Live at Blossom is the first live concert video by Donnie Iris

Donnie Iris

Donnie Iris is an American rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums during the 1980s...

, recorded and originally released in 1981 (see 1981 in music

1981 in music

See also:* Timeline of musical eventsThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1981.-January–April:*January 10 – A revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith.*January 24 –...

). The concert was recorded at Blossom Music Center

Blossom Music Center

Blossom Music Center is an amphitheatre located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The pavilion seats 5,700 people, with space for about 13,500 more on the lawn. It is the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra, which performs its annual Blossom Festival there. The venue is also host to a full summer...

, when the band opened for the Michael Stanley Band

Michael Stanley

Michael Stanley is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and disc jockey. Both as a solo artist and with the Michael Stanley Band, his brand of heartland rock was popular in Cleveland and around the American Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:Michael Stanley Gee graduated from Rocky...

.

Track listing

1. "Agnes"
2. "That's The Way Love Ought To Be"
3. "King Cool"
4. "Sweet Merilee
   Sweet Merilee
   "Sweet Merilee" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1981 album King Cool. The song was released as a single and reached #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and #31 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.-Charts:...
   
   "
5. "I Can't Hear You
   I Can't Hear You (song)
   "I Can't Hear You" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1980 album Back on the Streets. The song was released as a single one year later and reached #47 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.-Charts:...
   
   "
6. "Broken Promises"
7. "Love Is Like a Rock
   Love is Like a Rock
   "Love Is Like a Rock" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1981 album King Cool. The song was released as a single and reached #37 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #9 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...
   
   "
8. "Ah! Leah!
   Ah! Leah!
   "Ah! Leah!" is a song by American rock musician Donnie Iris from his 1980 album Back on the Streets. The song was released as a single in late-1980 and reached #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the U.S...
   
   "

Personnel

• Donnie Iris
  Donnie Iris
  Donnie Iris is an American rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums during the 1980s...
  
   - lead vocals, rhythm guitars
• Mark Avsec
  Mark Avsec
  Mark Avsec is an American rock keyboardist / songwriter / producer, and most recently copyright lawyer who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris & the Cruisers since 1979...
  
   - keyboards, background vocals
• Marty Lee Hoenes
  Marty Lee Hoenes
  Marty Lee Hoenes is an American rock musician who is best known as the lead guitarist for the Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. He is also a freelance artist and designer, having designed many of the band's albums. He currently resides in North Canton, Ohio....
  
   - guitars, background vocals
• Albritton McClain
  Albritton McClain
  Albritton McClain is an American rock guitarist who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. McClain played the bass guitar on the band's early albums during the 1980s.-References:...
  
   - bass, background vocals
• Kevin Valentine
  Kevin Valentine
  Kevin Valentine is an American rock drummer who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. Valentine played drums on all of the band's early albums during the 1980s....
  
   - drums

Re-release

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the concert, Live at Blossom was finally released onto DVD in 2006. It contained the same track listing as above, plus the music video for the band's new song "Little Black Dress

Little Black Dress (song)

"Little Black Dress" is a song by Pittsburgh rock musician Donnie Iris. It originally appeared on his tenth studio album, Ellwood City, released in 2006. Even though it was never released as a single, it is still considered to be one of the best of his more recent songs by his fans...

" (from the Ellwood City

Ellwood City (album)

Ellwood City is a studio album by American rock singer Donnie Iris, released in 2006 as his thirteenth solo album.-Track listing:#"Little Black Dress" #"Soul Man"...

album).