BILLY BRAGG performing WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD at The Capitol Theater in Charleston WV on 4/28/91. This was a taping of the radio show MOUNTAIN STAGE. What a concert!
Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan interviwed by Alan Greene for the local access cable show "Cleveland Rocks". This was a segment from the October 1989 episode. VERY RARE!!!
A live recording of I KNOW YOU RIDER by SELDOM SCENE. Dating from 10/2/91, this recording was made at Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland Ohio. Gotta love John Duffey RIP!
A live recording of RINGS by LEO KOTTKE from the Hanna Theater in Cleveland Ohio on March 4, 1988. This song is featured on Leo's album with Phish member Mike Gordon.
Recorded on October 23, 1990 at The Municipal Coliseum in Charleston West Virginia, BOB DYLAN performs STUCK INSIDE MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN. Lead guitarist and bandleader is G.E. SMITH.
Guitar wizards LEO KOTTKE and MICHAEL HEDGES toured together in 1988. Here they playing THEME FROM DOODLES and THE FIRST CUTTING recorded at The Hanna Theater in Cleveland Ohio on March 4, 1988.
A live version of DISTURBANCE AT THE HERON HOUSE by R.E.M. recorded at The Capitol Theatre in Charleston WV on 4/28/91. This was recorded at a taping of the public-radio series MOUNTAIN STAGE.
Recorded at Peabody's Down Under on February 1, 1989, this clip is of RICHARD THOMPSON covering The Who Classic SUBSTITUTE. I told you once, I told you twice....
On July 20, 1991 at Nautuca Stage in Cleveland Ohio at a JOE WALSH concert, THE JAMES GANG buried the hatchet and the classic lineup of Walsh, Jimmy Fox, and Dale Peters reunited. A few years later they did so again for a Bill Clinton rally in 1996. There have been several Cleveland shows and even a tour in the days since. THANK GOD FOR TEH JAMES GANG!
Genuine Nerd Toby Radloff aka RAPPIN' RADLOFF performing NERD RAP on THE EDDIE MARSHALL SHOW from the April 1989 episode of the Cleveland based cable access show. A very rare show I.D. by RUN D.M.C. starts the clip.
American Splendor mastermind Harvey Pekar + Emil Hyfitz appear on The Eddie Marshall Show in April 1989. In the background you can see panels from the comic depicting one of Harvey's appearances on The David Letterman Show. The cameraman was Toby Radloff. The clip begins with a rare EDDIE MARSHALL SHOW I.D. by EMO PHILLIPS.
A live recording of the MEAT PUPPETS performing UP ON THE SUN at Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland Ohio on February 1, 1990. A post-punk-folk classic song by a great band.
A live version of SWAN SWAN H by R.E.M. recorded at the Capital Theater in Charleston WV during a taping of the public radio series MOUNTAIN STAGE. What a show!
A live recording of PARADISE by SELDOM SCENE. Dating from 10/2/91, this recording was made at Peabody's Down Under in Cleveland Ohio. Paradise is a John Prine song.
A live rendition of GOOD INTENTIONS by LYLE LOVETT + LEO KOTTKE recorded on march 10, 1989 at the Front Row Theater in Highland Heights Ohio. I HAVE JUST POSTED A BETTER TRANSFER OF THIS CLIP...
A rare performance of MARRIED MAN by NEIL YOUNG AND THE BLUE NOTES recorded live at The Metropolitan Agora Theater in Cleveland Ohio on April 23, 1988.
The music world lost one it's last links to the birth of the Blues. Robert Jr. Lockwood passed away this week. Lockwood's mother was one of Robert Johnson's wives. Lockwood followed the migration of the Blues from the Delta north to Chicago (and later Cleveland). This rare interview and performance comes from VIDMAG (a Cleveland based local access cable show) in 1986.