My collection contains more live music than I could ever listen to, and yet I am continually in search of more. With the advent of cheap, fast broadband connections there are thousands upon thousands of concert recordings available for download.
Live music feeds weary ears. With the decline of actual music on the radio, and the rising prices of studio albums, finding mind moving, completely legal music available for the price of your time to download is an absolutely beautiful thing.
In Bootleg Country, I will attempt to go through my collection of live music and review every note.
David Nelson Band
07/21/01
Honeydew, CA
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A few years back I worked with a guy named Bob. Bob was somewhere in his middle fifties, with a nice beer gut hanging over his belt loop and long, curly gray hair. He was a throwback from the 1960's Summer of Love. He was a genuine hippy, and remained true to those ideals even into the new millennium.
The David Nelson Band reminds me of Bob. They are still waving their freak flags, and playing music as if it could save our souls.
A David Nelson Band show is like a picnic on a sunny day. They mix old time country music with the folk wisdom of 1960’s San Francisco and sprinkle it with psychedelic jams.
You can picture yourself sitting in a city park, spread out on a blanket, belly fully of fried chicken while listening to this band. They have the homey feel of any small town local band playing songs that you’d sing to your kids. Although they have the chops to blow any local players through the roof, they maintain that intimate, down home feel to their concerts.
Article comments
1 - DJRadiohead
Sir Brewster, well done and a seriously great idea. Bootleg Nation. I am looking forward to this series.
I had actually never heard of DNB. Sounds interesting.
Again, well done.
2 - Mark Saleski
great idea! i tell ya, people seem to be unaware of the vast pile of live material available at places like archive.org.
enough stuff to choke a hard drive!
3 - Mat Brewster
Thanks fellas. There really is tons and tons of live music available for download. Lord knows I've got a ton of it.
David Nelson has been playing music forever. He played in bluegrass bands in the 60's jammed with the Grateful Dead, formed the New Riders of the Purple Sage, etc. Never really made it big, but is a damn fine musician and seems to live a good life being able to play music for a living.
4 - Rob
What Do You Mean Cringe Inducing If You Were Stoned In The 60s This Stuff Was For Real Ill Take Any NRPS Over The Fake Shit Thats Out Now
5 - Mat Brewster
Dig if you like like, man. I'm not saying you shouldn't.
But some of those hoakey lyrics made me cringe. Maybe they wouldn't had I lived through the sixties or was stoned, but it's a no on both counts and so the lyrics are still pretty cringe inducing to my ears. Of course, lots of lyrics the kids are writing these days are crap too. I'm not comparing the two