I have been fortunate to go to a lot of rock concerts in my lifetime. Considering what tickets cost today, those old ducats from the seventies and eighties turned out to be pretty good deals. Most of those ticket prices were under twenty bucks. The late seventies concerts were all under ten dollars. Compared to today’s prices, those old shows were an absolute bargain. I’ve seen … [Read more...] about Eleven of the Best Rock Concerts I Have Attended
Cat Stevens
Song Of The Day – “18th Avenue” by Cat Stevens
By 1972, not everything was moon shadows and peace trains for Cat Stevens. The bloom was off of the rose and his unease with stardom and the state of the world began to overpower his songs. Such was the world inhabited by Cat Stevens’ fourth album, Catch Bull At Four. It was a far more dour affair than the albums Teaser And The Firecat and Tea For The Tillerman that preceded … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “18th Avenue” by Cat Stevens
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Foreigner Suite” by Cat Stevens
Here’s a rare live version of Cat Stevens’ “Foreigner Suite” performed in its entirety for ABC TV’s “In Concert.” By 1973, Stevens was coming off a very successful run of records including “Mona Bone Jakon,” “Tea For The Tillerman,” “Teaser And The Firecat” and “Catch Bull At Four,” that were all recorded with pretty much the same band and producer. The release of “Foreigner” … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Foreigner Suite” by Cat Stevens
