The Blasters May 25, 2018 at the Yost in Santa Ana, Multi-Cam HD Stereo

[@discountpsyop]

66 years old and lots of health problems but damnit Phil sounds AMAZING. One of the most iconic bands no one remembers.

[@soflarockson]

Well said! An iconic band that no one remembers...Love them!

[@davidmerritt199]

I will never forget them

[@llaalllalalalalsss]

@@davidmerritt199 what happened to they?

[@rgg2112]

Phil still sounds great. They just played a killer opening set opening for X at the Greek 10/23/21

[@dieterjaut1196]

All their VINYL lps ... are my gold from very first record on ... and NOTHING will change this.

[@HarveyMushman888]

Best band in the land... I feel privileged to have seen them so many times. Hope Phil is doing well and that we get the chance to see them again....

[@migueljaramillo6727]

Totally underappreciated rock band. Dave Alvin, one of the greatest guitarits I'ever seen, Phil Alvin, one of the finest voices in the business.

[@jmsjms296]

Dave didn't play here.

[@chuckfan1]

@@jmsjms296 He didn't say Dave played here. Did you read the comment? He was talking about the band, in general. He was just saying that the band , overall is underappreciated, then commented on Dave, overall, specifically.................Pay Attention

[@45s262]

@@chuckfan1 😄

[@ronmanfredo9550]

A true American Classic! My favorite! Blasters Forever!

[@dieterjaut1196]

THEM ... ... ... AND ... ... THE BEAT FARMERS !!!!!!!!!

[@robertsale1354]

The Beat Farmers and the Blasters live shows helped me make it through the 80's!! RIP Country Dick.

[@migueljaramillo6727]

Ups... Bill Bateman, what a drummer!!!

[@shovelhead56]

Heard them for the first time in 82. Iconic Rockers!! Thank You for sharing this show🤙

[@tappan48]

Bit of trivia, in high school I was approached to join the "Blasters" when they were still coming together, I and my good friend Gary who played guitar also went to a house in Downey to jam, only my buddy and I ended up playing our Buck Owens songs for the parents. Since I our own group was gaining momentum, I decided to forego the invitation. Coincidence we played similar style country rock until we disbanded to get real jobs. We were Lynwood boys, William Tappan, Gary Magallanes, Mark Magallanes and Gerry Rioux. Unfortunately, recordings of our band have been lost to time except for a terrible mono recording of a beer bash we played at. I'm glad these guys are still jamming.

[@harryrogerson7241]

Amazing band deserved to be better known.

[@everttromp3876]

1982 buy my first record of The Blasters in Holland..Several times on stage.my collection this Band remarkable..Marie Marie..So long baby Goodbye..No other Girl Bus Station Rock and Roll Will stand Hey Little girl

[@nicksflicks9592]

Phil has PhD in Mathematics and works a professor. He looks more like a professor than a rocker. But his voice still sounds terrific. God bless these guys. I have a been a fan since I saw them in Glen Cover, NY (Long Island) around 1983.

[@dinoharper8984]

Very nice. I started listening to the Blasters in 81. Was looking around at the record store and saw the cover of the album. Saw Phil’s face on it. I said I have to give these guys a listen too. Still love these guys.

[@booifojoe]

Yeah, that album cover is hard to miss.

[@misterh3]

going to see them in New Haven tomm…. once I became aware of them I try to see them every time they come out east... legendary and underappreciated if you ask me

[@olafthe_viking8436]

I'm sure you enjoyed the show. I've seen them play a few times. The first was with my mom and dad when i was seventeen. My dad's a big blasters fan and wad in attendance, record in hand. They went to get some hotdogs and soda and i was walking around. There on the side of the stage was Phil. And me being me i went up and introduced myself. 10 minutes later Phil is leaning on my shoulder telling... well, everything. We saw my folks looking for me and i called my dad over to introduce him to my new freind. He talked with us for the longest time. Let my dad drink from the band's keg. And then about 10 minutes before the show he ran off to get ready. He was so down to earth and total cool to hang out with.

[@olafthe_viking8436]

Me and my dad did a lot of roadie work and that (not even being on the job) was one of the coolest meets. Had a cool one with Marshall Tucker too. That one was on the job. And again with my dad. By the end of the night they wanted us to go on the road with them and do there set up exclusively. They had a set up that took an average of a couple of hoes. And we'd put them one for a day show them strike the stage so the fair could do their Arabian Nights play and then put them on for a night show. Me and my dad had them up and ready for sound check in 45 minutes. Blew them away.

[@kathysahagian7478]

Keith Wyatt

[@danes.claussen8571]

Wow, I've never heard Phil sing I'm Shakin' like that before! Ton of emotion in it!!

[@AJCraddock]

Just saw these guys at the Coachhouse, San Juan Capistrano. They sound better than ever. Legendary! Catch them while you can!

[@andyinoregon]

That stop-time intro and outro on "Trouble Bound" at 27:44 has always made it my favorite Blasters song. Phil's voice is still one of the most distinctive in rock and roll history. He would have ruled rockabilly in the 1950s.

[@fernandoortolani9709]

The Blasters rock and roll yeah!!!

[@davidames1746]

Terrific to see as a four piece!

[@marcioabad710]

Very good rock! Muy buen rock! Great sound! Gran sonido! Amazing voice! Increíble voz! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@ronojames4548]

This is rock music.

[@717jonpaul]

Wow all these years they sound Great!!! Wooo!! Age is not sttopping the Blasters!!

[@barronrugge]

I saw them in the 80's with X at the Hollywood palladium, great show. Saw Dave up in Auburn, Ca just a couple of years ago.

[@tomw6308]

Amazed his vocals still sound so dang good with all those years of cigarettes passing through. Travesty they aren't more well known.

[@randysimmons9838]

I just saw this band in florida....awesome

[@bobbyg3269]

Real music 💯

[@danielcleveland8879]

AMERICAN MUSIC

[@michaelmoreau4603]

If you never want to see the again, better head for that border! New see us in Montreal and I've had to see them in the east coast all thy life! I surely miss them!

[@markburfield24]

Lord Phil can sing

[@GlennSteinkamp]

Love the Blasters! Going to see them real soon! THANKS.

[@labitapopol5297]

Many thanks Jim !

[@dinoharper8984]

Love Border radio

[@ayricdalban2246]

Nice find ! Hello from France !

[@algassman6564]

this is great ! thanks !

[@quirkwoods]

Great!

[@flowathens]

Guys come play in Greece!

[@Chris.B.72]

24:53 great solo keith

[@christophernaples1315]

2010 Sellersville Theater OUTFKNSTANDING !!!!

[@davidanderson8469]

Is it me or does Phil have the longest fingers I've ever seen? Super group.

[@unityunity7559]

dark night 21:17

[@Danielemattioli55]

Great.

[@GERMANAIZER]

Мне 27 , а он прекрасен.

[@Mpcoluv]

The blasters without Dave?

[@stormbringercoming8105]

They’re playing a little slower. Understandable. But Phil really looks rough. A little painful too watch. These guys still rule!

[@jasoncrook1]

Stormbringer Coming I agree but he’s still got the voice 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@williamvaughan2771]

I know what happpen to him.

[@kathysahagian7478]

Nah he just needs a shave (0;

[@chuckfan1]

@@williamvaughan2771 what happened

[@jamespage7998]

Kinda not The Blasters without Dave

[@bishlap]

what happened to Phil? Was he sck or in some serious accident? Sorry, Haven't been up to speed on Phil lately, only Dave, to be honest.

[@chuckfan1]

Phil just has had some health issues the past few years. No medical degree here, but thinking all the years of smoking caught up to him. And him still smoking doesn't help

[@bishlap]

@@chuckfan1 gotcha, thanks.

[@willisdotcom]

Dave not playing with the blasters anymore?

[@jimbecker9033]

Dave hasn't played with them for years. I did see a "reunion" a few years ago where Dave and Gene Taylor (piano) played with them. Dave has quite the solo career going and also has recored 2 albums and done a few shows with Phil as a duo.

[@Warrogue1]

I saw him with Flesh Eaters a few weeks ago.

[@DukatorDevanemn]

It comes quiet some times that Dave shout's out for the last 'original' Blasters Reunion Tour when all of the original Members, quiet livin', come together to get it done! But there always be another chance to catch 'em.. so

[@kathysahagian7478]

Dave did his first solo record in the late 80's (I think or early 90's) and has many more than 2, all well worth purchasing in whatever form you like.

[@mygoddess1]

​@@kathysahagian7478thanx for the info Kathy :) Rock & Roll will never die :)

[@chuckfan1]

Whoever introduced them, blows...

[@RienDekker]

What's going on with this Phil Alvin? And with his hand? Always been like this or not?

[@HarveyMushman888]

He almost died a year before this...he is doing much better now... He looked a lot healthier at The Coachhouse recently... His hand has always been like that though...

[@chuckfan1]

@@HarveyMushman888 longer than that It was 2010

[@xxcelr8rs]

Not The Blasters with out Dave's magic guitar

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Keith Wyatt more than holds his own.

[@tmee1512]

Without Dave and Gene they are not the BLASTERS.

[@charlesottina7432]

Of course they are. Without Phil they aren't the Blasters. One of the most unique voices in Rock and Roll. Turns every song he sings into a Blasters song. Dave is one of the best songwriters ever and grossly underappreciated. And a kick ass guitar player

[@andyinoregon]

@@charlesottina7432 Totally agree. Dave Alvin is like Noel Gallagher of Oasis, a great guitarist and songwriter, but if his brother isn't singing those songs they aren't nearly as memorable.

[@jdhook63]

@@andyinoregon Totally disagree. Dave Alvin has recorded his version of many Blasters songs and I find that Dave's versions are always superior. There's something called "phrasing" that is used to describe the cadence of a good vocalist. Dave knows how to phrase a song verse that gives it "feeling". Phil uses no phrasing in his vocal delivery. It's one speed, one verse after the other with no pauses or modulation changes at the right time to make the lyrics expressive. Just listen to Dave's live album "Interstate City" to hear several Blaster songs in his live sets such as "So Long Baby Goodbye" kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6jZlIygpatnbMk or "Long White Cadillac" kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6vZYYKXqd6Mf6s that show how Dave's vocals and arrangements are more versatile than the same tempo that Phil always delivers. The best example of Dave's mastery of "phrasing" is his recorded version of the Blaster's song "Border Radio" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnO3iqSrn913ebs which has a song flow that builds and ebbs and tides, allowing a person to really experience the story being told. That movement in the song is completely lost in Phil's delivery of the song when he performs it with the Blasters in his one-speed rockabilly style. And then there's Dave's superior guitar skills and his fantastic songwriting, as you have already mentioned...but I will pause now and step down from the soapbox. 😉

[@andyinoregon]

@@jdhook63 Appreciate the detailed response, and I'll give all of those links a listen. I do remember Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men giving a great performance at the 2006 Bite of Portland Food and Music Festival, followed onstage by Los Lobos. It was a great night of East L.A. music.

[@patrickhoulihan7210]

@@jdhook63 Where I live we live on musical crumbs.Dave & Phil have been down under once.I'll take either & who else is in the band doesn't matter because it will be quality.

[@jamesdean1143]

I remember when Phil Alvin became obese circa. 1994. Today he is wasting away.

[@jamesolsson9705]

WHERE IN THE F***^%$#$%$*** IS THE PIANO??? BLASTERS with no keys??? Shoot me now!!!

[@ampcharge5509]

Pretty great. Phil has just got to lose that stupid beard, though.

[@DforDelinquent]

Sad.

[@johnwalker8495]

As much as I love and respect them, they've got no stage charisma.

[@stacyblue1980]

who the fuck needs charisma when you have what they have? Lets see you do better.

[@marlaamarino3903]

stacyblue1980 I can’t believe that guy said that! What the fuck?

[@chuckfan1]

What an ignorant, stupid comment.. like the other guy said, lets see your list of great songs, concerts etc.........we'll wait

[@patrickhoulihan7210]

They play sounds that I like & songs that I like.That is what important.

[@mehkind9607]

Here in Ukraine we use to listen to Alvin and The boys while killing the orks. Long live to The Blasters/