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)/STU (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 Cafe (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 Cafe (2nd show)
(I Wonder Why/Leather Jacket/Red House/Blue Note Shuffle/Goin' South/
Blind Willie McTell)
880120A 20th
January: Miami, Florida, Charcoals Lounge
880121A 21st January: Miami Lakes, Florida, Charcoals Lounge
880227A 27th
February: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (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)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/
Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Denny McDermott (dr)
880227B 27th
February: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)
(Laundromat Blues/Blue Note Shuffle/Red House/Giddy Up/Goin' South/
Down In The Bottom/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell)
Note: With special guest Ricky Byrd (voc, gtr) on Down In The Bottom.
880405A 5th April: LONG
JOHN BALDRY. New York City, Lone Star Roadhouse
(Angel From Montgomery/Love In Vain/How Blue Can You Get/Don't Try To
Lay No
Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock & Roll/It Ain't Easy/I'm
Ready/Black Girl/
Let's Burn Down The Cornfield/Crying/Let The Good Times Roll/Stand By
Me/
Baby Please Don't Go/Goin' Down Slow/Backwater Blues/Mockingbird
Song-Hand
Jive-Iko Iko/Good Morning Blues/As Long As I Feel The Spirit)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Long John Baldry (gtr, voc)/Kathi McDonald (voc)/Papa
John King
(gtr)/Butch Coulter (harm)/Ivan Neville (piano)/Bernard Purdie
(dr)/Jeff Allison
(bass)
29th April -
July:
USA and Canada tour
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Bernard Purdie (dr)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane
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 Bernard 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.
880506A 6th May:
Raleigh, North Carolina, Switch
880507A 7th May: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Baity's Music
Garden
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 Cafe)
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 Club
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/It Hurts Me Too/Can't You
Hear Me Knocking/Blind Willie McTell)
Note: 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) -unsure
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 on May 2, 1983,
on a session
with MT participating, 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.
Hurley (near Woodstock), New York,
Dreamland Recording Studios. 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)
- Separately I (MT) -instrumental
- Separately II (MT) -with vocals
- Soliloquy (Max Middleton)
- Special (MT/KR)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur
Bascomb (bass)/Eric Parker (dr)/Omar Hakim (dr; some songs)
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)
880608A 8th June: HOME BOY BLUES REVUE. New York City,
Lone Star Cafe
MT (gtr) sits in with Mink De Ville's (voc, gtr) new band on a few
numbers.
880616A 16th June:
New York City, Lone Star Cafe (1st show)
(I Wonder Why/Leather Jacket/Red House/Goin' South/Laundromat Blues/
Going To Mexico)
880616B 16th June:
New York City, Lone Star Cafe (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 on 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:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joe Pop's
(I Wonder Why/Giddy Up/Red House/Goin' South/Band introduction/
Blues In The Morning/You Gotta Move/Leather Jacket/Blind Willie McTell)
880626A 26th June:
Omaha, Nebraska, Ranch Bowl
880600C June and/or
July: SPEEDO ‘HARMONICA’ JONES.
New York City, Kamen
Audio. Producer and sound engineer: Kirk Yano. Recordings for the
upcoming
album Have Blues Will Travel (see 920200A). Incl.
- Blues For Vic I (Speedo Jones) -early version
- Blues For Vic II (Speedo Jones) -album version
- Brake Your Broom I (Speedo Jones) -early version
- Brake Your Broom II (Speedo Jones) -album version
-
Foxy Dame I (Frannie McGee/Speedo Jones) -early version
- Foxy
Dame II (Frannie McGee/Speedo Jones) -album version
- I Smell A Rat
I (Speedo Jones) -early version
- I Smell A Rat II
(Speedo Jones) -album version
- Little Sister I (Doc
Pomus/Mort Shuman) -early version
- Little Sister II (Doc Pomus/Mort
Shuman) -album version
- Sea Cruise I (Huey
Smith/Frankie Ford) -early version
- Sea Cruise II (Huey Smith/Frankie
Ford) -album version
- The Speedster I (Speedo Jones) -early
version
- The Speedster II (Speedo Jones) -album version
Musicians: MT (gtr)/Speedo Jones (harm, voc)/Jon Specter
(gtr)/Billy Troiani
(bass, voc)/David Bennett (keyb)/Howie Wyeth (dr)/Frannie McGee
(bvoc)/Andy Cardenas (dr)
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/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie
McTell/Can't You Hear Me Knocking/Laundromat Blues/Rock Me Baby)
880724A 24th July:
Brampton, Canada,
(Jam/Red House/Goin' South/Giddy Up/Blind Willie McTell/Special/You
Gotta Move)
880727A 27th July:
Redondo Beach, California, The Strand Supper Club
880729A 29th July:
Sacramento, California, Convention Center
MT was advertised to perform together on stage with John Entwistle and
Dave
Mason!
880804A 4th August:
Ambler, Pennsylvania, Cabaret
880819A 19th August: Ambler, Pennsylvania, Cabaret
880900A September: JOHN MAYALL.
LP 'Archives To Eighties' (Polydor 837127-1, -US). 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 701115A and 710600A.
880908A 8th
September: CORKY LAING’S ALL-STARS. New York City, Lone Star
Roadhouse (1st show)
(Tore Up Over You/I Heard It Through The Grapevine/Papa's Got A Brand
New
Bag/The Dock Of The Bay/Baby What You Want Me To Do-Baby What’s
Wrong/You Don't Have To Go-Baby What You Want Me To Do/Politician/Five
Long Years/Crossroads)
880908B 8th
September: CORKY LAING’S ALL-STARS. New York City, Lone Star
Roadhouse (2nd show)
(Mustang Sally/Lucille/Knock On Wood/Red House/In The Midnight
Hour/People
Get Ready/I Can't Turn You Loose/Mississippi Queen/Rocky Mountain
Way/Band
introduction/Theme For An Imaginary Western/You Really Got a Hold On Me)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Corky Laing (dr, voc)/Lester Chambers (voc,
harm)/Mark
Clarke (bass, voc)/Doug Keller? (gtr, p)/Roger Ball (sax)/Jerry Mall
(perc)/
unidentified female vocalist #1 (bvoc on People Get Ready)/Harvey
Brooks (bass on You Really Got A Hold On Me)/unidentified female
vocalist #2 (voc on You Really Got A Hold On Me)
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 pro shot video of the show also exists and also an alternative one
cam video.
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 City 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) -Jack Bruce on lead vocals
- Southbound (Richard Betts)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Dickey Betts (gtr, voc)/Jack Bruce (bass, voc)/Warren
Haynes
(gtr)/Rick Derringer (gtr)/Johnny Neel (keyb)/Marty Privette
(bass)/Matt
Abts (dr)
Note: Broadcast live through US FM (DC101).
Released officially on LP in April 2018 (see 180421A).
881120A 20th
November: US radio (D.I.R.) ‘King Biscuit Flower Hour’.
- Brown Sugar (MJ/KR) -Rotterdam 13.10.73
- Street Fighting Man (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Gimme Shelter (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Happy (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Tumbling Dice (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
-
Dancing With Mr. D (MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo (MJ/KR) -London 09.09.73
- Angie (MJ/KR)
-Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Honky Tonk Women
(MJ/KR) -Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show
- Midnight Rambler (MJ/KR)
-Brussels 17.10.73, 1st show; edit
Note: The first two tracks were
unaired until then.