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    1 hour ago, Gregory18 said:

    Thanks for the links, guys!

    But an album would be nice, a new release. I knew about the video but good luck finding it today! I don't own a VCR anyway...

    ... you probably already know "Hard To Handle", directed by Gillian Anderson, based on Sydney concert, is readily available on DVD...

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    you may need to go to ^^^^ article at jambase.com to check if any of the audio or footage don't appear in article below. {edit - uh huh, despite all my care, the footage won't transfer across. So I cut them off, leaving just the mini-article & photo. Sorry. I tried. Guess you'll have to visit jambase.com 💘🎹🐊
    Also, as you'll see,  this article mentions more access being available via the Relix channel. I used bold to highlight a couple of sentences. 
     

    Benmont Tench Makes Phil Lesh & Friends Debut In Port Chester: Full Show Audio

    • Mar 15, 2019, Scott Bernstein
     
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    Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench made his debut as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends on Thursday at the first of three shows at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York honoring Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh‘s 79th birthday. Phil and Benmont were joined by drummer John Molo and guitarists Grahame Lesh, Jackie Greeneand John Scofield.

    While Tench had played the music of the Grateful Dead before at various events, he took to the material surprisingly well in Port Chester. Benmont’s setup featured a piano, electric piano and organ. He swiftly moved before three and shined on the “Mason’s Children” opener. Greene and Scofield dueled away for the first time during “Mason’s,” a trend that would be repeated throughout the night. A raunchy “Mr. Charlie” featuring Jackie on vocals came next along with a Phil-sung “Bird Song.” The differences between Greene and Scofield’s styles were on display as they each took extremely varied solos. Jackie was also up front for a joyous “Scarlet Begonias.” Tench accented Greene’s vocal delivery as if he had been performing the song for decades. Benmont also took a raucous piano solo that drew cheers from the crowd.

    An adventurous jam connected “Scarlet” and “Eyes Of The World” that at one point broke form. Tench unleashed another impressive piano solo in “Eyes,” which was followed by a sublime Scofield solo. The band then took it down a notch for the late era Hunter/Garcia gem “So Many Roads.” Jackie handled vocals and did a fine job of building the chorus to a crescendo. A run through “U.S. Blues” closed the first set. Phil & Friends went the “Dark Star” route to open set two. Lesh sang the first verse before the ensemble completely went outside the lines towards a more rocking jam space. Tench laid down solid organ riffs as the band made a transition into “Box Of Rain.” An unusual and well-executed move came next, as Phil & Friends worked “Wharf Rat” within “Box.” Molo picked up on the segue the second Jackie Greene played the “Wharf Rat” riff and powered the return to “Box Of Rain.”

    After taking a minute to compose themselves, Phil & Friends played the end of “Slipknot!” as an introduction to “Franklin’s Tower.” Each of the guitarists had a turn to shine during “Franklin’s” and pushed each other to greatness before Phil sang the final verse. Grahame, Jackie and Phil’s voices meshed well on the Sco-heavy “Uncle John’s Band” that followed. Greene took the outro solo and showed why he was a member of Lesh’s band for so long in the ’00s. A powerful “St. Stephen” filled with bright piano fills from Tench and fretboard fireworks from the guitarists kept the set moving. The song’s final jam took on the feel of “Mountain Jam” ahead of a drop into “Let It Grow” sung capably by Grahame. A “The Wheel” that didn’t quite get there but had its moments led into a powerful “I Know You Rider” set closer. Phil Lesh & Friends ended the night with a “Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad” encore. The run continues on Friday and Saturday with webcasts available via The Relix Channel.

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    2 hours ago, MaryJanes2ndLastDance said:

     

    Interesting. I don't like adding Mudcrutch to a GH2 but hey...it's your list not mine! I often feel they would've finally morphed into something closer to that type of band if the big tours (aside from a WF tour) were behind them. If they knew they could settle into a theatre in LA and just play a bunch of covers, and random songs. 

    Oh, yeah. Actually I'm thinking, who they might've been if - parallel timeline -

    • original Mudcrutch stayed together in 1975. For example, signed with a label in Nashville & explored that. Maybe country-tinged rock with occasionally busting out into rock& roll - (move over The Eagles, your run is over).
    • Or instead of going to college in Gainesville & meeting TP, the young Mike Campbell joined the Allman brothers... or even Skynyrd (could've, maybe, growing up in Jacksonville).

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    Nice lists folks, I could swap yours for mine & it'd be just as enjoyable. 

    Head slap on mine... Made a quick playlist on Spotify ...my original list's a bit slow & quiet & gentle to start & finish with. I do love those songs, but creating a mixtape, there are rules, helps to mix them up a bit. Spoiled for choice with these guys' music... Some songs are coming in from the bench & some are resting. Nothing personal, still love you, just juggling things around, trying a few possibilities.

    • "Angel Dreams" and "Walls (Circus)" - She's The One
    • "I Never Picked Cotton" - Cash's Unchained. The band's on fire! (This is a cover, but it's got a tiny bit more going on musically than Cash's deliberately deconstructed "Southern Accents".) Or "Sea of Heartbreak" could come in here, sure. 
    • "About To Give Out" - Echo. Or "Echo" itself. "Lonesome Sundown", please take a seat for now.
    • "You & Me" - Last DJ. This is nipping the heels of "Dreamville" but I'm sticking with "Dreamville" for now.
    • Final two tracks: "Lonesome Dave" then "For Real". (Sorry, but "Bus ToTampa Bay" into "For Real" are both too gentle.)

    B)

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    On 23 March 2019 at 4:25 AM, Michael Niebuhr said:

    What would you put on it?

    The only rule is 18 tracks released after the original Greatest Hits. Choose from the albums from Wildflowers to Hypnotic Eye. Include Mudcrutch and soundtrack work as you like.

    :P Well, I went into this thinking it'd be relatively complex, Michael Niebuhr, but something I could do. Only to find it's actually really hard! So thanks for nothin! For me personally, it's challenging because there is such a consistent high standard throughout all their releases. Which is one solid reason to, as Nurktwin says, enjoy ALL the great songs. So, to create a playlist, I decided to ruthlessly include ONLY ONE off each major album & none off the mighty Wildflowers.  Whenever there were multiple contenders from an album, I chose a song that has been an ear-worm for me at some stage, ie that I've played on repeat. Even that's approach is tricky - some albums have many songs like that. 

    A little bit of overlap with the other listings above, but not much. 

    Here are 12 tracks with a playing time of about one hour. In chronological order.

    (If any of you don't like my choices, we can fight about it outside. Meet you outside. If I'm not there in 5 mins, start without me. ^_^)

    1. Angel Dream - She's The One. This for its unsettling lyrics of someone floating away from reality & being brought back in to safety by a benevolent presence. 
    2. Lonesome Sundown - Echo. There's something powerful about this that I just can't explain. 
    3. Southern Accents - Cash's Unchained. This because of the extraordinary situation of Johnny Cash singing this in his own way while being supported by Petty and the Heartbreakers. That's an example where their love of music was greater than any ego. 
    4. Dreamville - Last DJ. Oh how I love the whole album. But this for TP's ability to hide an autobiographical short story inside a 4 minute song. 
    5. Saving Grace - Highway Companion. Uh, this because the rhythm is driving you forward in an optimistic way, whereas the lyrics are drifting off somewhere else without much hope ("there's a corner of the floor they're telling you is yours").
    6. Crystal River - Mudcrutch 1. I also dig House of Stone. Crystal River is Mudcrutch, not Heartbreakers. Hearing this - almost 10 mins - I could begin to see who they might've become if they'd wanted to be a southern band playing long jams. 
    7. Melinda - Live Anthology - This (and Driving Down To Georgia and Mystic Eyes & Oh Well) as an example of their ability to take a live audience with them. Which is no easy feat, when you think of the sudden surge for the beer queue that forms at concerts when other, lesser, bands play tracks they haven't released on their albums but just keep for live shows. 
    8. No Reason To Cry - Mojo. This album was also hard to choose from, but this song has been an ear-worm for me. 
    9. Full Grown Boy - Hypnotic Eye. I'm not absolutely sure whether the character is a stalker ("like a cat creeps through the grass") but even so, this is beautiful. "There's laughter on the hillside / from voices far away."
    10. Dreams Of Flying - Mudcrutch 2. Oh, this album was almost too hard to choose from: Trailer; Beautiful Blue; Save Your Water; Victim of Circumstance (Campbell); & Welcome To Hell (Tench). But again, I chose this track because I sometimes to listen to it on a repeat loop. It's also used as background music during the start of an episode in the series "Roadies". Plus the bear cubs on the cover are one of my favourite album covers. 
    11. Bus To Tampa Bay - American Treasure. Oh woah, I loved this the moment I heard it. Some say its chord structure is related to Orphan Of The Storm, which is fine by me, as that's another song that is just able to sneak into my brain & stay there. Instant classics, for me. Though apparently the hired hands are apparently standing beneath the shade, not beneath the shed. Hahaha. Love the accent. Either works (the shed could have a shady verandah).
    12. For Real - Best Of Everything. No words.  What a treasure from the vaults. 

     

     

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    2 hours ago, nurktwin said:

    There should be NO Greatest Hits Vol. 2. Tom and the band can no longer make that LP together anymore on their own. Vol 2 is now in your mind only and everyone's mind and Vol 2 will be different. "Let It Be". Buy all the LP's and enjoy all the great songs.

    Well yes, I do agree that this isn't real & it's all in my mind. It's a fun thought experiment / a flight of fancy / part of long tradition of creating mix tapes. :D

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    Editing that list to include everything other than album songs

    1 hour ago, Big Blue Sky said:

     

    1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison cover) - live @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 
    2. Super Bowl (American Girl, Free Fallin', I Won't Back Down & Runnin' Down A Dream)
    3. American Girl - live @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 
    4. Southern Accents - live @ Gainesville ie from the documentary 
    5. Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac cover) - combining Live Anthology & live @ Gainesville
    6. Lover Of The Bayou (Byrds cover) - Mudcrutch
    7. I Won't Back Down - Tribute For Heroes (9/11)
    8. Friend of The Devil (Grateful Dead cover) - Live Anthology
    9. I Need You (George Harrison cover) - Concert For George
    10. I'm Walkin' (Fats Domino cover) - I'm Walkin' album
    11. Lost Highway (Hank Williams cover) - from the documentary
    12. Green Onions (Booker T & the MGs cover) - Live Anthology
    13. Mystic Eyes (cover) - Live Anthology
    14. Handle Me With Care (Traveling Wilburys) - - Concert For George

     

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    2 hours ago, Big Blue Sky said:

    editing the list to just have album songs:

    1. I Should've Known It - Mojo 
    2. Swingin' - Echo 
    3. Room At The Top - Echo
    4. Something Good Coming - Mojo
    5. Saving Grace - Highway Companion
    6. Scare Easy - Mudcrutch
    7. Wrong Thing To Do - Mudcrutch
    8. Walls - She's The One 
    9. jefferson Jericho Blues - Mojo
    10. Keep A Little Soul - released on American Treasure 
    11. I Forgive It All - Mudcrutch 2
    12. You And Me (Clubhouse) - Last DJ
    13. Girl On LSD - b side  single from Wildflowers album
    14. Angel Dream - She's The One (combining a couple of tracks)
    15. U Get Me High - Hypnotic Eye
    16. Gainesville - American Treasure
    17. Don't Pull Me Over - Hypnotic Eye
    18. Waiting For Tonight - released on Anthology: Through The Years

     

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    Hmmm whereas once I remove Wildflowers album something weird happens to the YouTube list... 

    1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison cover) - live @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 
    2. I Should've Known It - Mojo 
    3. Swingin' - Echo 
    4. Room At The Top - Echo
    5. Something Good Coming - Mojo
    6. Super Bowl (American Girl, Free Fallin', I Won't Back Down & Runnin' Down A Dream)
    7. Saving Grace - Highway Companion
    8. American Girl - live @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 
    9. Scare Easy - Mudcrutch
    10. Wrong Thing To Do - Mudcrutch
    11. Southern Accents - live @ Gainesville ie from the documentary 
    12. Walls - She's The One 
    13. Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac cover) - combining Live Anthology & live @ Gainesville 
    14. jefferson Jericho Blues - Mojo
    15. Lover Of The Bayou (Byrds cover) - Mudcrutch
    16. Keep A Little Soul - released on American Treasure 
    17. I Forgive It All - Mudcrutch 2
    18. I Won't Back Down - Tribute For Heroes (9/11)
    19. Friend of The Devil (Grateful Dead cover) - Live Anthology
    20. I've inserted a gap here
    21. I Need You (George Harrison cover) - Concert For George
    22. You And Me (Clubhouse) - Last DJ
    23. Angel Dream - She's The One (combining a couple of tracks)
    24. U Get Me High - Hypnotic Eye
    25. Gainesville - American Treasure
    26. Don't Pull Me Over - Hypnotic Eye
    27. I'm Walkin' (Fats Domino cover) - I'm Walkin' album
    28. Lost Highway (Hank Williams cover) - from the documentary
    29. Green Onions (Booker T & the MGs cover) - Live Anthology
    30. Mystic Eyes (cover) - Live Anthology
    31. Waiting For Tonight - released on Anthology: Through The Years
    32. Handle Me With Care (Traveling Wilburys) - Concert For George

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    Further on what songs have large numbers of views on YouTube (& therefore could be considered popular "hits"), this is what I've found so far from the official videos put up by tompetty.com Coincidentally it's 17 songs 😀💘

    • Most views
    • While My Guitar Gently Weeps - live @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 68 million 
    • Learning To Fly 50 million
    • You Don't Know How It Feels 33 million
    • Between 5 million and 1 million
    • Wildflowers
    • It's Good To Be King
    • I Should've Known It
    • Swingin'
    • Room At The Top
    • Something Good Coming
    • You Wreck Me
    • American Girl - live @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 
    • Saving Grace
    • Crawling Back To You
    • Scare Easy - Mudcrutch
    • Wrong Thing To Do
    • Southern Accents - live @ Gainseville ie from the documentary
    • Honey Bee

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    If it's "Hits" one definition = big impact songs that resonated / singles that were popular.

    tricky in contemporary era ... drawing on physical units, downloads, data from YouTube  & how often played on streaming services.

    So in that sense, logically, a song on YouTube with 68 million hits is a contender. Even if hahaha it's 68 Prince fans watching it a million times each.

    • While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 

    {I'm here for fun & cheerful discussion about Tom Petty music.}

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    Well, all of the ones you've selected are worthy contendors.

     Just like you, I've thought & discussed similar ideas about this, on & off. One idea is - gasp - to retire all songs in "Wildflowers" album from consideration.  

    Why? Because many people love "Wildflowers" as a whole album, it's maybe better to hear those songs in that context, rather than in isolation. Also, because each Wildflower song is so fine, it's almos a case of "okay, all of Wildflowers and some other songs..." Haha. Risk it can tend to dominate any long-list of possible songs! B) Which is unfair, as many songs from other albums are also contenders for any short-list, especially one as short as 18 songs. 

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    I'm gonna start right off by saying I like the idea of this, I really do. ❤️ Questions are only to tighten up any blurred edges before I get started. That's okay with you? 

    okay... so am I right in thinking that you're open to including songs from albums:

    • Wildflowers
    • She's The One
    • Echo
    • Last DJ
    • Highway Companion
    • Mudcrutch 1
    • Mojo
    • Hypnotic Eye
    • Mudcrutch 2

    Q but not necessarily all songs off retrospective albums like:

    • Playback
    • Anthology: Through The Years
    • Live Anthology
    • Would it be easiest if only allow songs from those retrospective albums if they were actually performed after 1994? For example,"Melinda" on Live Anthology. 

    Q how about TP songs originally written before 1994 but only first released on an album after 1994? Like "Keep A Little Soul"? 

    Q or as a twist on that... What about really great post-1994 versions of earlier Tom Petty songs? Like the later "Handle With Care" at Concert For George rather than earlier "Handle With Care" from Wilburys' album? 

    • my brain's about to collapse,  but I think maybe that's all the groundwork questions. For now ^_^

    Q: what about Tom's collaborations with other people (performing his own material or to covering someone else's). For example that amazing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince & others? If allow that one (and I think it's a contender) then maybe also songs from other proper commemorative albums (but not live moments in concerts only available via bootleg):

    • Go a Cat Go (Carl Perkins)
    • Cash's "Unchained" album
    • Concert For George
    • I'm Walking (Fats Domino)
    • JJ Cale album 3-ish songs with Eric Clapton
    • & i think there's a Hank Williams tribute too maybe?

     

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    6 hours ago, Michael Niebuhr said:

    My own list is still in the works (added every song from 1994 onwards in a playlist and I'm slowly removing tracks till I get to 18).

    Sweet challenge. 🎼 very appropriate for this week's super-full-moon

    Q: So how many album songs do you have gathered at the starters' gate? 

    Q that I see you have already A (answered)... "How about covers from live shows?"  Okay, not them. Fair enough. 

    Q: What kinda criteria are you using? Are the greatest songs for you the ones that you personally love most? (Seems sensible)

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    • Up on Cripple Creek,
    • Don't Do It,
    • The Weight and maybe
    • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

    Oh yes, these 4 are undeniably wonderful, aren't they? Or "Beautiful", as Mavis Staples breathes into her microphone at the end of Weight. 

    From blues perspective, as well as Paul Butterfield, a shout-out for their performances with:

    • Muddy Waters (Mannish Boy) &
    • Eric Clapton (Further On Up The Road).

     

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