The live albums I played in October 2017 are likely to remain centred around blues and blues rock but we’ll have to see what develops.

Last month it was Walter Becker of Steely Dan, in October it is Tom Petty whose untimely and sad death on October 2, has caused me to change my plans on what gets paid. I bought American Girl when it came out in 1977. H was someone who I always thought had a classic live album in him but I found Pack Up The Plantation unworthy. The four CD The Live Anthology is much better but it’s only with the release of the unofficial radio broadcasts that we can experience the thrill of listening to a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers concert.

Blues

• Luther Allison Live In Chicago
• Magic Sam Live At The Avant Garde
• Otis Rush Live In Europe
• Son Seals Live And Burning

Blues Rock

• Dr Wu & Friends An Evening With Dr Wu

Classic Rock

• Tom Petty The Live Anthology
• Tom Petty Southern Accents In The Sunshine State

Hard Rock

• Uriah Heep Live 1973

Indie Rock

• The Pixies Live At Vredenburg

Jam Bands

• Phish A Live One

Proto Punk

• Dr Feelgood Stupidity

Soul

• Otis Redding Live On The Sunset Strip

I’m expecting another month where I maintain focus on the blues as well as looking at how closely some of the blues rock artists can be linked to the blues.

The death of Walter Becker of Steely Dan on September 3, 2017 sent me towards my Dan recordings which had the potential to lead me towards Traffic and Colosseum and deeper in progressive rock or into jazz or jazzy classic rock like Chicago or Sting’s first live album.

However it didn’t and instead I found my way to R&B, that combination of blues, jazz and rock & roll.

The live albums I played In September 2017 were:

Art Rock

• 10cc – Live And Let Live

Blues 

• Albert King Blues At Sunrise
• Luther Allison Live In Chicago
• Luther Allison Where Have You Been? Live In Montreux
• Muddy Waters Live At Newport 1960
• Muddy Waters Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live
• Otis Rush All Your Love I Miss Loving
• Son Seals Live And Burning
• Son Seals Spontaneous Combustion

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The live albums I’ve played in August 2017 include:

Clicking on the album title takes you to the album page, clicking on the artist name takes you to the artist page.

Blues

• Luther Allison Where Have You Been?
• Luther Allison Songs From The Road
• Luther Allison Live In Chicago
• Luther Allison Live 89: Let’s Try It Again
• Luther Allison Southside Safari
• Luther Allison Sweet Home Chicago
• Luther Allison Live In Paris
• Albert Collins Frozen Alive
• Robert Cray Live At The BBC
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Drinkin’ TNT ‘n’ Smokin’ Dynamite
• Buddy Guy The Real Deal Live
• John Lee Hooker Live At The Cafe Au Go Go
• Lightnin’ Hopkins Swathmore Concert
• Howlin’ Wolf Live And Cookin’ At Alice Revisited
• Albert King Live Wire Blues Power
• Albert King Blues At Sunrise
• BB King Live At The Regal
• John Mayall 70th Birthday Concert
• Robert Nighthawk Live On Maxwell Street
• Otis Rush All Your Love I Miss Loving
• Otis Rush Tops
• Otis Rush Live In Europe
• Son Seals Live And Burning
• Son Seals Spontaneous Combustion
• Hound Dog Taylor Beware Of The Dog
• Muddy Waters Live At Newport 1960
• Muddy Waters Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live
• Muddy Waters Breakin’ It Up, Breakin’ It Down
• Junior Wells Live At Teresa’s 1975

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