A crazy night at Nightstage featuring the recently deceased Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Ronnie Earl, Jerry Portnoy, Luther Guitar Jr  Little Mike and band.
Ronnie Earl and Little Mike do their best trying to…

 

Here's another show from Cruise Cafe in Oslo. American Music Club was a very hot band with frontman Mark Eitzel causing quite a stir. Rolling Stone named him songwriter of the year back in 1991.
This was…

 
Sorry! Michelle doesn't want this music made public so I took it down. Check her out anyhow.

As far as I remember Michelle Shocked walked into Nightstage barefooted and had hitchiked her way to Cambridge with her guitar, due…

 

Stan Getz offered me a job as his live soundman after doing this gig with him. I was flattered but turned him down, I always wondered where I'd have been if I took him up on his offer. Unfortunately Getz…

 

James Blood Ulmer has one of the most distinct voices of any performer I have heard, be it his guitar playing or his singing voice.
Besides a blistering solo career James Blood is famous for his collaboration with Ornette…

 

Here's a concert with the legendary Lonnie Mack, Lonnie had a huge influence on early guitar players due to his speed and aggresive use of the whammy bar. He spent most of his years squeezing his music…

 

Dr. John is an old favorite of mine, I have lots of his old albums where favorites like Gris Gris and Desitively Bonnaroo are on regular rotation on my Thorens TD 316.
This concert from Nightstage is from…

 

7.7.2011 Sorry folks, this concert is no longer available due to lack of permission from her legal staff.

Update, thanks to Aurelie@ About Tracy Chapman for a setlist

What a gem this concert is! I worked with Tracy…

 Mick Taylor played Nightstage several times and he brought with him some really exquisite players most notably Bernard Purdie on drums, a legend and a totally together guy. He always drew a good crowd, Rolling Stones fans or not.…

 This concert with Tish Hinojosa is a request from the eminent bass player and a fine songwriter in his own right Jørun Bøgeberg. I dug into the suitcase and fetched this one out for him, unfortunately I hadn't…

I have been a Band fan ever since I was in my early teens so that day in May was a real treat for me. Rick Danko and his band came in an hour early for soundcheck raving about…

 

One of the last things Stephen Bruton managed to accomplish before he died in 2009 was co writing the music with his long time buddy T Bone Burnett  for the multi Grammy Award winning movie Crazy Heart staring…