When Ace first asked me to work with him on Hidden Track a little more than a year ago, I would have never guessed how much I'd enjoy writing for y'all. One of the first ideas I presented to Ace was a column highlighting the best live shows that turned up on the torrent sites each week. Now please allow me to toot my horn a bit: I began my writing career -- really, my first published article -- on October 22nd, 2006 by posting the first edition of Grousing The Aisles, and I followed that up with 380 other posts this year, including 48 editions of GTA.
We've turned you onto to some terrific shows this year, but a few stand out from the pack. First up is a Steely Dan DVD that is the best unofficial concert video we've ever seen. Next up is Crowded House's American coming-out party from The Bottom Line in 1987. After that we've got recent shows from two of our favorite bands: Apollo Sunshine and Wilco. So make the most of your high speed connection and check out the best of Grousing The Aisles...
Steely Dan w/ Michael McDonald 08/12/2006 PROSHOT (
VIDEO,
AUDIO):
Nearly every shed in America these days has those screens that show video of the concert to people with bad views. Most of the footage from these screens either doesn’t get recorded or gets stashed in the archives of the venue or the performer. Once in a while, though, video from one of these concerts leaks onto the ‘net. The latest of these leaks comes from last summer’s
Steely Dan tour, which featured special guest and longtime HT idol
Michael McDonald.
The Dan was feelin’ it this night, rolling through magnificent performances of hits such as Hey 19, Green Earrings, and Josie. Mikey Mac adds his husky vocals to the last seven songs of the set, including the kickass My Old School closer. The Steely Dan Orchestra backing band is made up of extremely talented musicians. Keith Carlock is a revelation on the drums — at times there is so much going on that you wonder whether there are two drummers behind the kit. Backup vocalists Carolyn Leonhart-Escoffery and Cindy Mizelle both look and sing beautifully.
The quality of this footage is unbelievably good, allowing a nice look at the ladies as they sing their hearts out during Dirty Work. The crispy soundboard feed that supplies the audio is also top notch, and worth the download
by itself. I can honestly say that in my four years of collecting live concert DVDs, this puppy may take the cake as the best in my collection. It’s that good.
Read on for more...
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 10:05 am
Ever heard RAQ play the Way It Is? I don’t know the particular show I have it from, but it’s incredible.
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 11:22 am
Wow, I didn’t know RAQ played The Way It Is.
Check it:
http://www.archive.org/download/raq2007-03-15.393.fixed.flac16/raq2007-03-15.393.fixed.d2t10_vbr.mp3
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 11:46 am
Can’t way to get my hands on some of those Hornsby covers…he did a WONDERFUL job with The Band’s King Harvest on Endless Highway that it’s only fair people do him justice as well.
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Phish Bridge School show – they are must downloads…..
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=510312
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=510311
Absolutely fantastic stuff.
Friday, October 19, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Thanks for sharing the Phish shows. I’m not a fan, but was at the show on the 17th and really enjoyed their performance. Any idea if any of the other sets from that show showed up online? Many thanks again.
Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Hello,
Just a note on the image you’re using for this web site:
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/8628/bootlegslogoacb9.gif
This image is the current logo and Trademark of my band, “The Bootlegs.” You have copied the original image from The Bootlegs’ web site. Please take this image off of your web site. Thank you.
Hank Hayes