(Started September 26th, 2018) The Blues: An Education, Part 4

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Joe Bonamassa

"Deep In The Blues Again":



"Molly O":

"King Bee Shakedown":



"The Ghost of Macon Jones":



Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa

"Why Don't You Do Right":



"Joy":



"Sitting On Top of the World":



"I'd Rather Go Blind":



"Black Coffee":



I listened to both of his most recent CDs and both are very good. One CD is mostly original material and the second CD is covers of classic Blues songs. Kenny Wayne Shepherd

"Blue On Black":



When Kenny plays that solo, wow!!! "Never Lookin' Back":



From 2011's "How I Go (Special Edition)":

"Come On Over":
"Show Me The Way Back Home":
"Oh, Pretty Woman":

From 2014's "Goin' Home":

Featuring The Rebirth Brass Band "Palace of the Night":
Featuring Joe Walsh and Kim Wilson. "I Love The Life I Live":
"Everything Gonna Be Alright":
"House Is Rockin'":
"Born Under A Bad Sign":

Jonny Lang
"Darker Side":
"A Quitter Never Wins":

Eric Clapton "Crossroads":



About the most bluesy thing about this song is having "Blues" in the title. "Bell Bottom Blues":



 I love Blues guitar. "Same Old Blues":



Featuring B.B. King "When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer":



Leadbelly "Where Did You Sleep Last Night":
I didn't realize Ram Jam's version was a cover. Leadbelly's original "Black Betty":

Bonnie Raitt

"Angel From Montgomery":

"The Thing Called Love":

Gary Clark Jr.

"Ain't Messin' 'Round":
"Bright Lights":
"Travis County":
"Glitter Ain't Gold":

(Updated September 30th, 2018) The Blues: An Education, Part 3

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This blog is very much a work in progress, but I wanted to share some of these amazing blues songs I've discovered.

Stevie Ray Vaughn

"Lovestruck Baby":
"Couldn't Stand The Weather":
"Willie The Wimp":

"The House Is Rockin'/ Tightrope":

"Crossfire":

"The Sky Is Crying":

"Couldn't Stand The Weather":

Buddy Guy

"First Time I Met The Blues":

"Mary Had A Little Lamb":

"Damn Right I Got The Blues":

"Mustang Sally":

"Where Is The Next One":

"Trouble Don't Last":

Son House

"Death Letter Blues":



"Preachin' The Blues":



"John The Revelator":
"Grinnin' In Your Face"

Solomon Burke

"I Can't Stop Loving You":



"None Of Us Are Free":



"It's Just A Matter of Time":



AC/DC "Ride On":

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(Started September 27th, 2018) The Blues: An Education, Part 2

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ZZ Top 

"My Head's In Mississippi":

"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide":



"Brown Sugar":

Otis Rush died on September 29th, 2018.  He was the architect of the so-called West Side Sound- not sure what that is. He won a Grammy in 1999 for "Any Place I'm Going", the best Traditional Blues Recording.

"I Can't Quit You Baby":

"Violent Love":



"If You Were Mine":



"My Babe":
"Keep On Loving Me Baby":


Albert King

"Born Under A Bad Sign":



"Crosscut Saw":

"Laundromat Blues":

"Call It Stormy Monday":

Jimi Hendrix

"Red House":

"Hear My Train":
"Hey Joe":
"Little Wing":
"Electric Church Red":

Robert Cray

"Smoking Gun":
"I Guess I":
"Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark":
"I Shiver":

"Right Next Door (Because Of Me)":

"Playing In The Dark":

"I Guess I Showed Her":

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(FInished September 26th, 2018) The Blues: An Education, Part 1

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I'm a white dude that lives in Utah, what the hell do I know about the Blues? I'll be honest I don't know a whole lot about the workings of the Blues. But I've had my heart broken and I've been divorced, I've lost people I've loved, I've had down days and I've had down years. I've battled with my self esteem etc. So although I don't know a lot about the Blues, I do know a lot about the blues. These are some of my favorite Blues classics.

In my not so humble opinion the two kings of the Blues are B.B. King and Muddy Waters. But I'm going to focus on some of the other great Blues artists first.

Led Zeppelin 

"I Can't Quit You Babe":

"Whole Lotta Love":



"When The Levee Breaks":

"Dazed and Confused":



"Since I've Been Loving You":



Elmore James

"Dust My Broom":

Howlin' Wolf

"Spoonful":

John Lee Hooker

"Boom Boom":

"Smokestack Lightning":

"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer":

"Crawlin' King Snake":

Little Walter

"My Babe":

Many consider him a legend, but I've always been kinda been meh on him. Robert Johnson

"Crossroad Blues":

"Hellhound On My Trail":

Not really a Blues song per se, but it seems like it would fit in with that kind of music. Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing":

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(Finished September 25th, 2018) A Blog of Random Songs

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Madonna "The Power Of Goodbye":

Duran Duran "Come Undone":

Matt Nathanson "Come On Get Higher":

Whitesnake "In The Still of the Night":



Mazzy Star "Fade Into You":

I love this cover: Tonight Alive "Little Lion Man":

Tonight Alive "Waves":



James "Laid":



Everclear "Santa Monica":



The 1975 "Chocolate":



The song that reminds me of the ex every time I hear it. America "Sister Golden Hair":



One of my all-time least favorite bands, yet one of my all-time favorite songs:



The Brothers Osborne "It Ain't My Fault":



Imagine Dragons "Thunder":

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(Finished September 23rd, 2018) The Best of Rick Rubin, The 80s

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I wanted to break out of what I've been blogging about lately. I did a bit of searching my own blog and I wrote a series of blogs about Robert "Mutt" Lange. He's one of the most famous music producers and I thought I should write about another great music producer. I decided to write about Rick Rubin. And after trying to break out of 80's centric blogs, I fell right back into a 80's centric blog. Rick Rubin seemed had a big hand in the early and best 80's Hip Hop. He pretty much worked with all the best of the best in Hip Hop. All of these songs individually may not have been produced by Rick Rubin, but they were on CDs that he helped produced.

RUN-D.M.C. "Raising Hell":

"It's Tricky":

"Perfection":

"Dumb Girl":

Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill":

"Fight For Your Right To Party":

"No Sleep Till Brooklyn":

"Brass Monkey":

LL Cool J "Radio":

"I Can't Live Without My Radio":

"Less Than Zero" Soundtrack:

The Bangles "A Hazy Shade of Winter":

LL Cool J "Going Back To Cali":

Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back":

"Bring The Noise":

"Don't Believe The Hype":

RUN-D.M.C. "Tougher Than Leather":

"Mary Mary":

The Cult's "Electric":

"Peace Dog":

"Bad Fun":



"Love Removal Machine":

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(Finished September 22nd, 2018) The Best Songs of 1998: According To Rolling Stone, Part 2

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Fatboy Slim "The Rockafella Skank":

Robert Pollard "Subspace Biographies":

Verve "Bitter Sweet Symphony":

This is a sentimental pick as this isn't one of the best R.E.M. songs ever. However this was at the tail end of one of my all-time favorite bands career. R.E.M. "At My Most Beautiful":

Lucinda Williams "Metal Firecracker":

Now this is a great song from a band at the end of their career. This stone cold classic is featured in the trailer for the new "Lego Movie". Beastie Boys "Intergalactic":

Elliot Smith "Bled White":

Alanis Morissette "Thank U":

Hole "Celebrity Skin":



New Radicals "You Get What You Give":

I love Lauryn Hill and this is one of her best songs. "The Lost Ones":

Natalie Imbruglia "Torn":

Harvey Danger "Flagpole Sitta":

Garbage "Push It":

Stardust "Music Sounds Better With You":

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(Finished September 22nd, 2018) themusicaddict's Top 16 Greatest 80s Soundtracks #10 "The Lost Boys"

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I've been working on the Top 16 80's soundtrack countdown since July. I'm now up to the Top Ten with the excellent film "The Lost Boys":

One of the best things about 80's movies is the zany humor, actual stories (not just a bunch of explosions) and the requisite babe. The gorgeous Jami Gertz more than held up her part in this regard:

From Wikipedia.org:

The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes.

The film is about two brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of young vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie's stories about Peter Pan and Neverland, who, like the vampires, never grow up.

The film was followed by two direct-to-video sequels, Lost Boys: The Tribe and Lost Boys: The Thirst and spawned a franchise with the same name.

These are the best songs from this movie:

1) INXS and Jimmy Barnes "Good Times":

2) Lou Gramm "Lost In The Shadows":

3) Roger Daltrey "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me":

Not the best song, but it's good enough. 4) INXS and Jimmy Barnes "Laying Down The Law":

5) Echo and the Bunnymen "People Are Strange":

6) Gerard McMann's "Cry Little Sister (Theme From The Lost Boys)":

7) Eddie and the Tide "Power Play":

8) Tim Cappello "I Still Believe":

9) Mummy Calls "Beauty Has Her Way":

Again a good enough song. 10) Thomas Newman's "To The Shock of Miss Louise":

Up next a movie featuring a California love story based loosely on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".

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(Finished September 20th, 2018) The Ideal Pink Floyd Setlist, Night 2

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Originally I made this the ultimate concert, but I realized it would be a very long concert. Instead I'm going to break this into two nights. Since the songs from night one was such a long concert, I've moved a couple of those songs to night #2.

Part 2 continued:

"Coming Back To Life":

"On The Turning Away":

"Learning To Fly":



Part 3 "Dark Side of the Moon" songs:

"Speak To Me/ Breathe":

"Time":

"Great Gig In The Sky":

"Money":

"Us and Them":



Part 4 "The Wall" songs:

"Happiest Days of Our Lives/ Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2":

"Mother":

"Goodbye Blue Sky":

"Hey You/ Is There Anyone Out There/ Nobody Home":



Encore:
"Young Lust":

"Comfortably Numb":

"In The Flesh/ Run Like Hell":

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(Finished July 14th, 2019) The Ideal Pink Floyd Setlist, Night 1

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A great light show and intriguing videos, check. A great sound system, check. Great musicianship, check. A great tribute band, check. Finally great songs, check.

My son and I went and saw The Australian Pink Floyd Show 30th Anniversary last night. Overall I would say it's pretty good. The first song they played was the instrumental "Obscured By Clouds". They played an awful lot of music last night and only about 1/3rd of that time was there singing. All these instrumentals to a point is fine as some of their instrumental songs are some of the most iconic soundscapes to ever be recorded. But I prefer something to sing along with. The highlights of the show were "Young Lust", "Us and Them", "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2", "Time", "Wish You Were Here", "Run Like Hell" and the encore song "Comfortably Numb".

I have broke this into 4 different parts, broken into two blogs. Night 1 is the Roger Waters war songs/ Syd Barrett songs. Night 2 is their best songs not in the other 3 parts. Part 3 is the best songs from "Dark Side of the Moon" and Part 4 is the best songs "The Wall".

Part 1 The War Songs/ Syd Barrett songs:

For those wondering where "Nobody Home" is, it's coming later. But it would fit here perfectly.

"When The Tigers Broke Free":

"The Gunner's Dream":

"Southampton Dock/ The Final Cut":

"Postwar Dream":

"Wish You Were Here":

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1 to 5":

Part 2:

"Bike":



"One of These Days":



Just which one is Pink? "Have A Cigar":



"Welcome To The Machine":



"What Do You Want From Me":



"Keep Talking":



"High Hopes":



There has to be one long mostly instrumental song in the set somewhere. "Meddle":



After that long song this first night will close out with the lesser known, but still great "Not Now John":

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(Started September 16th, 2018) The Best Songs of 1998: According To Rolling Stone, Part 1

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What happened in 1998, the Unabomber pleaded guilty, Bill Clinton admitted to inappropriate actions with "that woman" Monica Lewinsky. John Glenn, at the age of 77, returned to space. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both broke the homer record set by Roger Maris, these were two of the biggest beneficiaries of the steroid scandal. That home run chase made that summer so fun and memorable. Kurt Cobain committed suicide and it was the summer of one of the worst movies ever "Titanic".

These are the best songs of 1998 according to Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield and Billboard magazine. I like Billboard's list more honestly, a lot of songs on Rolling Stone's list I don't even remember hearing. There are about 10 to 15 songs on both lists, but I expected both lists to share more of the same songs. 

The Donnas "Rock and Roll Machine":

Semisonic "Closing Time":

The Spice Girls "Stop":

Savage Garden "Truly, Madly, Deeply":

Sarah McLachlan "Sweet Surrender":

Deborah Cox "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here":

Third Eye Blind "Losing A Whole Year":

Silkk The Shocker "It Ain't My Fault":

Sheryl Crow "My Favorite Mistake":

Dixie Chicks "You Were Mine":

"Once You Loved Somebody":

Saint Etienne "Lose That Girl":

Cher "Believe":

Mono "Life In Mono":

Gerbils "Crayon Box":

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(Finished October 5th, 2019) The Glory of Falling In Love, Part 4

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1) Bette Midler "The Rose":

2) Adam Lambert "If I Had You":

3) The Temptations "My Girl":

4) Styx "The Best of Times":

5) Bill Withers "Lean On Me":



6) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough":

The best love songs of Frank Sinatra:

7) "Fly Me To The Moon":



8) "The Way You Look Tonight":

9) "I've Got You Under My Skin":

10) Not really a love song, but it still captures that feeling "Luck Be A Lady":

I just barely discovered 11) Kina Grannis today in "Crazy Rich Asians", her take on "Can't Help Falling In Love" is the best version of that song I've ever heard:

12) Grannis' cover of Coldplay's "Yellow" is also amazing:

Okay so I might have fallen a bit in love with this great singer. 13) Another Coldplay cover "Fix You":

14) Saint Raymond "I Want You":

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(Started September 13th, 2018) The Glory of Love and Then Sex, Part 3

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Bad Company "Feel Like Makin' Love":

Kelis "Milkshake":

Poe "Hey Pretty":



Poe "Not A Virgin":

Halsey "Roman Holiday":

Halsey "Drive":



Rihanna "Shut Up and Drive":



Rihanna "The Only Girl In The World":



Rihanna "S.O.S.":

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals "Ooh La La":

Nelly "Hot In Herre":

Nelly Furtado "Maneater":



CSS "Let's Make Love and Listen To Death From Above":



Tim McGraw and Faith Hill "Let's Make Love":
Rascal Flatts "Melt":

Poison "Talk Dirty To Me":

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Night Moves":

Led Zeppelin "The Lemon Song":

Berlin "Sex (I'm A)":

(Updated September 13th, 2018) The Glory of Love and Then Sex, Part 2

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Here's Part 2, one day late.

Dua Lipa "Hotter Than Hell":



Deborah Gibson "Sex":



Nick Jonas featuring Tove "Close":



Jason Derulo "In My Head":

Starland Vocal Band "Afternoon Delight":

Anita Ward "Ring My Bell":

Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer":

Olivia Newton-John "Physical":

Johnny Gill "Rub You The Right Way":

Heart "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You":

Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down":

The Bangles "In My Room":
TLC "In Your Arms Tonight":
TLC "Red Light Special":
Britney Spears "I'm A Slave 4 U"



"Dancing In The Sheets":

(Finished September 12th, 2018) The Glory of Love and Then Sex, Part 1

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This will probably be the most graphic blog I ever write and even this won't be that graphic. But one of the best things about a great love story is physically expressing that love. I believe sex in a monogamous, truly loving relationship is the closest we can come to true happiness and satisfaction in this world. This is for all the lovers.

Prince "Gett Off":

Prince "Kiss":

Prince was known for his sex songs "Cream":

Marvin Gaye was the Prince of his day for sexually provocative lyrics as in this stone cold classic

"Let's Get It On":

Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax":

The female version of Prince, Madonna and "Justify My Love":

Sade "The Sweetest Taboo":

Spice Girls "2 Becomes 1":

I bought TLC's Greatest Hits on a whim and I've been surprised how many good songs they have. This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. TLC "Ain't To Proud To Beg":

Mazzy Star "Fade Into You"

Chris Isaak "Wicked Game":

Halsey "Ghost":

Paul Lekakis  "Boom Boom":

Black Stone Cherry "Blame It On The Boom Boom":

Tone Loc "Wild Thing":

Disco songs could have also been called sex songs, here's a few:

Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night":

Donna Summer "Dim All The Lights":

Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Until You Get Enough":

Donna Summer "Bad Girls":

Donna Summer "Hot Stuff":

Madonna "Like A Virgin":



Mary Jane Girls "In My House":

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(Finished December 11th, 2019) The Glory of Falling In Love, Part 3: Songs 39-58

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39) Coldplay "Fix You":

40) Taylor Swift "Love Song":

41) Paramore "The Only Exception":



42) Keane "Somewhere We Only Know":

43) Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love":

44) Christina Perry "A Thousand Years":

45) Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah":

46) Oasis "Wonderwall":



47) Maroon 5 "She Will Be Loved":



48) Alanis Morissette "Hands Over Feet":



49) Lonestar "Softly":



50) Rascal Flatts "Bless The Broken Road":



51) Cher "It's In His Kiss":

The best love songs of Air Supply:

52) "Every Woman In The World":

53) "Sweet Dreams":

54) "Two Less Lonely People In The World":

The Best Love Songs of Alicia Keys:

55) "Fallin'":

56) "No One":

57) "If I Ain't Got You":

58) Colbie Caillat "Bubbly":

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(Updated December 11th, 2019) The Glory of Falling In Love, Part 2: Songs 18-38

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Two different versions of the same amazing songs. 18) Frankie Valli "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You":



19) Lauryn Hill "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You":



20) The Fugees "Killing Me Softly":



21) for King and Country "God Only Knows":

22) The Beach Boys "God Only Knows":

23) John Legend "All Of Me":

24) Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply":

25) Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up":

Yeah I have this song twice on these Glory of Falling In Love blogs, well falling in love is just that glorious. 26) Peter Cetera and Amy Grant "The Next Time I Fall":

27) Toto "I Won't Hold You Back":

28) Peabo Byrson "If Ever You're In My Arms Again":

29) Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks":



This is a bit of a stretch, but still a great love song. 30) Arcade Fire "Crown Of Love":



31) Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling":



32) American Authors "Best Day of My Life":



33) Norah Jones "Come Away With Me":



34) The Four Seasons "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)":



35) Passenger "Let Her Go":



36) Extreme "More Than Words":



37) Spandau Ballet "True":



38) Beyonce featuring Jay Z "Crazy In Love":

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(Updated December 11th, 2019) The Glory of Falling In Love, Part 1: Songs 1-17

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The beginnings of new love. The wonder, the feelings, the hopes, expectations and desires. The unknown, what can go wrong and what can go right. Some of the greatest songs of all-time are love songs, here's some of my favorites. I'm going to start with my favorite love song of all-time.

Does it even need an introduction? I doubt it, but I'm still going to introduce the Peter Cetera classic anyway:  1) "The Glory of Love":

2) UB40 "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You":

3) Lord Huron "The Night We Met":

4) Christopher Cross "Arthur's Theme (The Best You Can Do)":

5) REO Speedwagon "I Can't Fight This Feeling":

6) Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes":

7) The Revivalists "Wish I Knew You":

8) Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby":

9) James Ingram "Just Once":

10) Jeffrey Osborne "On The Wings of Love":

11) James Ingram "One Hundred Ways":

12) George Benson's "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You":



13) Chicago "You're The Inspiration":



14) Chicago "Along Comes A Woman":

15) Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes":

16) Ed Sheeran "Galway Girl":



I've heard this song at least one million times and I still haven't become sick of it. It's just a great great song. 17) Ed Sheeran "The Shape Of You";

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(Updated October 6th, 2019) Boz Scaggs Concert Review September 5th, 2018

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I saw Boz Scaggs and his very able band at Layton, Utah's Kenley Ampitheatre on September 5th, 2018. I googled around a bit, but I couldn't find any of the names of his band members. However he was accompanied by a lead guitarist, bass guitarist, a multi instrumental player, keyboards and vocals, bongos and vocals, a regular drummer and a bassist that was smiling the whole night. Also Boz Scaggs played guitar, including some great blues licks. We can't forget the guy who brought Boz his guitar between each song.

The setlist is below, he played a decent 17 song set, which lasted about 100 minutes. His set was missing some obvious gems (see below). They played some of his classics, songs he called his Hollywood songs. They also played some of his songs from his newest CD "Out of the Blues". He played a few songs from that CD, some of which are covers he played on this night.

I'm posting the best songs and live versions of his songs.

1) "Jojo":

2) "It's Over":

3) "Gone Baby Gone":

4) "Rock & Stick":

5) "Harbor Lights":

A cover of Bobby "Blue" Blands 6) "The Feeling Is Gone":

One of his better most recent songs. 7) "Radiator 110":

This song had more pizazz than expected in concert. 8) "Georgia":

This song was one of the most lethargic moments of the evening. Of all the amazing Neil Young songs, why did he cover this one? This is Young's 9) "On The Beach":

A cover of Fats Domino 10) "I'm Sick and Tired (Of Fooling Around With You":

11) I've Got Your Love (Love Love)":

12) "Look What You've Done That To Me":

I expected this song to have a bit more pizazz in concert. 13) "Lowdown":

14) "Lido Shuffle":

Encore:

15) "What Can I Say":

I loved their playing the blues, but a better songs could have been picked for that. 16) "Loan Me A Dime" was a sadly a long snooze:

A cover of Chuck Berry's 17) "You Never Can Tell":

Songs I wish Boz and his great band would have played:

"Breakdown Dead Ahead":

"Miss Sun":

"We're All Alone":

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