'No Nukes' Concert 1979


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	James Taylor... and Jackson Browne "No Nukes" Concert, Album and Film 1979 “No Nukes” Concerts September 19-23, 1979 Madison Square Garden, New York Musicians United for Safe Energy, or MUSE, was an activist group founded in 1979 by Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and John Hall. The group advocated against the use of nuclear energy, forming shortly after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in March 1979. MUSE organized a series of five No Nukes concerts held at Madison Square Garden in New York in September 1979. On September 23, 1979, almost 200000 people attended a large rally staged by MUSE on the then-empty north end of the Battery Park City landfill in New York. Performers: Crosby, Stills, and Nash Jackson Browne James Taylor Carly Simon John Hall Graham Nash Bonnie Raitt Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Chaka Khan The Doobie Brothers Jesse Colin Young Gil Scott-Heron Tom Petty Poco James Taylor’s Band: James Taylor - Guitar, Vocals Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Don Grolnick - Keyboards Danny Kortchmar - Guitar David Sanborn - Saxophone Leland Sklar - Bass Russ Kunkel - Drums Rick Marotta - Percussion David Lasley - Background Vocals Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals James Taylor "Your Smiling Face" Waddy Wachtel joined Jackson Browne on stage for the song "All Along the Watchtower." Here's a short clip: No Nukes Album “No Nukes” 1980 Label: Asylum “No Nukes”: The Muse Concerts For a Non-Nuclear Future was a 1980 triple live album that contained selections from the September 19-23, 1979 Madison Square Garden concerts by the Musicians United for Safe Energy collective. Tracks: 1. Dependin' on You - Doobie Brothers 2. Runaway - Bonnie Raitt 3. Angel from Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt 4. Plutonium Is Forever - John Hall 5. Power - Doobie Brothers, John Hall, James Taylor 6. The Times They Are A-Changin' - James Taylor, Carly Simon, Graham Nash 7. Cathedral - Graham Nash 8. The Crow on the Cradle - Jackson Browne, Graham Nash 9. Before the Deluge - Jackson Browne 10. Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson, Doobie Brothers 11. Little Sister - Ry Cooder 12. A Woman - Sweet Honey In The Rock 13. We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron 14. Get Together - Jesse Colin Young & the Youngbloods 15. You Can't Change That - Raydio 16. Once You Get Started - Chaka Khan 17. Captain Jim's Drunken Dream - James Taylor James Taylor - Vocals, Guitar Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Russ Kunkel - Drums Don Grolnick - Piano 18. Honey Don't Leave L.A. - James Taylor James Taylor - Vocals, Guitar Don Grolnick - Keyboards Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Leland "Lee" Sklar - Bass Russ Kunkel - Drums Danny Kortchmar - Guitar David Sanborn - Saxophone Rick Marotta - Percussion Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals David Lasley - Background Vocals 19. Mockingbird - James Taylor, Carly Simon Carly Simon - Vocals James Taylor - Vocals, Guitar Don Grolnick - Keyboards Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Leland "Lee" Sklar - Bass Russ Kunkel : Drums Danny Kortchmar - Guitar David Sanborn - Saxophone Rick Marotta - Percussion Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals David Lasley - Background Vocals 20. Heart of the Night - Poco 21. Cry to Me - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 22. Stay - Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 23. Devil with a Blue Dress Medley - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 24. You Don't Have to Cry - Crosby, Stills & Nash 25. Long Time Gone - Crosby, Stills & Nash 26. Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills & Nash 27. Takin' It to the Streets - Doobie Brothers, James Taylor James Taylor’s Band: James Taylor - Guitar, Vocals Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Don Grolnick - Keyboards Danny Kortchmar - Guitar David Sanborn - Saxophone Leland Sklar - Bass Russ Kunkel - Drums David Lasley - Background Vocals Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals Other Credits: Phillip Ballou - Vocals Roy Bittan - Piano, Background Vocals Ed Brady - Guitar Jackson Browne - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals Kim Bullard - Keyboards, Vocals Cornelius Bumpus - Organ, Saxophone Rosemary Butler - Vocals, Background Vocals Mike Campbell - Guitar Arnell Carmichael - Synthesizer, Vocals Darren Carmichael - Piano, Vocals Steve Chapman - Drums Clarence Clemons - Saxophone, Background Vocals Gloria Coleman - Vocals Ry Cooder - Guitar, Vocals Paul Cotton - Guitar Carl Cronwell - Flute, Piano, Horn David Crosby - Vocals Charlotte Crossley - Background Vocals Craig Doerge - Organ, Synthesizer Tim Drummond - Bass Brenda Lee Eager - Vocals, Background Vocals Charles Fearing - Guitar, Vocals Danny Federici - Organ Freebo - Bass, Vocals Bob Glaub - Bass Robbie Gordon - Bass Tony Green - Drums John Hall - Guitar, Drums, Vocals, Background Vocals Evelyn Harris - Vocals Charlie Harrison- Bass, Vocals Doug Haywood - Background Vocals Anthony Jackson - Bass Arthur Jenkins - Keyboards Bernice Johnson - Vocals Jim Keltner - Drums Cleo Kennedy - Vocals Chaka Khan - Vocals Keith Knudsen - Drums Jeff Labes - Piano Joe Lala - Percussion Nicolette Larson - Background Vocals Louis Levin - Keyboards David Lindley - Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle Jody Linscott - Percussion Stan Lynch - Drums, Background Vocals Rick Marotta - Percussion Chet McCracken - Drums Michael McDonald - Keyboards, Vocals Will McFarlane - Guitar, Vocals John McFee - Guitar Jeff Mironov - Guitar Graham Nash - Piano, Vocals, Background Vocals Chris Parker - Drums Ray Parker, Jr. - Bass, Vocals Bill Payne - Piano Tom Petty - Guitar, Vocals Lynn Pitney - Vocals Tiran Porter - Bass Bonnie Raitt - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals Josh Schneider - Saxophone David Schwartz - Bass Gil Scott-Heron - Keyboards, Vocals Patrick Simmons - Guitar Carly Simon - Vocals, Background Vocals William D. "Smitty" Smith - Organ Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals Mark Stevens - Bass, Background Vocals Stephen Stills - Guitar, Vocals Garry Tallent - Bass Ted Templeman - Percussion Benmont Tench - Keyboards Larry Tolbert - Drums, Vocals Phil Upchurch - Guitar Steven Van Zandt - Guitar, Background Vocals Max Weinberg - Drums Dennis Whitted - Drums Yasmeen Bheti Williams-Johnson - Vocals Jesse Colin Young - Guitar, Vocals Rusty Young - Pedal Steel Suzi Young - Background Vocals Joe Chiccarelli - Engineer, Mixing, Recording Don Gooch - Engineer Jimmy Iovine - Engineer Stanley Johnston - Engineer Dennis Kirk - Engineer Greg Ladanyi - Engineer Jimmy Wachtel - Cover Design John Wilton - Art Direction "Captain Jim's Drunken Dream" "No Nukes" Film “No Nukes” 1980 Warner Bros. The greats of the 1970’s and 1980’s in a rare collaborative feat. As Rolling Stone raved, "The MUSE NO NUKES Concerts of 1979 were a high-water mark of inspiration and optimism...a stunning testimony to the depth of the shared beliefs of the generation which came of age in the sixties." Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) is a group of artists and activists working for a non-nuclear future. Their inspriing collaboration to bring five nights of concerts to Madison Square Garden and to organize a 200,000 person rally in Battery Park City has been distilled into an unprecedented film, documenting forever that elusive moment when artist, audience, and important cause were perfectly in sync. James Taylor and Carly Simon create their unique harmony in ‘Mockingbird’ and ‘The Times They Are A Changing’. Jackson Browne performs two of his most celebrated songs, ‘Running on Empty’ and ‘Before the Deluge’ and Bruce Springsteen brings down the sold out house with ‘Thunder Road’ and ! ‘The River’. Rounding out the extraordinary proceedings are Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Jesse Colin Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash, John Hall and Gil Scott-Heron. Performances: 1. Mockingbird - James Taylor & Carly Simon (video below) Carly Simon - Vocals James Taylor - Vocals, Guitar Don Grolnick - Keyboards Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Leland "Lee" Sklar - Bass Russ Kunkel - Drums Danny Kortchmar - Guitar David Sanborn - Saxophone Rick Marotta - Percussion Arnold McCuller - Background Vocals David Lasley - Background Vocals 2. Runaway - Bonnie Raitt 3. The Times They Are a Changin' - James Taylor, Carly Simon, John Hall & Graham Nash 4. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash 5. Running on Empty - Jackson Browne 6. Before the Deluge - Jackson Browne 7. Dependin' on You - The Doobie Brothers 8. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 9. Barrel of Pain - Graham Nash 10. Our House - Graham Nash 11. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor (video above) James Taylor - Vocals, Guitar Don Grolnick - Keyboards Waddy Wachtel - Guitar Leland "Lee" Sklar - Bass Russ Kunkel - Drums Danny Kortchmar - Guitar Rick Marotta - Percussion 12. Stand and Fight - James Taylor 13. We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron 14. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 15. The River - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 16. Quarter to Three - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 17. Takin' it to the Streets - The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Carly Simon, John Hall, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Phoebe Snow, Jackson Browne 18. No More Nukes - Joy Ryder, Avis Davis Band 19. Power - John Hall with Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Jackson Browne 20. Get Together - Jesse Colin Young with John Hall, Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Jackson Browne Credits (partial): Daniel Goldberg, Anthony Potenza, Julian Schlossberg - Directors Julian Schlossberg - Producer Barbara Kopple & Haskell Wexler - Directors of Documentary Footage Sam Lovejoy - Executive Producer "Mockingbird" (Waddy Wachtel - Guitar) More: Waddy Wachtel with James Taylor - List of credits with links to pages Waddy Wachtel with Jackson Browne - List of credits with links to pages \| James Taylor 2 \| No Nukes \| \| Cowsills 'II X II' \| Everly Brothers \| Curt Boettcher \| Buckingham Nicks \| Lambert & Nuttycombe \| Dory Previn \| Judi Pulver \| Allan Taylor \| Waddy Wachtel single \| Atlee Yeager \| Bridey Murphy \| Jorge Calderon \| Fleetwood Mac \| Kenny Rankin \| Splinter \| John Stewart \| Maxine Sellers \| Guthrie Thomas \| Nickey Barclay \| Barbi Benton \| Jackson Browne \| Michael Dinner \| Dunn and Rubini \| Andrew Gold \| Arlo Guthrie \| Peter Ivers \| Carole King \| Maria Muldaur \| Allan Rich \| Robbin Thompson \| John Reid \| Linda Ronstadt \| Tom Snow \| J. 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