tour, David Bowie, Randy Newman, Steve Stills, Talking Heads, Willie Dixon, the Ramones, Iggy Pop, Mars Volta, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (with Ronnie Spector opening backstage, after interviewing her, she gave me a kiss!), Elton John (in a private box at MSG, full bar unfortunately I went overboard with the whiskey and yakked in the john), The Smiths, Green Day, The O’Jays, Dan Deacon, The Spinners, Aretha, Joni Mitchell, Pharoah Sanders, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg, the Delfonics, Roxy Music ( Avalon-my favorite record of theirs-period), Stiff Little Fingers, Animal Collective, Billy Swan, the Everly Brothers (a nostalgia show I couldn’t pass up at the Royal Albert Hall in 1987), Graham Parker, Tom Paxton, the Allman Brothers (several months before Duane was killed), Bruce Springsteen, twice in ’75, the Runaways and on and on. Other concerts I’ve attended, in various states of mind, aren’t uncommon to someone my age: the Stones (Stevie Wonder opened) on their Exile on Main St. My son Nicky can, at will, sing a shanty with an almost-perfect brogue and made-up lyrics. And without Shane, it was still fun, but you know how all Irish songs, absent a dynamic singer/songwriter, essentially sound the same. show at the Verizon Center (the number of gray ponytails in the audience was even worse), but extraordinary at Madison Square Garden in ’75 Costello’s concerts, from 1978-83 were all great and the Pogues at Roseland in NYC in 1988 was one of the best, and made up for Shane MacGowan falling off his stool, dead-drunk, at 8X10 in Baltimore in ‘85, unable to continue. ![]() Let’s just say-as the now-forgotten Newt Gingrich commented in 1994 when asked if he’d ever smoked pot, “I was alive in the 1960s”-“lots.” Of the big acts, Bob Dylan, the Pogues and Elvis Costello top the list at four: Dylan was awful in 2012 when my two sons and I endured a D.C. Joe South would later record his version of the song for his 1969 album, Games People Play.There’s no calculator in my head-although as a student, I had a nose for math, despite zero enthusiasm-so it’s difficult to put a number on the amount of rock/folk/pop shows I’ve attended since 1968, when my brother Gary and I saw Van Morrison and the Byrds at Central Park, lawn seating for a buck.Flemons would become a founding member of Earth, Wind & Fire in 1971. Wade Flemons released a version of the song as a single in 1964 on Vee-Jay Records. ![]() It did best on the adult contemporary charts, reaching #29 (U.S.) and #17 (Canada). The song was also a Top 40 Hit in Australia, giving Ronstadt an underappreciated hit, reaching #36 on the Kent Music Report chart in early 1983. Aided by a popular music video, it reached #30 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the album's second single.Īdditionally, it reached No. Her single was produced by Peter Asher and released on Asylum Records. Linda Ronstadt recorded a cover version for her Gold-plus 1982 album, Get Closer. Donny Osmond version ĭonny Osmond released a version in 1971 as the B-side of " Hey Girl" that went to No. 1 on the Canadian music chart in November 1965. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 6, 1965. "I Knew You When" was first recorded by Billy Joe Royal for his 1965 studio album, Down in the Boondocks. There have also been several other hit cover versions of this song, including by Donny Osmond and Linda Ronstadt. ![]() ![]() It became a popular hit in 1965 when recorded by American pop and country singer Billy Joe Royal. " I Knew You When" is a song written and composed by Joe South. 1965 single by Billy Joe Royal "I Knew You When"
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