Features

1. Jazz Uncut: Jaco's Word of Mout…Weather Report bassist Jaco Pastorius unveils his powerhouse 19-piece ensemble at the 1982 Kool Jazz Festival in New York.
2. Rock Talking Heads Debut 'Remai…The art rock/new wave group unveils an expanded lineup featuring keyboardist Bernie Worrell and guitarist Adrian Belew at Canada's Heatwave Festival.
3. Jazz Uncut: An All-Star Midnigh…Hear Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes and others at this 1973 Radio City Music Hall concert.
4. Country George Strait's Friday Nig…Strait thrilled his '83 Massachusetts audience just like he's been thrilling 'em ever since. His new album Love Is Everything hits stores this week.
5. Rock The Kinks' KomebackThis 1977 show by The Kinks features old and new material performed during their comeback tour, one of their greatest ever.
6. Jazz Miles Davis Quartet at '66…On this day in 1963, Miles Davis recorded the title track to Seven Steps to Heaven with 17-year-old Tony Williams. Hear them on that tune in 1966.
7. Rock A Jack Bruce Birthday Play…Turning 70 today is the great bassist-singer featured here in concert with Cream in 1968 and fronting his own band at the Bottom Line in 1977.
8. Indie New Release: 'Being There'…On their second album and the ensuing tour, the Chicago-based band began a long tradition of defying expectations and reinventing rock 'n roll.
9. Rock Happy Birthday to Ya, Stev…The profoundly gifted multi-instrumentalist-composer-singer and musical force of nature turns 63 this week. Hear him in concerts from 1972, 1973 and 1986.
10. Jazz Chet Baker RememberedThe trumpeter-vocalist's life came to a tragic end this week in 1988 when he fell out of his hotel window in Amsterdam. Hear him in better days.
11. Rock .38 Special Blows Through …The great southern rock band may not have gained the same level of fame as Skynyrd, but they still knew how to rock.
12. Blues Steve Miller's Got the BluesThis show from Winterland in '73 has Miller playing the first seven songs solo on an acoustic 12-string before the band comes on to kick it into high gear.
13. Rock Creedence Returns to the B…Relive this great show from ’71 with one of the Bay Area’s finest, Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Fillmore West, featuring nearly every classic song.
14. Rock Celebrating Steve WinwoodThe vocalist-keyboardist turns 65 today. Hear him perform "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and the jazzy instrumental "Glad" with Traffic in this 1973 Winterland concert.
15. Featured Happy Mothers Day!Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention perform "Mother People," "Easy Meat," "Call Any Vegetable" and others in FIllmore concerts from 1966 and 1970.
16. Rock Bob Marley Memorial PlaylistLively up yourself with these infectious one-drop riddim tunes by the king of reggae, who passed away on this day in 1981.
17. Indie Fitz & The Tantrums' Soulf…This Los Angeles band has received a ton of critical acclaim since the release of their first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, in 2010.
18. Folk & Bluegrass Brandi Carlile Daytrotter …The talented singer-songwriter's lyrics are fantastic and her voice delivers the words beautifully and with a power and clarity that echoes Patsy Cline.
19. Rock Happy Birthday, Eric Burdon!The former Animals frontman turns 72 today. Hear him perform classics like "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "House of the Rising Sun" in this 1995 set.
20. Folk & Bluegrass Crosby, Stills, Nash & You…This is the acoustic set from the third night of CSNY's legendary six-night run at the Fillmore East, from which the live album Four Way Street was compiled.

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