Tune Tag #104 with David Burton of If You Get Confused, Pt. 2: Traffic, Eagles, Annie Lennox, Derek & The Dominos, Dave Mason, Stevie Wonder, Kyle Vincent

🤘Classic Rock is the byword here, but we also hear from some dynamic and, possibly, new names for some of us.

Welcome to Turn Tag!?!😱

While they do that, let’s welcome

David Burton

of If You Get Confused for his second Tune Tag!

David and his newly-acquired Goose tee from their recent show at Madison Square Garden!

David is the almost-30 creator of the newsletter, If You Get Confused, where he shares notes on songs that have meaning to him in hopes that they might provide meaning to other people too. He is a lifelong fan of music, and started his newsletter as a passion project to share music with anyone who wants to listen and find new ways to connect with the music he loves.

The title of his newsletter is named after the Grateful Dead lyric: “If you get confused, listen to the music play.” That’s a method that’s always worked for him, and his hope is that his newsletter helps anyone else who might need it!

David’s lo-fi, but brilliant, hand-drawn logo is one of the more distinctive on the ‘Stack, and, as it happens, one of my faves! David saw fit to adorn Mr. DeeBee with a newly-fashioned tie-dyed Tee for his recent Grateful Dead article, “What’s The Grateful Dead’s Best Song?”. David has been hinting that Mr. DeeBee has been shopping lately, and may be showing off some new duds in upcoming articles! Subscribe!

This was David’s first turn in the Tune Tag arena from last Christmas Eve! Brrrr!🧊

Tune Tag #72 with David Burton of "If You Get Confused": Allman Bros, Ozzy, Wishbone Ash, Uriah Heep, Billy Joel, Pavlov's Dog, Blue Öyster Cult

Last week, we filed some albums alphabetically with

Hugh Jones

of

The Record Store Years

:

Tune Tag #103 with Hugh Jones of The Record Store Years, Pt. 2: Cheri Knight, XTC, J. Geils Band, Jason Crest, Zuider Zee, Millennium, Liverpool Express

Next week, join us as we gently rewind with

Michael Elliott

of

The Mixtape

!

David’s song #1 sent to Brad: Traffic, “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” Live at L.A.’s Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Feb. 21, 1972

David’s rationale: This is one of my favorite classic rock songs. I’ve been listening to it a lot recently, so it’s top of mind. Also, as a Dead Head, I can’t help but mention how The Grateful Dead performed this song quite a bit in their later years. They covered this tune 60 times between 1984 and 1990!

Brad’s reply: I saw The Dead sometime in the ‘70s, David…most likely around ‘78, as best as I can remember. Never been a real fan, although there are some of their early-’70s output I enjoyed, but, these were albums on Warner Bros. that Dad brought home from the radio station at which he worked. Same with the concert ticket (and, why I don’t immediately recall the year I saw them!); Dad brought it home!

I do recall some of the solo albums…Garcia’s ‘74 self-titled, and the Keith and Donna Godchaux album (above), as well. I’m looking now, and they appear to be on Round Records and Grateful Dead Records. I know I had the triple-live Dead album (Europe ‘72), but that was on Warner Bros. proper. It makes me wonder if the Godchaux album and some of the others on Round and/or Grateful Dead Records were distributed by Warner Bros., even though that’s not noted on them (as shown on Discogs).

All of this to ask you, David, if you’ve ever gotten to those Dead “satellite” albums at all, and if so, what are your thoughts (feel free to comment below, if you’d like)?

Brad’s song #1 sent to David: Eagles, “Love Will Keep Us Alive,” 1995

David’s response: This ‘90’s Eagles song was later recorded, live, by a former member of Traffic, Dave Mason (and song co-writer, Jim Capaldi) in 1999! I am guessing Brad picked this due to the Dave Mason connection, who covered and recorded this for his live album. I wouldn’t know that without a little bit of research, so perhaps there’s another connection I am missing here!

Brad’s rationale: This 1995 song by The Eagles was written by Peter Vale, Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics), and Traffic’s drummer, Jim Capaldi.

From the album, Dear Mr. Fantasy, A Celebration for Jim Capaldi (who died in January 2005 at age 60), here’s the 2007 live performance of “Love Will Keep Us Alive” with Jon Lord, Gary Moore, Mark Rivera, The Storys, Joe Walsh, Steve Winwood & Bill Wyman:

David’s song #2: Derek and The Dominos, All Things Must Pass version of “Tell the Truth,” 1970

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