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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Got A Mind to Give Up Living: Live 1966

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by Doug Collette
June 11, 2016

Real Gone Music's release of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's Live 1966 is a godsend for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it reminds, if that's indeed necessary, of what a vital influence on contemporary blues was (and is) this sextet. Forget for a moment the profundity of an ...

Article: Film Review

Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped

by Doug Collette
June 5, 2016

Rolling Stones Totally Stripped Eagle Vision 2016 Eagle Rock's release of the Rolling Stones Totally Stripped is not another entry From the Vault but it may as well be because it's just as compelling and revelatory, if not more so, than Live at the Tokyo Dome 1990 (Eagle Vision,2015) or Hampton ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Bad Company: Live 1977 & 1979

by Doug Collette
May 28, 2016

Formed from the fragments of Free and Mott the Hoople, Bad Company took a careerist approach to their efforts together from the very start. Much publicity surrounded the announcement of their alliance including the fact the quartet's debut album was the first release from Led Zeppelin's custom label Swan Song. Add to that a timeline beginning ...

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John Mayall's Bluesbreakers: Live in 1967 Volume Two

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by Doug Collette
May 28, 2016

The release of Live in 1967 Volume Two does more than complement its companion piece released last year. With such archiving taking place coincidental with John Mayall's continuing activities in the studio and on the road, “The Godfather of British Blues" reaffirms his legacy as much as his commitment to this music.As with its ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Dick's Pick's Volume One: Tampa, Florida 12/19/73

by Doug Collette
May 22, 2016

Concluding a reissue program begun in 2011, the Real Gone Music release of Grateful Dead Dick's Picks Volume One brings fitting perspective to a series that, in more ways than one, created a template for archiving an artist's work. And in an unusual approach that is peculiarly appropriate to the mindset of the iconoclastic band and ...

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Larry Coryell: Heavy Feel

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by Doug Collette
May 21, 2016

Only the most most skilled and confident musicians can record a sterling album in two days but if anyone qualifies for inclusion in that category, it's Larry Coryell. A veteran of no small renown, albeit somewhat under the radar compared to peers like John McLaughlin, the former leader of the Eleventh House radiates the surety of ...

Article: Live Review

The Julian Lage Trio at Signal Kitchen

by Doug Collette
May 16, 2016

The Julian Lage Trio Signal Kitchen Burlington, Vermont May 9, 2016 Burlington Vermont's Signal Kitchen offered the Julian Lage trio a more confined, but ostensibly more hip atmosphere than the venue of the guitarist's last visit to Vermont when he played the assembly hall of a church outside the Queen City. ...

Article: Film Review

Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies 5-11-2016

by Doug Collette
May 14, 2016

Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies: Sullivan Stadium, July 2, 1989 Palace 9 Cinemas South Burlington, VT May 11, 2016 The sixth annual Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies constitutes the third 're-run' of a sort within the series. The previous five yearly film showings of the ...

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Jon Irabagon: Inaction is an Action & Behind the Sky

by Doug Collette
May 1, 2016

It's a rare musician who can find ways to excel in multiple contexts, but saxophonist/composer Jon Irabagon is just such an artist. His timeline contains entries as collaborator as well as leader and his respective contributions are equally distinctive, suggesting his humility is equaled only by his independence. Because the nuances of his compositions are as ...

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Rich Robinson: Solo Reissues

by Doug Collette
April 30, 2016

The co-founding siblings of the Black Crowes, Chris and Rich Robinson have taken markedly different approaches to their projects outside the confines of that now-defunct (?) band. During the group's first self-imposed hiatus the former put together a band to tour as well as record, ta sequence of events leading directly to the formation of his ...