Boz Scaggs ~ Loan Me A Dime part 1

Boz Scaggs and his band played the Hampton Beach Casino on 6/27/09

There is some tape defect unfortunately.

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Music

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• Boz
• Scaggs
• Duane
• Allman
• Fenton
• Robinson
• Loan
• Me
• Dime
• Eric
• Crystal
• Drew
• Zingg
• Richard
• Patterson
• Deron
• Johnson
• Khari
• Parker

[brookboy54]

FYI This is a Fenton Robinson tune - he was a Chicago blues guy. You Tube Roinson for the real version. BTW Robinson sued Scaggs who tried to take credit for this song. Thanks to people like Scaggs, Robinson died without much more than a dime. Please, at least go and watch Fenton YouTubes, you owe him that much

[susea]

If you look in my tags you will see I had already gave credit to Fenton. One should always give credit to the song writer.

[theoriginalbadbob]

Wouldn't you like to bitch-slap every one of those wankers who were talking during this performance? I know that I would.

[O0Salmon0O]

@Alexov54 The plexiglass walls are to enclose the sound. It can work both ways depending on the situation. The drums have microphones and they pick up sounds from the environment but the drums are also loud on their own. This can be picked up by other instrument mics as well. It just keeps things separated.

[O0Salmon0O]

It always surprises me when listening to audience recorded shows how many people talk during a performance. You don't hear as much when you are there yourself.

On Fenton, you cannot overlook the difference between the Boz Scaggs' version and the original. Scaggs made this song more than it ever was. Sure Fenton wrote it but Scaggs performed a version on record that elevated it beyond just a popular hit. This version is great whereas the original is just another blues singer's tune.

[Kijibob]

Slapping the audience deserves. I don't know the venue. Also, thanks for the info about Fenton Robinson.

[xanadu150]

Today, he'd ask if someone could loan him their Iphone

[Alexov54]

Anyone know why the drummer needs so much protection? What's up with all those panels? Do the crowds there really get wild and pelt the bands with bottles or something?.

[Alexov54]

Having now listened to the whole of parts 1 and 2 of this performance, I have to say that version is second to none. Sends chills down my spine, it does! Excellento. Man, this man can sing! After a while, I didn't mind the noisy crowd. It's a casino, after all, and while a lot of them sound like they are drunk, they really are enthusiastic.

[Alexov54]

Well, I listened to Fenton doing this song, & I'd concede that he wrote the words, and should've had credit from Boz for that, for sure. But Fenton treats it as an ordinary 4/4 blues, with 3 chords. Boz' band, on the other hand, starts it with a rhythm of triplets & with many chords to vary the standard blues format, for half the song at least. This, the haunting organ, the piano, & Duane's inspired melodic sense moves the original version into the realm of masterpiece.

[MrPiazzapizza]

great tune, horrible audience, they needed to shut up

[telebob]

Why was Boz playing at this shit hole? He can play lots of places where he gets the respect he deserves... except for stealing Fenton's tune of course. That is the rudest crowd I ever heard. What a bunch of morons. Boz is one of the true talents of his age. Even when he stooped to disco.

[Timesstillchangin]

@brookboy54 get over it