by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 30, 2025 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Riding a cresting wave of popularity that had not yet broken on the shores of the US, the Beatles embarked on a 21 date UK tour paired with Roy Orbison in May of 1963. The Beatles had scored a number one UK hit with the “Please Please Me,” single in January and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 25, 2025 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In, Reviews
Pulled from the deep recesses of the “rock room,” shelves is a beautifully rendered Van Morrison performance from the Fall of 1974. I previously reviewed another fine performance from this woefully underrepresented tour here and may end up doing a deep dive on all of...
by talkfromtherockroom | Oct 5, 2024 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In
Originally published on NYS Music in 2014 On August 5th, 1983, Talking Heads initiated the arena tour that would eventually take their popularity to new and unknown levels. We flashback to the group’s visit to Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) that summer 40...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 27, 2024 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In
Playing in the “rock room” today is a crisp soundboard recording of Eric Clapton and his band on the European leg of his 1978 tour in support of his Backless record. Shuttled around Europe in private Orient Express rail carriages, Clapton brought his friend and idol...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 14, 2023 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In
On April 24th, 2023 the final evening of a six-night residency at the legendary Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Eric Clapton and his band capped off a stellar residency of music. Supported by his band of long time mates comprised of Nathan East/bass, Sonny Emory/drums,...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 21, 2023 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Recently appearing in varying corners of the intraweb, and in general circulation for those who seek it is a crystalline soundboard recording of the “Flying Burrito Brothers” live at the infamous 1969 Altamont festival. A day that will be remembered not because of the...
