Doobie Brothers
1979-07-04
Universal Amphitheater
Los Angeles, CA


Lineage: FM broadcast > Reel @ 3.75 ips > Reel @ 3.75 ips > HD
Encoding: CDWave > flac frontend > flac
Taped by: a friend of a friend
Transfered by: Pantagruel

File Size: 708 MB (FLAC)



Setlist:

Disc One [52:31]

01 [00:24] Intro
02 [04:00] Here To Love You->
03 [03:55] Take Me In Your Arms->
04 [04:38] Depending On You
05 [04:19] Pat chatter/band intros
06 [05:12] Clear As The Driven Snow
07 [03:15] Open Your Eyes
08 [04:41] Jesus Is Just Alright
09 [02:56] Echoes of Love
10 [03:15] Long Train Runnin'-> (cuts in)
11 [04:33] Sweet Maxine->
12 [04:55] It Keeps You Runnin'
13 [03:18] Neal's Fandango
14 [03:10] Don't Stop To Watch The Wheels



Disc Two [43:28]

01 [00:18] Intro
02 [04:02] Minute By Minute->
03 [05:03] Black Water#
04 [01:12] Slat Key Soquel Rag (cuts in)
05 [03:55] Steamer Lane Breakdown
06 [04:14] Takin' It To The Streets
07 [06:37] Road Angel->
08 [01:41] I Cheat The Hangman coda->
09 [03:44] China Grove
10 [03:53] What A Fool Believes*
11 [01:41] Ecstatic crowd, Pat chatter and intro
12 [07:08] Listen To The Music@

#with Novi Novag
*with Kenny Loggins
@with Sal Valentino and the Jacksons (?!)

Cornelius Bumpus - B3, saxophone and flute
Chet McCracken - traps and vibes
Tiran Porter - bass
Bobby LaKind - congas
Keith Knudson - traps and vocals
Michael McDonald - keyboards and vocals
John McFee - guitar, pedal steel guitar and vocals
Pat Simmons - guitar and vocals


Notes:

In gratitude for the blizzard of killer Doobies shows over the last few months, I offer this FM show which doesn't seem to circulate much, which is odd because it was apparently broadcast over vast areas of the English-speaking world.

I hadn't listened to this in a long time, so I wasn't sure what to expect. It sounded better than I remembered. There is really nice separation between the drummers that allows you to hear their very cool interaction. Beware of ecstatic, loud audience! There may be some minor flaws: the odd drop-out here and there, some radio noise and other anomalies related to live remote broadcasts. There are some songs that cut in (and some other breaks) which I think were due to obnoxious station ID's and/or commercials for PBR. As always, check out the samples for general sound quality before downloading. Apologies, but I don't remember which LA FM station broadcast this, it might have been KWST.


Couple random observations: Ti Porter is an absolutely unreal bassist. He sounds uncannily like Phil Lesh during the wild outros of both "Clear As The Driven Snow" and "I Cheat The Hangman" (both of which bear more than a passing resemblance to the Grateful Dead's "The Other One"). Note Pat's bootleg comment. Anybody got the aud of this show? If so, bring it on! Interesting combo of guests on the encore - the great Sal Valentino of the Beau Brummels, and the Jacksons (Michael too?).

In their prime, these guys were one of the most intense bands on the planet. Seems to me they never got their due (artistically that is, as opposed to commercially, where they seemed to do okay). Thanks again to all who've seeded the Doobs, on Dime and elsewhere. There are some other gems out there that I hope will surface in the fullness of time, such as the video (or even the audio) of their appearance on ABC's "In Concert" from Madison Square Garden in 1972, King Biscuit shows from Philadelphia in 76 and the Rainbow in London in '77, and any other audience recordings of the classic '71 through '74 era.

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