01 In The Dark
02 Rich Kid
03 My Kind Of Lover
04 Lonely Is The Night
05 The Stroke
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Reading Rock Festival Reading UK 8-29-81
FM broadcast of Billys performance at the festival.
01 In The Dark
02 Rich Kid
03 My Kind Of Lover
04 Lonely Is The Night
05 The Stroke
01 In The Dark
02 Rich Kid
03 My Kind Of Lover
04 Lonely Is The Night
05 The Stroke
Borders Rochester Hills,Detroit,Michigan 11/3/98
Short and sweet set from a Borders bookstore while promoting his new album "Happy Blue". There is also a video of this show circulating around. Sound quality is pretty nice, video not so much....front cover below was made from a screen capture of the video.
01 Everybody wants you
02 More Than Words Can Say
03 Grasping For Oblivian
04 Long Way To Fall
05 Inferno (Everybody Cries Sometimes)
06 Stroke Me Blues
01 Everybody wants you
02 More Than Words Can Say
03 Grasping For Oblivian
04 Long Way To Fall
05 Inferno (Everybody Cries Sometimes)
06 Stroke Me Blues
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Flyer from the same tour.
Salt Palace Salt Lake City Utah October 4 1984
This show was broadcast over the Westwood One Radio network as the Superstars Rock Concert Series SS-85. Excellent soundboard quality.
01 Announcer Introduction :23
02 All Night Long 5:04
03 In The Dark 4:09
04 Whadda Ya Want From Me? 4:16
05 Reach For The Sky 5:55
06 My Kinda Lover 7:22
07 Keep Me Satisfied 3:57
08 Learn How To Live 4:40
09 She's A Runner 4:18
10 Hand-Me-Downs 4:59
11 The Stroke 4:25
12 Take A Look Behind Ya 5:11
13 Everybody Wants You 4:00
14 (Another) 1984 5:34
15 Rock Me Tonite (with band introductions) 6:56
Billy Squier: lead vocals and guitar
Jeff Golub: guitar
Allan St. John: synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals
Doug Lubahn: bass
Bobby Chouinard: drums
01 Announcer Introduction :23
02 All Night Long 5:04
03 In The Dark 4:09
04 Whadda Ya Want From Me? 4:16
05 Reach For The Sky 5:55
06 My Kinda Lover 7:22
07 Keep Me Satisfied 3:57
08 Learn How To Live 4:40
09 She's A Runner 4:18
10 Hand-Me-Downs 4:59
11 The Stroke 4:25
12 Take A Look Behind Ya 5:11
13 Everybody Wants You 4:00
14 (Another) 1984 5:34
15 Rock Me Tonite (with band introductions) 6:56
Billy Squier: lead vocals and guitar
Jeff Golub: guitar
Allan St. John: synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals
Doug Lubahn: bass
Bobby Chouinard: drums
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3 Clans Ballroom ,Oneida Casino Green Bay, WI 7/23/2009
Total Playing Time (107:06)
Disc 1
01) Opening
02) Lonely Is The Night
03) Strange Fire
04) My Kinda Lover
05) More ThanWords Can Say Intro
06) More Than Words Can Say >
07) She's A Runner
08) Little Miss Intent
09) Drum Solo
10) G.O.D.
11) Love Is The Hero
12) (L-O-V-E) Four Letter Word
13) Don't Say You Love Me
14) The Stroke
15) Rock Me Tonight (w/ band introductions)
16) <encore break>
Disc 2 (the encore)
17) Cally Oh
18) The Girl's All Right
19) Everybody Wants You
Billy Squier: Guitar
Mark Clarke: Bass
Alan St.Jon: Keys
Nir Z: Drums
Marc Copely: Guitar
Wow!! check out that ticket price !!
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Great South Bay Music Festival Patchogue, NY July 19 , 2013
An acoustic solo set. Audience recording isn't bad. This different take on the music is really cool, but I must admit I prefer the rock and roll Billy Squier. It is short and sweet with only 5 songs performed.
01 In The Dark
02 She's A Runner
03 The Pursuit Of Happiness
04 Everybody Wants You / Too Daze Gone
05 The Stroke
After walking away from the music business in 1993, I barely touched a guitar for three years. Aside from working on the Reach For The Sky anthology, I really didn’t want anything to do with that scene anymore. Two events then occurred that presented me with an unexpected and welcome musical challenge.
Towards the end of ’96, I slipped back into creative mode to write a poem for my two-year old godson’s birthday. When I showed it to his mother, she suggested that I put it to music. This was interesting because the verse was somewhat free-form, so I had to figure out a way to create a song-structure that would accommodate the lyric rhythms I’d already put in place. When it was done, I threw it down on a cassette-recorder I had lying around the house, made a copy for Harrison, and forgot about it.
In ’97, I was contacted by VH1 and asked to be part of a special they were doing on 80's artists. When they told me they’d like me to do a couple of songs live for the show, I replied without hesitation—that I would do so only on the condition that I perform without a band (solo). They agreed and I panicked. How was I going to do The Stroke naked ? The answer came to me while running on the beach several weeks later: I suddenly realized that, once you stripped away all the bombast and production tricks, The Stroke was a blues song. I went home and began messing around with some open tuning variations and voila.
Now that I had two acoustic songs, the idea of doing an unadorned CD of like-minded material presented itself. I was pretty irritated by what I perceived was happening in music at the time, what with everybody slapping samples together and pretending to be musicians whether they could play an instrument or not. I thought it would be a challenge to write and perform songs that would rely solely on my abilities as a songwriter, singer and guitar-player…without the cover of production gimmicks or bloated arrangements. I began by looking for acoustic guitars that inspired me with their natural voices, and I employed special tunings in response to each one’s characteristics.
This took me well out of my comfort-zone it’s not unlike learning a new language but led to many musical discoveries and new song directions. Happy Blue is the product of six different guitars that I collected for the purpose of making this CD. It is a live album, although it wasn’t recorded in front of a live audience. I put some very basic recording equipment in my NYC apartment and did about half of the tracks there, using one mic for both vocal and guitar. For the VH1 sessions which included Inferno. I chose to record at IIWII Studios in Weehawken, NJ. I really liked the vibe at this place, and ended up doing a bunch of other songs there as well. Two remains in its original demo form.
All in all, a very satisfying project.
01 In The Dark
02 She's A Runner
03 The Pursuit Of Happiness
04 Everybody Wants You / Too Daze Gone
05 The Stroke
After walking away from the music business in 1993, I barely touched a guitar for three years. Aside from working on the Reach For The Sky anthology, I really didn’t want anything to do with that scene anymore. Two events then occurred that presented me with an unexpected and welcome musical challenge.
Towards the end of ’96, I slipped back into creative mode to write a poem for my two-year old godson’s birthday. When I showed it to his mother, she suggested that I put it to music. This was interesting because the verse was somewhat free-form, so I had to figure out a way to create a song-structure that would accommodate the lyric rhythms I’d already put in place. When it was done, I threw it down on a cassette-recorder I had lying around the house, made a copy for Harrison, and forgot about it.
In ’97, I was contacted by VH1 and asked to be part of a special they were doing on 80's artists. When they told me they’d like me to do a couple of songs live for the show, I replied without hesitation—that I would do so only on the condition that I perform without a band (solo). They agreed and I panicked. How was I going to do The Stroke naked ? The answer came to me while running on the beach several weeks later: I suddenly realized that, once you stripped away all the bombast and production tricks, The Stroke was a blues song. I went home and began messing around with some open tuning variations and voila.
Now that I had two acoustic songs, the idea of doing an unadorned CD of like-minded material presented itself. I was pretty irritated by what I perceived was happening in music at the time, what with everybody slapping samples together and pretending to be musicians whether they could play an instrument or not. I thought it would be a challenge to write and perform songs that would rely solely on my abilities as a songwriter, singer and guitar-player…without the cover of production gimmicks or bloated arrangements. I began by looking for acoustic guitars that inspired me with their natural voices, and I employed special tunings in response to each one’s characteristics.
This took me well out of my comfort-zone it’s not unlike learning a new language but led to many musical discoveries and new song directions. Happy Blue is the product of six different guitars that I collected for the purpose of making this CD. It is a live album, although it wasn’t recorded in front of a live audience. I put some very basic recording equipment in my NYC apartment and did about half of the tracks there, using one mic for both vocal and guitar. For the VH1 sessions which included Inferno. I chose to record at IIWII Studios in Weehawken, NJ. I really liked the vibe at this place, and ended up doing a bunch of other songs there as well. Two remains in its original demo form.
All in all, a very satisfying project.
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The Ritz, New York City, New York - November 28, 1989
Set List:
Disc 1: 74:52 Minutes.
1.Introduction - Don't Say You Love Me 5:27
2.Lonely is the Night 6:52
3.Billy Speaks - Calley Oh 6:06
4.Shot O'Love 4:08
5.The Work Song 4:04
6.Stronger 5:17
7.Too Daze Gone 6:37
8.Learn How to Live 5:35
9.The Stroke (Tease) - Rock Out - Punch Somebody - Tied Up 8:43
10.Break the Silence 5:48
11.Band Intros - Don't Let Me Go 6:31
12.In the Dark 3:31
13.Everybody Wants You 6:08
Disc 2: 24:20 Minutes.
1.Sweet Release 6:06
2.Rock Me Tonight 4:53
3.Guitar Intro (Tease) - The Stroke 5:33
4.Keep Me Satisfied 7:46
99:12 Minutes.
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Toyota Park Burbank, Illinois 7/3/2009
An Audience recording from the All Nite Long Tour of 2009. As usual, lots of favorites, and a few surprises. Recorded by marksound. Quality A-
Disc 1
101 - Intro
102 - Lonely is the Night
103 - Strange Fire
104 - My Kinda Lover
105 - More than Words Can Say
106 - Little Miss Intent
107 - Mini Drum Solo
108 - G.O.D.
109 - L-O-V-E Four Letter Word
110 - Don't Say You Love Me
Disc 2
201 - The Stroke
202 - Rock Me Tonight
203 - Cally Oh
204 - The Girls Alright
205 - Everybody Wants You
Disc 1
101 - Intro
102 - Lonely is the Night
103 - Strange Fire
104 - My Kinda Lover
105 - More than Words Can Say
106 - Little Miss Intent
107 - Mini Drum Solo
108 - G.O.D.
109 - L-O-V-E Four Letter Word
110 - Don't Say You Love Me
Disc 2
201 - The Stroke
202 - Rock Me Tonight
203 - Cally Oh
204 - The Girls Alright
205 - Everybody Wants You
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