880100A early 1988: GUIDO TOFFOLETTI'S BLUES
SOCIETY.
LP 'Ways Back' (Appaloosa 122059-1). Producers: Guido Toffoletti
and Moon Record. Sound engineer: Nigel Palmer. Recorded in late 1984 in
Vicenza, Italy at Nova Studios. Incl.
- Let Me Hold You Tight (Guido Toffoletti) -take II
Line-up: MT (gtrs)/Ian Stewart (p)/Guido Toffoletti (voc, gtr)/Massimo
Fantinelli
(bass)/Massimo Iannantuono (dr)
880107A 7th January:
Miami, Florida, Woody's On The Beach
880108A 8th January: Miami, Florida, Woody's On The Beach
Note: One or both days included these songs (unverified):
- Honky Tonk Women (MJ/KR)
- Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon)
- Baby What You Want Me To Do (Jimmy Reed)
- Dust My Blues (Robert Johnson)
Note: With special guests RW (gtr) and Bobby Keys (sax).
880112A 12th
January:
New York City, Lone Star Café (1st show)
(I Wonder Why/Leather Jacket/Red House/Giddy Up/Goin' South/Blind
Willie
McTell/Can't You Hear Me Knocking)
880112B 12th
January:
New York City, Lone Star Café (2nd show)
(I Wonder Why/Leather Jacket/Red House/Blue Note Shuffle/Goin' South/
Blind Willie McTell)
880227A 27th
February: New York City, Lone Star Café (1st show)
(Leather Jacket/Red House/Goin' South/Giddy Up/Blind Willie McTell/
Laundromat Blues/Can't You Hear Me Knocking)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shayne Fontayne (gtr)/
Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Danny McDermott. (dr)
880227B 27th
February: New York City, Lone Star Café (2nd show)
(Laundromat Blues/Blue Note Shuffle/Red House/Giddy Up/Goin' South/
Meet Me In the Bottom/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell)
Note: With special guest Ricky Byrd (voc, gtr) on Meet Me In the Bottom.
880405A 5th April: LONG
JOHN BALDRY. New York City, Lone Star Roadhouse
With MT on guitar. Incl. (unverified):
- Angel From Montgomery (John Prine) -unverified
- Love In Vain (Robert Johnson)
- Stand By Me (Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
29th April -
July:
USA and Canada Tour
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Bernhard Purdie (dr)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shayne
Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)
880429A 29th April:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Nightstage (1st show)
(Band introduction/I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/
Blind Willie McTell/Laundromat Blues/Band introduction 2)
880429B 29th April:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Nightstage (2nd show)
(Leather Jacket/Red House/Goin' South/Can't You Hear Me Knocking/
I Wonder Why)
880430A 30th April:
US radio (WPLR) '99 Rock', New Haven.
- interview with MT and Bernhard Purdie
880430B 30th April:
New Haven, Connecticut, Brick & Wood International Café
(Soliloquy/I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/Can't You Hear
Me Knocking/Blind Willie McTell)
880501A 1st May:
Tolland, Connecticut, Wizard’s, ‘Full Moon Party’
(I Wonder Why/Laundromat Blues/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/
Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell/Band introduction)
Note: A private video of this show exists.
880508A 8th May:
Washington, D.C., The Bayou
(I Wonder Why/Red House/Giddy Up/Goin' South/Blues In The Morning/
Blind Willie McTell/Can't You Hear Me Knocking/Laundromat Blues)
880521A 21st
May: New York City, 13th Street (near Lone Star Café)
Note: Free concert. With special guests Phoebe Snow (voc), Lester
Chambers
(voc), Willy DeVille (voc) and Lou Marini (sax) on the encore 'Bring It
On Home To Me'.
880528A 28th May:
Commack, Long Island, New York, Showcase Club
(I Wonder Why/Red House/Goin' South/Giddy Up/Blues In The Morning/
Can't You Hear Me Knocking/Laundromat Blues)
880529A 29th May:
Banksville, New York, The Krypton
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/It Hurts Me Too/Can't You
Hear Me Knocking/Blind Willie McTell)
Note: Not Armonk. Soundboard recording was made.
880530A 30th May: BOB DYLAN.
LP ‘Down In The Groove’ (CBS 460267 1). Producers: Bob Dylan (and Mark
Knopfler). Sound engineer: Stephen Shelton. Incl.
- Death Is Not The End (Bob Dylan)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Bob Dylan (gtr, voc, harm)/Clydie King (bvoc)/Alan
Clarke (keyb)/
Robbie Shakespeare (bass)/Sly Dunbar (dr)/Full Force (bvoc)
Note: It’s not sure if MT plays on this take (recorded in Spring 1983,
see
830411A), maybe it’s Mark Knopfler as the sleeve notes claim, but the
album was advertised to include Mick Taylor.
880600A (one week
in) Spring: MICK TAYLOR.
(Near) Woodstock, New York,
Dreamland Recording Studio. Studio recordings. Incl.
- Blind Willie McTell I (Bob Dylan)
- Blue Note Shuffle (Max Middleton)
- Downtown Broadway (MT)
- Going To Mexico (MT)
- Red Shoes I (Max Middleton)
- Seperately I (MT) -instrumental
- Seperately II (MT) -with vocals
- Soliloquoy (Max Middleton)
- Special (MT/KR)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Bernhard Purdie (dr)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shayne
Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)
880600B June: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS.
LP 'Up Your Alley' (London LONLP 67). Producers: Desmond Child and
Kenny
Laguna. Recorded in New York City, The Hit Factory in 1987 or early
1988. Incl.
- I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett/Desmond Child)
Line-up: MT (guitarsolo)/Joan Jett (voc, gtr)/Ricky Byrd (gtr)/Kasim
Sulton
(bass)/Thommy Price (dr)
880603A 3rd June: CORKY
LAING’S ALL-STARS. Bridgeport, Connecticut, Club Tip-Toe,
1st show
(Tore Down/Mustang Sally/Baby What You Want Me To Do/The Dock Of The
Bay/Knock On Wood/Politician/Red House/Rocky Mountain Way)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Corky Laing (dr, voc)/Mark Clarke (bass)/Lester
Chambers
(voc, perc, keyb)
880603B 3rd June: CORKY
LAING’S ALL-STARS. Bridgeport, Connecticut, Club Tip-Toe,
2nd show
(Lucille/Got My Mojo Working/Theme From An Imaginary
Western/Crossroads/
Laundromat Blues/Politician/Mississippi Queen/Can’t You Hear Me
Knocking)
880604A 4th June: CORKY
LAING’S ALL-STARS. Bridgeport, Connecticut, Club Tip-Toe,
1st show
(Hi-Heel Sneakers/Laundromat Blues/Politician/Red House/Crossroads/
Leather Jacket/Lucille/Rocky Mountain Way)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Corky Laing (dr, voc)/Mark Clarke (bass)/Lester
Chambers
(perc)
880604B 4th June: CORKY
LAING’S ALL-STARS. Bridgeport, Connecticut, Club Tip-Toe,
2nd show
(Money/Born Under A Bad Sign/Theme From An Imaginary Western/Sunshine
Of Your Love/Instrumental/Honky Tonk Women/Mississippi Queen/Can’t
You
Hear Me Knocking)
880616A 16th June:
New York City, Lone Star Café (1st show)
(I Wonder Why/Leather Jacket/Red House/Goin' South/Laundromat Blues/
Going To Mexico)
880616B 16th June:
New York City, Lone Star Café (2nd show)
(Hi-Heel Sneakers/Giddy Up/Blue Note Shuffle/Goin' South/Red House/
Band introduction/I Wonder Why)
880617A 17th June:
Barrie (near Toronto), Canada, Molson Park
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/Band introduction/Blind
Willie McTell/Laundromat Blues)
880617B
17th June: JOE WALSH. Barrie (near Toronto), Canada, Molson
Park.
With special guest MT one one
song:
- Rocky Mountain Way (J. Walsh/J. Vitale/K. Passarelli/R. Grace)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Joe Walsh (gtr, voc)/& others
880618A 18th June:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nightstage (1st show)
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up [re-started]/Laundromat Blues/Goin' South/Red
House/Band introduction/Blind Willie McTell)
880618B 18th June:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Nightstage (2nd show)
(Leather Jacket/You Gotta Move/Blue Note Shuffle/Blues In The Morning/
Spanish/Going To Mexico/Can't You Hear Me Knocking)
880624A 24th June:
Long Beach Island, New Jersey, Joe Pop's Ship Bottom
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/Band introduction/
Blues In The Morning/You Gotta Move/Leather Jacket/Blind Willie McTell)
880706A 6th July:
Toronto, Canada, Spectrum
(I Wonder Why/Goin' South/Red House/Can't You Hear Me Knocking/
Blind Willie McTell/You Gotta Move/Laundromat Blues)
880708A 8th July:
Canadian radio (CHEZ 106), Ottawa.
- interview with MT
880708B 8th July:
Ottawa, Canada, Barrymore's
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin’ South/Blues In The Morning/
Blind Willie McTell/Can't You Hear Me Knocking/Laundromat Blues/Rock Me
Baby)
880709A 9th July:
Montreal, Canada, Jazz Festival
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/You Gotta Move/
Stranger In This Town)
880709B 9th July:
Montreal or Mississauga, Canada, The Entex
880724A 24th July:
Brampton, Canada,
(Jam/Red House/Goin' South/Giddy Up/Blind Willie McTell/Special/You
Gotta Move)
880900A September: JOHN MAYALL.
LP 'Archives To Eighties' (Polydor 837127-1 -USA). Producer: John
Mayall. Songs
originally recorded in London, IBC Studios and/or Los Angeles, Larrabee
Studios
10th - 25th November. Revised versions of old 'Back To The
Roots'-material.
Reworked by John Mayall and Joe Yuele in Chatsworth, California,
Pacific Sound
Studios. Incl.
- Force Of Nature (John Mayall) -Joe Yuele on drums instead of John
Mayall, new vocals by John Mayall
- Mr. Censor Man (John Mayall) -Joe Yuele on drums instead of Keef
Hartley, Johnny Almond (sax) was erased, new vocals and piano by John
Mayall
Note: For all other info, see 701125A and 710600A.
880908A 8th
September: CORKY LAING’S ALL-STARS. New York City, Lone Star
Roadhouse (1st show)
880908B 8th
September: CORKY LAING’S ALL-STARS. New York City, Lone Star
Roadhouse (2nd show)
Note: One or both shows incl. (unverified):
- White House Blues (Trad.)
- The Dock Of The Bay (Steve Cropper/Otis Redding)
- Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)
880924A 24th
September: GRATEFUL DEAD. New York City, Madison Square Garden
- West L.A. Fadeaway (Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter)
- Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Jerry Garcia (gtr, voc)/Bob Weir (gtr, voc)/Mickey
Hart (dr)/
Billy Kreutzmann (dr)/Phil Lesh (bass)/Brent Mydland (keyb)
Note: Benefit show for Cultural Survival, Greenpeace and Rainforest
Action
Network. Broadcast by US FM radio. A private video is reported to
exist.
881003A 3rd October: KEITH RICHARDS.
LP 'Talk Is Cheap' (Virgin DM 209265A). Producers: KR and Steve Jordan.
Sound engineer: Don Smith. Recorded in New York in Fall 1987.
- I Could Have Stood You Up (KR/Steve Jordan)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/KR (gtr, voc)/Johnnie Johnson (p)/Chuck Leavell
(keyb)/
Bobby Keys (sax)/Joey Spampinato (bass)/Steve Jordan (dr, bvoc)
881011A 11th
October:
JACK BRUCE. New York City, The Bottom Line (2nd show), incl.
- Spoonful (Willie Dixon)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Jack Bruce (bass, voc)/Anton Fier (dr)/Pat Thrall
(gtr)/
David Bravo (keyb)
881027A 27th October: Cambridge, Massachusetts,
881101A 1st
November:
DICKEY BETTS BAND. New York City, Lone Star Roadhouse
- Spoonful (Willie Dixon)
- Southbound (Richard Betts)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Dickey Betts (gtr, voc)/Jack Bruce (bass)/Rick
Derringer (gtr)/
Warren Haynes (keyb)/Johnny Neal (keyb)/Marty Privette (bass)/
Matt Abts (dr)
Note: Broadcast live through US FM (DC101).
880000A 1988 (?): SPEEDO ‘HARMONICA’ JONES.
CD ‘Have Blues Will Travel’ (Integrity INT-001- USA). Producer and
sound
engineer: Kirk Yano. Recorded in New York City at Kamen Audio in 1988.
Incl.
- Little Sister (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)
- Brake Your Broom (Speedo Jones)
- Blues For Vic (Speedo Jones)
- The Speedster (Speedo Jones) -Andy Cardenas on drums
- Foxy Dame (Frannie McGee/Speedo Jones)
- Sea Cruise (Huey Smith/Frankie Ford) -Andy Cardenas on drums
- I Smell A Rat (Speedo Jones)
Musicians: MT (gtr)/Speedo Jones (harm, voc)/Jon Specter (gtr)/Billy
Troiani
(bass, voc)/David Bennett (keyb)/Howie Wyeth (dr)/Frannie McGee
(bvoc)
Note: The CD is only available through private distribution from Speedo
Jones.