Live concerts galore

Did you tune in to the King Biscuit Flower Hour as a kid, way past your bedtime on a crappy hand-held transistor radio? Me too!

You’ll be glad to learn then, literally hundreds of concerts like those from KBFH — part of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham’s vast archive — are available as streaming audio from rock merchandise vendor Wolfgang’s Vault. Concerts by artists as varied as Elvis Costello, Bob Marley, Little Feat, King Crimson, Miles Davis and The Clash are available as online streaming audio.

Although the feeds’ bit rate is quite low (my guess is less than 64k) the shows are worth a listen, especially if you find yourself able to listen to music for extended periods at your computer (read work).

As a bonus, the throttled bitrate hearkens back to my little red Hitachi portable.