Spotlight on three old live gigs, excavated this year. The Gregg Allman Tour was recorded when Gregg was on the road in '74 promoting his first solo album Laid Back, with Cowboy as his backing band. Goes without saying it's an inspired and often quite funky affair all around.
Gregg Allman - Queen Of Hearts (live '74)
Listening to Tim Buckley is always a joy. Here he is helped by percussionist Carter Collins and a nameless bassplayer on stage in Chicago back in '69. A charming audience recording with quite a bit of tape hiss, but when the star sailor is in improvisational full flight, who gives a damn?
Tim Buckley - Green Rocky Road/Hush, Little Baby (live '69)
And last but not least, ladies & gentlemen: the greatest guitar slinger of 'em all. Jimi's Songs For Groovy Children set compiles all the Fillmore Concerts with his legendary Band Of Gypsys, which means we've got an essential document on our hands here. "Do I laugh, baby, do I cry..."
Jimi Hendrix - Who Knows (live '69)
2 comments:
I much prefer this version of WHo Knows to the one on the original Band of Gypsys album, which is toally spoiled by that idiotic "roo tee too tee too"ing by Buddy Miles.
Agree 100% George.
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