I'm looking for a live recording

of the BSO show from the 97/98 New Years Eve gig at The Warfield. The orchestra ripped into Led Zeppelin's Black Dog at midnight. As far as I know, this is the only time that they played this long live. I don't need the whole show, but I'd love to have that cover version.

It was earlier than that - 12-31-95, I believe. There was an early version of Hey, Louie Prima, called Hey, Lorena, along with a version of Black Dog. When people are suggesting Dave Brubeck, Gershwin, or some other reasonably mellow jazz tunes for the BSO to cover, it gives me pause, because I remember those Guitar Slinger days, when the big band was really rockin'. Wasn't there a Mark-n-Brian radio appearance where they broke into Zeppelin as well?

Gonna Make You Sweat, Gonna Make You Groove-a-billy

rickabilly wrote:

It was earlier than that - 12-31-95, I believe. There was an early version of Hey, Louie Prima, called Hey, Lorena, along with a version of Black Dog. When people are suggesting Dave Brubeck, Gershwin, or some other reasonably mellow jazz tunes for the BSO to cover, it gives me pause, because I remember those Guitar Slinger days, when the big band was really rockin'. Wasn't there a Mark-n-Brian radio appearance where they broke into Zeppelin as well?

Gonna Make You Sweat, Gonna Make You Groove-a-billy

Yeah, I think you're right. I went to two Warfield NYE shows and I get them mixed up a bit. The 95 NYE show was far more aggressive as I can recall. Reverend Horton Heat opened the show and this was just before the neo-swing/big band thing reached the mainstream, so the boys were far more hungry. I'd love to find some live recording from those days.

There's another thread here that asks for suggestions of cover songs/genres. I suggested that they try an album of hard rock classics, done big band style. Others have tried it (Pat Boone?) but have failed spectacularly. I think Brian could finally do it right.