THE B-52s – Live in Athens, GA, 1978
Major good fellow, Grammy© winner, Athens resident and ECR reader Henry Owings (publisher of the great Chunklet Magazine) slipped me this one a few months back, and it’s a killer. Not only is it the band performing for a hometown crowd on the eve of their success, but everyone involved is in peak musical form.
If you’re at all interested in the subject of Athens, then make a point to track down “Party Out of Bounds”, the great Athens rock bio book, which profiles a number of great acts like the Method Actors, Pylon and Love Tractor. And, yeah — R.E.M. too.
Fantastic stuff yet again.
Nice choice here. Look forward to blasting it in the car.
Thanks for sharing this one…. Always had a soft spot for the B-52′s!
that’s nice!!
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BELLISSIMO!!!!!!!
grazie
Henry Owings? He was the winner of the torture tape challenge! Evil, evil shit.
it’s weird how Fred stopped himself from saying everyone’s last names in the band intro! What was that all about?
thanks for this, great to add to my obsessively expansive B-52′s collection! the weirdest version of planet claire i have ever heard! They ditched the synths for high-pitched vocals!
hey there again!egg city is rapidly becoming one of my fave music blogs!love the music you are posting-more power to you!B52s have always been awesome and are one of the most fun bands to see live-Well I’m gonna jump in a crater…see ya later!