Grousing The Aisles: U.S. Blues

[Originally Published 7/4/07] We’ve got an abridged version of GTA for this week’s edition — well, less words, more links. There’s something for everyone on the list of streamable shows from SugarMegs, all concerts played on the Fourth of July. Clever, no? Shut it.

• Talking Heads — 7/4/82 — Rock Werchter Fest, Belgium
• Jimi Hendrix — 7/4/70 — Atlanta, Georgia
• Jeff Beck Group FEATURING ROD STEWART, RON WOOD AND TONY NEWMAN — 7/4/69 – Newport Jazz Festival, RI
• Stevie Ray Vaughan — 7/4/81 — Kansas City, Missouri
• Neil Young — 7/4/85 — Austin, Texas
• Pink Floyd — 7/4/77 — New York, NY
• Wilco — 7/4/01 — Grant Park, Chicago IL
• Buddy Guy — 7/4/92 — Sydenham, UK
• Creedence Clearwater Revival — 7/4/71 — Fillmore West, CA
• Radiohead — 7/4/00 – Berlin, Germany
• John McLaughlin — 7/4/86 — Hollabrunn, Austria
• David Bromberg — 7/4/92 — High Sierra Music Festival
• Doc & Merle Watson — 7/4/80 — Charlotte, North Carolina
• Ornette Coleman — 7/4/78 — Berlin, Germany
• Ray Charles — 7/4/96 — Lugano, Switzerland
• Grateful Dead July Fourth Shows: 1969, 1981, 1984, 1987 with the Lucious Bobby Dylan and 1990
• Phil Lesh & Friends — 7/4/01 — Snoqualmie, Washington
• Leo Kottke — 7/4/92 — New York, NY
• Yonder Mountain String Band — 7/4/06 — Cincy, Ohio
• Finally, here are a couple of Phish shows, if you’re into that sort of thing: 7/4/99 in Atlanta and 7/4/00 in Camden

Enjoy your holidays, and try not to blow off your fingers with idiocy…