John Fogerty, Duane Eddy & Peter Frampton - Witness History III, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, 4-5-2000

I really like concerts where we get to see musical legends perform together. Here's another one of those. It's from an event called "Witness History III." I'll explain what that was in a little bit. The main thing though is that it consists of short sets by Duane Eddy, John Fogerty, and Peter Frampton.

It seems there were three "Witness History" concerts. I've only found music from this one. All three of them were tribute concerts honoring guitarist Chet Aktins, and all were held at the same venue in Nashville, Tennessee. The first one took place in 1997, the second in 1998. This one, the third one in 2000, also was the last one. 

Pretty much everything I found out about this concert is due to a review by a person who attended it, which you can read here:

http://www.martystuart.com/witnessiii-review.htm

It seems some of the concert was broadcast on T.V., and some of that broadcast has made it to various bootlegs. But what we have here is surely incomplete. For instance, this starts with a set by Duane Eddy consisting of six songs. But the reviewer mentioned above says Eddy played 13 songs. It was probably similar with the Frampton and Fogerty sets as well. And there are other performers we don't have at all. The biggest loss is that Willie Nelson performed a set that we don't have. He was joined by Nanci Griffith and Bonnie Bramlett on a couple of songs. Chet Atkins was there, but it seems he'd suffered one or more strokes recently and wasn't able to perform. He died one year later, at the age of 77.

But on the plus side, what we do have is great, with excellent sound quality. John Fogerty has said that Duane Eddy was a big musical influence on him. He joined in on two songs in Eddy's set. Plus, he and Frampton joined Eddy for the final encore. Furthermore, Vince Gill joined in on lead guitar on songs in both Eddy's and Fogerty's sets. If Gill did any songs on his own, we don't have them.

I found most of this from one source. However, the first song comes from a video I found on YouTube. That makes me think there could be more out there that got broadcast. Hopefully, I'll be able to add to this eventually. But at least enjoy this much for now. 

This album is an hour and 24 minutes long

01 Three-30-Blues [Instrumental] (Duane Eddy & John Fogerty)
02 [Dance with The] Guitar Man (Duane Eddy)
03 talk (Duane Eddy)
04 Shazzam [Instrumental] (Duane Eddy with Vince Gill)
05 talk (Duane Eddy)
06 New Orleans Blues [Instrumental] (Duane Eddy with John Fogerty)
07 talk (Duane Eddy)
08 I Saw the Light [Instrumental] (Duane Eddy)
09 talk (Duane Eddy)
10 Rebel-'Rouser [Instrumental] (Duane Eddy)
11 Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton)
12 talk (Peter Frampton)
13 Can't Take That Away from Me (Peter Frampton)
14 Baby, I Love Your Way (Peter Frampton)
15 talk (Peter Frampton)
16 Do You Feel like We Do (Peter Frampton)
17 talk (John Fogerty)
18 Green River (John Fogerty)
19 Centerfield (John Fogerty)
20 talk (John Fogerty)
21 Proud Mary (John Fogerty with Vince Gill)
22 talk (John Fogerty)
23 Bad Moon Rising (John Fogerty)
24 Hard Times [Instrumental] (Duane Eddy, Peter Frampton & John Fogerty)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/MnzYYncD

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/18aCXULZBs7gBai/file

The cover is a screenshot I took from YouTube videos. The video quality was low. So I took several close-up screenshots and patched them together in order to capture more detail. Then the Krea AI program helped add to the image quality. 

Vince Gill - Royal Albert Hall, London, Britain, 12-5-1994

Here's a concert by country star Vince Gill. 

I have to admit I'm not familiar with Gill's music, and hearing this didn't do much for me. However, I recently got some music from musical friend Progsprog, and I saw he had this concert. I looked it up, and while it was traded some years ago, it seems to no longer be publicly available. So I figure it's kind of up to me to put this back into circulation.

This is a fine concert, if you're into Gill's music. Progsprog has it listed as a BBC concert, which is what got my attention at first. However, after doing some digging, I found evidence it was a radio broadcast, but I couldn't confirm specifically if it was a BBC one, so I decided to err on the side of caution and not mention the BBC part. If anyone can help confirm or refute that, I'd appreciate it. I can always change the title and cover as more information comes in. 

Since I don't know much about Gill, here's some excerpts from his Wikipedia entry:

Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... Gill's commercial peak came in the first half of the 1990s, starting with his breakthrough album When I Call Your Name. He has made 65 entries on the Billboard country music charts, including four solo number one hits: "I Still Believe in You", "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away", "One More Last Chance", and "Tryin' to Get Over You", all between 1992 and 1994. ... All of Gill's albums released in the 1990s were certified platinum or higher, with "I Still Believe in You" (1992) his highest, at quintuple-platinum. Gill has won 22 Grammy Awards, the most among solo male country music artists. ... Gill is known for his songwriting, his tenor singing voice, and his lead guitar work, with many critics noting his proficiency in both emotional ballads and up tempo material. He plays guitar, mandolin, banjo, and Dobro.

And here's the link to the full entry:

Vince Gill - Wikipedia 

I would add to that that he was a member of the Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and has been a member of the Eagles since 2017. He also is married to Christian singer Amy Grant.

Thanks again to Progsprog for sharing this. 

This album is an hour and 41 minutes long. 

01 Oklahoma Borderline (Vince Gill)
02 talk (Vince Gill)
03 Pocket Full of Gold (Vince Gill)
04 talk (Vince Gill)
05 Ridin' the Rodeo (Vince Gill)
06 talk (Vince Gill)
07 Look at Us (Vince Gill)
08 Take Your Memory When You Go (Vince Gill)
09 talk (Vince Gill)
10 Tryin' to Get Over You (Vince Gill)
11 Rita Ballou (Vince Gill)
12 talk (Vince Gill)
13 Whenever You Come Around (Vince Gill)
14 talk (Vince Gill)
15 What Do Cowgirls Do (Vince Gill)
16 The Heart Won't Lie (Vince Gill with Dawn Sears)
17 One More Last Chance (Vince Gill)
18 Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away (Vince Gill)
19 Nothing like a Woman (Vince Gill)
20 talk (Vince Gill)
21 Liza Jane (Vince Gill)
22 When I Call Your Name (Vince Gill)
23 South Side of Dixie (Vince Gill)
24 talk (Vince Gill)
25 I Still Believe in You (Vince Gill)
26 talk (Vince Gill)
27 Oklahoma Swing (Vince Gill)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/hiLbgz3U

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/4D7du8y3dVcglII/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert.

Various Artists - A Country Music Celebration, Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN, 1-13-1993

There are so many interesting tribute concerts that have taken place over the years but then were largely forgotten because they didn't get an official release. Here's another one I happened to find recently. 

There have been many country music themed TV specials over the years. I'm not familiar with most of them. But in terms of sheer star power, I couldn't overlook this one. The vast majority of the biggest names in country music at the time performed, back before country music went downhill with "bro country," rap, Autotune, and so forth. I don't know how often the Country Music Association has put on shows like this. I did find their 25th anniversary concert on YouTube, but it's less than an hour long and not as impressive a line-up.

This concert crammed in a surprising number of songs in the amount of time it had. That's because it often only allowed for truncated versions of songs, meaning two minutes or less. In the worst case, Glen Campbell's version of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" was under a minute long. But the plus side is the show kept moving, so if there's a song you don't like, it wasn't long until the next one started.

I pretty much kept the show intact, until near the end. Very late in the show, around track 45, there was an extended tribute to Dolly Parton. I cut the vast majority of it out, because it was a video presentation, with short snippets of the recorded versions of her most famous songs. I cut all that because it was meant to be seen more than heard, with no live musical performances in it. However, immediately following that was a speech by Parton, and I kept all that.

The sound quality is excellent, even though this all remains unreleased. The only problem I had was with the last song, "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton (with Kenny Rogers assisting). Clearly, the time allotted for the TV show came to an end, because the song was cut short, at only about a minute long, and then faded out. But at least it seems the performers knew the version was going to be a short one, because they only sang the chorus over and over. However, even that short version was marred by an announcer speaking over part of it to hype up the next shows coming up on that TV channel. I managed to cut that out by largely repeating one of the choruses. That's why that one song has "[Edit]" in its title. 

Oh, by the way, this website has a couple dozen nice photos from the event:

Nashville Then: A Country Music Celebration to honor CMA in 1993 

This album is an hour and 24 minutes long. 

01 talk (emcee)
02 This Nightlife (Clint Black with Ricky Skaggs, Glen Campbell & Mark O'Connor)
03 talk (Clint Black)
04 Road Scholar (Lee Roy Parnell & Delbert McClinton)
05 talk (Clint Black)
06 Here I Am (Lyle Lovett)
07 talk (Clint Black)
08 Heartland (Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson)
09 One More Last Chance (Vince Gill)
10 talk (Vince Gill & Travis Tritt)
11 What Would Elvis Do (Pam Tillis)
12 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Rodney Crowell)
13 T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Travis Tritt)
14 Devil in Disguise (Trisha Yearwood)
15 That's All Right, Mama (Vince Gill)
16 talk (Reba McEntire)
17 A Little Bit of Love (Wynonna Judd)
18 talk (Reba McEntire)
19 Goodbye Again (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
20 talk (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
21 Take It Back (Reba McEntire)
22 talk (Randy Owen)
23 Old Time Rock and Roll (Little Texas)
24 talk (Randy Owen)
25 It's a Heartache (Lorrie Morgan)
26 talk (Randy Owen)
27 Hard Working Man (Brooks & Dunn)
28 Drive South (Suzy Bogguss)
29 I'm in a Hurry (Alabama)
30 talk (Vince Gill)
31 The Heart Won't Lie (Reba McEntire & Vince Gill)
32 The Whiskey Ain't Working Anymore (Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart)
33 Love Certified (Ronnie Milsap & Patti LaBelle)
34 Silver Bells [Instrumental] (Charlie Daniels, Mark O'Connor & Sam Bush)
35 talk (Charlie Daniels & Emmylou Harris)
36 Too Far Gone (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill & Ricky Skaggs)
37 Two More Bottles of Wine (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill & Ricky Skaggs)
38 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Glen Campbell)
39 talk (Glen Campbell)
40 The Ride (John Anderson)
41 Talking to Hank (Mark Chesnutt & Joe Diffie)
42 talk (Glen Campbell)
43 Midnight in Montgomery (Alan Jackson)
44 You Decorated My Life (Kenny Rogers)
45 talk (Kenny Rogers)
46 talk (Dolly Parton)
47 Full Circle (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Glen Campbell)
48 talk (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton)
49 I Will Always Love You [Edit] (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Eosyj9Qd

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/2l2znKTYkfdFKDm/file 

The cover photo is from the finale of this exact concert. From left to right: Emmylou Harris, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson.

Various Artists - PBS Soundstage, The Rocky Mountain Way, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, CO, 8-13-2017

Here's a rather strange episode of PBS Soundstage." Occasionally, that TV show would just broadcast highlights of concerts that were happening anyway. For instance, in 2003, one episode of the show consisted of highlights from that year's Farm Aid benefit concert, and in 2016 they broadcast highlights of a tribute concert for George Harrison, called GeorgeFest. 

This another case like that. Weirdly, the concert was for the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. That year, they were inducting Joe Walsh's early 1970s band, Barnstorm, and Dan Fogelberg, and a couple of others. But really, it was basically a tribute to Fogelberg, who died in 2007. Walsh did play a few songs with Barnstorm for the first time in ages, but even that was kind of a Fogelberg tribute, since he was friends with Fogelberg and produced one of his albums. 

What we have here consists only of the highlights that made it on the Soundstage TV show. Other songs were played, including by some other musical acts, but I couldn't find them. On this recording, Joe Walsh started out playing three of his songs from his early 1970s Barnstorm era. Then the rest of the concert consisted of different musical acts performing Fogelberg songs. Fool's Gold is the name of Fogelberg's long-time backing back. Johnnyswim is a rather obscure married vocal duo. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Richie Furay (formerly of Buffalo Springfield and Poco) apparently played one or more of their own songs earlier in the concert. But all we have is them performing together on a Fogelberg song. Then country star Vince Gill and Christian pop star Amy Grant sang a Fogelberg song together. They're connected due to being married since 2000. 

The biggest name of the evening was saved for last: Garth Brooks. Whether one likes it or not, he's one of the best selling musical acts of all time. It turns out he's also a huge fan of Dan Fogelberg's music. He was introduced by Fogelberg's widow and then sang one Fogelberg song, "Phoenix." The concert ended with one last Fogelberg song, in which all their earlier performers joined Brooks on stage for the song.

I read an article discussing some controversy about this concert, because some unscrupulous local promoter billed the concert soley as a Garth Brooks one, driving up ticket prices. Some fans were very disappointed when it turned out he only had a small role to play, despite there being other big names too, like Joe Walsh. But apparently that promoter had nothing to do with the people who actually arranged and put on the concert. 

I had a pretty difficult time editing this one. This was one of those occasional episodes where some editor thought it was a smart idea to have voiceovers over parts of the songs, especially over instrumental solos. I was able to cut out a bunch of stuff that wasn't from the actual concert between songs, like interview segments. As for the voiceovers during songs, luckily they kept enough of the music that I was able to erase the voices and keep the underlying music, using the UVR5 program. However, there was some damage to the music in those songs, the ones with "[Edit]" in their titles. 

Also, this is yet another episode of this show where the best sounding recording turned out to be a video file. So I converted that to audio and broke it into mp3s. (And by the way, this episode isn't listed in the Wikipedia page's list of all the Soundstage episodes, but I know it was such an episode because I watched the video of it, complete with Soundstage graphics. The episode title, "The Rocky Mountain Way," is the name Soundstage gave the concert, not the actual concert name used at the time.)

This unreleased album is 56 minutes long.

01 talk (Joe Walsh)
02 Here We Go (Joe Walsh)
03 Turn to Stone (Joe Walsh)
04 talk (Joe Walsh)
05 Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh)
06 Part of the Plan [Edit] (Fool's Gold)
07 Nether Lands [Edit] (Johnnyswim)
08 Run for the Roses [Edit] (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Richie Furay)
09 talk (Vince Gill & Amy Grant)
10 Longer (Vince Gill & Amy Grant)
11 talk (Jean Fogelberg)
12 Phoenix (Garth Brooks)
13 talk (Chuck Morris)
14 There's a Place in the World for a Gambler (Garth Brooks & Everyone)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/gqqHFvZQ

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/WizLWpcA2Bkjqv7/file

 The cover image is a screenshot I took of a video of this concert, showing Joe Walsh performing a guitar solo.

Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell - Opry Livestream, Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN, 8-1-2020

Here's a home concert that took place just a few days ago. This is somewhat different than the usual home concert in that three stars got together on the same stage and played a bunch of songs as an acoustic trio (with one more musician joining them to add flourishes on mandolin and other instruments). All three are long-time country stars: Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, and Rodney Crowell.

I must admit that I'm not a really big fan of most country music, so I don't know much about Gill or Crowell. I'm mainly interested in this for Harris. As far as I can tell, she hasn't done any home concert appearances during the coronavirus pandemic, until this show. This is part of a weekly series called "Opry Livestream" that has been put on by the Grand Ole Opry in lieu of their usual regular concerts in Nashville, Tennessee. If you're a country music fan, search YouTube for "Opry Livestream" and you'll find a bunch of their other 2020 home concerts, which generally feature two or more country stars playing together.

This concert is 47 minutes long. For the entire duration, all three stars stayed on stage and strummed their guitars. Each one took turns singing, but the others often joined in, especially Harris, who is reknowned for her harmony vocals. They also talked with each other quite a lot between songs. If you listen to that, it's clear that that all three have been close friends for a long time, dating all the way back to the 1970s. Harris and Crowell did two albums together in recent years as well.

In putting this album together, I cut out a bunch of interruptions by various Opry announcers, which were basically commercials. I suspect those were added in later in any case. The sound quality is just fine. The only disappointment I have is that the last song ends abruptly. In the YouTube recording, it came to a sudden halt to make room for another one of those announcements/commercials. I faded it out instead to make the ending less jarring.

01 If I Could Only Win Your Love (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
02 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
03 Oklahoma Borderline (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
04 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
05 Still Learning How to Fly (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
06 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
07 Old Yellow Moon (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
08 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
09 Song for the Life (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
10 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
11 Bluebird Wine (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
12 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
13 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
14 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
15 'Til I Gain Control Again (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
16 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
17 You Can't Say We Didn't Try (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
18 talk (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)
19 Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight (Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill & Rodney Crowell)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15291741/EmmylouH_2020_OpyLvestreamGrandOleOpyHouseNshvilleTN__8-1-2020_atse.zip.html

For the cover art, I took a screenshot from the video.