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Glad you enjoyed Kristen ๐
Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
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Glad you enjoyed Kristen ๐
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Sorry to hear Canadian First Nations actor Graham Greene has died at 73. Maybe best remembered for his Oscar-nominated role in Dances with Wolves, he was also very capable in the Michael Apted film Thunderheart. Greene interviewed in 2023. #RIPGrahamGreene m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtup...
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Glad you enjoyed Billy ๐
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Haha - nice ๐
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Awesome ๐
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Welsh singer, guitarist and producer Dave Edmunds was born in 1944. Edmunds with Nick Lowe in their band Rockpile performing live on Danish TV in 1979. Length: 30:06. m.youtube.com/watch?v=QKPq...
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British new wave artist Joe Jackson performing "Look Sharp!" live on German show Rockpalast in 1980. The song was the title track of his 1979 debut album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxzz...
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The Specials performing live on UK show Rock Goes to College in 1979. Length: 43:30. m.youtube.com/watch?v=AWRG...
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Patti Smith, the singer-songwriter, poet, musician and author, was born in 1946. The Patti Smith Group performing live on German show Rockpalast in 1979. Length: 1:23:26. m.youtube.com/watch?v=BMOC...
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Indeed Aaron.
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The Beach Boys performing "Heroes and Villains" live at NYC's Central Park in 1971. Written by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. Originally on the unreleased SMILE album, it was afterwards on the 1967 Smiley Smile album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=uPjI...
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Dr. John performing his classic tune "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" live at the 2013 Official Americana Awards. Originally recorded in 1967 for his Gris-Gris album. Covered by many including Humble Pie, Cher, The Allman Brothers and Paul Weller. m.youtube.com/watch?v=GzHU...
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Simon & Garfunkel performing live at Granada Studios in Manchester in March 1967. Length: 56:30. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtH...
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Thanks for sharing
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Glad you enjoyed Bobby ๐
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social)
Brazilian tropicalia legend Caetano Veloso covers Bob Dylan's "Jokerman" live circa 1992. From album Circulado Vivo. #Tropicalia #BobDylan m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgaS...
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John Peel presenting LOW live at Maida Vale in 2000. (Audio only). Length: 51:53. m.youtube.com/watch?v=YhtS...
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds performing "Jack the Ripper" live at Amsterdam's Paradiso in 1992. Off LP Henry's Dream. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-P...
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Sebadoh performs "Brand New Love" live in Germany in 1995. On 1992 Sub Pop album Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock. #IndieRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaf0...
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lol I like it Laurel
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
Ahhh okay lol
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Joni Mitchell performing "Big Yellow Taxi" live at London's Wembley Stadium in April 1983. The original studio version was on Mitchell's 1970 LP Ladies of the Canyon. It reached #11 on the UK chart. Covered by artists such as Lindsey Buckingham & Bob Dylan. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOq...
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The late blues guitarist/singer Albert King performing "Got To Be Some Changes Made" live at the Wattstax Festival in 1972. (audio only). Can be found on the V/A box set Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection. #Blues #BluesMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5X...
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Glad you enjoyed ๐
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
Fantastic players
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Interesting pairing for a benefit show - though I like them both
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Glad you enjoyed ๐
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The Fall perform "Big New Prinz" on Tony Wilson's Granada show The Other Side of Midnight in 1988. From the album I am Kurious Oranj. #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=wygQ...
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No I havenโt
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The Fall performing "Dktr. Faustus" live at Manchester's Hacienda in October 1985. Song is off 1986 album Bend Sinister. #FallFriday m.youtube.com/watch?v=C7R3...
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Ah thatโs unfortunate, Glenn.
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Youโre welcome Ricky
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Four-Song Peel Session of North Carolina indie rock stalwarts Superchunk from April 14, 1992. Length: 13:48. #IndieRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=pyhY...
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social)
The late Sugar Minott performing "Living a Rough Ole Life (Babylon)" live at Reggae Sunsplash in 1983. Song originally on 1980 album Roots Lovers. #RootsReggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvH0...
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The Stranglers performing live on German show Rockpalast in February 1983, Length: 1:26:55. #PunkRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Uh...
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social)
New Orleans funksters The Meters performing live in 1974. Introduced by Dr. John. Length: 7:18. #Funk m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5IQ...
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Soul jazz group The Crusaders perform "Stomp and Buck Dance" live on Soul Train in February 1975. Song reached #41 on the U.S. R&B charts. Opening track on 1974's Southern Comfort album. #SoulJazz m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uxy...
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Scottish glam rockers The Sensational Alex Harvey Band covering the Jacques Brel song "Next" live on Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973. Title track to the group's 1974 album. #GlamRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=dpl_...
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Definitely one of the first that I can think of.
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Rock supergroup Blind Faith covering the Rolling Stones song "Under My Thumb" live at London's Hyde Park in 1969. Band consisted of Steve Winwood (Traffic), Ric Grech (Family) and Eric Clapton & Ginger Baker from Cream. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VXas...
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Thelonious Monk performs the Duke Ellington tune "Sophisticated Lady" live in Berlin in November 1969. Song originally on Monk's 1955 album Plays Duke Ellington. #Jazz #JazzMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtm...
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Magpie vs Crow (2012) by late Ukrainian artist Serhiy Kolisnyk #RIPSerhiyKolisnyk
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Nice you could see the original lineup ๐
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes damn autocorrect had it come out as Mike not Mule lol
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A December 2018 oral history of Detroit rock band the Laughing Hyenas from The Detroit Metro Times. With contributions from late drummer Jim Kimball. #RIPJimKimball www.metrotimes.com/music/an-ora...
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Mule * Damn autocorrect
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American drummer Jim Kimball has died at 59. He manned the skins for such Midwestern indie rock bands such as Laughing Hyenas, Mike, Jesus Lizard and the Dennison-Kimball Trio. Noise rock band Laughing Hyenas live in July 1989. #RIPJimKimball m.youtube.com/watch?v=BHCc...
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Echo & the Bunnymen performing "The Cutter" live on German show Rockpalast in 1983. The song reached #8 on the UK chart and was the second single released from the Ian Broudie-produced album, Porcupine. m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpXy...
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Glad you enjoyed Seena ๐
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes - Lowe was married to his stepdaughter Carlene Carter at one time - June Carter Cashโs daughter with Carl Smith to whom she was married before Cash.
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Nice - will have to find that. Thanks for the tip
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Johnny Cash performing the Nick Lowe song "The Beast in Me" live on Jools Holland in July 1994. Song from his album American Recordings. m.youtube.com/watch?v=D5G1...
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Australian painter William Robinson has died at 89. Mainly of his paintings focused on parts of the Australian bush in Queensland taken from various perspectives, often creating a hallucinatory effect. #RIPWilliamRobinson Rainforest (1990) & Wollomombi Gorge (2007)
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Most welcome ๐
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Nice!
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Five-Song Peel Session of New Order from November 24, 1998. Includes "Isolation" and "True Faith." Length: 21:40. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ix38...
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Lucinda Williams performing "Side of the Road" live on Austin City Limits in 1989. From her self-titled 1988 album. A song that has always moved me by the Louisiana singer-songwriter. From my favourite album of hers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_zYf...
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Good you enjoyed Todd ๐
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social)
The The performs "Dogs of Lust" live on German show Rockpalast in December 2000. Song originally on 1993 album Dusk. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgjd...
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Deborah Harry and Chris Stein do a live acoustic version of the Blondie song "Double Take" circa 2000. Song from the 1999 album No Exit. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHu...
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Awesome ๐
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๐ nice
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice (except for your eardrums)
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
Most welcome - glad you enjoyed ๐
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
That is awesome - quite a double bill / thanks for sharing ๐
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American noise rock band Swans perform "See No More" live in a May 1989 concert in the Netherlands. From the Bill Laswell-produced album The Burning World. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TlUS...
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Galaxie 500 performing "When Will You Come Home" live at a Boston high school gym in April 1989. From the band's second album, 1989's On Fire. #IndieRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=igfX...
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Tackhead was the late drummer Keith LeBlancโs industrial hip hop project where he played with Doug Wimbish (bass), Skip McDonald (guitar) and producer Adrian Sherwood. Tackhead live in concert in London in 1989. Length: 1:18:20. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq5D...
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Most welcome
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Glad you enjoyed Andrew ๐
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Glad you enjoyed David ๐
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1978 recording of the Arlen/Mercer standard "Come Rain or Come Shine" by Canadian jazz guitarist Ed Bickert and bassist Don Thompson. From the live album At the Garden Party. #Jazz #JazzMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQzk...
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Scottish punk rock band The Rezillos performing "(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures" live on Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978. From the band's debut album Can't Stand the Rezillos. #PunkRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=UlYz...
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Glad you enjoyed Sara and it made such an impact ๐
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Awesome Paul ๐
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Bob Neuwirth, folk singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan compadre and co-writer of Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" died at age 82 in 2022. Neuwirth performing the Utah Phillips song "Rock Salt and Nails" live in 1967. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMW...
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The late jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was born in 1938. Hubbard performing "Birdlike" live in a 1967 concert. Length: 11:04. #Jazz m.youtube.com/watch?v=QnWR...
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Four-Song Peel Session of The House of Love from April 2, 1989. Includes the timeless "Christine". Length: 13:12. m.youtube.com/watch?v=B4q1...
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Akron new wave band The Waitresses performing "Quit" live at NYC club Hurrah in the early 1980s. Song on their 1982 debut album Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? #NewWave m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8R...
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Reggae veteran Lloyd Parks performing "What More Can I Do" live at the 1982 Reggae Sunsplash Festival. Title track to his 1983 album. #Reggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kte2...
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My pleasure - glad you enjoyed ๐
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Fleetwood Mac performing โHold Meโ live in Hollywood during the Mirage tour in 1982. Song written by the late Christine McVie. #FleetwoodMac m.youtube.com/watch?v=cRiw...
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The high school reunions must have been killer ๐
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Bob Marley & The Wailers performing "Duppy Conqueror"live in Los Angeles in 1973. Song can be found on their 1971 Lee "Scratch" Perry-produced album Soul Revolution. #Reggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=8VQR...
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1980 version of the Jack DeJohnette song โSilver Hollowโ by Jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Players include George Cables and John Abercrombie. From the Columbia album Un Poco Loco. #Jazz m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd1u...
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Official video for 1995 song "We're the Same" by Matthew Sweet. From the album 100% Fun. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCiM...
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1979 single "English Black Boys" by Manchester roots reggae band X-O-Dus. Produced by Dennis Bovell for Factory Records. The group's lone single. On the V/A compilation Factory Records (Communications 1978-92) m.youtube.com/watch?v=EprU...
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Ha no kidding
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R.E.M. performing their environmental tune "Fall On Me" on Live from Austin, TX in March 2008. Michael Stipe once described the song as "pretty much a song about oppression." From the 1986 album Lifes Rich Pageant. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ws...
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1976 song "Snake" by Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance. From the ex-Small Face/Face's third solo album One for the Road. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lW-1...
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Four-Song Peel Session of English indie rock band Bang Bang Machine from January 28, 1992. Length: 18:32.#IndieRock m.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aB...
Sean Walters (@seanwrite.bsky.social) reply parent
There I nothing woke bout it. Itโs just performative outrage.
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1968 piece โSometimes Joieโ by jazz drummer Elvin Jones. Sublime accompaniment by fellow players Joe Farrell and Jimmy Garrison. from the Blue Note album The Ultimate. Length: 10:38. #Jazz #BlueNote m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_R6...
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1968 song โFly On Homeโ by British singer-songwriter John Martyn. Flute by the late jazz artist Harold McNair. From his second album The Tumbler. m.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dr...
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1972 song "(I Think I Must Be) Dreaming" by soul group the Four Tops. From their first post-Motown album Keeper of the Castle. #SoulMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzyi...
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Nice ๐
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Heโs great ๐
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Buy a guy dressed like a decrepit Colonel Sanders
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Most welcome - glad you enjoyed ๐