etta James: At Last, 1993

The Isley Brothers and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Shout , 1992

Chubby Checker and The Rock Hall Jam Band: The Twist, 1986

The Ronettes: Be My Baby, 2007

Little Richard, Mick Jagger and The Rock Hall Jam Band: I Can’t Turn You Loose (A Tribute To Otis Redding), 1989

Joan Jett, John Mellencamp,John Fogerty and Billy Joel: Glad All Over (A Tribute To The Dave Clark Five) 2008

The Rascals: People Got To Be Free, 1997

Dave Mason and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Feelin’ Alright, 2004

James Taylor and The Rock Hall Jam Band: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), 2000

Jeff Beck with Jimmy Page: Beck’s Bolero, 2009

Kid Rock and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Sweet Little Rock and Roller, 2004

Chuck Berry with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Johnny B. Goode, 1995


Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Whole Lotta Shakin'

Includes performances by Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lee Hooker with Bonnie Raitt, John Fogerty & Friends and more!

Billy Joel and The Rock Hall Jam Band: What’d I Say (A Tribute To Ray Charles), 1999

Johnny Cash and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Big River, 1992

Ben E. King And The Rock Hall Jam Band: Stand By Me, 1988

Jerry Lee Lewis: Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On, 2005

Ruth Brown with Bonnie Raitt: Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean, 1993

John Lee Hooker with Bonnie Raitt: I’m In The Mood, 1991

Buddy Guy with B. B. King and Eric Clapton: Let Me Love You Baby, 2005

Billy Joel with Bonnie Raitt: Runaway (A Tribute To Del Shannon), 1999

Paul McCartney and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Blue Suede Shoes, 1999

John Fogerty & Friends: Born On The Bayou, 1993

The Doors with Eddie Vedder: Break On Through, 1993

Bruce Springsteen & The E Steet Band: Backstreets, 1999

Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ron Wood, Joe Perry, Flea, and Metallica: The Train Kept A-Rollin’, 2009

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- I'll Take You There

Includes performances by The O'Jays, The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas and more!

Percy Sledge: When A Man Loves A Woman, 2005

The O’Jays: Love Train, 2005

Jerry Butler: Only The Strong Survive (A Tribute To Gamble & Huff), 2008

Solomon Burke: Cry To Me, 2001

Martha & The Vandellas: Dancing In The Street, 1995

The Four Tops and The Rock Hall Jam Band: I Can’t Help Myself, 1990

Booker T. & The MG’s and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Green Onions, 1992

Isaac Hayes: Theme From Shaft, 2002

The Staple Singers: I’ll Take You There, 1999

Aretha Franklin: Don’t Play That Song (A Tribute To Ahmet Ertegun), 2007

Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (A Tribute To Ahmet Ertegun), 2007

Al Green: Take Me To The River, 1995

Parliament-Funkadelic: Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up the Funk), 1997

Wilson Pickett with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: In The Midnight Hour, 1999

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Come Together
Includes performances by Blondie, Bruce Springsteen with Axl Rose, Green Day, Patti Smith Group and more!

Green Day: Blitzkrieg Bop, 2002

Blondie: Call Me, 2006

Elvis Costello & The Imposters: (What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding, 2003

Bruce Springsteen and Axl Rose: Come Together (A Tribute To John Lennon), 1994

The Doors with Eddie Vedder: Roadhouse Blues, 1993

John Fogerty & Friends: Who’ll Stop The Rain, 1993

Cream: Crossroads, 1993

Jackson Browne: The Pretender, 2004

Patti Smith Group: Because The Night, 2007

Patti Smith Group: People Have The Power, 2002

Jonny Lang and Jeff Beck: Be-Bop-A-Lula (A Tribute to Gene Vincent), 1999

Jeff Beck: People Get Ready (A Tribute To Rod Stewart), 1994

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame- Message of Love

Includes performances by James Taylor, John Mellencamp, The Pretenders, The Bee Gees and more!

The Who and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Substitute, 1990

The Who and The Rock Hall Jam Band: Pinball Wizard, 1990

Melissa Etheridge: Piece Of My Heart (A Tribute To Janis Joplin), 1995

James Taylor: Fire And Rain, 2000

Bee Gees: Massachusetts, 1997

Bee Gees: You Should Be Dancing, 1997

John Mellencamp: Small Town, 2008

Bonnie Raitt with Melissa Etheridge and Bruce Hornsby: Thing Called Love, 2000

The Pretenders: Message Of Love, 2005

The Pretenders: My City Was Gone, 2005

The Pretenders: Precious, 2005

Metallica: Iron Man (A Tribute To Black Sabbath), 2006

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Free Bird, 2006


Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame- The Concert

Includes performances by Eric Burdon and Bon Jovi, James Brown, The Allman Brothers Band with Sheryl Crow, Al Green and more!

John Mellencamp: R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.

Eric Burdon and Bon Jovi: It’s My Life

Aretha Franklin: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

Lou Reed and Soul Asylum: Sweet Jane

The Allman Brothers Band with Sheryl Crow: Midnight Rider

The Kinks: All Day And All Of The Night

Ann and Nancy Wilson: The Battle Of Evermore

John Fogerty with Booker T. & The MG'’s: Fortunate Son

James Brown: I Got You (I Feel Good)

Al Green: Tired Of Being Alone

Al Green: A Change Is Gonna Come

Wallflowers Concert Review: Lowell Summer Music Series

Just got back from the concert by Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers. This new line-up is probably the best he's had, especially in guitarist Stuart Mathis.

The Lowell Summer Music Festival is a very enjoyable concert series, with concerts performed at an outdoor park west of Boston. Starting last year, the festival began booking bigger acts, and continued charging reasonable prices. Luckily, tonight we had good weather. By the time we arrived a couple of hours before the concert, the lawn was already pretty crowded.

The Wallflowers hit the stage after 8:30, and put on a strong show from the get-go. Jakob was center stage, sporting a large white Stetson, much to the dismay of some of the women in the crowd. Early on, Jakob featured Mathis on an extended slide guitar solo during "5th Avenue Heartache", which seemed to amaze everyone, including Dylan. The Wallflowers better-known songs were doled out sparingly throughout the concert. Dylan and his band kept things interesting by changing textures, with Jakob switching back and forth between electric to acoustic guitars, Mathias alternating between lead and slide, and keyboardist Bill Appleberry on electric piano and organ.

While the Wallflowers (thankfully) still play lots of songs from their best selling album "Bringing Down The Horse" - including a ska-influenced arrangement of "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" - they opened with "Sleepwalker" from their under-appreciated album "Breach", plus played more recent songs like "The Beautiful Side Of Somewhere", which were all loved by the crowd.

After the opening string of songs, Jakob addressed the crowd in an hysterical, deadpan style. He seemed to legitimately enjoy the audience just sitting and listening to the music, and kidded the security staff to keep on their toes, as things were going to get "crazy". Also enjoyable was Dylan singling out people in the crowd who - for some reason or another - were bothersome. Most were along the line of people taking too many pictures, but my favorite was when Jakob focused on a man in the audience who was standing up, while just about everyone else was not. Jakob said that he used to stand behind people like him at concerts, then chastised him for needlessly blocking the view of others.

Jakob also made a very dry reference to the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, saying he didn't really understand it, but believed in celebrating anniversaries. Of course the entire festival, which took place in nearby Bethel, New York, was called "Woodstock" in order the connect it to Bob Dylan, where he and his family lived (Jakob was in utero at the time). Jakob's parents avoided the festival, and originally planned to leave for the United Kingdom forty years ago tonight, to headline a different rock festival at the Isle Of Wight. (One of Jakob's brothers had an accident, so the departure was delayed.)

Dylan also made an oblique comment about Lowell itself. It seems that something unfortunate may have happened while the band was out to dinner the previous night. Jakob did say, hopefully, that he had heard that Lowell was trying to improve as a town. It was refreshing to hear an artist be so honest, yet hopeful.

Near the end of the show, The Wallflowers played their hits "One Headlight" and "Three Marlenas" (which seems to be a personal favorite of Jakob's). The main set ended with a couple of rockers, including an intense "Shy Of The Moon". Of course, the band came back for an encore, including the closing "The Difference".

As the show ended, I wondered - why don't The Wallflowers rock out more? The crowd actually DID go a little "crazy" at the end. Jakob has a great band, and hopefully their next album will be a scorcher. I also had another thought - Jakob Dylan seemed the most comfortable I've ever seen him on stage. Maybe he no longer feels the need to prove himself. Maybe he's just enjoying this new band. Whatever the reason, The Wallflowers 90-plus minute show was a great addition to the wonderful history of the Lowell Summer Music Series.

SET LIST taken from an official Wallflowers forum:

Sleepwalker
Back to California
Here He Comes
6th Avenue Heartache
How Good it can Get
The Beautiful Side of Somewhere
Closer to You
God Says Nothing Back
Up From Under
Empire in my Mind
God Don't Make Lonely Girls
One Headlight
Three Marlenas
Shy of the Moon
Nearly Beloved

Encores:
Everything I Need
The Difference

P.S. The M.C. said that he were working on getting the Allman Brothers to play down the street at the Tsongas Arena soon.

33 1/3 Books We'd Like To See

A few weeks ago, the webite for the "33 1/3" book series had a contest to "make your own hypothetical 33 1/3 cover" . . .I was too busy to make the deadline, but here was a list of possibilites that I thought of (Yes, some are tasteless, and even more are obscure but that seemed to be the point) . . .So, better late than never, here you go . .

The Band/Stage Freight by Carly Simon
Beach Boys/Pet Sounds by Eric Burdon
Beach Boys/Smile by Charlie Chaplin
The Beatles/Please Please Me by Pete Best
The Beatles/Let It Be . . . Naked by Phil Spector
Jeff Beck/Blow By Blow by Howard Cosell
David Bowie/Station To Station by David Letterman
David Bowie/Low by Nick Lowe
The Byrds/Younger Than Yesterday by Benjamin Button
Johnny Cash/At San Quentin by Merle Haggard
The Clash/Give 'Em Enough Rope by Ian Curtis
Phil Collins/Hello, I Must Be Going by Groucho Marx
Elvis Costello/Kojak Variety by Telly Sevalas
Bob Dylan/Blood On The Tracks by Jakob Dylan
Bob Dylan/John Wesley Harding by John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan/Unplugged by Pete Seeger
Bob Dylan/"Love & Theft"by Junichi Saga
Bob Dylan and The Band/The Basement Tapes by Joe The Plumber
Bob Dylan/30th Anniversary Celebration by Sinead O'Connor
ELO/Essential by Randy Newman
John Fogerty/Centerfield by Saul Zaentz
Grateful Dead/American Beauty by Kevin Spacey
George Harrison/Wonderwall Music by Noel Gallagher
George Harrison/Living In The Material World by Madonna
George Harrison/Brainwashed by Patty Hearst
Jimi Hendrix Experience/Are You Experienced? by Susan Boyle
Robyn Hitchcock/Ole Tarantula by Bob Dylan
Robyn Hitchcock/Gotta Let This Hen Out by Terry Edwards
Robyn Hitchcock/Eye by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Hot Tuna/Burgers by Ronald McDonald
Elton John/Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Buddy Ebsen
The Kinks/A Soap Opera by Mick Fleetwood
The Kinks/Face To Face by Stu Kimball
The Kinks/Percy by Robyn Hitchcock (or Robert Plant)
Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin I by Jeff Beck
Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin II by Willie Dixon
Willie Nelson/Red Headed Stranger by Danny Bonaduce
Harry Nilsson/Pussycats by Garfield
Roy Orbison/Black and White Night by David Lynch
Tom Petty/Damn The Torpedoes by Dave Farragut
Pink Floyd/Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Deborah Harry *
Pink Floyd/Wish You Were Here by Syd Barrett
Elvis Presley/Moody Blue by Denny Laine
Queen/A Night At The Opera by Harpo Marx
Queen/A Day At The Races by Chico Marx
Rolling Stones/Sticky Fingers by Bernie Madoff
Rolling Stones/Let It Bleed by G.G. Allin
The Rutles/Tragical History Tour by George Martin
Paul Simon/Hearts and Bones by Art Garfunkel
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music by Bob Dylan
Soft Boys/Underwater Moonlight by Jacques Cousteau
Bruce Springsteen/The River by Joaquin Phoenix
Bruce Springsteen/Ghost Of Tom Joad by John Steinbeck
Rod Stewart/Every Picture Tells A Story by Annie Leibovitz
Talking Heads/More Songs About Buildings and Food by Francis Ford Coppola
Talking Heads/Fear Of Music by Syd Barrett
U2/Boy by Michael Jackson
Velvet Underground/Loaded by Paul Westerberg
Rick Wakeman/Six Wives Of Henry VIII by Larry King
Wallflowers/Bringing Down The Horse by Neil Young
White Stripes/de Stijl by Stuart Sutcliffe
The Who/Face Dances by Jim Carey
The Who/My Generation by Paul Weller
The Who/Quadrophenia by Edward Vedder
The Who/Sell Out by David Caruso
Wings/Venus and Mars by John Gray
Neil Young/On The Beach by Brian Wilson
Neil Young/After The Gold Rush by Charlie Chaplin
Neil Young/Rust Never Sleeps by Mark Mothersbough
Neil Young/Sleeps With Angles by Kurt Cobain

* Think of Deborah Harry's pre-Blondie band