About all we know about this specific recording was that it was recorded by The Cars, LIVE, at Bremen Radio Studios in Germany in 1979. Although not The Cars most popular song, “Candy-O” was the title track of their 1979
A great LIVE performance of a classic hit, just two months before his death! The song is included in Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival a posthumous live album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, documenting their July 4, 1970 performance at the Atlanta
Here’s a great LIVE performance of a classic hit from 1979: it’s Jefferson Starship (after they were Jefferson Airplane) with “Jane” from from their album Freedom at Point Zero. The song peaked that year on the Billboard Hot 100 at
If you grew up in the 70’s you could not miss the incredible voice of singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, who had a string of classic hits including “Running on Empty”, “Take It Easy”, “Somebody’s Baby” and, of course, his 1972 smash “Doctor
Apparently, Pinkpop was a Dutch music festival (had to look that one up) and in addition to the Police, on the stage in 1979 were The Average White Band, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello and Rush. Not a bad lineup! Here’s
“Brandy” was HUGE in 1972, and ended up being the No. 1 song on both the Billboard and Cashbox charts for the year … and deservedly so. It was written and composed by Elliot Lurie and recorded by Lurie’s band,
It’s difficult finding videos of Bob Seger from back in his early days, performing LIVE. This is not the best video, but I think it gives you a sense of what it was like to see him perform in concert.
This was part of the “Brothers in Arms” tour from the summer of 1985, and Dire Straits was riding high with their hit “Money for Nothing” which, as you will probably recall, was a big hit on MTV because of
A definative rock classic, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” hits home for a lot of people who grew up in the 70’s. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” is a single written
Great LIVE version of the song “How Long” from the British band Ace from 1977. Although the video quality isn’t the best, the sound is good and it’s hard to find a video of these guys live from back in
