Ever wish you could hear Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) of the Blues Brothers sing “Rubber Biscuits” the way he sang it at the Blues Brothers concert at the Winterland in San Francisco in 1978? Or how about the Jimi Hendrix Experience concert at the Berkeley Community Theater in 1970? Well now you can. The website is www.wolfgangsvault.com where Hendrix, the Grateful Dead and the original Fleetwood Mac and others still perform. You get to hear live concerts recorded raw (without studio cleanup) streamed to your computer free or app-enabled cell phone. The site doesn’t have everyone, but it has enough to satisfy even the most demanding appetite. The complete list of performers can be found here.
If you want to hear jazz the way it is supposed to be played – live and raw, check out Theolonious Monk at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival. It is love.