This is very cool and I wanted to share it with y'all...

Wolfgang's Vault, that treasure trove of incredible live performances culled from the personal collection of the late Bill Graham is going to be presenting Day On The Green, 1977. The Day on the Green concerts were held at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium in Oakland, California from 1973 - 1991.

The 1977 concert featured Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Produced by Bill Graham and recorded on July 2, 1977, it is at the height of Frampton's fame and is only three and a half months before the plane crash that took the lives of lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines of Skynyrd and Gaines' sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines of the Honkettes. .

Wolfgang's Vault has partnered with "Public Television Rocks!" in association with WNET.ORG / WLIW21 to present this show on public television stations nationwide.

The show premiers Saturday, August 14 at 8 pm on WLIW21 on Long Island and will be broadcast throughout August and September.

This is one to go set the TiVo or DVR to record. I have already put it on my WISHLIST on my TiVo. I type in the name and my little friend will keep it's eyes out for it and record it when it hits the Memphis airwaves.

We are doomed...

Tue Jul 27, 3:38 pm ET

NEW YORK – Forget Black Friday. It was Tan Tuesday.

The cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" skipped the beach for a day to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday.

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi gave a thumbs up to stock brokers before ringing the bell and waving to the crowd. Fellow cast members Paul DelVecchio and Vinny Guadagnino pumped their fists in the air, and the rest of the group applauded.

I am intrigued...

CINCINNATI (AP)—A year after they were featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” the Bengals have scripted their own reality show.

T.O. and Ocho. Two self-conscious stars, one NFL team.

How will they fit? How will it work? Which receiver will provide most of the drama?

And, more importantly, will any of it help the Bengals get back to the playoffs?

And let's not forget they both have reality shows on VH1 “Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch”, a dating show and then right after comes “The T.O. Show”, which is, of course about T.O.!

A new edition of The Couch...Each Monday I will be all about MUSIC. Introductions to new artists, reviews of new albums being released, news from the music industry, and beginning next week it will include our new BlogTalk Radio show, MUSIC ON THE COUCH.

My guest for the premier show is Mr. Phil Putnam. I featured Phil's music last May HERE. Since then he has had much happen in his career and we will explore that and where he is going. I selected him as my guest on the first show because he has sent other artists our way.

Anyone trying to make it in the business, who also promotes friends is A-1 in my book.

A few weeks back, I told you about some great sites on the internet and one of them was Wolfgang's Vault.

If you did not take the time to go over there and check them out, it is NOW time. You will have to register (it's free) to hear this, but it is true musical history.

It is July 16,1969, the Newport Folk Festival and Muddy Waters is introduced to the crowd. No backing band, just Mr. Waters and an acoustic guitar.

Muddy was not scheduled to perform and was actually filling in while they wait for the next guest, his mentor, a delayed Mr. Son House.

As the notes state: "In the midst of his most experimental era, having recently explored psychedelia on his controversial Electric Mud album and soon to record the now legendary Fathers And Sons album (both of which featured younger disciple musicians), here is Muddy Waters returning to the core elements of his 1941 plantation recordings."

It is 6 songs long...a mere 14:37, but what you will hear is pure Muddy Waters.

The great thing about this performance is that you can keep it forever for a tiny fee of $4.98 ($3.49 for Vault members). Even if you do not buy the download, this is one not to miss!

Muddy Waters Live Concert at Newport Folk Festival (Newport, RI) Jul 16, 1969 - WolfgangsVault.com

Let's leave you with a little taste of one of the bands we have coming up in May on MOTC. This is Ten Year Vamp from the Albany, NY area. Straight ahead rock and roll...This is ROCKSTAR from their debut album entitled "Don't Act Like You Know Me".

Let me know what you think...

UPDATED TO INCLUDE A LIST OF THE WINNERS IN THE MAJOR CATEGORIES FROM LAST NIGHT'S GRAMMY AWARDS:

Record of the Year: "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
Album of the Year: "Fearless," Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On it)," Beyonce Knowles
New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Pop Vocal Album: "The E.N.D.", The Black Eyed Peas
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Halo," Beyonce Knowles
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Make It Mine," Jason Mraz
Rock Album: "21st Century Breakdown," Green Day
Rock Song: "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
R&B Album: "BLACKsummers'night, "Maxwell
R&B Song: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Beyonce Knowles
Rap Album: "Relapse," Eminem
Rap Song: "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Country Album: "Fearless," Taylor Swift
Female Country Vocal Performance: "White Horse," Taylor Swift
Male Country Vocal Performance: "Sweet Thing," Keith Urban,
Latin Pop Album: "Sin Frenos," La Quinta Estacion
Contemporary Jazz Album: "75," Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Classical Album: "Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10"
Traditional Gospel Album: "Oh Happy Day," various artists
Dance Recording: "Poker Face," Lady Gaga
Electronic Dance Album: "The Fame," Lady Gaga
Alternative Music Album: "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," Phoenix
Spoken Word Album: "Always Looking Up," Michael J. Fox
Comedy Album: "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" Stephen Colbert

Bill Graham was the concert promoter all other concert promoters tried to emulate. His concerts are legendary, running shows at both the Fillmore West and East, The Cow Palace in San Francisco, and so many other venues.

It was Bill Graham who worked his magic to put on The Watkins Glen Concert..a one day affair with The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead and the Band.

Mr Graham was born Wolodia Grajonca in Berlin and given the nickname Wolfgang by his family early in his life.

He was a brilliant promoter and he was also a touch mean son of a b**ch. You loved or hated Graham, you did not feel ambvilent about the man.

He left us in 1991 and when he did, he left behind thousands, if not tens of thousands of hours of live music he had collected from his concerts over the years.

The story of Bill Graham will be told in another post...today we just want to bring to your attention that these rare concert tapes as well as many many more are aailable for you to stream at the site WOLFGANG'S VAULT".

The vault is a private music-focused company established in 2002 dedicated to the restoration and archiving of live concert recordings and music memorabilia in order that music fans can access the complete live music experience of the past fifty years. It began with the collection of the late promoter Bill Graham, and added eleven other music and memorabilia archives. It was called " the most important collection of rock memorabilia and recordings ever assembled in one business," by The Wall Street Journal, Dec 13, 2005. All 2500+ concerts are streamed free.

There are selected concerts which you can download and keep forever and the price is normally under $10.00 - about the price of a ticket back in the day...

You are allowed to stream up to 10 hours/month free. There is also a VIP membership, costing $49/year, and you immediately get a $50.00 credit to use on the incredible merchandise for sale...vintage music posters, t-shirts, photos, vintage concert tickets...you also get to stream as much as you want at 192kbps, a fine sound quality indeed.

And do not think this is just 60's and 70's...they have concerts from 2009 also...how about the one I am listening to now...U2, 1981 California Hall...so cool, before October was even released!

The site began with the Graham collection and then they bought Crawdaddy the legendary rock magazine and their collection of live videos. You can also read issues of the magazine going back to its inception in the 60's...yes that is Mr. Zimmerman on the cover of issue #4!

They have also bought the rights to Daytrotter...

Daytrotter is the web site for Horseshack Studio in Rock Island, IL. The whole concept is that bands - many indie bands in particular - stop in to the studio and record some tracks live.

Think about your cool radio station, when a band would come in, strap on guitars and a small keyboard and a minimal drum set and just let loose for an hour. This is Daytrotter and there is some wonderful unknown artists there.


X1FM is the latest thing in radio and the internet. Radio on your computer with - on two of its channels at the moment - a live stream from the control room. You can intereact with the DJ...send them a 'text message' which they will respond to...make a request - they will play it.

The live streams are on their alternative channel and their Spanish channel, but you can also stream music from their other channels - classic rock, disco, electronic, 80's hits and 90's hits.

This is Sirius or XM on your computer with live interaction...

Hope we were able to introduce you to some new music venues on your computer....enjoy!

YUP! Taylor Hicks at a Yankee Game with a Yankee cap on!
WOOOOOOOOOO