That's It, Folks

As announced on December 18, this was the last post on the Rocking-Byrd and Rocking--Byrd blogs. There will be no new post in 2011.

The blogs will stay up until January 30, 2011, so hurry up if there's something you want to download.

If you come across dead or broken links, please let me know so I can re-upload the files and update the links (that is, until January 25, 2011).

The blogs will be taken down on February 1, 2011.

Many thanks to all those who have supported the blogs during all these years.

The Byrds - Live At The MIDEM (Cannes, France 1972)

The Byrds - Live At The MIDEM

Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, France - January 20, 1972

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin

MIDEM stands for Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale (International Market for Records and Musical Publishing), a yearly event for professionals in show-business, that takes place in Cannes in the south of France.

The 1972 edition also saw Poco performing just before The Byrds, playing on the Byrds P.A. and amplifiers as their own equipment had been destroyed by electrical shocks during rehearsals.

1. Lover Of The Bayou (3:30)
2. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (3:05)
3. Mr Spaceman (3:05)
4. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:31)
5. My Back Pages - Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:16)
6. Eight Miles High - Crowd (2:37)
7. Amazing Grace (4:58)
8. Roll Over Beethoven (2:46)

Front Cover Included

The End Is Near

It is with great sadness that I have to announce the end of the Rocking-Byrd and Rocking--Byrd blogs.

The ever-dropping amount of visitors, downloads and comments leave me no choice, as I just can't go on putting so much time and energy for just a handful of people. I feel sorry for the regulars, but so be it.

Two more concerts will be posted, on Mondays December 20 and 27, 2010.

No new post in 2011.

The blogs will stay up until January 30, 2011, so hurry up if there's something you want to download.

If you come across dead or broken links, please let me know so I can re-upload the files and update the links (that is, until January 30, 2011).

The blogs will be taken down on February 1, 2011.

Many thanks to all those who have supported the blogs during all these years.

Kentucky Colonels - Ash Grove Mid-Sixties (Tut Taylor Reel Tapes Archives #29)

The Kentucky Colonels – Tut Taylor Reel Tapes Archives #29

Ash Grove, Santa Monica, CA (mid 60s)

Clarence White - guitar
Roland White - mandolin
Scotty Stoneman - fiddle
Billy Ray Lathum – banjo
Roger Bush - bass
Leroy Mack – dobro

With guests Tut Taylor and The Spencers

The Tut Taylor Archive Reel #29 features a Kentucky Colonels live performance that was probably recorded at the Ash Grove, Santa Monica, CA, circa mid-1960s. Tut's recording does a nice job of capturing Clarence White's fine backing guitar. A nice treat is to hear the masterful fiddling of "Eight Time National Champion Fiddler" Scotty Stoneman, who is announced as a guest at this show. Some dobro is heard in the background on tracks 9-10, and may be Tut. "The Spencers" (Dave and Lou), a popular California country act in the 1960s, sing two songs (tracks 12-13) backed by the Colonels. This recording is notable for featuring a number of tunes not found on other circulating Kentucky Colonels shows.

1. Wound Time Can't Erase (0:22)
2. Each Season Changes You (3:18)
3. From A Jack To A King (4:40)
4. Sometimes You Just Can't Win (2:23)
5. Six Days On The Road (2:50)
6. Orange Blossom Special (5:25)
7. Cumberland Gap (2:14)
8. Footprints In The Snow (3:10)
9. May You Never Be Alone Like Me (3:52) (with Tut Taylor)
10. Cry Cry Darling (3:22) (with Tut Taylor)
11. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:20)
12. Please Be My Love (3:04) (with The Spencers)
13. I Dreamed My Baby Came Home (3:00) (with The Spencers)
14. Tennessee Waltz (4:18)
15. White Lightning (3:08)
16. Jimmy Brown, The News Boy (4:55)
17. Release Me (3:50)
18. Sally Goodin (4:46)
19. Goodnight Irene (2:47)

Front Cover Included

NEW LINK 2012-06-03

Chris Hillman - The Liberty Flyer Radio Show (1984)

Chris Hillman – The Liberty Flyer Radio Show August 1984

The Liberty Flyer was a syndicated radio show. A Chris Hillman show from Asheville, North Carolina, was featured on the first broadcast, and radio discs were circulating for radio stations (Liberty Flyer Show 001). They are exceedingly rare - reportedly only 250 copies exist. Here it is for you.

This is a « ready for broadcast » LP, with no track splitting. There are 3 segments (= 3 files) per side; 6 segments in total. Next to interviews, the following songs are performed :

Morning Sky
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Running the Roadblocks
Panhandle Rag
God Loves His Children
Mr. Tambourine Man (incomplete)

Vinyl Rip – Label Scan Included