Bootleggers Beware

Check out an episode of Bootleggers Beware from the archives of the show, recorded on May 3, 2025What did we play? You'll have to listen to find out!

This week's 'From The Archives' edition of Bootleggers Beware comes to you from December 21, 2024What did we play? I don't remember! Fire it up and find out!

While Bootleggers Beware is on the search for a new home for the live broadcast, we'll be exploring some of the over 500 podcast episodes we've recorded over the years!Check this one out from December 14, 2019! What did we play? Your guess is as good as mine...fire it up and find out!

November 29, 2025 marks Bootleggers Beware's final episode aired live on The Radiator in Burlington, VT. Our whole family joined in celebration of the 15 years we've spent together on Saturdays. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest thanks and gratitude to each and every one of you who have shared your Saturdays with me over the last 15 years. As I've said many times before: I am humbled and honored that you have chosen to share your Saturday with me, whether for one show, a hundred, or five hundred.I would also like to thank our friends at Big Heavy World and The Radiator for allowing me to make my radio dream a reality. Without them, their support, and the artistic freedom they've allowed me, Bootleggers Beware would not be what it is.  It has been and is my pleasure to share my love of live music with you every week, and I look forward to the day that we can pick up where we're leaving off.While I am unsure what the future holds for return of the live broadcast of Bootleggers Beware, I will continue to keep music and photos flowing from our Facebook page.For now, thank you all for your support and continued listenership over the years. It means the world to me. This week's setlist, curated heavily by my father, Peter Mickel: Heartbreaker: Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same King of The World: Steely Dan - The Sopwith Camel Running Down A Dream: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Saratoga Performing Arts Center Statesboro Blues: Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East '71South California Purples: Chicago - Carnegie Hall CompleteFlirtin' With Disaster: Molly Hatchet - Royal Oak Music TheaterMortal Dread: The Darkness - Brooklyn Bowl Sympathy For The Devil: The Rolling Stones - Carter-Finley StadiumWon't Get Fooled Again: The Who - Live At The Oval 1971Ramble On: Led Zeppelin - Celebration DayDazed And Confused: Led Zeppelin - Celebration DayI'm A Man: Chicago - Texas International Pop Festival My Old School: Steely Dan - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Low Spark of High Heeled Boys: Traffic - Cleveland Public Hall Already Gone: The Eagles - Giants Stadium Faster: Matt Nathanson - Irving Plaza Whipping Post: Gov't Mule - Beacon Theatre Rocky Mountain Way: Joe Walsh - Irvine Meadows AmphitheaterAll The Way From Memphis: Mott The Hooble - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The SameTime: Pink Floyd - Orange Bowl Sunshine of Your Love: Cream - Winterland Ballroom Perpetual Change: Yes - Inglewood Forum Empty Pages: Traffic - Paris TheaterRoundabout: Yes - Oakland Coliseum

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!We managed to get in a little bonus time on The Radiator this week, thanks to an empty studio on Thanksgiving Eve. This week's bonus episode features a visit from our friend Bob, and the one and only, Mrs. Bootlegger, for the first time ever!Enjoy!

Welcome To The Club: Joe Walsh - Irvine Meadows AmphitheaterWake Up And Live: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Oakland Auditorium Let The Music Play: Stick Figure - Crystal Bay Club Sugaree: Grateful Dead - Austin Municipal Auditorium Tangled Up In Blue: Tedeschi Trucks Band - MGM Music Hall Fresh Garbage: Spirit - Orpheum Theater Mannish Boy: Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Checkerboard LoungeKilling Floor: Howlin' Wolf - Key Largo's Wish You Were Here: Pink Floyd - Melbourne Tennis CenterBlue Sky: Allman Brothers Band - SUNY Stonybrook I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes: Ten Years After - Texas International Pop Festival Pride And Joy: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Knickerbocker CafeMojo Boogie: Johnny Winter - Vic TheaterSoul Sacrifice: Santana - Budokan Hall Turn To Stone: Roy Buchanan - The Keystone Broken Hearted Savior: Big Head Todd & The Monster - Allis PlazaMagnolia: JJ Cale - Cain's Ballroom Are Ya: Judy Sings The Blues: Backstage Pass: Live!All That You Dream: Little Feat - Lisner Auditorium Oh Well: Fleetwood Mac - Fillmore WestFree Bird: Lynyrd Skynyd - Capitol Theatre Locomotive Breath: Jethro Tull - Apollo TheatreFurther On Down The Road: Lonnie Mack - Hickory, NC With A Little Help From My Friends: Tedeschi Trucks Band - Mad Dogs & Englishmen RevisitedWho Knows What Tomorrow May Bring: Traffic - Fillmore East

Hotel Columbo: The Shady Trees - Oxbow Park Not Fade Away: Grateful Dead - Brendan Byrne ArenaBlue And Lonesome: All Night Boogie Band - Nectar's Ramblin' Man: Allman Brothers Band - Alltel Pavilion Bring It On Home: Led Zeppelin - Inglewood Forum Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys - National MallTurn To Stone: Joe Walsh - Irvine Meadows AmphitheaterSlippin' Into Darkness: WAR - Live In Japan 1974A Song For You: Leon Russell - Hunt's Tavern Cry Me A River: Joe Cocker - Fillmore West Madman Across The Water: Elton John - University of Notre Dame It's Good To Be King: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Irving PlazaBeautifully Broken: Gov't Mule - Atrium Health AmphitheaterFirst Class Life: The Blood Brothers - The Funky BiscuitCosmik Debris: Frank Zappa - The Ahoy Hip To Be Square: Huey Lewis & The News - Portland Coliseum Run Away With You: Los Lobos - Penn's Landing Surrender Under Protest: Drive By Truckers - Fox TheatreCall Me The Breeze: Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Mosque Stick Around For Rock And Roll: The Outlaws - The Bottom Line Mean Town Blues: Johnny Winter And - Live At Fillmore East Long Haired Country Boy: Charlie Daniels Band - Nassau Coliseum Can't You See: Marshall Tucker Band - The Warehouse Midnight Rider: Gregg Allman - Back In MaconRun With The Pack: Bad Company - Tingley Coliseum Highway Lady: UFO - Starwood Club 30 Days In The Hole: Humble Pie - Reseda Country ClubRockin' In The Free World: Pearl Jam - Golden Gate Park Shock Me: Kiss - Alive II Get On Up And Do It: Savoy Brown - The Bottom Line Love March: Paul Butterfield Blues Band - A&R Studios

Black Dog: Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won Chief: Lettuce - Higher Ground Hard Day Coming Down: The Record Company - House of Blues I Like To Live The Love: BB King - Tennessee International Blues Festival I'll Play The Blues For You: Albert King - Tennessee International Blues Festival Death Letter Blues: Tinsley Ellis - The Funky Biscuit 30 Days In The Hole: Gov't Mule - St. Andrew's Hall Achilles Last Stand: Temple of The Dog - Tower Theater Turnin' Left: Chickenfoot - Webster Hall Don't Do That: Novo Combo - Paradise Rock Club Black Maria: Utopia - Fox Theatre St. Stephen: Grateful Dead - Fillmore West Devil In Disguise: The Flying Burrito Brothers - Fillmore EastCrow Jane: Derek Trucks Band - Live In Germany What's Love Got To Do With It: Miles Davis - Palau del EsportsChance In A Million: Zero - The Double ERefugee: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Stephen C. O'Connell CenterSOB: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The TLAStairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The SameGoing Down: Jeff Beck - Capitol CenterDry Run: GA-20 - Animas City TheaterLeave No Gold: The Jayhawks - First Avenue Witchy Woman: The Eagles - The SummitDeja Voodoo: Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Waverly Beach Viola Lee Blues: The Grapes - Georgia TheatreWhen The Whip Comes Down: The Rolling Stones - Brendan Byrne ArenaSmokestack Lightning: Quicksilver Messenger Service - Fillmore WestRock And Roll: Led Zeppelin - Southampton University

Scuttle Buttin': Loreley Festival - August 25, 1984Shake For Me: Desperado's - August 31, 1981The House Is Rockin': New Orleans Jazz Festival - April 29, 1990Give Me Back My Wig: Montreux Jazz Festival - July 17, 1982Tightrope: Memorial Hall - July 14, 1990Lookin' Out The Window: Mann Music Center - June 30, 1987Look At Little Sister: Auditorium Shores - May 4, 1990Pride And Joy: Austin Opera House - July 17, 1986Mary Had A Little Lamb: Midtfyns Festival - July 1, 1988Voodoo Chile (Slight Return): The Spectrum - August 17, 1984Leave My Little Girl Alone: Auditorium Shores - May 4, 1990Texas Flood: Loreley Festival - August 25, 1984Wham: Fox Theatre - December 31, 1986Couldn't Stand The Weather: New Orleans Jazz Festival - April 29, 1990Tin Pan Alley: Montreux Jazz Festival - July 15, 1985Dirty Pool: Carnegie Hall - October 4, 1984Riviera Paradise: Auditorium Shores - May 4, 1990Cold Shot: Carnegie Hall - October 4, 1984Superstition: Midtfyns Festival - July 1, 1988Going Down: Arco Arena - December 2, 1989Change It: Austin Opera House - July 17, 1986Crossfire: Civic Music Hall - April 22, 1990Life Without You: Arco Arena - December 2, 1989Sweet Home Chicago: Alpine Valley Music Theater - August 26, 1990

Singer/Songwriter John McAndrew joins us to talk about his new album, Better Side of Me, along with many other topics!

From the Bootleggers Beware Archives, an interview with Paul Nelson, recorded in the summer of 2020

From the Bootleggers Beware Archives, an interview with our recently departed friend, Paul Nelson, recorded in 2016, surrounding the release of his then new album, Badass Generation

From the Bootleggers Beware Archives, an interview with our recently departed and dear friend Paul Nelson, recorded in 2018. Rest In Peace, Paul. We miss you.