''No Nukes: The Muse Concerts For a Non-Nuclear Future'' was a 1979
triple
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Sports
* Triple (baseball), a three-base hit
* A basketball three-point field goal
* A figure skating jump with three rotations
* In bowling terms, three strikes in a row
* ...
live album
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that contained selections from the September 1979
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...
concerts by the
Musicians United for Safe Energy
Musicians United for Safe Energy, or MUSE, is an activist group 1979 in music, founded in 1979 by Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, Harvey Wasserman and John Hall (New York), John Hall. The group advocates anti-nuclear, against the use ...
collective.
Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
,
Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
,
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer and guitarist. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated ...
, and
John Hall John Hall may refer to:
Academics
* John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic
* John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal
* John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...
were the key organizers of the event and guiding forces behind the album.
This was the first official appearance of
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The E Street Band is an American rock band, and has been musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. For the bulk of Springsteen's recording and performing caree ...
's live act on record, and their "Detroit Medley", a staple of the encores of their regular shows, achieved considerable
album-oriented rock
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Album-oriente ...
airplay. In 2021, Springsteen officially released a compilation of songs he performed in his sets from the shows as the live album ''
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
''The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts'' is a live album and concert film by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released on November 19, 2021. It was recorded over two nights, September 21 and 22, 1979, at Madison Square Garden, as part ...
''.
Otherwise the album did not get much radio attention, as many of the artists held back their best-known material from appearing on it or emphasized collaborative performances. The album was certified a
gold record
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile meta ...
by the
RIAA
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in September 1980.
It was reissued as a two-
CD set by
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...
in October 1997.
The ''
No Nukes'' film was also released in May 1980 from this event, although it contained somewhat varying contents from this album.
Track listing
Side 1
#"Dependin' on You"
(Patrick Simmons
Patrick Simmons (born October 19, 1948) is an American musician best known as a founding member of the rock band The Doobie Brothers. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the only consistent member of the band throughout their tenure. Simm ...
, Michael McDonald) –
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in 1970 in San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies. Active for five decades, with their greatest success in the 1970s, ...
– 4:44
# "
Runaway"
(Del Shannon
Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one '' Billboard'' hit " Runaway". In 1999, he was ind ...
, ) –
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer and guitarist. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated ...
– 3:53
# "
Angel from Montgomery
"Angel from Montgomery" is a song written by John Prine, originally appearing on his self-titled 1971 album ''John Prine''. The song has been covered extensively by various artists.
Background
John Prine wrote "Angel from Montgomery" after a fr ...
"
(John Prine
John Edward Prine (; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death. He ...
) – Bonnie Raitt – 3:48
# "Plutonium Is Forever"
(John & Johanna Hall) –
John Hall John Hall may refer to:
Academics
* John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic
* John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal
* John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...
– 3:22
# "Power"
(John & Johanna Hall) – The Doobie Brothers with John Hall and
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...
– 5:23
Side 2
# "
The Times They Are A-Changin'"
(Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
) – James Taylor,
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), " The Right Thin ...
and
Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
– 3:00
# "Cathedral"
(Graham Nash) – Graham Nash – 6:03
# "The Crow on the Cradle"
(Sydney Carter
Sydney Bertram Carter (6 May 1915 – 13 March 2004) was an English poet, songwriter, and folk musician who was born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song " Lord of the Dance" (1967), whose music is based on the " Shaker Allegro" ...
) –
Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
and Graham Nash – 5:04
# "Before the Deluge"
(Jackson Browne) – Jackson Browne – 6:27
Side 3
# "
Lotta Love
"Lotta Love" is a song written and recorded by Neil Young and released on his 1978 '' Comes a Time'' album. "Lotta Love" was also covered by Nicolette Larson in 1978. Larson's version reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and No. 8 ...
"
(Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...
) –
Nicolette Larson
Nicolette Larson (July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997) was an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young and her 1978 hit single of Young's "Lotta Love", which hit No. 1 on the Hot Adult Contem ...
and The Doobie Brothers – 3:33
# "
Little Sister"
(Doc Pomus
Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...
, Mort Shuman
Mortimer Shuman (12 November 1938 – 2 November 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as ...
) –
Ry Cooder
Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, an ...
– 3:56
# "A Woman"
(Connie Brooks, Patricia Johnson) –
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-women band, all-woman, African American, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are an United States, American three-time Grammy Award–nominated troupe who express their history as black women through song ...
– 1:28
# "
We Almost Lost Detroit
''We Almost Lost Detroit'', a 1975 Reader's Digest book by John G. Fuller, presents a history of Fermi 1, America's first commercial breeder reactor, with emphasis on the 1966 partial nuclear meltdown.
It took four years for the reactor to be r ...
"
(Gil Scott-Heron) –
Gil Scott-Heron
Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American Jazz poetry, jazz poet, singer, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician ...
– 4:44
# "
Get Together"
(Chet Powers
Chester William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwri ...
) –
Jesse Colin Young
Perry Miller (born November 22, 1941), known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the The Youngbloods, Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972 ...
– 4:52
Side 4
# "
You Can't Change That
"You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their second studio album '' Rock On''. Released as a single in 1979, it reached #9 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #3 on the soul chart.
Critical reception
Robert Hilburn of the ''Los ...
"
(Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters''. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 h ...
) –
Raydio
Raydio is an American funk and R&B vocal group formed in 1977 by Ray Parker Jr., with Vincent Bonham, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael.
Career 1970s and Raydio
After securing a record deal, the group scored their first big hit in early 1978 ...
– 3:33
# "
Once You Get Started"
(Gavin Christopher
Gavin Christopher (May 1, 1949 – March 3, 2016) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and producer.
Early life and career
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he started out playing music at a very early age. Having been schooled by the li ...
) –
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (), is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the " Qu ...
– 5:10
# "Captain Jim's Drunken Dream"
(James Taylor) – James Taylor – 4:19
# "
Honey Don't Leave L.A.
"Honey Don't Leave L.A." is a song written by Danny Kortchmar. It was first recorded by Attitudes, a band consisting of Kortchmar, Paul Stallworth, Jim Keltner and David Foster, who met while backing George Harrison on his album '' Extra Textu ...
"
(Danny Kortchmar
Daniel "Danny Kootch" Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, ...
) – James Taylor – 3:45
# "
Mockingbird
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"
(Inez and Charlie Foxx
Inez Foxx (September 9, 1937 – August 25, 2022) and her elder brother Charlie Foxx (October 23, 1933 – September 18, 1998) were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charli ...
) – James Taylor and Carly Simon – 3:57
Side 5
# "
Heart of the Night
''Heart of the Night'' is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records.
Track listing
# "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:34
# "De La Luz" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:14
# "Westwood Moon" ...
"
(Paul Cotton
Norman Paul Cotton (February 26, 1943July 31, 2021) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the band Poco and the writer of their international hit song "Heart of the Night". Before that, he was co-guitarist for the ...
) –
Poco
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. Guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, former members of Buffalo Springfield, were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassi ...
– 6:09
# "
Cry to Me
"Cry to Me" is a song written by Bert Berns (listed as "Bert Russell") and first recorded by American soul singer Solomon Burke in 1961. Released in 1962, it was Burke's second single to appear in both ''Billboard'' magazine's Hot R&B Sides and ...
"
(Bert Berns
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) –
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer S ...
– 3:30
# "
Stay
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Places
* Stay, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the US
Law
* Stay of execution, a ruling to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a court judgment
* Stay of proceedings, a ruling halting further legal process in a tri ...
"
( Maurice Williams) –
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band with Jackson Browne and
Rosemary Butler
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– 4:14
# "Detroit Medley": "
Devil with the Blue Dress"
(Shorty Long
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Shorty may also refer to:
Music Artists
* Ras Shorty I, Trinidadian artist and founder of soca music.
* Shorty (band), an American rock band formed in 1991
* Shorty (Ameri ...
, Mickey Stevenson
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People Given name or nickname Men
* Mickey Andrews (bor ...
), "
Good Golly, Miss Molly
"Good Golly, Miss Molly" is a hit rock 'n' roll song first recorded in 1956 by the American musician Little Richard and released in January 1958 as Specialty single 624 and next in July 1958 on '' Little Richard''.
The song, a jump blues, was ...
"
(Robert Blackwell
Robert Alexander "Bumps" Blackwell (May 23, 1918 – March 9, 1985) was an American bandleader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Char ...
, John Marascalco
John S. Marascalco (March 27, 1931 – July 5, 2020) was an American songwriter most noted for the songs he wrote for Little Richard. He was born in Grenada, Mississippi and died in Los Angeles, California.
Career
Marascalco co-wrote several of ...
), "Jenny Take a Ride"
(Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman
Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the " ...
, Bob Crewe
Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Season ...
) – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – 4:49
Side 6
# "You Don't Have to Cry"
(Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. As both a solo act and member of two successful bands, Stills has com ...
) –
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member, ...
– 3:04
# "Long Time Gone"
(David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...
) – Crosby, Stills & Nash – 5:23
# "
Teach Your Children
"Teach Your Children" is a song written by Graham Nash in 1968 when he was a member of the Hollies. Although it was never recorded by that group in a studio, the Hollies did record it live in 1983. The song first appeared on the album ''Déjà Vu ...
"
(Graham Nash) – Crosby, Stills & Nash – 3:05
# "
Takin' It to the Streets"
(Michael McDonald) – The Doobie Brothers and James Taylor – 4:37
Charts
Production credits
* Audio Recording: Record Plant NY Black Truck, Chief Engineer: David Hewitt
*
Greg Ladanyi
Greg Ladanyi (July 6, 1952 – September 29, 2009) was an American record producer and recording engineer of Hungarian descent, known for his work with many musicians, including Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, The Church, Caifanes, Anna Vis ...
,
Stanley Johnston
Stanley Johnston (1900 – September 13, 1962) was an Australian-American journalist who, as a correspondent during World War II, wrote a story for the ''Chicago Tribune'' that inadvertently revealed the extent of American code-breaking act ...
,
Dennis Kirk,
Don Gooch
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*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
,
Jimmy Iovine
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- Engineers
*
Joe Chiccarelli
Joe or JOE may refer to:
Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
- Engineering
* Remote Crew: Phil Gitomer, Michael Guthrie, Dana Lester, Kooster McAllister, Paul Prestopino, David "DB" Brown, and John Venable
Production crew
* John Badenhop
* Eric Barrett
* Tim Bernett
* David Bernstein
* Joel Bernstein
* Mark Brickman
* Rance Caldwell
* Bob Chirmside
* Rusty Conway
* Ivan Crews
* Joe Crowley
* Jim DeLuca
* Tony DeMattia
* Denny Densmore
* Chip Dox
* Pat Farrell
* David Faison
* Richard Fernandez
* Chuck Fitzpatrick
* Bill "Doc" Gans
* Glenn Goodwin
* Tom Hansen
* Denis Heron
* Armando Hurley
* Jeffrey Husband
* Grey Ingram
* Bruce Jackson
* Buford Jones
* Dennis Jones
* Phyllis Kaufman
* Leroy Kerr
* Edd Kolakowski
* Donnie Kretzschmar
* Lewis Lee
* Tom Littrell
* Clyde Llewellyn
* Robin Magruder
* Rob Marchner
* Jeff Mason
* Mary Newton
* Steve Nutting
* Alan Owen
* C.J.Patterson
* Steve Pearlman
* Ron Penny
* Bob Pope
* Dennis Scrimo
* B.J.Schiller
* Dixie Swanson
* George Van Ostrum
* Michael Valvano
* Larry Wallace
* Marty Woolf
* Joe Hill
References
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1979 live albums
Asylum Records live albums
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