"Best Friends" live

I'm willing to bet this is on Letterman in 1990. Thanks Krysia for the alert!

EDIT: fan Phil has a VHS of this labeled 1989-- wowza, remember tapes? ;) Thanks Phil.



And as a postscript to the "Astrud" clip, Peter White chimes in the forum there:
"That certainly is Richard Elliot on baritone sax- he was brought in just for the Carson show and I think that I may have even recommended him. By the way, did anyone notice Marc Antoine on guitar? He did that tour with Basia(1987 or 1988?) as I was on tour with Al Stewart at that time."

That's pretty sweet, I had no idea that was Richard Elliot!

Instructional Video

Back in 1996, when faced with the task of putting together a mini-segment on Basia on Broadway, CNN came to one conclusion: Basia's name is hard!



(Thanks Marcus!)

Prime Time TV clip

Way, way, wayy too cute a video from 1988-- I'd love to see the oversized suit come back. And Kevin looks the same as now, which is crazy. What is this show, anyway? The set reminds me of old Arsenio but the audience is way too large. Another show from Europe, maybe?

Double exposure

I had no idea there were two videos to "Promises", but sure enough there were, and here are both of them side by side.

Returning to YouTube are two US late night TV clips from Time and Tide--"Astrud" and "Run For Cover". There is also a clip of the amazing "Yearning" video-- it has the highest production value and is the most conceptual of the Basia videos so do watch.

Here and there

Hello from the (temporary) new nervecenter in suburban Detroit! News is that there isn't a whole lot of news-- the music is going great and almost wrapped up, it's the business stuff we're waiting on. In the meantime enjoy this clip from the 2005 tour and this 1990 TV appearance before YouTube inevitably removes them.

Live on American TV, and some natty jewel thieves

Long ago a bunch of fans gathered up their videocassettes (remember those?) and their LDs and sent them to the one guy who had the equipment in an age before iDVD to dub them onto CD-ROM- and thus the Basia Video Project was born. Our esteemed site founder, Ben, then got everyone hooked up with their own copy. The fandom rejoiced.

Ten years later and during another (thankfully finite) slow period we have the endless fun that is YouTube, something that couldn't even be conceived of in those days. Even more video goodness: First, there's the second number from that Tonight Show episode, this time "Astrud." Check out who I think might be Marc Antoine on guitar, in a look he'd probably just as soon forget.

At this point I'm feeling quite spoiled, but there's also the video to "Until You Come Back To Me" (shot at Seattle's Paramount) and another fab Matt Bianco mini-movie, "Sneaking Out the Back Door," in which Basia out-hustles street thugs at cards and Danny engages in print-on-demand the old fashioned way. I really love those old Matt Bianco videos. Let all this booty tide you over until the next album update.

EDIT: Clips removed by YouTube.

Back in the day... way back

Oh, wow. Here's Basia performing on the Tonight Show back in the very beginning. She looks quite happy with the performance! Notice Kevin playing another keyboard off to the left of the stage, too.EDIT: Clip removed by YouTube.

Matt Bianco ring in the New Year on Polish TV

Matt Bianco and Basia performed in her native Poland for the TVP network's New Years' show. Some photos here.