Linda Ronstadt- Lovesick Blues

Linda Ronstadt performing Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues” live on a 1970 episode of Playboy After Dark.

We are giving away two (2) pairs of tickets to attend the Dustbowl Revival Record Release show on Saturday, July 30th at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. PLUS! Each pair will win one copy of the vinyl! To win, e-mail whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Dustbowl) and tell us why you want to go. Include your first and last name in the email. Two winners will be picked and contacted. Tix for the show are $15 and you can buy them in advance here. Also, if you can’t make it out, stop by the band’s bandcamp page to purchase the vinyl (and hear a couple of tunes from the record).

http://www.vimeo.com/26122729The Dustbowl Revival- Shine

Seth Avett sings, Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)

Seth Avett sings Billy Joel’s “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” live in the Carolina woods in March 2011.

Elton John – Burn Down The Mission

Elton John performing “Burn Down The Mission”, which appeared on his masterpiece The Tumbleweed Connection, live on the BBC in 1970.

In 1972, Townes Van Zandt recorded tracks for an album entitled Seven Come Eleven that was later aborted due to a payment disagreement between Van Zandt’s manager Kevin Eggers and producer Jack Clement. Before Clement could store the tapes, Eggers snuck into the studio and recorded rough mixes of the songs onto a cassette tape. Check out those original tracks, which were later completed and released as The Nashville Sessions in 1993, here. For a taste, check out “No Place To Fall” below:
MP3: Townes Van Zandt- No Place To Fall

Nathaniel Rateliff- Oil and Lavender

Nathaniel Rateliff performing his tune “Old and Lavender” backstage in Cologne, Germany back in February. Check out “You Should’ve Seen The Other Guy” from the same session after the jump.
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Knockin’ on Heavens door

Tangled Up In Blue

Lay Lady Lady

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