5) John Entwistle: Eminence Front
Download Here: 6/28/2002 – Terrace, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI
The 2002 tributes continued again in Madison this time at the Terrace on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. The Who’s bassist had died of an apparent overdose in Las Vegas the night before. That night Pony sported a skeleton figurine (a nod to Entwhistle’s custom guitar strap) on his amp and this version, like the ones that followed, was just the song’s chorus. A proper full length take was debuted in March 2009 at Minglewood Hall in Memphis and has been in semi-regular rotation ever since.
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Download Here: 9/12/2003 – Canopy Club, Urbana, IL
There was plenty of speculation prior to this show about whether UM would pay homage to the Man in Black. Another “Johnny Cash” version of Divisions which had been performed a few times earlier that year would have been equally fitting but this one-timer bust-out proved to be an even more special treat. The brief tribute to John Ritter, who had also died the day before, that came in the middle of a blistering Padgett’s was an unexpected but nicely done nod to the actor.
Padgett’s Profile > Three’s Company Theme
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Ring of Fire:
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7) Rick James: Superfreak jam
Download Here: 8/6/2004 – Skyline Stage at Navy Pier – Chicago, IL
Like the high from a keybump of cocaine, some tributes are quite short, but still effective. Just a few seconds of Rick James’ Superfreak, made even more famous as the sampled groove on M.C. Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This, leads into a second-set opening Prowler. The timely jam – James died the morning of the show – came just as James had seen a resurgence in notoriety from his appearance that year on Dave Chappelle’s Chapelle’s Show.
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Download Here: 12/9/2004 – The Paradise – Boston, MA
The second set of this show at The Paradise starts with apologies from Joel Cummins for the extra-long wait to get into the show, but it was all in the name of safety as the the world of live music had been thrown into a state of shock when guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others were fatally shot at a Pantera side-project show in Columbus, Ohio. This instrumental passage from Cowboys From Hell is a quick one before dropping into UM original Ringo.
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Download Here: 9/13/2007 – The Orpheum – Madison, WI
Jazz-fusion keyboardist Joe Zawinul had a legendary career working with Weather Report, Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley, among others. One of his most popular songs was Mercy, Mercy, Mercy best known by its recording on Adderley’s live 1966 album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at “The Club”. UM sped the tempo up somewhat significantly and threw a lengthy rendition of it in the middle of All In Time during the encore.
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