Bruce Hornsby - Intersections (1985–2005) [4 CD, 2006/FLAC]

 

Bruce Hornsby's Intersections (1985–2005) is a 4 CD retrospective boxed set. The tracks are a mixture of previously unreleased live recordings, unreleased studio recordings, and album cuts. The boxed set's title emphasizes the large number of musical collaborations Hornsby has embarked upon during his career, as evidenced by the list of collaborators below.

The discs are thematically broken into three categories: "Top 90 Time," "Solo Piano, Tribute Records, Country-Bluegrass, Movie Scores," and "By Request (Favorites and Best Songs)" (two CDs). A full third of the music is previously unreleased; many familiar tracks are presented as unreleased live versions rather than the original studio recordings, and the majority of the remaining tracks are from single b-sides, collaborations and/or tribute albums and movie soundtracks.

Bob Weir & RatDog - 2014 tour (27 shows)

 

RatDog was created by Bob Weir in 1995 as a side project for when the Grateful Dead were not on tour. However, following the death of Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia, Ratdog became Weir’s main project and touring band. Originally fashioned as a blues band, it quickly evolved into a fusion of rock, blues, and jazz. The touring catalog includes rock and blues classics influential to Weir, Ratdog originals, and plenty of Grateful Dead tunes. 

Bob Weir reunited RatDog in 2014 for the first full tour since 2009.

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140214 Upper Darby, PA

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140215 Upper Darby, PA

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140217 Lincoln Theatre, Washington DC

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140218 Washington, DC

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140220 Montclair, NJ

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140221 Westbury, NY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140222 Westbury, NY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140224 Boston, MA

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140225 Boston, MA

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140226 Portland, ME

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140301 Port Chester, NY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140302 Port Chester, NY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140304 Buffalo, NY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140307 Chicago, IL

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140308 Milwaukee, WI

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140311 Indianapolis, IN

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140312 Louisville, KY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140315 Nashville, TN

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140316 Atlanta, GA

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140606 Hunter Mountain, NY

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140607 Hyannis, MA

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140608 Asbury Park, NJ

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140612 Madison, WI

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140613 Minneapolis, MN

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140614 Kansas City, MO

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140711 Morrison, CO

Bob Weir & RatDog-20140712 Denver, CO

Chris Hillman discography [1974-2017]

 

Along with frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman was the key figure in the development of country-rock, virtually defining the genre through his seminal work with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Hillman was born on December 4, 1944, in Los Angeles, where he grew up listening to Spade Cooley and Cliffie Stone and taught himself to play guitar. In 1961, he and a pair of high school friends formed the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers and cut an album; a year later, he joined the Golden Gate Boys, a bluegrass band featuring Vern Gosdin. In honor of their new vocalist's prowess on the mandolin, the group renamed itself the Hillmen; after recording a self-titled LP with producer Jim Dickson, they broke up in 1963...

 

Rod Stewart - Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990 [4 CD, 2009/FLAC]

 

Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990, is a 4-disc compilation by Rod Stewart . Five of the tracks had never before been released.

Storyteller spans the whole of Rod’s career beginning with the 1964 release of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and ending with "Downtown Train", a new song for 1989. It was designed for release in the US and contains four discs each covering a different period somewhat chronologically. Disc One spans 1964–1971 and includes " Can I Get a Witness?" recorded while Rod was with Steampacket and which had never before been released. Disc Two spans 1971–1976. Disc Three spans 1975–1981 and includes "To Love Somebody" featuring Booker T. & the M.G.'s. In the liner notes Rod recalls that this version was recorded shortly before Al Jackson, Jr. was killed. Disc Four spans 1981–1989 and includes never before released versions of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" and "This Old Heart of Mine". Originally released in an LP-sized box package, it was re-released on 17 November 2009 in a more compact boxed configuration.

 

Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept a Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood: The Complete Recordings 1955-1964 (9 CD, 2003/FLAC)

 If ever there were an act that deserved more than it got, it was Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio. These three young men -- Johnny and his brother Dorsey and guitarist extraordinaire Paul Burlison -- were the authentic rockabilly article, hailing, like Elvis Presley, from Memphis proper. They were rawer than Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis put together and at their best more exciting to listen to. And while Burnette went on to write hits for Ricky Nelson and score a few of his own, it's the Rock 'n' Roll Trio sides -- none of which ever charted -- for which he is most remembered. 

The nine CDs here include the earliest Burnette material issued as the Rhythm Rangers in 1955 on the Von label from Corinth, MS, and sounds like the last gasp of the hillbilly boogie shack shaking music issued throughout the late '40s and early '50s. What happened to transition the Rhythm Rangers to become the Rock 'n' Roll Trio is unknown other than the overnight success of Elvis. The two bands contained exactly the same personnel (although an earlier Rhythm Rangers included Scotty Moore as well, Elvis' famed guitarist). All of the Coral singles as well as outtakes are here, as are their Imperial sides by the Burnette Brothers, those obscure Dorsey solo singles on Cee-Jam and Surf, and Johnny's solo sides on Freedom (such as "Gumbo" and "Me and the Bear"), Liberty, Vee-Jay, Chancellor, Reprise, Capitol, Sahara, and Magic Lamp. All 163 sides are featured here in great remastered sound and painstakingly annotated in the true obsessive Bear Family tradition. 

The story and sounds chart the evolution of the rockabilly sound into Johnny's successes as a crooner and pop singer as well as a successful songwriter who was on his way to another breakthrough creatively when he was killed in a boating accident. While many may find the slicker pop material superfluous, it is exceptionally well-crafted and deserves a righteous hearing, not in spite of the rockabilly wildness that the Rock 'n' Roll Trio put down but because of it. This is one of the finest sets the Bear Family label has ever assembled; it is a labor of love to be sure, but it is also a work of art.