Best solo performances

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No band. 

Who do you like? 

Acoustic Jorma (in front of a quiet audience) is a pretty good solo act if ya like that sort of thing.

Neil 

Solo whole career....john valby....

 

And a few great christmas albums as well...;)

 

And..........neil

Jorma Kaukonen & Rick Danko 
3-25-89 
Uncle Willy's 
Kingston,NY 

Unknown Audience>dat>cdr>eac>flac 
(Some Lists Have This As SBD , But It Sounds Like A Really Good Audience To Me) 

Disc 1 (46:17) 
Rick Danko Solo 

01. Superstition > Mystery Train (4:59) 
02. Everybody's Baby (1:19) 
03. Twilight (3:16) 
04. Stagefright (3:33) 
05. Bartender Blues (3:11) 
06. Wish You Were Here Tonight (3:07) 
07. Caledonia Mission (2:53) 
08. The Weight (4:32) 
09. Blaze of Glory (2:13) 
10. Makes No Difference (4:39) 
11. Sick And Tired * (4:01) 
12. Stop Driving Me Crazy * (3:56) 
13. The Shape I'm In * (4:31) 

Disc 2 (70:42) 
Jorma Kaukonen Solo 

01. Keep Your Lamps (4:12) 
02. Hesitation Blues (5:20) 
03. Walkin' Blues (4:18) 
04. I See The Light (6:57) 
05. Trouble In Mind (3:35) 
06. 99 Year Blues (4:31) 
07. I Am The Light Of This World (3:50) 
08. Trial By Fire (4:54) 
09. Ice Age > (7:22) 
10. Broken Highway (4:46) 
11. Death Don't Have No Mercy (5:34) 
12. San Francisco Bay Blues (3:39) 
13. Uncle Sam Blues (4:20) 
14. Follow The Drinking Gourd (3:53) 
15. How Long Blues (3:23) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Police Dog Blues (missing) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Killing Time In The Crystal City (missing) 

Disc 3 (69:29) 
Jorma Kaukonen & Rick Danko 

01. C.C. Rider (8:07) 
02. Let Us Get Together (2:51) 
03. Java Blues (6:45) 
04. I Know You Rider (4:27) 
05. Sunny Side Of Life (5:18) 
06. Folsom Prison Blues (4:18) 
07. I Shall Be Released (4:54) 
08. Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:27) 
09. Crazy Mama (5:23) 
10. Keep On Truckin' (5:52) 
11. House Of Mirrors + (6:37) 
12. Willie & The Hand Jive/Who Do You Love/Hey Bo Diddley Medley + (10:30) 

* W/ Backing Band 
+ W/ Dreamspeak 

Known Flaws 
d1t7 burst @ 1:29 
d3t1 has some static from a bad connection

Nice show - thanks I'll track it down.

Artis the Spoon-man? 

Uh, no.

Baby Gramps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dyaLQ7OMFE

 

(Always fun to jam with Artis)

Baby Gramps

Also, no.

But both right up there in the who really gave you the creeps at the Country Fair.

Bruce Cockburn

Neil Young

Keller Williams

John Denver- best vocals i ever heard live.

Richard Thompson

Allan Toussaint

The late Michael Hedges

David Lindley hands down

Richard Thompson close second

Interesting enough from me, not many, and I've seen just about all those listed above.

It takes A LOT to make a solo performance truly resonate with me.

Generally I really like musical conversation, but I would say a few solo acts who have really worked for me in the past and who I'd consider/would definitely see again...

Neil Young

Ryan Adams

Cat Power

Emmylou Harris

Ani DeFranco

Peter Rowan

Kieth Jarrett

Charles Lloyd

Joshua Redman

I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting, but that's who comes to mind right away.

As an aside, I'm seeing Trey solo this Saturday in Oakland, but I'm only going because a good friend bought the tickets and I didn't want to tell him I didn't want to go. I'm sure it will be fine but I'm not expecting to be "drawn in" the way I am when multiple people are playing together.

Maybe he'll surprise me. It wouldn't be the first time.

I'll try to leave expectations at the door.

I thought this was going to be thread about masturbation... I mean this place is somewhat warped right?

Peter Rowan is a great call

if anybody says Keller Williams I hope we can laugh them off the board like the good old days 

Martin Simpson.

Elvis Costello 

John Valby, saw hm a bunch back in the day.  He graduated from a local Catholic high school lol.

Surprisingly he is still touring.  http://www.johnvalby.com/

Ya, that' s one of the reasons i mentioned him, as i had seen recently that he d be at Toads Place on Dec. 22....i cant go that night, but, he has at least 3 other Ny area shows in next month or so, i may have to get out to see him. I havent seen him in ages. I prob have seen him around 40x, (an agency i worked at for awhile booked him etc) and he is def one of my all time favorite comedians to see live. The fact that he is a concert pianist, and that some of the "songs" you ll hear on any given night will be w topics taken right out of that days headlines separate him (let alone just how filthy raunchy he is) from others.

 

If you' ve never seen him, and he s in your area.....

 

 

GTTS!!!

The Right Reverend Billy C. Wirtz

No particular order:

Jorma

Neil Young

David Bromberg

Richard Thompson hands down, the best combination of singer/songwriter/guitarist/performer on the planet.

Trey Anastasio 

Bob Dylan

John Prine 

Lucinda Williams

Al Gore

John Valby is a goddamn legend.

 I've seen 75% of those listed and they all fall flat.  Neil Young -- drunk and sloppy, Elton -- needed that bald percussion guy to make it interesting, Dylan -- really?, Cat Power -- ummm,  Keller is a clown....  

 

Dylan is the best I've seen.  Those days are long gone.  Ray Charles, Taj Mahal and Pete Seger are worth a mention.

best solo performances

 

I guess there's two ways to interpret that title...I thought it was a compilation of great solo performances, if we're discussing "the" best solo performance...it would have to be Garcia acoustic circa '82

If we're discussing the topic of the best solo performances, I would submit this for review...

Yo-Yo Ma Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G Major

https://youtu.be/rGgG-0lOJjk

>>>>>>I guess there's two ways to interpret that title...I thought it was a compilation of great solo performances, if we're discussing "the" best solo performance...it would have to be Garcia acoustic circa '82

 

He only played one solo show and it was just okay.

 

I disagree 

Zappa ~ in Portland, sat on a stool on his birthday ~ according to an attending local ~ 

Jorma ~ Boston

Taj ~ small bar in NH ~ easy to talk to

Danny Barnes ~ where you can find him

Tracy Grammar ~ too bad it solo

hmm...nice to think about....

 

 

 

No Ben Harper fans on Viva?

Randy Newman - Full Concert - 02/11/78 - Capitol Theatre 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4oh8Jy9THZk

Danny Barnes ~ where you can find him<<

I hope this doesn't include that thing with the laptop, which was kinda weak.  I didn't catch the whole set, which marked me as lucky in the eyes of those who did.

When Zappa sits on that stool there is nothing like it, great call

 

i have only seen him sit on the stool with a band backing him, but he did drink some coffe and smoked a cigarette while on the stool and that was really special . The show was in the round so you could see it from all angles, great night of music.

I believe this is an AVN Award category.

The Bruce Springsteen solo tours, both Ghost of Tom Joad and the Devils and Dust tours, were some of the finest solo performances I have witnessed. While Springsteen might not be a guitar virtuoso, there is no denying that he is a consummate performer. I am sure that those who haven't seen him solo will agree after they see the upcoming Netflix release of his Broadway show on Dec 15th. Although he put out a statement that there will not be an E Street Band tour in 2019, I am hoping with his upcoming solo record that he hits the road solo again next year. 

John Fahey

Leo Kottke

Robert Fripp

Eugene Chadbourne

Fred Frith

>>>>Danny Barnes ~ where you can find him

Agreed on Danny.  That guy can get a room up grooving with just five banjo strings.   A regular in these parts.

>>>>if anybody says Keller Williams I hope we can laugh them off the board like the good old days 

I will bite.   Seen Keller about a dozen times - four with a band and eight doing the looping stuff.  Despite the naysayers, I have to say it has been fresh and entertaining each time.    Although there are a lot of music greats listed above and I have seen many of them, they usually have quiet, respectful, stay in their seat crowds when playing solo.

Keller, by contrast, gets the kids up and grooving hard like there isn't a tomorrow.  Haven't seen any other single person performance play groovy, hippie dance party music like he does.   It might be silly at times, but its effective and fun.

JJ Cale sitting on a stool. 

Tashi Dorji

Found that top one you tube.....too bad it's a still and not an actual vid.  

 

Jorma Kaukonen & Rick Danko 
3-25-89 
Uncle Willy's 
Kingston,NY 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuvynJdm9uM

Elvin Bishop sitting on a bale of hay....

Harper, Hedges, Jorma, Neil, Jackson Browne and Ryan Adams all impressed me solo.

Rev Gary Davis: Death Don't have no mercy - https://youtu.be/AiQfhwWcDkk

 

 

+1 for the late, great Michael Hedges.  To which I will add his compatriot, Michael Manring, solo bass.  His solo shows are amazing.

And in the singer-songwriter category:  Townes Van Zandt.