Jody Stephens + BS3rd - Live 2013-14

Jody Stephens
Live Sessions - Summer 2013
+
Big Star Third Live 2014

FM / webstream captures (sound quality VG++ to Ex-)
    

     

SAMPLE: "February's Quiet" (J. Stephens, live 2013)

SAMPLE: "For You" (BS3rd, live 2013)

   

     
ERRATA: Correct title for Track 2 is "February's Quiet". Thank to eagle-eye Fantom for the correction!

ROB SEZ: Regular readers of this blog know we are avid fans of Big Star, Alex Chilton, and just about everything musically related. (A direct connection to The dB's is Chris Stamey, who played bass for Alex Chilton in the 1970s, and who organized the first Big Star Third live concert in 2010. Chris remains musical director of the BS3rd shows, which continued into 2015.) Jody Stephens is now the only surviving member of the original Big Star line-up, and has admirably carried Big Star's musical torch for decades. Thanks to Gary from California, herein is a delightful collection of live sessions, including a Big Star Third live set (featuring Chris and Mitch Easter, et al) — all in pristine sound quality. Artwork by Gary is included in the download.

MP3@320
      

Jody Stephens recorded new, original music in 2015 with Luther Russell (Freewheelers). They call themselves Those Pretty Wrongs.
Read more HERE and HERE.

Alex Chilton Tribute - Memphis, TN 2010 (FM)

One of many tributes for LX

Various Artists

Levitt Shell

Memphis, TN

May 15, 2010

 

DOWNLOAD UPDATED ARTWORK HERE

L-R: Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, Amy Speace, Ken Stringfellow at LX tribute May 15, 2010
remarkable photos by Breathless Conni 
 *cheers to Conni for permission to use these here*

satellite radio broadcast (sound quality Ex-)

BUNCH O' THANKS to the taper and sharer 

SAMPLE: "Ballad of El Goodo (2010)"

complete hi-res artwork HERE
BIG THANKS TO RHETT for the updated artwork

01 Introduction

02 Back of a Car** (Jon Auer)

03 I Am The Cosmos (Jon)

04 Way Out West (Jody Stephens)

05 Mod Lang (Van Duren)

06 Daisy Glaze (Ken Stringfellow)

07 Jesus Christ (Mike Mills)

08 For You
    (Jody w/Jimmy Stephens on bass)

09 Give Me Another Chance
    (Amy Speace, Jon & Ken)

10 Lady Sweet
    (Jon w/Rick Steff on accordion)

11 I'm In Love With A Girl (Sondre Lerche)

12 Introduction

13 The Ballad of El Goodo (Sondre)

14 Thirteen (Jon)

Mike Mills, one of many who sang

15 Feel (Ken)

16 Thank You Friends (Mike)

17 Nighttime (Susan Marshall Powell)

18 Try Again (Amy, Jon & Ken)

19 O My Soul (Brendan Benson)

20 September Gurls (Brendan)
  

ENCORES:

21 Take Care (Ken & Jon)

22 A Whole New Thing ("anyone and everyone")

**NOTE: this set lacks "In the Street," "Don't Lie to Me" & "When My Baby's Beside Me", all of which were released on vinyl and digital download by Ardent Music.  (They would follow Track 2 if they appeared here.)  Go buy these tracks to assemble the complete show!
  
ROB SEZ: I know, I know — you've seen stuff like this here before. But this one has amazing sound from a satellite radio broadcast. Plus, many of the performances are heart-felt and intense, occurring just weeks after Alex's death on March 17.
 

MP3@320

TT: 1:23:59 

uploader's note:

Many thanks to my friend Chris up at Blissland Studios for making this recording, and its excellent edit possible.

Musicians (core band):
Jon Auer - guitar, vocals
Ken Stringfellow - bass, vocals
Jody Stephens - drums, vocals

Chris Stamey & Co. are still staging 

Big Star Third Live performances.

More info HERE.