I DO NOT REMEMBER NEIL PLAYING THRU A MARSHALL, I WATCHED HIM ALL THRU THE 80/90/ NEVER MISSED A SHOW AT BANK ST CAFE, HE OPENED FOR SRV WHEN THEY PLAYED THE ROSE ARTS FEST IN 87/88 DO NOT KNOW WHO PULLED THAT OFF BUT THERE WAS NO OTHER CHOICE, WHEN I MOVED TO AUSTIN AND FINALLY MET CHRIS AND TOMMY , I ASKED WHAT THEY THOUGHT AND THE REPLY WAS HE WAS REALLY GOOD,

Hi Lynne.. Marianne Curley from Curleys Pub, Taunton Mass here, been looking for you for years, you played at my Pub MANY times and just LOVED your voice and music. Hope all is well, and your son must be all grown up.I hope your sewing or singing still! Think of you often!🙂

what a fantastic video of the best of the best!!

WOW, a royal flautist!! Unbelievable!

Hats off to Joe, Jim, Bart and Steve! Still sounds great after all these years.

I forgot Charlie was in that band! I wasn't really a huge fan but Steve and Charlie are awesome people.

My recollection is that this was Natalie's first solo performance after announcing she was leaving 10,000 Maniacs. Fantastic concert that included Buffalo Tom and Belly.

Whatever she caught she said she would "save for the drive home." I wonder what it was?

One of a kind...the attitude, the skills, the great times. Thank you Neil and the whole band!

This is from 8/28/1993 and it's great to remember! I forgot how funny Billy was. Yes. If there is a full recording of the benefit I would LOVE to see it. full sets of natalie and belly esp

Is there more video from this? Trying to relive the past lol

OMG I finally found some video. Drove from Maine to see Natalie and Belly. Locked my keys in my car. Great memories!!

Love it thank you Johnny Edwards

Great benefit for SHake A leg.What a great day.

Thank you Nathalie !

"I don't remember the words". LOL. Even so, pure perfection. We all adore you immensely Natalie. This Avatar is our first meeting April 8, 1999. Eleven years prior to the very day my son was born and my daughter named Natalie-Anne in her honor. Everyone MUST see the Mermaid Avenue documentary Man in the Sand of Billy attempting to conduct an interview while Natalie picks at his eyebrows and eats imaginary fleas! Hahaha! Epic Natalie. "Stop it, I am trying to talk and be filmed. It will be on BBC2 and you will be eating fleas off me eyebrows. Think about it, you are not at home now. BEHAVE!" Oh what a marvelous friendship. Keep up the great work Miss Merchant! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5PVoY14n651prc

Who else came here from Rick Aschmann's American English dialect website? :)

I followed this band for a few years back in the late 80's. Better days, long gone. Neals still killing it.

Oh mercy. This is sublime.

It is wonderful!

Natalie's voice is pure magic and like no other ....

Is this the Marty Grimes that went to UCSB. If so, contact the Native American Indian who allowed you to stay at the El Encanto, because you arrived in Santa Barbara too early and had no place to stay before school was to begin. If so, contact the Indian at [email protected]

I could not disagree more. You sound jealous to me.

Do you have more of this show? I was at the concert. Belly, and Buffalo Tom played as well.

Holy fuck.....

The GOP and our current political system could use good people like Nelson Rockefeller, John Chafee, Edward Brooke, Jacob Javits, Margaret Chase Smith, Millicent Fenwick, Nancy Landon, Mark Hatfield, Tom McCall, Robert Stafford, Charles Mathias, Silvio Conte, Everett Dirksen, Howard Baker, Chuck Percy and yes even Barry Goldwater again because we have way too many idiots in our political system.

I remember seeing Harry Milkee at a small club in the western reaches of Ft Lauderdale around 1983-84. I just heard a song that reminded me of Harry......Elvis singing "I'm all shook up". Harry did a parody except he changed "shook" to the "F'" word!! Hilarious!!!

Year?

The last time I heard her live...looking forward to the next time.

GOD she is a flirt! :D

What is the name of the song that follows "Summertime"? It sounds like a English Folk Tune.

This guy fought in Guadalcanal and Korea.

The riff Al Lobello (?) plays in his harp sounds a lot like "I'm alabama bound" of the great Leadbelly.

Beautiful American, Natalie Merchant, then age 27, and charismatic English, Billy Bragg, age 33, performed live this medley, in 1990 or something. "Summertime".....

ken lyon has been singing hard as iron for fifty years. listen to a cd of his called "old school" that voice of his and Memphis bass have the same mamma. this man always has something left in the tank at the end of any night of performing. he's one of the great ones.

Thank you, Uncle Sage!

Woah

Hey where Is the "milk man" man Bring back Melvis! Harry call Bruce!

nice way to turn a great song into a very boring song

never missed a show at the Last Call Saloon- the man had magic fingers and still does...and he always had good taste in boots too ;).................Suzy

Bread and circuses is a B side to one of Billy Braggs 12's from memory. I've got it on vinyl here somewhere.

When was this recorded? And a "setlist" also would be nice, because I don't know all of the songs.

@sbryant328 cant top your comment there: natalie merchant has a voice from heaven, writes all her stuff + is an artist of first-rate integrity -- and bloody beautiful [+ totally pc] in a good way

do they have a video of the song Sing Song City1! I think that is the name

I have "Bread and Circus's" downloaded. What is the name of the song she sings on the intro of it? It's a great song to use as an intro/combo song.

Great post. I played with this band for a short time while Eddie was recovering from surgery. Fine players all the way around.

@bogthing1 Neil keeps getting better and better every time I see him. I will be seeing him in 2 weeks (april 2011) at Theodores in Springfield Mass.

Skully School!

@NateEtan Bread and Circus's. Its a b side

What were the conditions that day? How good is Ruggles on a 3 feet 10 seconds day?