TAYLOR MADE 1998

980115A  15th January: from Mount Stewart, Canada.
                    - phone-interview with MT (from London) by Al Lewis

980124A  24th January: UK TV (Channel 4) ‘Music Of The Millennium - The Final
                   Countdown’, incl.
                   - interview with MT

980209A  9th February: JACK BRUCE (BAND).
                   CD 'Live On The Old Grey Whistle Test' (BBC Worldwide Music WHISCD 010).
                   Producer: Michael Appleton. Incl. recordings from BBC's 'Old Grey Whistle Test'
                   TV-show 6.6.75 (see 750606B), done by The Jack Bruce Band. Incl.
                   - Morning Story (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown/Janet Godfrey)
                   - Keep It Down (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown)
                   - Pieces Of Mind (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown)
                   - One (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown)
                   - Band introduction
                   - Spirit (Tony Williams)
                   - Smiles And Grins (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown) -edit
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Jack Bruce (voc, bass, p)/Carla Bley (org, synth, el p,
                                  mellotron)/Ronnie Leahy (el p, synth)/Bruce Gary (dr)
                   Note: See for the missing track Without A Word and the complete version of
                             Smiles And Grins under 080331A.

980220A  20th February: unidentified place, Portugal,

980221A  21st February: Orense, Spain, Pabellón dos Remedios, ‘Blues Festival’
                   Note: With special guest Chuck Herrera (voc) on the encore.

980224A  24th February: Bath, England, Literary Festival

5th - 21st March: Tour Of Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria
                 Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Jim Mullen (gtr)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Richard Bailey (dr)/
                                Paul Thoms [surname unsure](keyb)

980305A  5th March: Innsbruck, Austria (unsure)

980306A  6th March: Steyr, Austria, Kulturhaus Röda

980307A  7th March: Budapest, Hungary, Petõfi Csarnok

980310A  10th March: Austrian TV (ORF2) ‘Willkommen Österreich’, Vienna. Incl.
                     - Losing My Faith (MT/Hillary Briggs) -playback
                     - interview with MT by Dieter Chmelar

980311A  11th March: Salzburg, Austria, Rockhouse
                    (I Wonder Why/You Gotta Move/Boogie Man/You Shook Me/Goin’ South/
                     Band introduction/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell/Twisted
                     Sister-Can‘t You Hear Me Knocking/Band introduction 2)

980312A  12th March: Felden, Austria,

980313A  13th March: Graz, Austria, Orpheum
                    (I Wonder Why/Boogie Man/You Shook Me/Blues In The Morning/Twisted
                     Sister-Can‘t You Hear Me Knocking/Band introduction/Goin’ South/
                     Fed Up With The Blues)

980314A  14th March: Vienna, Austria, Szene
                   (Fed Up With The Blues/I Wonder Why/Boogie Man/You Shook Me/
                    Goin’ South/Band introduction/Blues In The Morning/Can‘t You Hear Me Knocking)

980321A  21st March: Grosswarasdorf, Austria, Kuga
                    (Late At Night/I Wonder Why/Boogie Man/You Shook Me/Goin’ South/
                     Band introduction/Blues In The Morning/Fed Up With The Blues/Band
                     introduction 2/Can‘t You Hear Me Knocking-Twisted Sister)

980323A  23rd March: German radio (Deutschlandfunk) ‘Rock et cetera’.
                    - interview with MT by Bernd Gürtler (Berlin, Quasimodo 21.12.97)

980328A  28th March: BILLY PRESTON.
                   CD ‘Digitally Remastered Best’ (A&M Records POCM-1580, -Japan). Incl.
                    two songs recorded live in fall 1973. Producer: Billy Preston. Sound engineer:
                    Andy Johns. Recorded with the Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit during
                    the '73 European Tour (probably in Essen, October 1973).
                      - That's The Way God Planned It (Billy Preston) -previously released on the
                           LP 'The Best' (see 820000A)
                    - Let It Be (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) -previously unreleased
                    Line-up: MT (gtr)/Billy Preston (voc, keyb)/Huby Heard (keyb)/Kenny Lupper
                                   (keyb)/Manuel Kellough (dr)
                    Note: The album ‘Billy Preston's Live European Tour’ includes an alternate
                               version of Let It Be.

8th - 11th April: Denmark and Sweden-gigs. (No detailed infos known).

980502A  2nd May: Copenhagen, Denmark, Gimle, 'Copenhagen Blues Festival'

980606A  6th June: Paris, France, La Défense, ‘Festival International de Jazz’
                   (Fed Up With The Blues/Boogie Man/Losing My Faith/Blues In The
                    Morning/Goin’ South/Late At Night/Blind Willie McTell/Band introduction/
                    Twisted Sister-Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert
                                  Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)

980617A  17th June: Marseille, France, Jardin de la Barasse
                   (You Gotta Move/I Wonder Why/Losing My Faith/Band introduction/
                    Blind Willie McTell/Late At Night/Blues In The Morning/Can’t You Hear
                    Me Knocking/Red House)
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc, p)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)
                    Note: A private video of the whole show exists.

980618A  18th June: Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls
                   (You Gotta Move/Fed Up With The Blues/Losing My Faith/Late At Night/
                     Blind Willie McTell/Blues In The Morning/Band introduction)
                    Line-up: see 980606A

980620A  20th June: London, Shepherd's Bush Empire
                   (You Gotta Move/Boogie Man/Late At Night/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie
                    McTell/Band introduction/Twisted Sister-Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)
                    Line-up: see 980606A.

980620B  20th June: JOHN MAYALL’S BLUESBREAKERS. London, Shepherd's Bush
                   Empire
                   - Somebody’s Acting Like A Child (John Mayall)
                   - Bye Baby Bye (John Mayall)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/John Mayall (voc, keyb)/Buddy Whittington (gtr)/John Paulus
                                  (bass)/Joe Yuele (dr)

980621A  21st June: Exeter, England, Bishop’s Court ‘Bishopstock Blues Festival ‘98’
980627A  27th June: Nibe, Denmark, Dyreskuepladsen, 'Nibe Festival'

980700A  mid-1998: Danish radio ( ).
                   - interview with MT

980703A  3rd July: Le Creusot, France,
                  (Fed Up With The Blues/Boogie Man/You Shook Me/Goin’ South/
                   Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert
                                  Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)

980705A  5th July: Waidhofen, Austria, Thaya-Park, 'Internationales Festival'

980711A  11th July: Montereau, France,
                    (You Gotta Move/Boogie Man/Losing My Faith/Going South/Blues In The
                     Morning/Twisted Sister-Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Band introduction)
                     Line-up: see 980703A.

980713A  13th July: Pont-Audemer, France, ‘Festival - Night Of The Guitarists’
                    (Fed Up With The Blues/You Gotta Move/Boogie Man/Twisted Sister/
                     You Shook Me/Band introduction/Late At Night/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)
                    Line-up: see 980703A.

980718A  18th July: Ballen (near Samsø), Denmark, Scenen, 'Samsø Festival'

980723A  23rd July: UK TV (VH-1) ‘Talk Music’. Incl.
                    - interview with MT (Bishopstock 21.6.98)
                    - You Gotta Move (F. McDowell/Rev. G. Davis) - Bishopstock 21.6.98, part only

980724A  24th July: Ris-Orangis, France, Le Plan
                   (Fed Up With The Blues-Tore Down/You Gotta Move/Boogie Man/Late At
                    Night/Goin' South/improvised blues/Twisted Sister/Can't You Hear Me
                    Knocking/Band introduction/Blind Willie McTell)
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert
                                   Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)

980725A  25th July: unidentified place, France,
980726A  26th July: unidentified place, Spain,

980700B  July: French TV ( ).
                    - interview with MT

980805A  5th August: unidentified place, Italy,
980806A  6th August: unidentified place, Italy,
980808A  8th August: unidentified place, Italy,

980828A  28th August: Venlo, Netherlands, Julianapark, ‘Zomerparkfeest’
                    (You Gotta Move/Fed Up With The Blues/Boogie Man/Twisted Sister/
                     Going South/Red House/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Band introduction/
                     Blind Willie McTell)

980829A  29th August: Poppering, Belgium, ‘Poppering Festival’

980831A  31st August: Copenhagen, Denmark, Lille Vega
                   (You Gotta Move/Fed Up With The Blues/Boogie Man/Twisted Sister/
                     Losing My Faith/You Shook Me/Goin' South)
                    Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert
                                   Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)

980901A  1st September: Aarhus, Denmark, Train Club

980906A  6th September: ALL STAR BAND. Long Beach, California, Athletic Field,
                   ‘19th Annual Blues Festival’
                   - Oh, Pretty Woman (A.C. Williams)
                   - You Shook Me (Willie Dixon)
                   - Band introduction
                   - instrumental jam ( )
                  Musicians: MT (gtr)/John Mayall (voc, keyb)/Peter Green (gtr)/Chris Dreja (gtr)/
                                      Jim McCarty (gtr)/Ronnie Earl (gtr)/Alan Glen (harm)/Keith Emerson
                                      (org)/Kim Simmonds (gtr)/Buddy Whittington (gtr)/John Paulus
                                      (bass)/Joe Yuele (dr)
                   Note: Broadcast live through internet by KLON-FM and radioondemand.com.
                             At least the band intro and the instrumental jam was professionally filmed.

980900A  Autumn: MICK TAYLOR & MAX MIDDLETON. Parkgate, England, Sensible
                   Studios. Producer: probably MT & Max Middleton. Sound engineers: Jon Moon,
                   Giles Robinson.
                   Composing and recording the soundtrack of the upcoming movie Bad City Blues
                   (see 991026B).
                   Musicians: MT (gtr)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Martin Ditcham (perc)

980921A  21st September: BILL WYMAN’S RHYTHM KINGS.
                   CD 'Anyway The Wind Blows' (BMG Classics 74321 59523 2). Producers:
                   BW and Terry Taylor. Sound engineers: Stuart Epps and Ben Kape.
                   Recorded at some unidentified studio in England, (maybe Maison Rouge Studios,
                   London), probably in mid-1994 or early 1995. Incl.
                   - A True Romance (BW/Terry Taylor)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/BW (bass)/Beverley Skeete (voc)/Terry Taylor (gtr)/Martin
                                  Taylor (gtr)/Georgie Fame (org)/Dave Hartley (p)/Graham Broad (dr)/
                                  Frank Mead, Nick Pentelow & Nick Payn (horns)/Melanie Redmond,
                                  Keeley Smith & Zoe Nicholas (bvoc)

980925A  25th September: UK TV (ITV) 'ITV News', incl.
                   - interview with MT

980926A  26th September: London, Roadhouse

2nd - 24th October: Tour Of France.
                Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert
                               Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)

981002A  2nd October: Ploemer, France, Salle Oceanis
981003A  3rd October: Châteaulin, France, Run Ar Puns
981006A  6th October: St. Germain en Laye, France, La Clef/L’Eclipse, Festival
981007A  7th October: Alençon, France, La Luciole
981010A  10th October: Pau, France, Le Zenith
981013A  13th October: Besançon, France,

981014A  14th October: Strasbourg, France, La Laiterie
                    (You Gotta Move/Fed Up With The Blues/Twisted Sister/Losing My Faith/
                     Boogie Man/Band introduction/You Shook Me/Going South/Giddy Up/
                     Blind Willie McTell/Band introduction 2/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)

981015A  15th October: Lille, France, Le Splendid

981016A  16th October: Gonfreville L'Orchers, France, Espace Culturel de la Pointe de
                    Caux. Soundcheck.
                    (Late At Night/Giddy Up/Blind Willie McTell/Boogie Man/You Shook Me/
                     Going South/Fed Up With The Blues/Late At Night/instrumental jam [Goin’
                     South-like]/Fed Up With The Blues/Boogie Man/Losing My Faith/Boogie Man/
                     Red House/Twisted Sister)

981016B  16th October: Gonfreville L'Orchers, France, Espace Culturel de la Pointe de Caux
                    (You Gotta Move/Fed Up With The Blues/Twisted Sister/Boogie Man/
                     Losing My Faith/Giddy Up/Blues In The Morning/Going South/Blind
                     Willie McTell/Band introduction)

981017A  17th October: Vitry le François, France, Café Musique
981020A  20th October: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Cabaret Sam
981022A  22nd October: Massy, France, Centre Culturel Salle Paul Bailliart

981027A  27th October: from Mount Stewart, Canada.
                   - phone-interview with MT (from Sussex, near London) by Al Lewis

981106A  6th November: MICK TAYLOR.
                   CD 'A Stones' Throw' (Sensible Records SR1 CD). Producer and sound engineer:
                   Tony Taverner. Recorded at Sensible Studios, Parkgate, England in autumn 1997
                    and Monnow Valley Studios, Rockfield, Wales. Mixed at Sensible Studios from
                    January 1998 onwards.
                   - Secret Affair (MT)
                   - Twisted Sister (MT/Jeff Allen/Max Middleton)
                   - Never Fall In Love Again (MT)
                   - Losing My Faith (MT/Hillary Briggs)
                   - Morning Comes (MT)
                   - Lost In The Desert (MT)
                   - Blues In The Morning (MT)
                   - Late At Night (MT)
                   - Here Comes The Rain (Jerry Williams)
                   - Blind Willie McTell (Bob Dylan)
                   Line-up 'Secret Affair': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p, clavinet)/Hillary Briggs
                                 (org)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Martin Ditcham (perc)
                   Line-up 'Twisted Sister': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Michael Bailey
                                 (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Martin Ditcham (perc)
                   Line-up 'Never Fall In Love Again': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Hillary
                                 Briggs (org, synth)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Martin Ditcham
                                 (perc)
                   Line-up Losing My Faith': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Robert Ahwai (gtr)/
                                 John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (org)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Lisa
                                 Daniel & Hazel Fernandes (bvoc)
                   Line-up 'Morning Comes': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Kuma Harada
                                 (ac bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)
                   Line-up 'Lost In The Desert': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (el p)/Hillary Briggs
                                 (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Richard Bailey (dr)/Andy MacIntosh (sax)
                   Line-up 'Blues In The Morning': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Hillary Briggs
                                 (org)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Robert Ahwai (gtr)
                   Line-up 'Late At Night': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/John 'Rabbit' Bundrick
                                 (org)/Kuma Harada (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Lisa Daniel & Hazel Fernandes
                                 (bvoc)
                   Line-up 'Here Comes The Rain': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (el p)/Michael
                                 Bailey (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)
                   Line-up 'Blind Willie McTell': MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Michael Bailey
                                 (bass)/Jeff Allen (dr)/Robert Ahwai (gtr)/Martin Ditcham (perc) 

981112A  12th November: Aberdeen, Scotland,
981113A  13th November: Edinburgh, Scotland,

20th November - 9th December: Tour Of Germany and Switzerland.
                Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Robert
                               Ahwai (gtr)/Jeff Allen (dr)

981120A  20th November: Potsdam, Germany, Lindenpark
                   (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Losing My Faith/Late
                    At Night/Giddy Up/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell/Boogie
                    Man/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)

981121A  21st November: Rheinberg, Germany, Stadthalle, ‘Blues Festival’
                   (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Losing My Faith/Giddy Up/
                    Late At Night/Blind Willie McTell/Red House/Can't You Hear Me Knocking)

981123A  23rd November: Freiburg, Germany, Jazzhaus
                   (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Losing My Faith/Late At Night/
                    Giddy Up/Rollin’ Stone Blues-Blues In The Morning/Boogie Man/
                    Blind Willie McTell/Band introduction/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)

981127A  27th November: Osnabrück, Germany, Works
981128A  28th November: Worpswede, Germany, Musichall
981129A  29th November: Ulm, Germany, Roxy
981130A  30th November: Dortmund, Germany, Live Station (cancelled?)

981201A  1st December: Hamburg, Germany, Fabrik
                    (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Late At Night/
                     Losing My Faith/Giddy Up/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell/
                     Red House/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)

981203A  3rd December: Chemnitz, Germany, Südbahnhof
                   (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Late At Night/Losing My
                     Faith/You Shook Me/Goin' South/Band introduction 1/Blues In The Morning/
                     Boogie Man/Band introduction 2/Red House/Can't You Hear Me Knocking)

981204A  4th December: Friedrichshafen, Germany, Bahnhof Fischbach
981205A  5th December: Rubigen, Switzerland, Muehle Hunziken

981206A  6th December: Pratteln (near Basel), Switzerland, Konzertfabrik
                    (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Losing My Faith/Late
                     At Night/Goin’ South/Band introduction/You Shook Me/Blind Willie McTell/
                     Band introduction 2/Red House/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking-Twisted Sister)

981207A  7th December: Winterthur, Switzerland, Albani
                    (You Gotta Move/Secret Affair/Twisted Sister/Losing My Faith/Late
                     At Night/Goin’ South/Blues In The Morning/Blind Willie McTell/
                     Band introduction/Red House/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking)

981208A  8th December: Luzern, Switzerland, Stadtkeller
981209A  9th December: Erfurt, Germany, Rotplombe

mid-December: Gigs in Spain.
                 Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (p)/Michael Bailey (bass)/Martin Ditcham (dr)

981212A  12th December: Leganes (near Madrid), Spain, Universal Sur Club, incl.
                    - Red House (Jimi Hendrix)
                    Note: Soundboard recording got made (2-track monitor mix).

981213A  13th December: Barcelona, Spain,

981200A  December: JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS.
                   DVD 'Jammin' With The Blues Greats' (Image Entertainment ID 4706 LY, -US).
                   Filmed live in Passaic, New Jersey on June 18, 1982. Director: Lenn Dell'Amico.
                   - Band introduction [with underlaid guitar solo, from Rock It In The Pocket] (John
                        Mayall)
                   - An Eye For An Eye (John Mayall)
                   - Baby What You Want Me To Do/Baby What's Wrong (Jimmy Reed) (Jimmy
                        Reed/Mary Lee Reed) -Etta James on vocals
                   - Messin' With The Kid (Mel London) -Junior Wells on vocals and harmonica,
                        Buddy Guy on guitar
                   - Don’t Start Me Talkin' (Sonnyboy Williamson II) -Junior Wells on vocals and
                         harmonica, Buddy Guy on guitar
                   - My Time After Awhile (Robert Geddins/Ronald Badger)
                   - Shorty George (Sippie Wallace) -Sippie Wallace on vocals
                   - The Dark Side Of Midnight (John Mayall)
                   - I Wonder Why (Albert King) -Albert King on vocals and guitar, Frank Dunbar
                        on bass
                   - Born Under A Bad Sign (Booker T. Jones/William Bell) -Albert King on vocals
                        and  guitar, Frank Dunbar on bass
                   - Stormy Monday (Aron Walker) -Albert King on vocals and guitar, Frank
                         Dunbar on bass
                   - C.C. Rider (Trad.) -with all previous guests plus Hubert Sumlin on guitar
                        (Frank Dunbar changing to harmonica)
                   - Room To Move (John Mayall) -Frank Dunbar on bass
                   Line-up: MT (gtr; some p on Room To Move)/John Mayall (voc, el p, harm)/John
                                  McVie (bass)/Colin Allen (dr)