We used to buy the Detroit Free Press every Sunday, strip out the concert schedule and toss the rest of the paper. Drove down to see Joe Cocker in 1976. Unfortunately it was a very forgettable show. The show was late getting started, crowd was getting annoyed. The band came on stage and started playing without Joe. After the first song ended without Joe, the crowd was even more annoyed. Finally Joe came out, crowd cheered. He was stumbling around on stage, singing way off key, and got down on his hands and knees and started vomiting. The roadie crew got him off stage, and the band continued to play the rest of the evening without him. We stayed for a few songs and left to drive home. I believe Joe was at the height of his heroin and alcohol addiction at the time. Was really sad to see witness this, and couldn’t imagine being one of his incredibly talented band members, when all they wanted to do was play awesome music with a sober Joe Cocker.
Not a big country music fan but I kind of have to listen on occasion. The first is alright and I like the second one enough to have it in my collection
Interesting poster you have there…
I think they have misspelt the BRecker Brothers who played brass on just about every album in the 70’s.
Randy was one of the original members of Blood Sweat and tears, and also played in Dreams with his brother Michael and Billy Cobham.
I used to really like Billy Cobham for his solo stuff and work with John Mclaughlin.
Billy Cobham came to Australia a few times to do drum workshops and a few concerts in the 90’s and 2000’s.
I went to one of his concerts probably about 17 years ago at a small jazz venue.
He had Randy Brecker in his band, and a few talented Aussie musicians. It was a great show.
He was selling and signing CD’s after the show and I had a chat with him after buying one - what a pleasant, humble man he was.
Was just a cutout from the Detroit Free Press newspaper. So misspellings were common! We use to listen to Birds of Fire a lot. Great album. It was Cobham’s drumming on that record that got me interested in the drums
Birds of Fire was one of the first LP’s I bought when I started working and had some newly acquired beer and music money…
While at school, we didn’t have much money for records, and friends would borrow each other’s LP’s and record cassettes from them.
I was interested in drumming because my older brother was a drummer. I used to sneak into his room and bang the drums when he wasn’t there, but I never learned to play properly.
Wow…a fantastic gathering of some of the best. The video gave away some information by listing the bands involved, but I still had to guess a few of them and look it up on Wikipedia.
Another great concert with some of the worlds best is “A concert for George” honoring George Harrison after his death.
I’m going to see The Turtles (Flo and Eddie) and others from the 1960’s tomorrow night at Westbury Music Fair. Can’t wait. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a concert.
Now we are at the live album part of the evening, then Supertramp live in Paris ( 1979 ) is also executed pretty well both the concert and the mix.
Rocked the “house” on my big ass B&W speakers, mixed with the unmistaken smell of hot tube amps, and also on the Bayer dynamics headset when cool calm and collective.
Great recent posts. I could be the author of them too …
Unfortunately, such a great music like as Supertramp’s is not so popular now.
Most young people do not know about the existence of such groups. Another generation …
sparkyDK, I’m happy that found Taj Mahal some years ago. Pretty late, but it still happened.
And just a spark to a legend with his whole career with Roxy Music - Sir Brian Ferry:
