Merry Christmas from Passaic, NJ!

At Wolfgang’s Vault, we’re constantly adding new material to our sites, and the Concert Video section is no exception.  As a special holiday treat, we’re offering an early glimpse of just one of the incredible new concerts we will be bringing you in 2012, this one from the recently acquired Metropolitan Archive – Bruce [...]

Wayne Kramer, MC5, Detroit and Metal

The Vh1 Classic Metal Evolution program has a great segment on our friend Wayne Kramer’s place in rock history. When you listen to Wayne, whether solo, as a member of MC5 or DKT, you are experiencing one of the most important figures in rock history.  Check out the full Wayne Kramer archive in Wolfgang’s Vault, [...]

The Black Crowes – the Robinson Brothers

The Black Crowes performance at Newport Folk Festival 08 is live at Wolfgang’s Vault. It’s a great, passionate set featuring a stripped down 12-track set that will be a The Black Crowes fan favorite. Enjoy here. The Robinson brothers, Chris and Rich are brilliant together, and individually as well.   Chris is on tour with [...]

Mississippi Fred McDowell

It’s been nearly 40 years since we lost  Mississippi Fred McDowell, a cotton farmer who changed the world of music with his guitar.  His mantra was “I Do Not Play Rock and Roll,” a phrase that would later be the title of a successful album in which he played electric guitar. But North Mississippi Bluesman [...]

Paste Magazine mPlayer

For years, Paste Magazine has been a ground-breaking music and pop culture magazine. Their history is described here.  Earlier this year, Wolfgang’s Vault proudly added Paste Magazine’s editorial team and archive to our family of music sites.  Today, thanks in part to the support of Wolfgang’s Vault, the Paste team introduces the mPlayer: the reimagined magazine in [...]

Closing mojam.com and musi-cal.com

Today marks the closing of mojam.com and musi-cal.com, two sites Wolfgang’s Vault has been managing for a few years.

Announcing the Arrival of Concert Video

Our new video section is live! Read about what went into digitizing 50 years of live concert videos.

S.N.A.C.K. Benefit Concert 1975

On March 23, 1975 Bill Graham recruited the biggest names in music to stage a benefit concert at Kezar Stadium which he titled “SNACK,” an acronym for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks. The after-school programs in San Francisco had been drastically cut in the recession-era budget, and Graham, like the performers who stepped up to [...]

Bill Graham: ‘It Still Happens’

I met Bill many times and, during one interview, heard him talk about the two sides of being a concert producer, of the things he felt he had to do, and the things he loved to see.

Leon Russell: Still wondering, after all these years

h…so THAT’s what that email from Cameron Crowe was all about. As I blogged back in February, Cameron emailed me about shooting some footage of Elton John and Leon Russell and passing on a compliment Elton had paid me. Now, here in October, we hear that Leon and Elton did an album together (The Union), and [...]