I've seen him with Wally Ingram twice, once opening for (and playing with) Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby and Shawn Colvin; the other time they were headlining their own show (with Kaki King opening) at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro. The last time I saw him was at the Austin City Limits Music Festival when he sat in with the Blind Boys from Alabama. I had an opportunity to see him early on with his band El Rayo-X when I won tickets to see them at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh but I couldn't find anyone to go with me. These days that would not stop me. I'd love to get my hands on this live album he cut with Ry Cooder years ago but Lindley's asking $40 for it through his website which is far too rich for my blood. Disc 1 Promised Land Jesus on the Mainline Mercury Blues Afindrafindrao Si Bheag Si Mhor Paris Texas / Vigilante Man Girls from Texas All Shook Up How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times... Leave Home Blues Disc 2 Fugitive Me & My Chauffeur Ain't No Way Baby Breaking Up Your Happy Home Little Sister Hold That Snake Play It All Night Long Medley : If Walls Could Talk / Tell By Your Smell / 5-10-15 Talk To The Lawyer Good Night Irene The very thing that makes you rich Do You Want My Job? Oh, and if you haven't heard it, the new Jackson Browne and David Lindley live album (Love Is Strange) is most excellent.

Cool to see David Lindley get a mention, he's also not too shabby on electric.

Better have those hankies at the ready for this one:

I was never a huge fan but do have a soft spot for some of the early deep album cuts like Moving In Stereo. I lost complete interest over the years as their sound never seemed to expand much (or at all). With stuff like this you never know, after all these years of being on the sidelines perhaps he (Ric) has something new to bring to the table.

From RollingStone.com: By Daniel Kreps The rumors floating around since July have finally been confirmed: After a 23-year break, the Cars have reunited with original frontman/songwriter Ric Ocasek and are working on their first album together since 1987's Door to Door. On on their Facebook page the band recently posted a 73-second clip of themselves in the studio working on a new track called "Blue Tip," and Billboard reports that the Cars are recording a new album and may be planning tour dates. In July the Cars hinted at a possible reunion with Ocasek, who previously said he'd never take part in one, when they posted a photo of the four surviving bandmembers together in a Boston studio. In 2005, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and guitarist Elliot Easton launched the New Cars with Todd Rundgren at the microphone, but that project ended in 2007. Any hopes for a full Cars reunion ended in 2000 when bassist-singer Benjamin Orr passed away from pancreatic cancer. The Cars' official website is currently "under construction," so more information is likely to come.

Keep an eye on the Thrasher's Wheat blog. I'm sure they'll post last night's setlist soon. Here's the setlist from the first night:

Filling in some gaps in my CD collection via Amazon. Found most of these new for around $5 or less each with only a few exceptions. Some I have never owned, others are upgrades from vinyl to CD (if you can call that an "upgrade"). One, The Earl Scruggs Revue Live From Austin City Limits, is a record I've been waiting forever to be released on CD. This classic finally found a home on the Wounded Bird record label last year. As did the Del Fuegos Boston, Mass.

A few clips from yesterday are starting to pop up on YouTube, here's one for For What It's Worth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwLR3xTgqNs&feature=related

Keith interview by Matt Lauer on The Today Show

The second disc is a previously unreleased live album that was only recently unearthed and turned over to Dylan's people. It came with the Witmark Demos as part of an exclusive deal through Amazon.

I have one of these from the Disregard for Timekeeping Tour when they played the now defunct Attic in Greenville, NC. Jason stuck around after the show to talk to fans, very cool fellow. It was a real pleasure to meet him. My friend was wearing a Now and Zen tour shirt, when Jason saw that, he walked up to my friend and tweaked Plant's nose. Funny stuff.

Got turned onto Dungen earlier this year by a friend that recommended I catch their set during the Hopscotch Festival here in Raleigh. Good stuff.

It's well worth it. I pretty much lived that entire album, especially this song, Let There Be Rock: Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult concert, fourteen years old, And I thought them lasers were a spider chasing me. On my way home, got pulled over in Rogersville Alabama, with a half-ounce of weed and a case of Sterling Big Mouth. My buddy Gene was driving, he just barely turned sixteen. And I'd like to say, "I'm sorry", but we lived to tell about it And we lived to do a whole lot more crazy, stupid, shit. And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Molly Hatchet With .38 Special and the Johnny Van Zant Band. One night when I was seventeen, I drank a fifth of vodka, on an empty stomach, then drove over to a friend's house. And I backed my car between his parent's Cadillac's without a scratch. Then I crawled to the back door and slithered threw the mail hole, and sneaked up the stairs And puked in the toilet. I passed out and nearly drowned but his sister, DD, pulled me out. And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Molly Hatchet And the band that I was in played "The Boy's are Back in Town". Skynyrd was set to play Huntsville, Alabama, in the spring of '77, I had a ticket but it got cancelled. So, the show, it was rescheduled for the "Street Survivors Tour". And the rest, as they say, is history. So I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads in '82 Right before that plane crash. And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw AC/DC With Bon Scott singing, "Let There Be Rock Tour". With Bon Scott singing, LET THERE BE ROCK!

Hard to go astray with early Rod, I give that one an 8. Please excuse the poor image quality of this clip, it appears to have been dubbed over from an old VHS tape. It's Whiskeytown on Austin City Limits sometime in the mid to late nineties. Hopefully one day this will receive a proper release on CD/DVD as so many of the old episodes of Austin City Limits have. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIVVj7Zbawc

It's an homage to the original album cover and the artist that recorded the song, Napoleon XIV but you may have already figured that out.

Stranger things have happened so anything's possible.

It didn't dawn on me until just a few moments ago that today marks 33 years since Skynyrd's plane crashed into that Mississippi swamp on October 20, 1977. I can still remember hearing the news from my Dad on the way to school that day. He mistakenly thought it might it be Led Zeppelin (all he could remember from the TV newscast he'd seen is that they were "dressed funny"). It wasn't until I got to school that morning that I learned it was Lynyrd Skynyrd. I had just purchased their latest album at the time, Street Survivors, and was looking forward to seeing them in concert for the very first time when their Tour of the Surviors tour hit North Carolina. Sadly, history took it's course and I never had that chance. Hard to believe that almost all of them are gone now. A brief candle, both ends burning An endless mile, a bus wheel turning A friend to share the lonesome times A handshake and a sip of wine Say it loud and let it ring That we're all part of everything The present, the future and the past Fly on proud bird, you're free at last - Charlie Daniels Unfortunately to some Skynyrd have become a punchline and the term "Southern Rock" is often scoffed at but for all too short a time, they reigned supreme only to be taken down in their prime. They're one group from my youth I will never, ever forget. Thankfully, a band came along back in the late 90s that "got" Skynyrd in the same way that I did. This band was Drive-By Truckers and their Southern Rock Opera went a long ways towards restoring their image. A few years back, after being denied at least nine times, Skynyrd were finally inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. That night, many of them who hadn't shared a stage together in many years, performed together once again. That's another moment in rock n' roll history I won't soon forget. Looking out the window, the trees are getting closer it seems. Thinking bout you darlin' Adding up the cost of these dreams. Strapped to this projectile, just a blink ago I was back in school. Smoking by the gym door, practicing my rock-star attitude And I'm scared shitless of what's coming next. I'm scared shitless, these angels I see in the trees are waiting for me. The engines have stopped now. We all know we are going down. Last call for alcohol. Sure wish I could have another round. And I'm scared shitless of what's coming next. Scared shitless, these angels I see in the trees are waiting for me. Waiting for me. Friends in the swamp. Friends on the ground, in the trees. Angels and fuselage. "Angels & Fuselage" by Drive-By Truckers from Southern Rock Opera

Cool, just being sure. It's Johnny Cash. Like so many great things, the story behind the photo is a bit of a mystery, even to the photographer that actually snapped the shot, the late Jim Marshall (see below). "Johnny flipping the bird at San Quentin Prison, 1969. Contrary to popular belief, John has never been in prison. I think he got busted once for being drunk or something when he was a kid - I don't know and it's none of my business - but he's never been in jail. I've known John since 1962, and I forget why he flipped the bird in this picture. It might have been directed at the television crew who was filming there, or I might have suggested doing a special shot for the warden, but for whatever reason, this has become a very famous, iconic picture. His record company is still using it. It shows John's individuality, but the gesture was definitely done in jest. John's got a great sense of humor and this was not a serious shot." — Jim Marshall

You will love it when you do. I had the good fortune to visit the Louvre with my family back in 1972. I still find it hard to believe I've seen the Mona Lisa with my own eyes. I do hope to return someday but I have other locales pulling on me.

It was such a success because it's the first full concert they've played since calling it a day back in 1980. Led Zeppelin didn't exist between 1980 and the 02 other than Live and the Atlantic Records anniversary so there was no real need to "get it together" as a band that was for all intents and purposes, defunct.

Not your band but the email address listed on the clip is musicfusion@cogeco.ca? I guess you could see how someone would think it's your band or at least that you have some connection to them. It probably also doesn't help any that you have all of three posts on this board since joining and they're all in this thread.

It read more like an amateurish review from a fan, thus the mention of Plant's attire, her husband's take and the writer's (and I use the word "writer" very loosely) activities post-concert.