Sure, the sound quality can be awful, but there are some incredible performances, clips, vinyl transfers, archives, etc out there that you canāt find anywhere else.
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Iāll start:
In these days of AutoTune, I find the rawness of this performance especially touching.
I am also very proud of this. The Great Anne McCue from Australia came to play for us at The Little Rabbit Barn.
I filmed a lot of the close up guitar on my Handheld Sony digital SLR camera as it was overheating in my hands.
It cut out a few times on the night but I persisted and we got this magic performance of āDriving Down Alveradoā
The audio quality is great too⦠Enjoyā¦
Leon Bridges was lovely, thatās the magic of close and personal music.
So in this vein here is something from my friend Sam Millarās fledgling UK Americana bar. https://youtu.be/TITvCh_0kSw
My pick: Paul Wallfisch and āAnd The Wiremenā playing Lou Reedās āConey Island Babyā. Quality warning: audience recording.
Why I love this one? Because I was there that night, and it was a magical experience live there. Glad somebody recorded it and put it out there. Wonderful memory of that night.
Grace canāt bear to sing about giving lives in sacrifice and Joe Satriani needed a tighter leash, but thereās nothing about Steve Kimockās trumpet I donāt like: