Copperhead - 1972-03-17 - San Francisco, CA

Copperhead
The Longbranch, San Francisco, CA
1972-03-17

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [266 mb]
sq: EX-

__Set I__
01 tuning
02 Kibitzer
03 Back Roads
04 Pete's Instrumental
05 Rock 'n' Roll Party
06 Drunken Irish Setter
07 Wang Dang Doo
08 Rider > 
09 Cobra >
10 Rider (reprise)

__Set II__
11 noodling and tuning
12 I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
13 unknown
14 Good Time Boogie
15 Spin-Spin
16 Hogan's Goat
17 Exuberance
18 Keeper Of The Flame
19 Bigelow 6-9000
20 Roller Derby Star

tt: 1:56:07

John Cipollina - guitars
Gary Philippet - vocals, guitars, organ
Jim McPherson - vocals, piano, bass, percussion
David Weber - drums, percussion
Pete Sears - bass, keyboards

??? - Harmonica

Copperhead - 1972 - San Francisco, CA

Copperhead 
Studio Outtakes, CBS Studios, San Francisco, CA
1972

studio sbd 
(John Cipollina's Master Reels > Edited and mastered by SIRMick, November 2025 )
mp3 @ 320 [97 mb]
sq: EX

__1972-07-01__
01 Chameleon (Rough Cut)
__1972-10-31__
02 They're Makin' A Monster (take 13)
__1972-12-06__
03 A Little Hand
04 Drunken Irish Setter (edited version)
05 Kama Kazi *
__1972-12-20__
06 Kama Kazi (with sitar) *
07 They're Makin' A Monster (with chains)

tt: 36:16

John Cipollina - guitar
Gary Phillipet - guitar, vocals
Jim McPherson. - piano, vocals
Hutch Hutchinson - bass, vocals
David Weber - drums

* This is how it is spelt on the reel box

Terry & The Pirates - 1980-05-01 - San Francisco, CA

Terry & The Pirates
Boarding House, San Francisco, CA
1980-05-01

fm (KSAN 95 FM)
mp3 @ 320 [159 mb]
sq: EX-

artwork included

01 Kate Hayes Intro
02 Montana Eyes
03 Highway
04 Terry's Mothers Day wishes
05 Inside and Out
06 (I Wish I Were Your) River
07 I Put A Spell On You
08 Silverado Trail
09 Yes, I Do (Jessie's Tune)
10 Writing You A Letter
11 Band introductions
12 Ain't Living Long Like This
13 Terry thanks to KSAN
14 Inlaws and Outlaws
15 Don't Do It

tt: 1:08:55

Terry Dolan - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar
Greg Douglass - guitar
David Hayes - bass, vocals
Jeff Myer - drums

Copperhead - 1972-01-28 - San Francisco, CA

Copperhead
The Longbranch, San Francisco, CA
1972-01-28

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [208 mb]
sq: EX

__Early Show__
01 Rider -> Cobra
02 Kibitzer
03 Back Roads
04 Dancing Shoes
05 Maple Leaf Rag tuning -> more tuning
06 I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
07 Keeper Of The Flame
08 Roller Derby Star

__Late Show__
09 Hogan's Goat
10 Spin-Spin
11 Pete's Instrumental
12 Good Time Boogie
13 Drunken Irish Setter
14 Bigelow 6-9000

tt: 1:30:31

John Cipollina - guitars
Gary Philippet - vocals, guitars, organ
Jim McPherson - vocals, piano, bass, percussion
David Weber - drums, percussion
Pete Sears - bass, keyboards

Man & John Cipollina - 1975-05-26 - London, England

Man & John Cipollina
The Roundhouse, London, England
1975-05-26 (complete show)

aud
mp3 @ 320 [272 mb]
sq: A+ / EX-

01 Drone
02 7171-551
03 Hard Way To Die
04 Codine
05 Razor Blade And Rattlesnake
06 Someone Is Calling
07 The Storm
08 Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
09 Many Are Called But Few Get Up
10 Bigelow 6 9000
11 Hard Way To Live
12 Bananas
13 encore break and tuning
encore
14   Romain *
15 Mona -> Who Do You Love// *

tt: 1:58:38

Micky Jones -  guitar, vocals
Deke Leonard -  guitar, vocals
Terry Williams -  drums, vocals
Martin Ace -  bass, guitar, vocals

guests:
John Cipollina - guitar (whole show)
* Lemmy Kilmister - bass

John Cipollina - 1986-03-02 - NYC, NY

John Cipollina
Trips Festival 1986, The Ritz, NYC, NY 
1986-03-02

fm  (by WNEW  102.7 FM)
mp3 @ 320 [100 mb]
sq: EX-

01 Tuning
02 San Francisco Blues
03 Introducing Drummer Roger Squitero
04 Well All Right
05 Band Introductions
06 Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde
07 Black Magic Woman >
08 Gypsy Queen
09 All Worth the Price You Pay
10 She's Not There

tt: 43:21

John Cipollina - guitar & vocals
Greg Douglass - guitar & vocals
Alex Ligertwood - guitar & vocals
David Margen - bass
David Perper - drums
Roger Squitero - percussion

Dinosaurs - 1987-05-17 - Seattle, WA

Dinosaurs
Parker's Ballroom, Seattle, WA
1987-05-17  (partial show)

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [222 mb]
sq: A+

CD1 
01 Who Makes The Moves 
02 Wake Up Everybody In The Neighborhood 
03 Boogie On Reggae Woman 
04 Do I Move You? 
05 Blind Man 
06 Motel Party Baby 
07 Got Love -> The Dance 
08 After Midnight 

CD2 
09 Sugaree 
10 Little Red Rooster *
11 Thirty Days * 
12 Built For Comfort -> Mona

tt: 1:36:51 

John Cipollina -  guitar, vocals
Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums 
w/
* Rob Moitoza (Cold Blood) - vocals and blues harp & Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) - guitar

Terry & The Pirates - 1977-11-22 - Rodeo, CA

Terry & The Pirates
Rio Theater, Rodeo, CA
1977-11-22

sbd (Edited and mastered by SIRMick)
mp3 @ 320 [178 mb]
sq: A

01 Highway
02 River
03 Heart Beating Away
04 Shadow Of The Buffalo
05 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
06 All In Your Mind
07 So Who Asked You?
08 Nothin' To Lose
09 Rainbow
10 Brown Skin Monkey Bag
encore
11 noodling and deciding what to play
12 I Can't Dance
13 Writing You A Letter
14 Hideaway

tt: 1:17:16 

Terry Dolan - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar
Greg Douglass - guitar, vocals
Lonnie Turner - bass
Bones Jones - drums

Dinosaurs - 1983-04-20 - San Francisco, CA

Dinosaurs
Barbary Coast Room, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 
1983-04-20 (afternoon show)

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [177 mb]
sq: EX-

01 Intro
02 Who Makes The Moves
03 Amagamalin Street
04 Seventh Seal
05 One Thing To Try
06 Rock And Roll Music *
07 Colorado Town *
08 Slack String Quartet
09 Butcher's Boy
10 Blindman **
11 Mona***
12 Streetwise
13 S.O.S.
14 Promontory Rider

tt: 1:16:51

Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Robert Hunter - acoustic guitar, vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums
Peter Albin - bass, vocals
w/
* Richard Olsen - vocals, saxophone (The Charlatans)
** Fritz Kasten - drums (Joy Of Cooking)
*** Chuck Bernstein - drums (It's A Beautiful Day)

Thunder & Lightning - 1989-04-20 - Athens, Greece

Thunder & Lightning (Gravenites - Cipollina Band)
Club Rodon, Athens, Greece
1989-04-20

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [209 mb]
sq: (A+ / EX)

01 Intro -> Dekalb Blues
02 Drugs & Alcohol
03 Chat -> Four Floors Or Forty -> You Can't Hurt Me No More
04 Chat -> Down In The Bottom
05 Small Walk-In Box
06 Right Handed World, Left Handed Soul
07 Band Intros -> Get Together
08 Funky News
09 Kill My Brain
10 Crowd -> Nick's Highland Fling
11 Born In Chicago
12 Southside

tt: 1:31:19

Terry & The Pirates - 1980-05-09 - Petaluma, CA

Terry & The Pirates
Phoenix Theater, Petaluma, CA
1980-05-09

sbd (edited and mastered: SIRMick - January 2024)
mp3 @ 320 [140 mb]
sq: EX

01 Montana Eyes
02 Inside And Out
03 River
04 I Put A Spell On You
05 Highway
06 Silverado Trail 
07 Yes I Do
08 Writing You A Letter
09 Ain't Living Long Like This
10 All Worth The Price You Pay
11 Inlaws And Outlaws

tt: 1:00:44

Terry Dolan - guitar, vocals
Greg Douglass - guitar
John Cipollina - guitar
David Hayes - bass
Jeffrey Myer - drums

John Cipollina (Novato Frank Band) - 1985-09-29 - Roseville, CA

John Cipollina (Novato Frank Band)
Riverside Dodge Car Lot, Roseville, CA
1985-09-29

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [391 mb]
sq: EX-

CD1
__Set 1__
01 Blues - soundcheck
02 Baby Want You Want Me To Do - soundcheck
03 Intro
04 Love Her With A Feeling
05 Who Do You Love
06 Rock 'N' Roll Heaven

CD2
__Set 2__
07 I'd Do It All Again
08 Me And Bobby McGee
09 Ball And Chain / band intros
10 Reelin' And Rockin'
11 Bring It Up
12 Bring It On Home To Me

CD3
__Set 3__
13 Dreams
14 Baby Please Don't Go
15 Ride Out
16 Susie Q
17 Jessie James
18 Searchin' Blues
19 Mona

CD4
__Set 4__
20 Lucille
21 Butcher's Boy

tt: 2:50:04

Frank Bonomolo - vocals, harmonica
John Cipollina - guitar, vocals
Barry Melton - guitar, vocals
Greg Douglass - guitar, vocals
Doug Kilmer - bass
Greg Anton - drums
Greg Elmore - drums
Ben "King" Perkoff - horns

John Cipollina (Raven) - 1976-06-01&27 - San Francisco & Lake Tahoe

John Cipollina (Raven)
Blue Bear Studios, San Francisco, CA (1st LP Outtakes, Raw Mixes and Demos)
1976-06-01
&
Sundance, Lake Tahoe, CA (1st Live Show)
1976-06-27

sbd & aud*
mp3 @ 320 [169 mb]
sq: A+

__Blue Bear__
01 Clouds
02 Bad News
03 Prayers
04 Rock'n'Roll Nurse
05 Unvicious Circle
06 Do What You Do
07 All Worth the Price You Pay
08 Burning Corte Madera
__Sundance*__
09 Razorblade & Rattlesnake
10 Gimme' Shelter
11 Moonlight Traveler
12 Sawtooth
13 Postscripts
14 Oxblood

tt: 1:13:23

John Cipollina - guitar
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Greg Douglass - guitar
Mark Unobsky - guitar
Jim McPherson - keyboards
Hutch Hutchinson - bass
David Weber - drums
Andy Kirby - drums

Man - 1975-04-05 - San Francisco, CA

Man
Winterland, San Francisco, CA
1975-04-05

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [136 mb]
sq: EX-

artwork included

01 7171-551 (Incomplete)
02  C'mon
03  Hard Way To Die
04 Many Are Called But Few Get Up
05 Jam (with John Cipollina)

tt: 59:34

Man w/ John Cipollina - 1975-05-14 - Glasgow, Scotland

Man w/ John Cipollina

Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland

1975-05-14

sbd

mp3 @ 320 [249 mb]

sq: A+

artwork included

01 7171-551

02 A Hard Way To Die

03 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

04 The Storm

05 A Hard Way To Live

06 Codeine

07 Someone Is Calling

08 Razor Blade And Rattlesnake

09 Many Are Called But Few Get Up

10 Bananas

11 Scotch Corner *

12 Romain *

13 Blown Away *

tt: 1:46:25

Micky Jones - Guitar, Vocals

Deke Leonard - Guitar, Vocals

Terry Williams - Drums

Martin Ace - Bass

John Cipollina - Guitar

* BBC Sessions, 1974-02-27

Thunder & Lightning - NYE 1987 > 1988 - Athens, Greece

Thunder & Lightning (Gravenites - Cipollina Band)
Rodon, Athens, Greece
NYE 1987 > 1988

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [107 mb]
sq: A+ / EX

artwork included

01 Walkin' Blues
02 Funky News
03 Anna
04 Get Together
05 Born In Chicago
06 Small Walk-In Box
07 Four Floors Or Forty
08 You Can't Hurt Me No More

tt: 46:40

John Cipollina - Guitar, Vocals
Nick Gravenites - Guitar, Vocals
Doug Killmer - Bass, Vocals
Tony Johnson  - Drums

Terry & The Pirates - 1980-05-24, San Francisco, CA

Terry & The Pirates
The Stone, San Francisco, CA
1980-05-24

sbd (?)
mp3 @ 320 [214 mb]
sq: A+

__Set 1__
01 Montana Eyes
02 Inside & Out
03 Higher & Higher
04 The Beginning
05 Something To Lose
06 Sad Eyes
07 Into The Wind
08 Gun Metal Blues
09 Inlaws & Outlaws

__Set 2__
10 Highway
11 Wish I Was Your River
12 Shadow Of The Buffalo
13 Mystery Train
14 Silverado Trail
15 Writing You A Letter
16 Ain't Living Long Like This
17 All Worth The Price > band intro
Encore:
18 Don't Do It

tt: 1:33:29

Terry Dolan - Vocals, Guitars
John Cipollina - Guitar, Vocals
Greg Douglass - Guitars, Vocals
David Hayes - Bass, Vocals
Jeff Myer - drums

note: 11 mins of chat/tuning sequences (long, very silent and hissy) between songs are removed

Cipollina - Gravenites Band - 1979-12-07 - Old Roslyn, NY

Cipollina - Gravenites Band (Thunder & Lightning)
My Father's Place, Old Roslyn, NY
1979-12-07 (Early & Late Sets)

sbd
mp3 @ 320 [156 mb]
sq: EX-

__Early Set__
01 Further On Up The Road
02 I'm A Dancing Fool
03 Buried Alive In The Blues
04 Loving You Baby Like I Do
05 Born In Chicago
06 You Lied
__Late Set__
07 Intro > DeKalb Blues
08 Six Weeks in Reno
09 Love Me Or I'll Kill You
10 Dancin' Queen
11 Small Walk-In Box
12 If You Read My Letter Baby
13 Outro

tt: 1:07:46

Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
John Cipollina - guitar
Marcus David - drums
Roger "Jellyroll" Troy - bass, vocals

note: Opening For Sam & Dave

Thunder & Lightning - 1982-10-17 - Berlin, Germany

Thunder & Lightning
Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany
1982-10-17 

sbd (with audience patch)
mp3 @ 320 [364 mb]
sq: EX

CD1
__Set 1__
01 Blues in My Bottle
02 Down in the Bottom
03 Six Weeks in Reno
04 Trust Me
05 Southside
06 Signs of Life
07 Born in Chicago
08 Bigelow 6-9000
09 Going Back to Anna
10 Small Walk-In Box
__Set 2__
11 Bad Luck Baby
12 I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle
13 Trouble in the Teepee
14 I'll Pull the Trigger

CD2
15 Pride of Man
16 Walkin' Blues
17 Run Out of West
18 Hot Rods and Cool Women
19 My Party
20 Buried Alive in the Blues
21 Who Do You Love / Suzie Q
22 Mona
23 You Can't Hurt Me No More
24 On Top Of Old Smokey
25 Goin' Down
26 Tough As Nails

tt: 2:39:07

John Cipollina - guitar
Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
Greg Elmore - drums
Al Staehely - bass, vocals

Mike Bloomfield All Stars - 1977-04-20 - San Francisco, CA

Mike Bloomfield All Stars
Prisoner's Benefit, Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California
1977-04-20

aud
mp3 @ 320 [157 mb]
sq: A
  
01 I Don't Want No Wife
02 Movin' 
03 You Send Me
04 Feel So Bad
05 Mr. Pitiful
06 Tell It Like it Is
07 When I Was a Cowboy
08 Women Lovin' Each Other
09 Try It Before You Buy It
10 Too Much Monkey Business

tt: 1:08:39

Mike Bloomfield - guitar, vocals on tracks 7,8,9 & piano on track 1
John Cipollina - guitars
Mark Naftalin - piano
Roger Troy - bass, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 10.
Robert Jones - drums, vocals on tracks 4, 5, 6.