Roger McGuinn & Band – Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert 1975
First broadcast March 8, 1975
Roger McGuinn (guitars, vocals)
Richard Bowden (guitar, vocals)
David Lovelace (keyboards, vocals)
Greg Attaway (drums,vocals)
Steve Love (bass, vocals)
Only track #1 is a song from their 1975 eponymous LP, played live here. This must have been recorded before the sessions for that album. Five Byrds tracks and one track each from McGuinn’s first (#2) and second (#4) solo LPs (track #1 was also on The Byrds’ “Untitled” double LP).
1. Lover Of The Bayou (cuts in) (2:45)
2. I'm So Restless (2:29)
3. Wasn't Born To Follow (1:48)
4. Do What You Want Do Do (2:39)
5. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (2:40)
6. Mr. Spaceman (2:13)
7. Eight Miles High (4:17)
Artwork Included (front, back)
3 comments:
I remember seeing McGuinn with these musicians before the album was released, and to be honest, they were pretty good. Mostly Byrds songs, of course, but not exclusively. The album was a bit of a disappointment, though--why recycle Lover of the Bayou and (especially) Born to Rock and Roll? The new songs were OK at best, with a special nod to the Circle song and its lovely dobro playing. The keyboards added a lot to the live sound. The songs on this recording sound about like what I heard, and it's good to hear McGuinn doing something from Peace on You, which had some nice songs on it. Given the negative reviews of the album, McGuinn didn't keep this band, but joined up with Dylan and many other musicians for a tour and produced a better album. Of all the groups he formed after the Byrds, I think Thunderbyrd was the best, and you can hear a concert by them on You Tube. Thanks for this upload, R--B.
Thanks Steve. As to Thunderbyrd, I fondly remember how astonished I was when I was watching the Rock Palast program on German TV at night in July 1977, and suddenly, unexpected by me, Roger and Thunderbyrd appeared on stage. Fortunately, my reel-to-reel tape recorder was rolling, hooked to the TV set, as I intended to record Rory Gallagher's performance at the same festival. Little Feat was also playing that night. So minutes after the festival ended, I was able to re-listen to Roger's performance. Unfortunately, there was no video tape recorder in those times. Years later, the concert was released on CD and DVD by some German record label.
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