Back in the pre internet tape trading days, Phish's New Year's Eve show from 1993 at the Centrum in Worcester, MA was one of the pinnacles in a collection. It was a radio broadcast, SBD quality that found the band playing their biggest show to date and really nailing it. Now the band officially releases the complete concert for all to enjoy, title New Year's Eve 1993, Live At Worcester Centrum.
Happy 55th Anniversary to The Rolling Stones amazing album Sticky Fingers.
The Stones were part of our Masters series and we said this about Sticky Fingers (RtBE's favorite Stones studio record) when we covered it back in 2019.
On a hot, summer-like April night, the indie rock outfit Band of Horses pulled into the gorgeous Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY for a show billed as An Evening With Band of Horses: Celebrating 20 years of Everything All The Time.
In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Blind Boys of Alabama playing "Every Grain of Sand"
All April RtBE focuses our Monday Dylan Cover Series on artists who are playing this years New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Today is Blind Boys of Alabama who play the festival Thursday April 23rd
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...Galactic featuring Irma Thomas, Jelly Joseph, Erica Falls & Maggie Koerner!
Every April (and first week in May) we have a special showcase during our Full Show Friday series for bands who are playing this years Jazzfest in NOLA. Today we will focus on Galacticwho will be playing on Sunday May 3rd
The Washington D.C. based jazz/punk outfit The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis continue to evolve with their sound, happily falling in-between genre cracks. Deface The Currency is the core band's second outing with Lewis as the quartet are more assured and propulsive than ever.
The newest solo effort from the New Orleans based Isaac Eady is a culmination of his life's influences as a variety of sounds and styles color AMPONSAH. Self produced, the engaging record digs into funk, rock, R&B, ballads, hip hop, jazz and more.
In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Billy Iuso playing "Queen Jane Approximately"
All April RtBE focuses our Monday Dylan Cover Series on artists who are playing this years New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Today is Billy Iuso who plays the festival Friday April 24th
Thoughts on Original: When RtBE discussed Highway 61 Revisitedon it's 60th Anniversary we called "Queen Jane Approximately" 'poetic folk rock goodness'. Hard to disagree with that as the words and music enchant, mixing very well. It is a put down tune, but not as harsh as others, the soothing music helps with the more cutting turns of phrase. This tune came more into RtBE's ear through Bob Weir singing covers of it with The Grateful Dead, as the band, and Bobby in particular, did a great job with the tune. Apparently Dylan never played it live until he took the stage with the Dead, so there is a clear connection there.
Cover:
Thoughts on Cover Artist:
RtBE became aware of Mr. Iuso back in 2023 and have enjoyed everything we have heard from him since. We dug him in the New Orleans Last Waltz we caught and most importantly, Billy is a Mets fan, so how can we not love him?!?
Thoughts on Cover:
This live cover from the Broadside in 2024 is a nice straight ahead rendition from a clear fan. Iuso digs on Bob, as this whole show was dedicated to him, and that comes across with his singing and playing. A great piano interlude spruces things up from Joe Ashlar on keys as the band works through the tune with grace and ease.
.png)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
