The Tedeschi Trucks Band returned to The Beacon Theater in New York for the second week of their ten-night residency, and for night five, added a few special guests for a few covers. After covering Junior Wells‘ “Little By Little,” and Bob Dylan‘s “Down in the Flood,” the band was joined onstage by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline for a cover of The Rolling Stones‘ classic “Loving Cup.” Continue reading »
Last Friday, I posted a few videos from last week’s Town Hall tribute to Bob Dylan’s 1963 concert at the same venue. I included Bill Murray, Steve Buscemi, Geoff Muldaur, Emily Haines, and Bob Neuwirth’s performances, and promised I’d add more videos as they landed. Well, they never landed. But we’ve got the next-best thing: a bootleg audio recording of the full concert. It includes beautiful covers of songs Bob performed at that 1963 concert by the Milk Carton Kids, Laurie Anderson, Mark Kozelek, and many more. And we’ll get to them…but first we have to talk about the dog in the room. Continue reading »
At 7:47, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” is the second-longest song in the Beatles‘ category (“Revolution 9” comes in on top). Seven minutes is pretty paltry compared to seventeen though, which is how long the Flaming Lips made it when they played it on New Year’s Eve. Continue reading »