Roger Waters and Graham Nash on The Band.

@larsman: Very cool! I didn’t learn of Dave until reading about him by Greg Shaw in his Bomp! Magazine, around the time Get It was released---early ’77. Another life-changing moment! I made my way back to the first and second albums, being gobsmacked by "I Hear You Knocking" on the first---absolutely brilliant!

I too saw Rockpile live---in 1980, and then Edmunds solo with his great band in ’82 (in NYC) and ’83 (back in L.A.). Fantastic! My ex’s all-time favorite live shows. And I also saw him on one of his literally solo (unaccompanied) tours, He performed in a guitar shop in L.A., playing a Telecaster (he toured with Rockpile playing his 1958 Gibson dot-neck ES335, not knowing how much those guitars are worth!) plugged into a small combo amp (so not literally acoustic). He closed the show with "Saber Dance", his "show-off" song" ;-) .

Dave was my favorite 1970’s-80’s producer, of his albums of course, as well for Carlene Carter, The Flamin’ Groovies, The Everly Brothers, The Fab T-Birds, Dion, a few others. Oh yeah, The Stray Cats. Hey, a girl’s gotta eat ;-) .

Speaking of songs given to him to record: Hank DeVito gave Dave (look out Dylan ;-) his "Playing With Queen Of Hearts" to record (DeVito had already appeared on Dave's albums), and it is way better than the version by Juice Newton.

@lloydc: Wrong. You really shouldn't believe and then mindlessly regurgitate everything you read.

When The Beatles were introduced the crowd went insane, rushing the stage and in the process knocking over all the folding chairs that filled the floor of the Cow Palace. I ended up right in front of Lennon, about 10 yards from the stage. On that edge of the stage (stage left) sat a PA speaker cabinet. I could hear them just fine, both though the PA and coming directly from their Vox amps and Ringo’s drums. I could clearly hear how Ringo had changed his part in "Ticket To Ride", his live part improving on the recorded one.

They sounded pretty good, but not great. By the time I saw them (summer of '65) I had already started going to shows of local bands, and had seen The Beach Boys the previous summer (with Brian playing bass and singing falsetto). I actually was more impressed by The Beatles opening act: Sounds, Inc., an instrumental UK band. But then I was long-time fan of The Ventures.

It's amazing that is was only two years later that I was going to The Fillmore to see and hear Cream, Hendrix, The Who, and all the rest. Things moved fast back then; bands now take more time between two subsequent albums than the time it took The Beatles to record their entire catalog!

Now this is a good thread. I have extremely limited familiarity with much of the artist mentioned, a little before my time. Listening to Mike Bloomfield Live at McCabe's right now. Nice groove on a Sunday morning.

@bdp24 + 1 - and of course Dave also had his Rockfield Studio in Wales where a great many bands over the decades went to record... 

I concur. There will be another musical ensemble like The Band, truly unique in rock and roll history.