Box of Rain

Friday Night In San Francisco is a 1981 live album by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia. It was described by jazz author and critic Walter Kolosky as “a musical event that could be compared to the Benny Goodman Band’s performance at Carnegie Hall in 1938… (it)…

This fourth Beatles album has some of their strongest material, though is arguably also marred somewhat by the R&R covers. Yes, the Beatles were a great group, even when they played other people’s music. But much of the original material here is simply to die for. Then again, the insane…

This Muddy Waters set was recorded live in at the so-called “Jazz Jamboree” at the Palace of Culture and Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, in 1976 and has been issued many times under various titles over the years, including Floyd’s Guitar Blues, Baby Please Don’t Go, Hoochie Coochie Man Live!, I’m…

Booker Telleferro Ervin II (October 31, 1930 – August 31, 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues/gospel phrasing. He is remembered for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. Ervin later recorded for Blue Note Records and played with…

By request: This 13-CD box set includes Little Feat’s first ten core albums, the 2002 expanded edition of the acclaimed 1978 live album Waiting for Columbus, and a bonus disc of rarities from the now out-of-print 2000 box set Hotcakes and Outtakes. It spans the entire original run of Feat…

Bob Weir and John MayerMonday, August 8, 2022Pine Creek Lodge, Livingston, MT 01 intro02 Friend Of The Devil03 Bertha04 Loser05 Brown-Eyed Women06 El Paso07 Cassidy08 Bird Song09 Uncle John’s Band10 Jack Straw11 Deal12 Terrapin Station13 Eyes of the World14 Not Fade Away RISE FOR THE RIVER

By request: Following on from ‘The Last Record Album’, proving that title false. That said, this also represents a sea-change in the style of the band. With some tracks verging on the jazz-rock-fusion tip, this was far from the ‘Willing’ days. Lowell George’s influence was, if not waning, then certainly…

By request: Sailin’ Shoes is the second studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1972. Produced by Ted Templeman, it marked a shift away from the sound of the band’s eponymous debut, to that of their subsequent album, Dixie Chicken. It also introduced the cover artwork…

With their 1978 double concert album Waiting for Columbus, Little Feat staked their claim as one of the premier live bands of the ‘70s. Recorded over a series of dates in London and Washington, D.C. over the summer of 1977, Waiting for Columbus vividly captures the L.A. sextet at a…