This is a strange but entertaining concert from one of post punks greatest songwriters.
The strangest thing is the setting at The Beach Club, a burger joint in Oslo's waterfront not too far from the now defunkt Cruise Cafe…

I'm back after all sorts of technical difficulties...


 My faithful Sony TC D5 that I bought new in NYC around 1984 has stopped working.
The cassette player is the workhorse of this site and I am trawling the web for…

 

Here's a show from Nightstage in Cambridge Massachusetts. Livingston is a native and now a professor at Berklee College of music.
He is a very popular local performer and an excellent songwriter, he is also good at communicating with his…

 
           The Tailgators with house DJ Devo

The Tailgators were the perfect band for Cruise coming from Austin and all..., I don't know how many times they played there but they were always a favorite band for the local crowd of…

 

Howie Gelb visited Oslo in Feb 1990 with his Giant Sand. This was a very relaxed show and I'm not sure, but I hoped I mixed it loud!!
Excellent indie rock vibe and loose lip from the…

 

There is nothing wrong with a real song and dance man! Not that Buster danced much, but he moved, his mind raced and his lips followed suit. His band was great and the audience absolutely loved this guy. I…

Duke Robillard is an incredibly talented guitar player and a great songwriter. I was already of fan of his the first time I did sound for him back at The Nightstage in Cambridge. I still have his first solo releases…

 

Two members of the legendary Flatlanders played Cruise but I can't remember when..anyone?
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock were the perfect couple to enter The Cruise Cafe and I'm sure they felt at home away from home. They…

The tallest mouse in the world !



Eek a Mouse was a riot, a show not to be forgotten, Nightstage had some great reggae acts drop by from time to time, The I-Threes, Toots and the Maytals etc…

The first time I ran into the Tom Russell Band was at Nightstage in Cambridge where they opened for Steve Earl or was it Joe Ely... damn my memory is fading! it's a good thing weeklyleaks is around to…

 


Levon Helm played Nightstage in Cambridge,MA with a great band including E-Street band drummer Max Weinberg. I don't remember too much from this gig, crazy I'm sure and this tape sounds like it must be from the last show…