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Spooky Tooth - Grugahalle, Essen 1969

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Originally there was 'The Art', led by Mike Harrison on vocals and Luther Grosvenor on guitar. They then met American keyboardist Gary Wright and changed name to Spooky Tooth. They first recorded It's All About (Island, 1968). For those who look for the roots of progressive rock, and the harder edged likes of Led Zeppelin, your starting place could well be Spooky Tooth. Spooky Two (1969) delivered a mixture of heavy blues with guitar and organ both to the fore, and some more AOR sounding material. Both albums are worth checking out, or one of the 'best of' collections. This is a recording of the band live in 1969 at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany. Set List: 01 - Something To Say 02 - I Am The Walrus 03 - The Wrong Time 04 - I Wanna Be Free 05 - Son Of Your Father 06 - Better By You, Better Than Me 07 - Alone 08 - Soulful Lady When it comes to Beatles covers, I would personally say that their version of 'I Am The Walrus' is outstanding, the studio version is a m

David Bowie - Montreal Canada - 1983

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David Bowie played the Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, on the 07/12/1983, part of the Serious Moonlight world tour. Described as the early and late shows, this was in fact one performance with a twenty minute intermission in the middle. Band line up: David Bowie - vocals, guitar David LeBott - keyboards Lenny Pickett - saxophone Stan Harrison - baritone sax Steve Elson - tenor sax Carlos Alomar - guitar Earl Slick - lead guitar Carmen Rojas - bass Tony Thompson - drums Joyce and Kevin Simms - backing vocals This was a much recovered David Bowie, with Berlin and his well known cocaine problems behind him, and a superb band supporting him. The tour was a mix of the more commercial 'Berlin era' music, some of his greatest hits, and the then current, Nile Rodgers produced Lets Dance album. The early show on this occasion consisted of: Look Back In Anger 3:17 Breaking Glass 2:56 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 3:32 Rebel Rebel 2:27 Heroes 5:05 What I