Bill Graham, legendary concert promoter and owner of the Fillmore venues, had some amazing concerts archived. A company, Wolfgang's Vaults, came along and bought them up and now offers them in streaming audio online here. It looks like the site has just started and will undergo some changes, most notably offering the concerts in a downloadable format. While the company states that they're licensed to do so under BMI, ASCAP and SESAC (which are the big names in music licensing and royalties), Rolling Stone reports that artists are considering lawsuits (I would have a link to the article here, but rollingstone.com seems to be having connectivity issues). Regardless of what the future may hold for the website and their offerings, the present situations allows you to listen to Muddy Waters' 1966 concert at the Fillmore West, to hear Hendrix at the Winterland in '68, catch Springsteen in '78 at the same venue, hear Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review play Madison Square Garden in '75, catch the Clash debut in Cleveland in '79, rock out to some Sabbath in '75 at Asbury Park (great line from Wolfgang's vault about Sabbath: "Zeppelin might have made the mold, but Sabbath crushed the mold into a fine powder, snorted it, and proceeded to scare the hell out of everybody"). It really is some amazing music, and you're foolish if you don't check it out. You do have to register to use the site, but some of us would sell our soul for the pleasure of listening to these gems.
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1 comment:
you need to walk me through that site. still stunned by Guthrie's lyrical ability. i just can't get into music without i guide. you were always the best in that department.
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