by talkfromtherockroom | May 22, 2022 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is the earliest circulating live recording of the Grateful Dead. While the group played their first live show in May of 1965, here we find the first recorded documentation of a ‘Primal Dead’ show....
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 1, 2022 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Playing in the ‘rock room’ today in a crispy audience recording spotlighting Joni Mitchell’s third show from a five night run at Berkley’s 6,000 seat Greek Theatre, September 14, 1979. Joni had taken a sharp turn away from commercial elements in her music since...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 1, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a 30 minute archival tape of 24k musical gold. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks captured live and in action on magnetic tape in London, Ontario, Canada, February 24, 1964. Three weeks removed from the arrival of the Beatles, music was...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 22, 2021 | Live Reviews, Put the Boot In, Reviews
As Summer turned to Fall in 1968, a gathering of tribes and a collaborative of some of the most famed musicians on the planet joined as one at a nondescript berry farm in Sultan, Washington. The purpose, a cosmic weekend of mind-bending music. The Sky River Rock...
by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 9, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a newly circulating (I believe) audience recording from the final ‘Traffic’ tour in 1974. This recording hails from the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texasand is a brisk and groovy listen with all instruments...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 3, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Following Dylan’s legendary electric set at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, Dylan set forth to find a permanent rock and roll backing band to disseminate his vision. The concerts that took place from the summer of 1965 through May of 1966 are some of the...
