Tuesday, March 03, 2009

John Stewart's New (old) Album


My musical hero has a new album out, albeit with little fanfare. This live performance is a gem of a recording done with a stripped down band.


In the early 1970's, John Stewart was a superstar in Phoenix, Arizona where his "The Phoenix Concerts" album was recorded in March of 1974. Five months earlier, on November 30, 1973, he appeared at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, and that show was taped. Unreleased until now, "Bite My Foot" is the first 70's recording to feature John backed only by his regular touring group of bass, drums, and piano. John's voice, songs, and guitar ring through like never before and highlight, in Buffy Ford Stewart´s words, "the young John Stewart voice we all loved so much." Here is the track list of Stewart classics:

Intro
Anna On A Memory
All Time Woman
California Bloodlines
Intro To Pirates *
Pirates Of Stone County Road
Intro To Mazatlan *
Mazatlan
National Monument *
Roll Away The Stone
Kennedy Campaign *
The Last Campaign Trilogy
Last Campaign
Wild Horse Road
All The Brave Horses
Intermission *
Mother Country
Intro to July *
July You're A Woman
Wheatfield Lady
Greatest Days *
Cooler Water, Higher Ground
Razor Back Woman
Kansas Rain
Tucson *
Runaway Fool Of Love
Wolves In The Kitchen
Banjo Solo Time
Never Goin Back To Nashville

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow. I've been looking for "July you're a woman" for a long time and I didn't know it was John Stewart, and the same goes for the "pirate" song you have on the website tonight. Duh. I probably should have known. Ok. More music on my "one of these days" list. Sigh. So much good music. So little time. - eileen