Trey Anastasio

Lead guitarist and vocalist for 20 years with the band Phish, Trey Anastasio also headed up Oysterhead with Stewart Copeland of the Police on drums and Les Claypool of Primus on bass during a break from Phish.

Since the dissolution of Phish Trey has done some solo work and performed with several other backup bands.

Tonight I bring you a sampling of Trey’s works over the years including a number of guest performances with other well known musicians.

Website

Myspace

Wiki

Phish

Oysterhead

Direct links to the individual videos:

Acoustic Solo – at the Connecticut Forum

Jamming with Bob Weir and Nicholas Payton

Funky Bitch – Phish

So Damn Lucky– with Dave Matthews in Senegal

Owner of the World – Oysterhead

Stash Part 1 - Phish

Stash Part 2 – Phish

Waste - with Dave Mathews

Push on Until the Day – Trey Anastasio Band

Hello My Baby – Phish

While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Phish

Standing on the Moon – With Bruce Hornsby (Jerry Garcia Tribute)

Armys on Ecstasy – Oysterhead

Makisupa Policeman – Phish

Cold Rain and Snow – with Phil Lesh

46 Days Jam – with Josh Clark of Tea Leaf Green

Blues Jammin’ – with Joe Bonamassa

Little Faces – Oysterhead

Wilson – at Tsunami Benefit Concert

Buster – with Moe at Tsunami Benefit Concert

You Enjoy Myself Part 1 – Phish

You Enjoy Myself Part 2 – Phish

You Enjoy Myself Part 3 – Phish

Sledge Hammer - Trey Anastasio Band

More Pretty Girls Than One, Poor Heart, My Sweet One – with Mike Gordon

Shadow of a Man – Oysterhead

Money, Love and Change Part 1 – Trey Anastasio Band

Money, Love and Change Part 2 – Trey Anastasio Band

Money, Love and Change Part 3 – Trey Anastasio Band

Free – Phish

First Tube – Trey Anastasio Band

Polka Dot Rose – Oysterhead

Going Down The Road – with Mike Gordon, Phil Lesh and the Benevento Russo Duo

Oz is Ever Floating – Oysterhead

Wolfman’s Brother Part 1 – Phish

Wolfman's Brother Part 2 – Phish

Birthday Boys – Oysterhead

Badfinger

Originally signed by the Beatle’s Apple Records under the name of the Iveys, tonight’s band was a little gem of the 60’s and early 70’s. Often compared to the Beatles they nonetheless had trouble finding a large audience. Internal strife and suicides eventually took their toll.

Tonight I bring you Badfinger featuring video research and playlist editing by none other than Big Dan – the epitome of a true Badfinger fan.

NEW: In this revived edition I have added a documentary on the band at the end of the show.

Wiki

Unofficial Website

Webring

Rolling Stone Article

Joey Molland Myspace

Click Here to view individual playlist entries.

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Weird Al Yankovic

‘Cause sometimes ya just gotta be goofy!

Official Website

Al's Myspace

Wiki

Direct links to the individual videos:

Another One Rides the Bus

White & Nerdy

Ebay

Amish Paradise

I'm Fat

Gump

Saga Begins

Bob

Like a surgeon

Eat It

Smells Like Nirvana

Jurassic Park

Dare to be Stupid

Headline News

Yoda

Bedrock Anthem

I Lost On Jeopardy

Circus of the Stars

Livin' in the Fridge

Couch Potato

The Anime Polka

One More Minute

I Love Rocky Road

The Night Santa Went Crazy

My Bologna

Patterns

Green Eggs And Ham

Don't Download This Song

Hey Ricky

Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies

The Kinks

Tonight’s offering is another of the British Invasion bands of the sixties.

Founded by brothers Dave and Ray Davies this band has overcome the tumultuous relationships of its members to turn out some of the period’s memorable hits.

Working with subject matter ranging from the Queen Mother to Transvestitism they found their own niche and filled it with hits.

The show tonight begins with a 25 minute, three part documentary of the band with interviews of its members and clips of their songs. This is followed by several dozen of their videos followed by a number of Ray Davies solo performances, ending with perhaps their greatest hit “Lola”.

So sit back and enjoy The Kinks!

Kinks Fan Site

Dave Davies Official Site

The Kinks Wiki

Direct Links to the individual videos:

Story of the Kinks Part1

Story of the Kinks Part 2

Story of the Kinks Part 3

Victoria

Sunny Afternoon

You Really Got Me

All Day and All of the Night

A Well Respected Man

Days

Waterloo Sunset

Tired of Waiting

Autumn Almanac

Dead End Street

It’s Alright

See My Friend

Set Me Free

Milk Cow Blues

Starstruck

Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy

Death of a Clown

Ordinary People => Sunny Afternoon

Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues

Village Green Preservation Society

Come Dancing

Do It Again

Only a Dream

Lost and Found

Low Budget

Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Apeman

How Do I Get Close

State of Confusion

Predictable

Muswell Hillbilly

Hollywood Blvd

Celluloid Heroes

Shangri-La – Ray Davies

One More Time – Ray Davies

Working Man’s Café – Ray Davies

In a Moment – Ray Davies

To the Bone – Ray Davies

After the Fall – Ray Davies

Over My Head – Ray Davies

Lola

Coming Soon

Hey, I'm on vacation - I'm taking my time, it's coming - it really is.

Jethro Tull

It has been kind of mellow around here lately so it’s time to wake you folks up.

Ian Anderson is perhaps one of the most eccentric rock frontmen from the late ‘60s and ‘70s. His stage presence, unusual and distinctive vocal style, and one-legged flute playing make for one interesting show.

This quote from a press review in Jethro Tull Press titled Rock Beyond Woodstock perhaps explains the Jethro Tull experience best:

Moderates musically, but never on stage. There, they are matchless. Ian Anderson, that famous Fagin come Captain Hook, moves with drunken abandon in phases of sexual intoxication, his arms and legs flailing, his eyes bugging out like uncut diamonds, his shaggy hair dancing merrily in ringlets, waving his flute like the Pied Piper of all lost innocents. Anderson's strength consists in his ability to evoke a mounting atmosphere of lurid, bubbling frenzy — all the while, making a music that is a delicious idyll, totally structured and yet care-free, sharp and delicate.

The original band had to keep changing their name in order to play more than once in the same pub twice since they were never asked back under the same name. Finally while sporting the name of an agricultural pioneer, Jethro Tull was invited back to play a second show and the name then stuck.

Jethro Tull is still active today and currently touring Europe and coming to the US in late summer and fall.

Tonight’s show closes with a number of Ian Anderson collaborations with other top musicians.

Here then for your enjoyment – Jethro Tull! (Crank it up!)

Official Website

Wiki

One Fan’s Archive

Name Source

Catalog of Press Releases

Direct links to the videos in this evenings show:

Aqualung

Bouree

Witch’s Promise

Thick as a Brick

Songs from the Wood

My God

Dun Ringill

Dark Ages

The Whistler

Locomotive Breath

Song for Jeffrey

Life’s a Long Song

Skating Away on Thin Ice

Jack in the Green => Pussy Willow

A New Day Yesterday

With You There to Help Me

Quizz Kid => Crazed Institution

Heavy Horses

Minstrel in the Gallery

Hymn 43

Velvet Green

Wind Up

Elegy

Hunting Girl

She Said She Was a Dancer

Farm on the Freeway

North Sea Oil => Old Ghosts

Mother Goose

Moths

Budapest

Broadsword

My Sunday Feeling => So Much Trouble

Living in the Past

Fat Man

This is not Love

Kissing Willie

Made in England

Inroduction to Soulmates – With Al Dimeola, Chris Thompson and others.

Look Up to the Sky – With Al Dimeola, Chris Thompson and others.

Last Day of Summer – With Al Dimeola, Chris Thompson and others..

Room No. 8 – With Al Dimeola, Chris Thompson and others.

Locomotive Breath – With Al Dimeola, Chris Thompson and others.

Fat Man - With Jack Bruce and Fela Kuti

African Jam Session – With Jack Bruce and Fela Kuti

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John Prine

Tonight’s show is dedicated to my friend and fellow blogger Big Dan.

Singer, songwriter, storyteller extraordinaire John Prine has long been a fixture of the American folk music scene. John’s lyrics can be humorous, capture the human experience or deal with political messages.

While he has seen limited commercial success John has won many awards and his songs are widely covered by other artists. He was awarded artist of the Year at the 2005 Americana Music Awards Ceremony and his album of the same year - Fair and Square - won the 2006 Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

So pull up a rock at Bear Creek, put on an Illegal Smile, Blow Up Your TV and enjoy an evening with John Prine.

Official Website

Fan Site

Wiki

Oh Boy Records

Direct links to the individual videos:

Souvenirs

Flag Decal

Angel From Montgomery

Paradise => Donald & Lydia

All the Best

Hello in There

Everything is Cool

Clay Pigeons

Automobile

Spanish Pipe Dream

How Lucky

You Got Gold

Lake Marie

Up on Bear Creek

Just Getting By

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness – with Nanci Griffith

In Spite of Ourselves – with Nanci Griffith

Fish and Whistle

Sam Stone

Six O’clock News

Milwaukee Here I Come – with Iris Dement

Blow Up Your TV

When Two Worlds Collide – with Iris Dement

Muehlenberg County

Happy Enchilada

Illegal Smile

Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

Far From Me

Lou Reed

As a teenager Lou Reed was subjected to electro-shock therapy to thwart his homosexual behavior:

They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in Rockland County to discourage homosexual feelings. The effect is that you lose your memory and become a vegetable. You can't read a book because you get to page seventeen and have to go right back to page one again

After moving to New York City in 1963 Reed went to work as a songwriter for Pickwick Records where his employers soon realized his potential and formed a band called The Primitives around him. The band also included John Cale who has done numerous collaborations with Lou over the years.

Reed and Cale went on to form The Velvet Underground, which although never commercially viable, was eventually recognized as perhaps the most influential band in the underground music movement.

Gritty and topical, Reeds lyrics run the gamut from drug addiction to transvestitism – stories of life on the streets of the city.

Here then is a collection of his works with some collaborations with other artists. Heck there’s even a video of Lou as chicken soup plus an interview with Lou from Amsterdam. (Mostly in English)

Website

Wiki

Direct links to the videos:

A Walk on the Wild Side

What’s Good

Waiting for the Man

Satellite of Love

September Song

Romeo Had Juliette

Sunday Morning

Kill Your Sons

Small Town

Modern Dance

Dirty Blvd. – With David Bowie

Hail Hail Rock and Roll – With Garland Jeffreys

Crazy Mary – With Victoria Williams

Pale Blue Eyes – With Pete Townsend

White Light White Heat – With Pete Townsend

Caroline Says II

Perfect Day – With Dr. John

Heroine

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Style it Takes

Rock and Roll

Beginning of a Great Adventure

New York City Man

Foot of Pride

Martial Law => Legendary Hearts => There She Goes Again – With Robert Quinn

Tell It To Your Heart

Hooky Wooky

Sweet Jane

The Porcupine Interview:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Simon & Garfunkel

Tonight’s offering is one of my favorite duos from the ‘60s and ‘70s. There style of folk and folk rock music first caught my eye in the late ‘50s when they were still calling themselves Tom & Jerry. Sounding much like the Everly Brothers they later transformed to the folk genre and took on the Simon and Garfunkel name.

Their angst filled songs such as “A Most Peculiar Man” and “Richard Corey” appealed to me at the time. A college friend and I would play their songs at the campus coffee house and wherever anyone would listen. Being very tall and with my hair fairly short and frizzy I had the appearance of Art and my shorter friend looked much like Paul.

It worked so well that one night while visiting my friends parents in far northern Wisconsin we had a bunch of teenage girls at the local hangout convinced we were Simon and Garfunkel. We overheard them talking – thinking we were them - so we just played along. We played them a bunch of songs then went home and had a good laugh.

Well enough about me, here they are:

Simon & Garfunkel Website

Simon & Garfunkel Wiki

Direct Links to the individual Videos:

America

Mrs. Robinson

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Sounds of Silence

Old Friends

Scarborough Fair

Homeward Bound

Kodachrome => Maybellene

59th Street Bridge Song

Overs

The Boxer

A Most Peculiar Man

Richard Cory

He Was My Brother

Leaves That Are Green

For Emily

A Poem On The Underground Wall

Kathy’s Song

A Hazy Shade of Winter

My Little Town

A Heart in New York

April Come She Will

American Tune

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard

Late in the Evening

Wakeup Little Suzie

Slip Slidin’ Away

I Am A Rock

Cloudy

El Condor Pasa

Willie Nelson

Tonight I bring you a modern rebel, one of the outlaw country western idols.

Willie Nelson has long been know for bucking the system. His life has seen him in trouble for tax evasion and marijuana possession yet he perseveres in his messages of peace and kindness.

An activist in the rescuing of America’s wild horses and anti-war spokesman, he also is one of the founders of the Farm Aid project. Over the years he has brought a series of music festivals featuring a large number of artists to raise money to aid struggling family farmers.

Tonight’s opening song is the one which brought Willie to my attention. It was the guitar playing that did it – simply amazing. I swear Willie will be playing that same guitar even after it has fallen to pieces!

Here then is one fine guitar player and his unique cowboy style solo and joined by his many friends.

Willie Nelson Website ...... Willie Wiki

Links to the videos:

Whiskey River, Always On My Mind, Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain, Funny How Time Slips Away, I Never Cared For You, She’s Gone, Bloody Mary Morning, You Don’t Know Me, Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground, On the Road Again, If I Can Find a Clean Shirt, Pancho and Lefty, She Loves My Automobile, A Song For You, Crazy, Seven Spanish Angels, To All the Girls, Forever and For Always, Nightlife, Ring of Fire, Highway Man, Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer), You Win Again, The Harder They Come, Georgia On My Mind, Sweet Memories, Heartbreak Hotel, Gravedigger, Jimmy’s Road, Blue Skies, Amazing Grace

Willie the Activist:

Wild Horses

On Dennis Kucinich

On Biodiesel

More on Biodiesel

Hemp

On His Commitments

9/11 and the Iraq War

Willie Nelson Peace Project - Video

Willie Nelson Peace Project - Website

Peaceful Solution:

There is a peaceful solution. It’s called a peace revolution.
Now let’s take back America.
There’s a war and we’re in it, but I know we can win it.
So let’s take back America.

It’s a dream, so believe it.
Now get ready to receive it.
And let’s take back America.

And when the war is over and we’ve won it
let’s remember how we done it so we don’t have to do it again.

There is a peaceful solution. It’s called a peace revolution.
Now let’s take back America.
There’s a war and we’re in it, but I know we can win it.
Now let’s take back America.

There was a peace resolution
and a peaceful revolution
and the peaceful solution saved America

Thanks Willie!
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Manfred Mann

Formed originally as the Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers by South African keyboard player Manfred Mann, this group arose amongst the British blues explosion. During the early years numerous well known musicians passed through the band.

With several hit singles in 1964 and 65 they began moving away from their blues roots to more of a pop style which also found them success. Their interpretation of Dylan’s “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” raised a controversy and was banned by a number of radio and TV stations

Disbanding the group in 1969, Manfred went on to form Mandfred Mann Chapter III with Mike Hugg recording two albums of experimental jazz rock music. (I was unable to find anything from this era.)

Then in 1971 he formed Manfred Mann’s Earth Band with its jazz influenced progressive rock style, releasing 14 albums over a 19 year period. The songs often included long jam sessions with Manfred on synthesizers dueling it out with his guitarist.

Since the Earth Band dissolved in 1989, Manfred has continued to record music, releasing 7 new albums. On another front, a number of the original Manfred Mann band members reformed in the 90s performing under the name The Manfreds featuring the old hits.

So here then is Manfred Mann followed by the Earth Band in chronological order of performance from 1964 – 1983. (Some volume adjusting will be required.)



Manfred Mann Earth Band

Manfred Mann Wiki

Earth Band Wiki