by Robert Wilkinson
Our Friday afternoon show features a Taurus two-some. May 9 was the birthday of Tom Petersson, long time bass player for Cheap Trick, and the legendary country singer Hank Snow.
Tom Petersson (May 9, 1950) is the bass player for the band Cheap Trick, considered to be America’s Beatles. Their music is amazing, beautiful, and rocks as hard as any music ever has! Great writing, great playing, and great stage performances, so what’s not to like? Here are some of their greatest!
We’ll begin with one of their biggest hits! Live on The Midnight Special television show, here’s Tom and Cheap Trick performing “Surrender”
From Rockpalast in 1983, another live performance of “Surrender.” From that same show, “She’s Tight” and “Voices.” We’ll close this Rockpalast set with “I Can’t Take It” I have the entire hour and a half show as one of our encores, so stick around!
From 1977, “He’s A Whore”
From 1978, “Hello There”
From Oz television in 1979, Cheap Trick cranking out one of their most surrealistic tunes, “Dream Police”
Here’4 from a great live performance in Daytona in 1988! We begin with “Dream Police.” From the same 1988 concert, “The Flame,” followed by one of their biggest hits, “I Want You To Want Me” and close this set with, “Ain’t That A Shame”
From the Astrodome in 1989, a kicking live performance of two oldies, “Ain’t That A Shame” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
Speaking of Elvis, here Tom and the band are joined by the legend himself, Mister James Burton! “Don’t Be Cruel”
From the legendary 1979 Buddokan concert, “Ain’t That A Shame” and “Clock Strikes Ten,” which we’ll follow with “Need Your Love” and “ELO Kiddies.”
Live at the 1979 Reading Festival, “Clock Strikes Ten” From the same Festival, “Surrender”
Live in Providence in 1980, ”Hello There” and “Clock Strikes Ten”
Cheap Trick giving us a great live performance of “She’s Leaving Home”
Live at the Waldorf Astoria, Cheap Trick at their best giving us two Beatles classics! This is one great performance! “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “A Day in the Life”
Here’s the entire show at the Waldorf Astoria! Cheap Trick – The Sgt. Pepper Live Show at the Waldorf Astoria.
For the closer, a 54 minute show! From 1979, Cheap Trick at Rockpalast - 1979
For our first encore, a short set at Coney Island in 2011! Cheap Trick at Coney Island
For the second encore, an entire 1 hour 35 minute show! From 1983, Cheap Trick at Rockpalast - 1983
For the third encore, an entire 1 hour 18 minute show! From 2001, Cheap Trick in New York – 2001
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Clarence Eugene “Hank” Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian country music star. A pioneer of country music, his career lasted 50 years, and he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. Today I’ll give you just a few of his biggest hits!
We’ll begin with two of his biggest! From 1958, “I’m Moving On” and “A Fool Such As I”
From 1959, “Rhumba Boogie.”
Live on The Perry Como Show in 1959, Perry’s not quite all there introducing Hank. I found the entire show with a bizarre cigarette commercial up front. The intro begins 7:30 into the clip and Perry "isn't on his game." Here's Hank Snow's live performance of “Music Making Mama from Memphis”
From the Country Gold tv show, “I’m Moving On”
From 1965 on the Grand Old Opry, a live performance of “I’ve Been Everywhere.” From what looks to be the same show, “A Fool Such As I”
Now for some studio versions across the decades. This guy clearly helped create the genre of country music!
From 1939, "I'll Ride Back to Lonesome Valley"
From 1945, "Brand On My Heart"
From 1952, "I Went To Your Wedding"
From 1955, “Born to Lose”
From 1960, “The Golden Rocket”
From 1961, “Let Me Go Lover”
From 1971, “The Wabash Cannonball”
From 1974, “Hello Love”
Here’s a live performance of “I Don’t Hurt Anymore”
We’ll close with two at the Grand Old Opry in 1990, featuring Hank live giving up “Don’t Let Me Do That Again” and from the same gig “The Next Voice You Hear”
For our encore, the one that brought us here. From 1967, another live performance of “I’m Moving On”
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