Tom P*tty & the Heartbreakers with John Lee Hooker - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 2-7-1997

Here's a great Tom P. and the Heartbreakers concert.

(Note that I'm not using the full name of this artist due to concerns about copyright issues.)  

This concert is part of P.'s month-long series of concerts at the Fillmore in San Francisco in 1997. I previously posted another one of those concerts, which took place on January 26, 1997, just two weeks prior to this one. You can find that here:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2020/06/tom-petty-heartbreakers-with-carl.html

There's a lot of similarities between the two concerts, with many of the same songs played. He even had some of the same between song banter and told the same story during his long version of "Gloria." However, both versions are very much worth hearing, or I wouldn't be posting both. The two concerts stand out from all those 1997 Fillmore shows mostly due to sound quality. Both were professionally recorded and played live on the radio, so the sound quality is excellent. Plus, each one had a special guest. That other concert had rockabilly legend Carl Perkins, and this one had blues legend John Lee Hooker.

But this one is probably even better than the other one, if only due to sheer length. That one is two hours and 19 minutes long, whereas this one is three hours and eight minutes long. So it's nearly an hour longer! I just calculated the stats. There are 22 songs played at both concerts. Eight more songs were only played at the first one, and 18 more were only played at this one. Those 18 extra songs would total about an hour and a half, enough for a typical concert in and of itself!

I didn't have much that needed tinkering. However, for three songs (including the last one), the recording can to a sudden end immediately when the song ended, leaving a gap of silence where the audience response should have been. So for those three, I patched in audience applause from other songs.

In 2022, a box set was released called "Live at the Fillmore." Seventeen songs from this concert appeared on that: Jammin' Me, Time Is on My Side, I Want You Back Again, You Really Got Me, American Girl, Boogie Chillun, Serves You Right to Suffer, Find My Baby [Locked Up in Love Again], I Got a Woman, Free Fallin', Shakin' All Over, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Bye Bye Johnny, [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction, It's All Over Now, Louie, Louie, and Alright for Now. While that's a lot, there were another 23 songs that still remain unreleased.

I'm not including the track list due to copyright issues. But you can find it in the mp3 download file.

https://pixeldrain.com/u/q59eDDhV

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/WHiqC8gOmKkm447/file

I couldn't find any photo for the album cover art from the exact night in question. However, I believe John Lee Hooker was a guest on this night, plus again three nights later. I was able to find a good photo that includes him from that other night. He's sitting down, Tom P. is standing up with a harmonica, and you can see two more band members behind them.