TomFest

3/15/18
Neil Young
 

Sorry to read this.
 I know people who have suffered through kidney stones. I hope your arm heals up quickly and so does your wife.
Hang in there!
 

He's playing "Fooled Again" from the first album.

3/5/18
The Beatles
 

And, like we saw in the tribute thread recently, the same session also produced this:
 
 

This beauty is labeled his "new single"... Great job, I say! Amazing song!
 

Steve Ferrone played this Dirty Knobs song on his New Guy show yesterday.  It sounds great to me!  Gosh I love the Knobs - The new line up and the old!  Check it out!
Bumble Bee
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vjqQFTSz33ZIvsVLKWJ5jClN_p5R_hMB

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/culture/the-who/271075/the-who-live-at-the-fillmore-east-gets-official-release?ref=yfp

Congratulations Benny!  We're still celebrating our first grandchild.  He's just turned 4 months old.  It's really hit me in a way I didn't realize.  I am totally smitten with the little man.  

He was there from the start, helping to get airplay for their records, and Stanley vouches for him.  That's good enough for me.  I'll read it.

My nephew and his wife just had their 1st baby this morning at 10:10am Central Time. The new baby boy weighed in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces and his name is Danny, after his grandfather and my brother Danny.

2/13/18
The Monkees
 

2/10/18
Tom Petty & Eric Clapton
 

4 July 1986.
1. So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye (Weldon Rogers) 2. Positively 4th Street 3. Clean Cut Kid 4. Emotionally Yours 5. Trust Yourself 6. We Had It All (Donny Fritts-Troy Seals) 7. Masters Of War
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Straight Into Darkness (Tom Petty) Think About Me (Tom Petty) The Waiting (Tom Petty) Breakdown (Tom Petty)
8. To Ramona 9. One Too Many Mornings 10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 11. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (Cecil A. Null) 12. Band Of The Hand 13. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky 14. Lonesome Town (Baker Knight) 15. Ballad Of A Thin Man
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Bye Bye Johnny (Chuck Berry) Make It Better (Forget About Me) (Tom Petty) Spike (Tom Petty) Refugee (Tom Petty & Mike Campbell)
16. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 17. Seeing The Real You At Last 18. Across The Borderline (Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/Jim Dickinson)

Everyday i listen to (his) (my) her  heart. Everyday !!!
Yesterday, to the the olympic (Last DJ) show (2002) on dvd.
It's still unbelievable.

2/3/18
The Smithereens
 

2/4/18
Deep Purple
 

2/2/18
Bob Dylan
 

Hey Guys,
Not sure if anyone has posted about this yet...  but just wanted to say how AMAZING Mike & the Knobs were last night at the imperial ball.   
They broke out some classic & older Knob songs like Loaded Gun, Mama Told Me, Shake These Blues and the obligatory Humdinger cover!  Mike was in great voice and his guitar playing was as impressive, tasteful, and mind-blowing as ever.   Beyond the great, rocking Knob content there were two other surprises/highlights: 
1.)  Stephen Stills!!  Towards the end of the show, Mike told us a special guest would be coming out who "is the shit".  They launched into an extended intro for Hey Joe and as soon as that iconic Hendrix intro riff started Stills strolled out and joined the band with some ripping guitar solos.  After Hey Joe, Stills carried the vocals for a cover of "Born Under A Bad Sign".  A little shaky at first, but they soon got their grip and it turned into a hell of a jam.  The place was going wild.  Next came "Love The One Your With", with the crowd singing along for the chorus.  Great solos from both Mike and Steve.  
2.) Mike's Tom petty Tribute.  Very moving and heartfelt, some people around me actually in tears.  For the first time ever, the knobs played 2 Heartbreaker Songs (after a special speech from Mike saying how they never play these songs but he wanted to play it for his friend one last time).   Something Good Coming was up first.  It was mesmerizing.  Delicate, perfect for the occasion, and some nice improv. slide playing.   Then came a rocking' Running Down A Dream that culminated in Mike's iconic solo.  Standing ovation from the crowd. Mike was genuinely grateful and thank'd us, though we were all beyond honored to be there    Below are youtube links I found of Mike's intro/something good coming & Running Down A Dream.  I didn't want to do a full summary of these moments so you can see for yourself.   All in all an incredible night of music!  Thank you Mike!!  Hopefully some more Knobs shows are on the horizon...  
 
 
 

1/27/18
Procol Harum
 

Hey y'all, it's been awhile since I visited the Farm.  Time has not been my own for a couple of years... but it's begun to settle down.  Unfortunately my computer kinda hit the dirt and I lost a bunch of photos - one of them was a great photograph of Steve Ferrone, taken by one of our Farmers here, who graciously shared it with me several years ago when I put out a call for a photo of Steve smiling behind the drum kit during a concert.  I wanted to do a portrait of Steve, but didn't have the chance to take my own photos.  When I lost the photo, I lost the name of the person who gave it to me. 
Proper and sincere thanks are deserved! So if you're the one who shared this photo, speak up now!  Here is the portrait I created from it...   
 

Hey, y'all download it and keep it if you like.  A very late Christmas present from me!  
Susan Gardner
 

1/24/18
George Harrison