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Flashback: Steely Dan Play 'Do It Again' on 'The Midnight Special' in 1973Short-lived Steely Dan frontman David Palmer sings lead $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); By

David Palmer was only the lead singer of Steely Dan for a few short months in late 1972 and early 1973. It was during that brief time, however, that the band cut their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill and launched their first major tour. Palmer came into the Can't Buy a Thrill sessions late (largely at the insistence of the brass at ABC Records), and he sings lead on "Dirty Work" and "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me.)" He also doubled up Donald Fagen's voice on "Reelin' in the Years."

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Palmer fronted the band during their live show, and he sang their hit "Do It Again" when the group played The Midnight Special in January of 1973. (Fagen sang it on the album.) As the group's fame rose, having one guy sing lead in concert and another sing lead on the most of the studio material made little sense. The band let Palmer go in April of 1973, and Fagen very reluctantly agreed to take over full-time singing duties. Palmer moved around the California music scene in the Seventies and Eighties (even singing a song on the Teen Wolf soundtrack in 1985), but he now works as a photographer.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Flashback: Steely Dan Play 'Do It Again' on 'The Midnight Special' in 1973

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Friday, March 8, 2013

Flashback: Clapton Performs 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' at Concert for George

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Flashback: Clapton Performs 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' at Concert for GeorgePaul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne join the guitarist $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); By

Exactly one year after George Harrison died, a jaw-dropping lineup of musicians gathered at London's Royal Albert Hall to honor his lifetime of work. The Concert for George featured performances by Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston, Dhani Harrison and many others. (The only notable absence was Bob Dylan.) Near the end of the show, Clapton lead the house band on a stunning performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." With McCartney on piano, Ringo (among many others) on drums, Preston on organ and Clapton re-creating his guitar parts from the original, it was the closest thing possible to a Beatles reunion.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Flashback: Clapton Performs 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' at Concert for George

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Flashback: Sex Pistols Reunite for 'Filthy Lucre' Tour in 1996

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Flashback: Sex Pistols Reunite for 'Filthy Lucre' Tour in 1996'We've found a common cause,' said Johnny Rotten, 'and that's your money' $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); By

When the Sex Pistols reunited in 1996, they didn't even try to pretend it was anything but a cash grab. "We still hate each other with a vengeance," Johnny Rotten said at a press conference announcing the Filthy Lucre tour. "But we've found a common cause, and that's your money . . . These are the people that wrote the songs, and now we'd like to be paid for it. Over the years every fucker has lived off us, and we haven't seen penny one."

The reunion marked a huge reversal for Johnny Rotten, since he'd previously said the death of Sid Vicious made any future band activity impossible. "What are we gonna do?" he'd ask the press. "Dig up Sid?" At the tour's press conference he had a strikingly different take. "These are the original members," he said. "Sid was nothing more than an empty coathanger to fill an empty spot onstage."

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That's a pretty harsh way of explaining that Sid's bass playing ability was, at best, rudimentary. They weren't even able to use him on their sole studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. Steve Jones was forced to pull double duty by playing all the guitar and bass parts on the LP. The band brought original bassist Glen Matlock back into the fold for the reunion tour. In addition to being a great bassist, Matlock co-wrote most of the band's songs.

The tour may have been a blatant cash grab, but the band didn't phone in the performances. Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glenn Matlock had all become better musicians during the band's 18-year hiatus, and the shows were absolutely explosive. They wisely didn't attempt to write a single new song, relying solely on their small catalog of classics. They had just enough songs to fill out a proper show when you throw in their signature covers like "Substitute" by the Who, "No Fun" by the Stooges and "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" by the Monkees. (Check out their performance of "Bodies" from the Japanese leg of the tour.)

The Sex Pistols reformed for other tours in 2002-'03 and 2007-'08, but in recent years Johnny Rotten has turned his attention to the reformed Public Image Ltd – though he says he hasn't totally closed the door on future Sex Pistols activity. "I love singing them old songs, because they're very poignant and a very pertinent part of history belongs to the Sex Pistols," he told Rolling Stone in 2012. "If I write new songs, it's PiL and that's it. Occasionally, a reenactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War reenactments."

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Flashback: Sex Pistols Reunite for 'Filthy Lucre' Tour in 1996

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Friday, February 1, 2013

Flashback: Bruce Springsteen Surprises U2 Fans in 1987

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U2 was nearly done with their set at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium on September 25th, 1987 when a roadie brought out another microphone stand. "Anybody else want to play my guitar?" Bono asked the crowd. "Would Bruce Springsteen like to play my guitar?" As Bono literally bowed down before Springsteen, the crowd went insane. "I guess you guys know him," Bono said. "Is he a local boy or something?" They proceeded to play "Stand By Me" (though it would have been far cooler if he'd come out for the previous song: U2's groupie ode "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl").

Bono had dislocated his shoulder during a Washington, D.C. show five days earlier, and he brought fans onstage over the next few days to play the guitar. It's unclear exactly why Springsteen was at the show that day, but Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul were opening up. It's quite possible he was catching up with his once and future bandmate and got coaxed into coming onstage.

This collaboration was filmed by filmmaker Phil Joanou for his U2 documentary Rattle and Hum, but it wound up on the cutting room floor. Somehow or another, many hours of raw footage from the film fell into the hands of fans, circulating in collector circles for years. (Maybe some day an industrious fan will edit it into a better movie.)

In 2002, Bono returned the favor by joining Springsteen and the E Street Band for "Because the Night" at a Miami show. Three years later, Springsteen inducted U2 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, duetting with them on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." Springsteen went to MetLife Stadium in 2011 to check out U2's 360 tour, but he never made it onto the stage – though Bono did wrap up the show by reciting the lyrics to "Jungleland" as a tribute to the late Clarence Clemons.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Flashback: Bruce Springsteen Surprises U2 Fans in 1987

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Flashback: The Pixies Reunite at Coachella in 2004

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For many years, it was virtually impossible to imagine any sort of Pixies reunion. Charles Thompson (ak/a Black Francis, a/k/a Frank Black) informed his bandmates that he quit via fax in 1993, shortly after they wrapped up a dispiriting slog across America opening for U2 on the Zoo TV tour. By this point, bassist Kim Deal and Thompson weren't even speaking, and that silence stuck for over a decade.

So many were surprised in early 2004 when word came out that the Pixies were going to perform at Coachella. Here you can check out their performance of "Caribou" from the festival.

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So why did they reunite? Simply put, none of them were doing that well financially at the time and their legend had grown to a point where a reunion tour was going to be highly lucrative. "Nobody got ripped off," said Thompson in Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies. "We all made lots of money. I know everyone's made a lot of money because I'm privy to how much the checks are for. Everyone did good. For a little indie rock band, we did really good."

During their initial go-round, the Pixies never got beyond clubs and small theaters in America. (They were considerably more popular in Europe.) Initially, their break-up seemed poorly timed because it happened to coincide with the mainstream culture fully embracing alternative rock, but the band was a spent force at this point. Their last album, 1992's Trompe le Monde, was essentially a Thompson solo album. Deal had turned her attention towards the Breeders and a break-up was inevitable.

Kurt Cobain did much to preach the gospel of the Pixies after their split, even suggesting that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was an attempt to "rip off the Pixies." The prominent use of "Where Is My Mind" in Fight Club helped them gain a new audience, but something bigger was happening. Teenagers were beginning to discover that Doolittle and Surfer Rosa were pretty much flawless albums. The Pixies became an unlikely part of the classic rock canon.

Nobody quite knew how well a reformed Pixies would do on the road in 2004. They opened the tour on April 4th, 2004, at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis and the response was absolutely rapturous. A quick warm-up leg through Canada also earned amazing reviews, then they nearly stole the show from Radiohead when they preceded them on the mainstage at Coachella. From there, they hit the road hard, touring heavily until late 2005 and making more money than they'd ever seen in their lives.

By 2009, their reunion had lasted longer than their initial span of time together. They also failed to record any new material, so their 2009-2011 Doolittle tour didn't quite generate the same excitement as the 2004-2005 shows, but they still played to packed crowds across the world.

"I really appreciate those songs," Thompson told Spinner in 2012. "They've done me and my family good financially, but it's like, 'Really? 'Where Is My Mind' again? 'Gigantic' again?' Yeah, I do get a little bored of all that occasionally. It's repetitious to sing those songs year after year after year. I always appreciate it but, especially by the end of the tour, I'm begging to get off."

The Pixies took 2012 off and Kim Deal is going to spend at least part of 2013 celebrating the 20th anniversary of Last Splash with a Breeders tour, but this is also the 25th anniversary of Surfer Rosa. Might there be a tour to celebrate it? The band has been silent, but a Facebook message from the band on New Year's Eve did say "See you in 2013!"

Monday, January 7, 2013

Flashback: The Pixies Reunite at Coachella in 2004

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So many were surprised in early 2004 when word came out that the Pixies were going to perform at Coachella. Here you can check out their performance of "Caribou" from the festival.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Flashback: Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones Perform 'Like a Rolling Stone'

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Flashback: Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones Perform 'Like a Rolling Stone'They played together during a 1998 South American tour $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); By

In January of 1998 New York music fans faced a tough choice: Bob Dylan or the Rolling Stones? Both were doing a run of shows at Madison Square Garden over the exact same nights: Dylan was in the theater and the Stones were in the arena. In honor of Dylan, the Stones performed "Like A Rolling Stone" every single night. At one point their setlist said "with Bob Dylan," but he never showed.

Three months later, fans in South America were in a much easier position. The Stones came down for a stadium tour, with Dylan as their opening act. This time around, Dylan didn't stand them up.

"We'd like to do a song we wrote," Jagger told the crowd midway through a show in Rio de Janeiro, quickly correcting himself. "That Bob Dylan wrote for us." With that, Dylan took the stage to join the group on his 1965 classic "Like a Rolling Stone." Earlier attempts at the duet that month were a little ragged, but by this point Dylan had adjusted to the band's arrangement of his song. He even appears to be enjoying himself, and at one point he actually smiles. It was good timing, because the show was broadcast on television.

Dylan has been friends with the Stones for decades, and he's performed numerous times with Keith Richards and Ron Wood (most notably at Live Aid). But this was the only time he actually performed with the full band. At the 1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony he performed "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Satisfaction" with Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, John Fogerty, the Beach Boys, Little Richard, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Les Paul, Neil Young, Elton John, Ben E. King, Jeff Beck and about 20 other people, but that doesn't quite count, either. It was pretty cool, though just a tad sloppy. As it turns out, 15 guitar players don't actually improve a song.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Flashback: Bruce Springsteen Opens for Dr. Hook in 1973

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Flashback: Bruce Springsteen Opens for Dr. Hook in 1973Watch a 23-year-old Springsteen perform 'Wild Billy's Circus Story' $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); By

When Bruce Springsteen performed at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles on May 1st, 1973, he was still largely unknown to the public. His debut LP Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. hit shelves that January amid a flurry of "new Dylan" hype, but it failed to make much of an impact on the charts. CBS still believed he had huge potential, and that May they booked him at their "Week To Remember" Los Angeles concert series with many other artists on their roster. At this gig he opened up for New Riders of The Purple Sage and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show – still riding high off the success of their recent hit "The Cover of the Rolling Stone." Springsteen and this then-nameless backing band didn't have time to perform their full set, but they made sure to break out their guaranteed show-stoppers "Spirit In The Night" and "Thundercrack." He also played a relatively new song called "Wild Billy's Circus Story," a tune he'd been tinkering with over the previous few months. Check out video of the performance above.

When Springsteen and the band got home from their California trip they began recording their second LP, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. Bruce also decided it was time to expand the band, so he hired David Sancious to play keyboards. The newest member lived in Belmar, New Jersey, on E Street, which soon gave the band a long overdue name. His presence also created the organ/keyboard dynamic that's been a key part of the E Street sound these past 40 years.

Thankfully, CBS filmed the Los Angeles show in color so they could show some of the footage at their upcoming sales convention. It's a rare look at the original lineup of the group. They had another year of struggle in front of them, but everything was slowly coming together.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Flashback: Bruce Springsteen Opens for Dr. Hook in 1973

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Flashback: John Lennon and Chuck Berry Jam on 'Johnny B. Goode'

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Flashback: John Lennon and Chuck Berry Jam on 'Johnny B. Goode'They appeared together on 'The Mike Douglas Show' $(document).ready(function() { $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .email-content').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.email').hide(); } ); $('.socialActionsTop .pageActions .print-page').hover( function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').show(); }, function() { $('.socialActionsTop .bubble.print').hide(); } ); }); By

In February of 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono took over The Mike Douglas Show for a week. The talk show was never particularly socially conscious, but with Lennon at the helm guests included Ralph Nader, Jerry Rubin and Surgeon General Dr. Jesse Steinfeld. The musical highlight was an appearance by Chuck Berry, who played "Johnny B. Goode" and "Memphis, Tennessee" with Lennon and Ono. "He was writing good lyrics and intelligent lyrics in the 1950s when people were singing 'Oh baby I love you so,'" Lennon said during an interview on the show. "It was people like him that influenced our generation to try and make sense out of the songs rather than just sing 'do wah diddy.'"

The interview came at a good time for Chuck Berry. Nostalgia for the Fifties was becoming big business on the road, and that summer he'd release "My Ding-a-Ling." It's an incredibly stupid novelty song; ironically, it became the single biggest hit of Berry's long career.

In a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon spoke very highly of Chuck Berry. "He is one of the all-time great poets, a rock poet you could call him," he said. "He was well advanced of his time lyric-wise. We all owe a lot to him, including Dylan. I’ve loved everything he’s done, ever. He was in a different class from the other performers."