A Few Live highlights

Live is live and sometimes living and dying. Here are a few highlights from my mind of live performance worth watching.

This way: Willis Earl Beal: Evening's Kiss

Willis Earl Beal on Jools, he transends anything Ive seen of a musical performance on TV. He takes a toothpick casually from his mouth and lays out Evening's Kiss. Half way thru he starts to cry as he sings. So powerful. Never get bored.

This way: London Calling tribute on the Grammys

Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, Stevie Van Zandt, Tony Kanal & Pete Thomas perform London Calling in tribute to Joe Strummer, February 23 2003. Typically the Grammys is the worst of the worst, terrible categories, uninspired performances, mega-pop high on drivel. But this a standout, Tribute to Joe Strummer after his death. But you'd think they'd engineer more of this type of inspired performing.

This way: Prince, Tom Petty "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harison -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction for George Harrison. Is there a better guitar solo Prince? What a showman that Prince, everyone else on stage is asleep. And then boom, guitar is gone like magic.

 

This way: DEVO on SNL in 1979 "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

This was the wakeup call. Devo came to TV allaccross America all at once. Were you in or were you out? I was emphatically in!