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Black Sabbath – War Pigs (Live at California Jam in 1974)
This is pretty sweet. The crowd is enormous!
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Al Green – Take Me To The River (Live on Soul Train in 1975)
If you’re like me, you first heard “Take Me To The River” as a Talking Heads song. Theirs is a slowed down, more hypnotic version than the original by Al Green. Al Green wrote the song with Mabon...
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Get Your Neil On: Top Tracks From CSNY 1974
If you’re like me, you’ve been an obsessed Neil Young fan since you were a teenager. And you don’t understand why Neil can’t get that Archives 2 box set out already. We want some 70s Neil! The...
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Bill Withers – Hope She’ll Be Happier (Live in Zaire in 1974)
Except for maybe the Nixon resignation in August, the Foreman-Ali fight in Zaire – “The Rumble In The Jungle” – was the event of 1974. And Don King made sure it was an Event. A whole cadre of musicians...
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Frank Zappa – Inca Roads (Live in 1974)
Some serious claymation action in this one. And some sweet, satisfying solos from the man himself. All available to own on DVD.
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Frank Zappa – More Trouble Every Day (Live in 1974)
Zappa wrote this after spending some time watching coverage of the Watts riots in 1965. 49 years later, it’s still too relevant. Way too relevant.
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Sly & The Family Stone – Stand! (Live in 1974)
“There’s a midget standing tall / And a giant beside him about to fall” I believe Sly meant to say “little person.” In any event, the sentiment is positive. And this is a funky version of “Stand!”....
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The Commodores – Machine Gun (Live on Soul Train in 1974)
Here’s The Commodores ripping through the instrumental and title track off their first album, Machine Gun. They’re playing “Machine Gun” on Soul Train, but it sounds nothing like the Hendrix tune of...
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Sly and the Family Stone – Thank You (Live on the Midnight Special in 1974)
This is a bigger version of Sly and The Family Stone than the original band. They’ve got an extra horn – three in all – and 3 back up singers at this point. Nonetheless, this version of “Thank You...
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Freddie King – Have You Ever Loved A Woman (Live in 1974)
“Have You Ever Loved A Woman” was written by Billy Myles, and popularized by blues guitar legend Freddie King. In fact, Eric Clapton loved King’s version so much, he later covered it on the Derek and...
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