Grateful Dead — “Not Fade Away”
January 7, 2009
Here we find Jerry and the boys performing the Buddy Holly classic track on the 4th of July, 1989. Jerry and Brent really hook up on this version, obviously enjoying themselves. “Not Fade Away” was the last track Buddy Holly and The Crickets performed at The Winter Dance Party on February 2, 1959, just hours before the fatal plane crash that took the lives of Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper and the pilot, Roger Peterson.
Tool — Kalamazoo, MI (7/15/1998)
January 7, 2009
Flood
Hush
Forty Six & 2
Stinkfist
Stranglehold (Ted Nugent cover)
Merkaba
Sober
Pushit (Slow)
Eulogy
Crowd Noise
Aenema
Jerk-Off
Did You Know??
January 7, 2009
Prior to forming Nirvana, Kurt Cobain and Kris Novoselic played in a Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band called Sellout.
Pink Floyd — “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”
January 7, 2009
From Pink Floyd’s second album Saucerful Of Secrets (1968), the album version is unique as it is the only song in the band’s canon to feature all five members. Both Syd Barrett and David Gilmour contributed guitar parts to this song whose live lifespan lasted from the release of the album until it was retired in 1973. This version is taken from Live At Pompeii.
Trey Anastasio Band — Virginia Beach, VA (7/31/2001)
January 7, 2009
Set I: Push On Til the Day, Small Axe, Done Done It, Alive Again, Last Tube
Set II: Gotta Jibboo1, Will It Go Round In Circles, Drifting, Burlap Sack and Pumps
Encore: Radon Balloon2, Driver2, At the Gazebo
1 with Trey/Jennifer dance/sword fight
2 Trey solo acoustic
Bob Dylan — “Sara”
January 7, 2009
Easily possessing Dylan’s most openly personal lyrics, “Sara” is the last song from 1975′s Desire. It was written about Zimmy’s first wife Sara Lownds and their failing marriage, their travels and time together and the rearing of their four children. I could discuss the song and its virtues, but I will just reprint the lyrics and let you be the judge of this truly beautiful song.
I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky,
When the children were babies and played on the beach.
You came up behind me, I saw you go by,
You were always so close and still within reach.
Sara, Sara,
Whatever made you want to change your mind?
Sara, Sara,
So easy to look at, so hard to define.
I can still see them playin’ with their pails in the sand,
They run to the water their buckets to fill.
I can still see the shells fallin’ out of their hands
As they follow each other back up the hill.
Sara, Sara,
Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life,
Sara, Sara,
Radiant jewel, mystical wife.
Sleepin’ in the woods by a fire in the night,
Drinkin’ white rum in a Portugal bar,
Them playin’ leapfrog and hearin’ about Snow White,
You in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar.
Sara, Sara,
It’s all so clear, I could never forget,
Sara, Sara,
Lovin’ you is the one thing I’ll never regret.
I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells,
I’d taken the cure and had just gotten through,
Stayin’ up for days in the Chelsea Hotel,
Writin’ “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” for you.
Sara, Sara,
Wherever we travel we’re never apart.
Sara, oh Sara,
Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart.
How did I meet you? I don’t know.
A messenger sent me in a tropical storm.
You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow
And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm.
Sara, oh Sara,
Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress,
Sara, Sara,
You must forgive me my unworthiness.
Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp
And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore.
You always responded when I needed your help,
You gave me a map and a key to your door.
Sara, oh Sara,
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow,
Sara, oh Sara,
Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever go.
Here’s Bob performing the song in ’75:
