Stevie's Performance on Buddy Holly:Listen To Me
 

Michelle Branch had on a Stevie necklace. :)

I had no idea that there was a concert that coincided with the album. What a cool thing! From that small clip, it seems like Stevie gave a great performance. Looking forward to seeing the entire show next month. I wonder if a DVD is forthcoming.

And it looks like Waddy, Sharon and Lori play/sing with everyone in the whole show... not just Stevie.

The odd thing is.... it doesn't look like Stevie was part of the group jam at the end..... she's the only one I don't see...??

The "house band" for the whole show was lead by Waddy Wachtel. The only thing missing is Linda Ronstadt LIVE, but her voice on the original production of "That'll Be The Day" can't be outdone. Stevie's contribution is a "must have," but I think the whole album is really worth getting.

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I think the highlight of that clip is seeing Lori and Sharon sing back up for everyone. It's like finally seeing the baby birds away from the nest if that makes any sense. :laugh: And Stevie is kicking ass on Not Fade Away.

I still want to know why Stevie isn't in the all-star jam at the end.....:shrug:

Me too. I usually love seeing things like this but the only other one Iknow featuring Stevie is the performance of Tombstone Blues from the Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live In Central Park album. I love that album. Now there's a show that must come out on dvd somethine!

She did come back at the end of the show to sing another song. Whether this was with the whole group or by herself, she did do something else. There is an old thread from someone who went and posted the set list.

maybe she has a contractual clause that says whenever she's onstage she must be the main attraction... no getting lost in the crowd.... (sorta like she has to have to presidential suite in every hotel "because I demand it") :lol:

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Stevie did 2 songs - not fade away and Its so easy. Heres the set list from i think Sept 7

Stevie Nicks - "Not Fade Away"
Lyle Lovett - "Well … All Right"
Lyle Lovett w/ James Burton - "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"
Shawn Colvin - "Learning the Game"
Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy - "Everyday," "Oh Boy"
Chris Isaak - "Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
Michelle Branch w/Graham Nash - "Words of Love"
Graham Nash - "Raining in My Heart"
Graham Nash & Peter Asher - "Take Your Time"
Boz Scaggs - "Maybe Baby"
Boz Scaggs, Graham Nash & Peter Asher - "Rave On"
Raul Malo - "Listen to Me"
Michelle Branch & Chris Isaak - "Heartbeat"
Gabe Saporta & Victoria Asher of Cobra Starship - "Peggy Sue"
Gabe Saporta & Patrick Stump - "Think It Over"
Paul Anka - "I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
Stevie Nicks - "It's So Easy"
Raul Malo - "True Love Ways"
Malo, Colvin, Lovett, Everly, Branch and ensemble - "That'll Be The Day"


An eclectic collection of artists that included Stevie Nicks, members of Cobra Starship, Chris Isaak and Paul Anka saluted Buddy Holly Wednesday on what would have been his 75th birthday in, appropriately enough, Hollywood.

Producer, manager and singer Peter Asher organized the Holly tribute at the Music Box Theater in conjunction with the release Tuesday of "Listen to Me" on Verve Forecast, a Holly tribute album to benefit organizations funded by Songmasters -- as the Grammy Foundation, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Artists House Music. The concert was filmed for airing in December on PBS.

A reception on the Music Box's rooftop prior to the show had plenty of old-timers pointing out the legends on hand - Holly's widow Maria Elena, Phil Everly, legendary session guitarists Albert Lee and James Burton and Pricilla Presley -- while discussing days or yore at labels such as Warner Bros. and Capitol. While the music of the Everly Brothers and Holly piped through the rooftop's P.A., Phil Everly offered a few thoughts to Billboard on their days together in the 1950s.

"When we were interviewed in the '50s, the first, second or third question would be 'what are you going to do when it's over?' The people writing the articles hated the music," Everly said. "Whether it was Buddy or Eddie Cochran or Don and myself, none of us thought it would last because that was what we kept getting told. Inside the perimeter, what we were thinking was -- and this is what we loved -- the cool thing was to do something original. That was important to all of us. i'm only here because Buddy was my friend. My great respect for his music has never diminished."

Everly and Holly were greeted by an assortment of well-wishers, among them "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe and Songmasters' Jennifer Cohen and Regan McCarthy. Enjoying the Texas-style barbecue were Pete Wentz, the Grammy Foundation's Scott Goldman, Grammy Museum's Lynn Sheridan, Vanguard Records A&R executive Bill Bentley, attorney Jay Cooper, PBS' Joseph Campbell, MFH's Bob Merlis and the first recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Holly Prize, Laura Warshauer.

Booze and food kept coming out as the reception ran extra long due to the production starting an hour late. The show, written and produced by documentary filmmaker David Leaf with Asher and Isaak as co-hosts, featured six of the artists on the album plus video greetings from Holly fans Brian Wilson, Keith Richards, Ringo Starr, Jackson Browne, Imelda May and others. During the concert, Asher played historian, Isaak was comedic relief. "Buddy Holly was a factotum," he said before ad libbing, "yes, I said factotum. This is PBS."

Guitarist Waddy Wachtel led a seven piece band -- with an occasional string trio -- that featured bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel, musicians featured on countless Asher-produced albums in the '70s. Artists spoke often about the eloquence of Holly's lyrics and the fact that his ordinary appearance and demeanor was an inspiration to so many; "we felt like we lost a friend when he passed," Graham Nash offered. ""In two, two and a half minutes, he taught you everything you need to know about life and love," was Lyle Lovett's comment.

I suspect it's because she simply didn't have enough time to rehearse. From what I can recall, this was taped just a few days after her final American tour date, so it was already enough of a challenge getting her own two songs rehearsed and ready. But what a lost opportunity! Phil Everly and Stevie singing harmony? Really? The world would have simply stopped spinning for a few moments...

It's also unfortunate that she couldn't do anything with Raul Malo either. He has perhaps the biggest, purist tenor voice in country/pop music today.

That doesn't surprise me. Linda was only there in spirit, being that her contribution was a song she recorded decades ago. She was never an active participant in the project.

What's exciting is to find out is that Stevie sang not just 'Not Fade Away,' but also 'It's So Easy.' That's another Buddy Holly song Linda covered. I bet Stevie did a good job with it. I can't wait to hear it.

Now that would be a huge "diva" move, but I don't think that is the reason.