Blondie - 2012-12-03 - Melbourne, Australia (SBD)

Blondie
2012-12-03
Sydney Myer Music Bowl
Melbourne, Australia
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Dreaming
02. Hanging On The Telephone
03. Union City Blue
04. Love Doesn't Frighten Me
05. D-Day
06. Call Me
07. What I Heard
08. Wipe Of My Sweat
09. The Tide Is High
10. Lights
11. Atomic
12. Rapture
13. Mother
14. One Way Or Another
15. Relax 
16. Heart Of Glass

Blondie - 2012-12-03 - Melbourne, Australia (SBD)

I saw Blondie in concert once,  on July 8, 1979 as part of a double bill with Rockpile at Belmont Race Track.  The contrast between the punk rockers and the Belmont betting clientele, many of who looked like Oscar Madison from the Odd Couple,  is a sight I'll never forget.  The show was also part of a run of 4 concerts in 3 weeks, as the night before I saw Stephen Stills at The Garden State Arts Center, and then the next 2 Saturdays I would see Jorma on July 14 and the Allman Brothers on July 21.

This soundboard recording captures Blondie in Australia, on December 3, 2012, 13 years ago today.

Eric Clapton - 2006-12-02 - Saitama, Japan (SBD)

Eric Clapton

2006-12-02

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Tell The Truth

02. Key To The Highway

03. Got TO Get Better In A Little While

04. Old Love

05. Motherless Children

06. Rambling On My Mind

07. Outside Woman Blues

08. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

09. Running On Faith

CD 2:

01. After Midnight

02. Little Queen Of Spades

03. Anyday

04. Wonderful Tonight

05. Layla

06. Cocaine

Encore

07. Crossroads*

Note:

* Crossroads is from 2006-11-26, Sapporo, Japan

Eric Clapton - 2006-12-02 - Saitama, Japan (SBD)

I saw EC twice in concert, both times at Madison Square Garden. The frist was in April 1987, one of the best shows I've ever attended and then again in April 1990. The 1987 show was actually taped for a live album, but that project was shelved and it was never released. 

This soundboard recording captures EC in Saitama on December 2, 2006, 19 years ago today. This was a great tour, with EC playing plenty of tunes from his days with Derek & The Dominos, and Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks adding their guitar work alongside Eric's.

Just In Time For The Holidays: The Updated & Expanded 2025 Edition of TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT

The book with a 4.4 star rating on Amazon just got even better - welcome to the updated and expanded 2025 edition of TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT: AN ORDINARY GUY'S LIFETIME OF LIVE ROCK & ROLL!

The new edition is 582 pages, with over 250 pages of brand new content including:

• updates elements to every section of the book – the rules, the essays, the concert summaries, and the statistics.
• more tales from my 20th century concert adventures that I dredged out of my memory that didn't make the first edition
• details of all the shows I’ve attended since 2021, after the first edition was published, until today
• complete re-writes of Rules #2, #5, #6, #7, # 8 and #10, as well as the Grateful Dead essay, have been almost completely re-written. 
• consolidating the Song Selection essays from three to two but adding more songs to each remaining chapter in the process, doubling the number of tunes covered from 40 to 80. 
• replacing the discarded song essay, with a new one about the relationship between rock & roll and Broadway, a unique pairing that only really came into focus for me in the last year or so. 
• adding numerous new charts/tables to the statistics section
• quadrupling the number of setlists from shows I attended.  
• re-editing the entire book to clean up some areas that either seemed cumbersome or didn’t flow well 
• reformatting the entire book to give it a more professional look and feel. 

Countless "truth is stranger than fiction" tales, 177 magical concerts, 100 unique bands, 50 years of finding a way to the next show, and 10 Rules Of The Road all add up to 1 ordinary guy's extraordinary love letter to live rock & roll.  

It's bigger! It's  better! It's the perfect holiday gift for the rock and roll fan in your life!  And the paperback is still only $14.99!

View/Download The Table Of Contents here.   

Read a sample here!   

Buy it here!

NOTE - PLEASE STICK TO THE PAPERBACK AT THIS POINT - STILL WORKING WITH AMAZON TO RESOLVE THE KINDLE ISSUES

Elton John - 2002-12-01 - London, UK (TV SBD)

Elton John

with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra

2002-12-01

Royal Opera House

London, UK

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Skyline Pigeon

02. Border Song

03. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

04. Tiny Dancer

05. Original Sin

06. Holiday Inn

07. Someone Saved My Life Tonight

08. Circle Of Life

09. Sixty Years On

10. I Need You To Turn To

11. The Greatest Discovery

12. Carla Etude > Tonight

13. Take Me To The Pilot

14. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

15. Have Mercy On The Criminal

16. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

17. Believe

18. Philadelphia Freedom

19. Burn Down The Mission

20. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me

21. Your Song

22. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Elton John - 2002-12-01 - London, UK (TV SBD)

In early spring 1976, tickets went on sale for Elton John at Madison Square Garden, a then unheard of 7 show stand at the World's Greatest Arena which would conclude his world wide Louder Than The Concorde (But Not Quite As Pretty) Tour. Elton, while not yet a Sir, was easily the biggest rock star in the world at the time. So, it came as no surprise that my buddies and I decided our first concert experience had to be Elton at the Garden. Shut out from getting tickets through Ticketron, we opted for the local scalper, who sold us floor seats for $25. My dad gave me hell for paying three times the face value ($8.50!) to go see "some long haired rock and roller" (pretty ironic given the state of Elton's hair line). Parental disapproval aside, we made the trek from NJ to The Garden on August 15, 1976. That concert eventually inspired my self published book, Ten Rules Of The Road That I Learned At My First Concert. Since that 1976 show, I've seen Elton live 5 more times, all at MSG: 

• the One tour in October 1992
• a solo performance in October 1999
• the 30th anniversary of Captain Fantastic in September 2005
• his 60th birthday concert in March 2007
• the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in November 2018

This TV soundboard recording captures Elton in London, on December 1, 2002, 23 years ago today, backed by the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. 

Warren Zevon - 1988-11-30 - Portland, ME (SBD)

Warren Zevon
1988-11-30
Raoul's Roadside Attraction
Portland, ME
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Drop Down Mama
02. Boom Boom Mancini
03. banter
04. Play It All Night Long
05. Frank And Jesse James
06. band intros
07. The Factory
08. Carmelita
09. banter
10. Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded
11. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
12. Networking
13. I Can't Tell You Why
14. Junco Partner
15. banter
16. Hasten Down The Wind
17. banter
18. Travellin' Riverside Blues
19. Poor Poor Pitiful Me

1st Encore:
20. applause and banter
21. What's New Pussycat
22. Lawyers Guns And Money

2nd Encore:
23. Werewolves Of London
24. Trouble

Warren Zevon - 1988-11-30 - Portland, ME (SBD)

1980s - #6:  In August 1987, Warren Zevon released the album, Sentimental Hygiene, his the sixth studio album. but his first in over five years. The disc featured a host of notable guest stars. The track Even A Dog Can Shake Hands was composed by Peter Buck, Bill Berry and Mike Mills of R.E.M., who also recorded an album with Zevon under the name Hindu Love Gods. Michael Stipe, also of R.E.M., appeared on the album, providing vocals and harmony on the song Bad Karma. In addition, the album featured Bob Dylan playing harmonica on The Factory. This soundboard recording captures Zevon on tour in support of the album, in Portland on November 30, 1988, 37 years ago today.  

December's Theme At So Many Roads

For December 2025, our theme will be Bands I Saw Live. In other words, every post will feature a band I saw take the stage, either as a headliner, lead in act, or guest star, between 1976 and today!

Enjoy the tunes!

Edie Brickell - 1988-11-29 - Park West, Chicago, IL (SBD)

Edie Brickell 

& New Bohemians

1988-11-29

Park West

Chicago, IL

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:                              

01. Little Miss S                    

02. Beat The Time           

03. She                         

04. The Wheel                    

05. Nothing                      

06. Black & Blue                     

07. Mama Help Me >             

08. Air Of December                

CD 2:                               

01. Improv >                        

02. Love Like We Do                 

03. What I Am                     

04. Keep Coming Back                

05. Circle                            

Encore 1:

06. Wicked                         

07. Walk On The Wild Side

           

Encore 2:

08. Times Like This 

Edie Brickell - 1988-11-29 - Park West, Chicago, IL (SBD)

1980s - #5: In 1985, Edie Brickell, was invited to sing in a local folk rock group, New Bohemians. Soon after, she would join the band as lead singer. Three years later, their 1988 debut album, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, became surprise critical and commercial success. The album sold over 3 million copies and climbed to #4 on the Billboard charts. The single, What I Am, went to # 7 on the Billboard charts and received extensive airplay on MTV. In addition, What I Am was featured in a 1989 episode of Miami Vice, an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head, an episode of Doogie Howser, M.D. and in the 1989 Patrick Dempsey film Loverboy.  This soundbaord recording captures them during that breakthrough year, in Chicago, on November 29, 1988, 37 years ago today.