bootleg Archive
20 Jul 2010
Bootleg Bin: Moby Grape – Monterey Pop Festival, June 17, 1967
In the summer of 2007 I spoke at length with rock impresario Lou Adler, in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival. During our talk, I brought […]
18 Jun 2010
Bootleg Bin: Jason Falkner – “Can You Still Feel?” Demos
Note: Next week I’ll publish my extensive three-part interview with Jason Falkner. The multi-instrumentalist is a former member of the Three O’Clock, Jellyfish and the Grays, and has recorded with […]
04 Jun 2010
Bootleg Bin: Dave Gregory – Remoulds
Journeyman guitarist Dave Gregory joined XTC in time to appear on their 1979 effort, Drums and Wires, and he remained with the group far beyond the end of their touring […]
07 May 2010
Bootleg Bin: Yes – YesSessions
Here’s one for the prog fans. Yes was among the best groups to hybridize progressive and popular styles. With Jon Anderson‘s pliant upper-register vocal juxtaposed against Chris Squire‘s assertive bass […]
10 Mar 2010
Bootleg Bin: Television – Town and Country, London 11/19/92
Few expected it when in 1991, one of rock’s most legendary and influential bands suddenly (and briefly) reappeared on the scene. Television had released two landmark albums in the 1970s, […]
09 Mar 2010
Bootleg Bin: Festival Actuel
In October 1969 — two and a half months after Woodstock — the rock festival was at its peak. Eclectic festivals were the norm. So it was then that the […]
19 Feb 2010
Bootleg Bin: Spirit – Texas International Pop Festival, Vol. 7
Happy 62nd birthday to bassist Mark Andes. He was a founding member of Spirit, and later a member of Firefall and Heart. Here’s a review of a legendary performance of […]
31 Dec 2009
Bootleg Bin: The Remains – Garorock Festival 2006
I’m putting the finishing touches on a feature/interview with Barry Tashian of the Remains. That feature will run in London-based Shindig! magazine sometime in 2010. As a bit of a […]
09 Sep 2009
Turn Me On, Dead Man.
In honor of 09.09.09, the unofficial reboot of The Greatest Band The World Has Ever Known, here are NINE (of course) links to some Beatles-related features on this blog and […]