Full Show Friday: Dolly Parton - Live and Well, Complete Concert 2002

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Dolly Parton!

This week we head back to 2002 in Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN for Dolly Parton's Live and Well Concert. Ever think you would hear Dolly cover Led Zep? I didn't...

This is a good one, pro shot, pro sound, full setlist and info below. Enjoy!

1 Orange Blossom Special-Written by E.T. Rouce 1a Train, Train (1:42) Shorty Medlocke 2 The Grass Is Blue (4:17) Dolly Parton 3 Mountain Angel (6:49) Dolly Parton 4 Shine (15:12) Ed Roland 5 Little Sparrow (20:29) Dolly Parton 6 Rocky Top (25:13) Boudleaux & Felice Bryant 7 My Tennessee Mountain Home () Dolly Parton 8 Coat Of Many Colors (31:34) Dolly Parton 9 Smokey Mountain Memories (36:52) Dolly Parton 10 Applejack (42:27) Dolly Parton 11 Marry Me (47:00) Dolly Parton 12 Halos And Horns (50:25) Dolly Parton 13 I'm Gone (55:31) Dolly Parton 14 Dagger Through The Heart (59:49) Dolly Parton 15 If (1:03:46) Bread's David Gates 16 After The Gold Rush (1:07:54) Neil Young 17 9 To 5 (1:11:33) Dolly Parton 18 Jolene (1:14:54) Dolly Parton A Cappella Medley (1:18:44) 19a Islands In The Stream-Barry, Maurice & Robin Gibb 19b Here You Come Again-Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil 19c Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That-Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas 19d Two Doors Down-Dolly Parton 20 We Irish (1:24:53) Dolly Parton 21 Stairway To Heaven (1:29:38) Led Zeppelin cover Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 22 I Will Always Love You (1:37:15) 

Dolly Parton Dolly's backing band is The Blueniques. Personnel is Gary Davis - banjo, acoustic guitar; Richard Dennison - acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals; Randy Kohrs - resonator guitar, vocals; Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle; Brent Truitt - mandolin; Steve Turner - drums; Jay Weaver - acoustic bass guitar; Kent Wells - acoustic guitar, vocals. 

Dolly Parton Live and Well was recorded live at the Celebrity Theater in Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN on December 12 & 13, 2002. The INgrooves #DollyParton CD/DVD 3-disc combo was mixed at Southern Sound Studios, Knoxville, TN, mastered at Soundcurrent Mastering and released in 2003.

Full Show Friday: Prince @ The Aladdin 2002

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Prince!

Today we put the spotlight on one of the greats, Prince. Here is his pro shot, soundboard audio show from The Aladdin in Las Vegas in 2002. Enjoy:

Continental's Lease Extended Through Fall of 2018

Back in November RtBE mentioned that a long time East Village staple, Continental was closing down this summer.

Now comes the good news from Brooklyn Vegan that the club has gotten three months added to it's timeline and will be open until October 1st now. The bar had been a staple of our youth in the area having witnessed lots of fun shows in the dark bar.

But we talked about that all before, for now let's celebrate it staying open by downing some cheap shots and watching some videos from the club's past, starting with a very young High On Fire back in 2000.

Album Review: Ralph Stanley- Live At The Bottom Line

Ralph Stanley 

Live at The Bottom Line

***and1/2 out of *****

Ralph Stanley is a bluegrass/country/folk legend and in 2002 he embarked on the “Down from the Mountain Tour” with Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Ricky Skaggs, and Del McCoury. This all-time collection of Americana artists made for a formidable lineup and all were reaping the rewards from the genre’s exposure in the acclaimed O Brother Where Art Thou?

While his tour mates are phenomenal in their own right, the Doctor Ralph Stanley is the old timer head of the class and this set captured from the June 12th stop at New York City’s legendary Bottom Line is a prime example of his talents later in his life. Opening a cappella with his Grammy winning cover of the old standard “O Death” Stanley has the crowd enraptured from his first notes.

Stanley’s voice is the clear focal point here, but on this night he was supported by a stellar bluegrass backing band. Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Mike Compton on mandolin, James Allen Shelton on guitar, and Dennis Crouch on bass support the Doctor with grace and most importantly know when to back out and let the legend lead. Stanley mentions that the songs he is singing on this night are 200-400 years old and he is continuing the tradition, tracks like “Girl from the Greenbriar Shore” might be ancient but it still rings true and sounds delightful in the hands of these players.

Stanley blends bluegrass, country, folk and gospel into his old timey style with ease. His focus on the holy is evident on “Lift Him Up” and the especially sparse and soulful “I’ll Remember You Love, In My Prayers”. The band kicks up for the rambunctious fiddle blazing “Wild Bill Jones” and the mandolin led horror story of “Pretty Polly” which Stanley mentions he recorded back in 1948. While all of these songs are timeless, the encore plays to his strengths and enjoyment of the audience with a whooping version of “Man of Constant Sorrow” and the crowd participation of “Amazing Grace”.

The show is a gem and a great way to hear Stanley riding towards the highest points in his even with a career of over 50 years behind him. Special attention should be giving to the Bottom Line Archive series which perfectly captures the music and singing on this night and is a can’t miss for any release as the quality is top notch.
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