You’ve Never Heard the Beatles Quite Like This

There are gigs that are storied for the music that was played at them and there are gigs that are storied for their stories. And sometimes there are shows that are storied for both.

We may look back on an artist’s gigography and think, “Wow, I would have done anything to be there for that.” If the show is of a recent vintage, or by such a well-documented act as the Grateful Dead, chances are there’s a recording we can listen to. But if we’re talking about Robert Johnson playing at a neighbor’s backyard fish fry, we’re out of luck and left to dream.

Almost always, that is. For there are rare occasions where we’re presented with a gift that seems not only too good to be true, but as if there’s no way the gift could even exist so that we might receive it. These are the gifts that make for the moments when a music lover feels blessed.

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