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Count Basie – Booty’s Blues

Count Basie playing a duet with bassist Cleveland Eaton. Trombone solo is by Booty Wood. Carnegie Hall Concert, 1981

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U2 – I Will Follow

Old Grey Whistle Test was a live music program that ran on BBC for 16 years, from 1971 to 1986. Over its decade and a half run it had performances from the most influential musicians in every area of popular music.

U2 appeared on the show on February 28th, 1981, the band was finishing up their hugely successful Boy tour and had not yet began writing for their second record.

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The Suburbs – “Tape My Wife”

The Suburbs were a local Minneapolis band that I’ve never really listened to, but have heard of alot. They first started performing in late 1977 and released The Suburbs on the Twin/Tone label which was Twin/Tone’s first release in 1978. Here is a video from Twin/Tone’s site (that has lots of other great old clips http://www.twintone.com/video/index.html) of the band performing “Tape My Wife” live at The Cabooze in Minneapolis on September 26th, 1981. (I was 27 days old.)

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The Replacements – “Goddamn Job & Junior’s Got A Gun”

Part two of Minneapolis week. The Replacements performing at my favorite Minneapolis venue, 7th Street Entry in 1981. I wasn’t even born yet.

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Weird Al Yankovic – “Another One Rides the Bus”

Continuing this week’s theme: “First Television Appearances.” This is Weird Al Yankovic performing one of his earliest parodies, “Another One Rides The Bus” on the Tomorrow Show with Tom Synder on April 21st, 1981.

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Michael Jackson – Off the Wall

Here’s a low quality video of Off the Wall from 1981. It was filmed during the Jakson’s Triumph Tour.

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Muddy Waters – “Mannish Boy”

This Muddy Waters song is an absolute classic. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. See the Rolling Stones and The Band videos at the end of this post.

It was one of the first blues songs when I learned how to play guitar. Of course, I was like 12 at the time, and I definitely thought I was an M. A. N. And everytime I hear it I think back to my first guitar teacher. John the “Buzzard Man”.

Some songs change over time. This song has stayed exactly the same over the years, and for good reason. It is perfect as is.

This first clip is from “Muddy Waters In Concert 1971″

This next video is from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1974.

With The Band in the 1978 Martin Scorsese Film “The Last Waltz.” Stay tuned for my full review of this DVD.

The Rolling Stones and Muddy Waters in 1981. The Rolling Stones got their name from another Muddy Waters song, “Rock ‘n Roll”

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