Friday, June 25, 2021

Bobby Bare Jr @ Gothic and Fox, Colorado, October 2007

 


Having grown up with a parent who was a fan of country music I'm sure I heard many of Bobby Bare's songs.  I recall his hit 'Numbers' getting a lot of play and his song 'Marie Laveau'.  The later having been written by his friend Shel Silverstein.  Shel wrote a lot of songs that various people recorded.  Certainly you have heard his song that Johnny Cash recorded 'A Boy Named Sue'.  Shel certainly influenced the clever word play featured in Bobby Bare's songs.  

In the early aughts when I was listening to a lot the the alt.country (whatever the hell that is) I saw that his son Bobby Bare Jr. was a recording artist and had fair number of albums to his credit.  I started picking those up and became an instant fan.  His Bare Jr. albums and the Young Criminal Starvation League are really good and you should seek them out.  

I recall reading an interview with Bobby Bare Jr and he talked about knowing Shel Sliverstein and using him as a soundboard for his own songs that he was writing.  Again you can see the influence in Jr's work too.  What an amazing resource for an aspiring song writer.  At these shows he even starts them off by reciting a Shel poem called 'True Story'

I'm sure Bobby Bare Jr had been thought Colorado at some point but the first time I caught him was at these 2007 shows where he opened up for Lucero.  I caught both the Gothic Theater and the Fox Theater shows.  Back in the days when bands could do such a run.  Now with proximity clauses bands can't generally play multiple shows in different cities if it is considered all part of the same market.

I talked to him briefly at the Gothic show when he saw me recording with a mic stand.  He said he wanted a copy so I did a quick tracking job the next day and burned him a CDR.   I recall that he said he listened to it in the van before the Fox show and didn't like it.  But prefaced that with him saying he was a tough critic of his own performances.

I think both of these shows are really good and they mixed up the setlist for both the nights.  I always appreciate bands that can do that.

I think these both sound pretty nice with the Fox show edging out the Gothic just a little bit so Enjoy.

Bobby Bare Jr has been playing guitar with Guided By Voices in the recent past.  So no new solo material from him in a while.   He does have a bandcamp site that is active though so if you dig this go over there and buy some downloads or CDs from the man.


Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League

Gothic Theatre
Englewood CO (USA)
2007-10-12

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3 
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (40:24.20)

01 - True Story (Shel Silverstein)
02 Heart Bionic
03 Valentine
04 Snuggling World Championships
05 Flat Chested Girl from Maynardville
06 I'll Be Around
07 Uh Wuh Oh
08 Borrow Your Cape
09 Stop Crying


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Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League

Fox Theatre
Boulder CO (USA)
2007-10-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3 
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (52:15.05)

01 - True Story (Shel Silverstein)
02 Valentine
03 Heart Bionic
04 Snuggling World Championships
05 Sad Smile
06 The Monk at the Disco
07 That Motherfucker
08 I'll Be Around
09 Stop Crying
10 Borrow Your Cape
11 Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)
12 The Terrible Sunrise


Sunday, June 13, 2021

Tia Carrera @ Hi Dive, Denver CO 2019-06-14 & Room 710, Austin TX, 2004-09-24

 









Here is a double feature of Texas psychedelic hard rock veterans Tia Carrera.  They have been kicking around Texas and the world since around 1999 when Jason Morales & Erik Conn started the band.  They have been at in ever since with a variety of bass players.  At the moment that slot is filled by their long time friend Curt Christensen who you might know from Dixie Witch. Curt shows up on both the 2019 and the 2004 recordings presented here.

I had a friend from Texas rave about these guys to me for years before I finally heard them.  It was probably almost another 10 years before I got a chance to see them live since they don't tour very often.  I was not disappointed.  These guys deliver the goods live.  Big time.

The first recording is mine from the 2019 Electric Funeral fest a couple years back almost to the day.  The second is from Texas taper Tracy Murillo who shared a bunch of his masters with me last year.  I've posted more than a few of those last year.

I think both of these sound really nice and I hope you enjoy.   These guys have a bandcamp page so go support them and all independent artists anyway you can.  Cheers.



Tia Carrera

Denver Electric Funeral Fest IV
Hi Dive
Denver CO (USA)
2019-06-14

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source : MBHO KA-200N > Niaant IPAs > M10
Transfer: M10 > USB > Adobe Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (33:43.15)

01 unknown title
02 unknown title
03 unknown title


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Tia Carrera

Room 710
Austin TX (USA)
2004-09-24

Recorded by: Tracy Murillo
Presented by: SxPxDxCx
Source: ? mics > Sony mznf810ck
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (45:23.34)

01 New Orleans 1
02 New Orleans 2
03 New Orleans 3
04 New Orleans 4
05 New Orleans 5
06 New Orleans 6
07 New Orleans 7
08 New Orleans 8

Taper notes: 
This is one long jam they called New Orleans.
Curt Christensen from Dixie Witch played bass.

Tracking notes: 
I've listened to the 15 minute Tia Carrera studio track called New Orleans and there are definite similarities with what they played on this day.  Different enough for me to decide to put in some track 
splits. This seems to be just one long improvised jam with no real breaks by the band so it could have been just one long track. I dropped 8 track splits to make this easier to digest. Splits were made at dynamic changes in the music. If your a big fan and have tracking info I would love to hear it.  Maybe there is more than one song in this jam.  

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Eleven @ Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, 2000-05-18

 

Eleven was a Los Angeles band started by Alain Johannes & Natasha Shneider.  Alain had been in teenage bands with Jack Irons and Flea who went on to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.  They released 5 albums between 1991 and 2003.   

Alain and Natasha also were in-demand production team and worked with Chris Cornell on his 1st solo album.  They also did work with No Doubt and Queens Of The Stone Age among others.  They were opening for QOTSA at this show and that relationship continued for many years.

Sadly Natasha passed away from cancer in 2008.   Alain continues to work to this day.

I remember enjoying this set so I dug it out of the archive to get it posted here.  I've never seen many Eleven recordings out in the wild so I get this one out there.

I was with some chatty people so there are some fades in and out between songs.  Enjoy.


Eleven

Bluebird Theater
Denver, CO (USA)
2000-05-18

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (46:59:57)

01 Reach Out
02 Cool Cruel Baby
03 Nature Wants To Kill Me
04 Lucky One
05 You’re Not Alone
06 Verb
07 All Falls Away
08 What Can I Do
09 Watergun
10 Why

Monday, June 7, 2021

Clutch,Corrosion Of Conformity, & Sixty Watt Shaman @ Ogden, Denver CO, 2000-12-07

 


The fact that this show was over 20 years ago now and I have seen Clutch and Corrosion Of Conformity lots of time before and since the details on this one are a bit sparse.  It was before they remodeled the Ogden and improved the sound but ruined the sight lines.

Clutch had started this tour without a brand new album out.  Pure Rock Fury came out later in 2001 but they still played a few songs off of in their tight 50 minute co-headlining set.  They came out swinging though.  Just look at those first 5 songs.  Damn!!

Corrosion Of Conformity was out tour for Americas Volume Dealer and they play a few songs from that and Blind Deliverance and Wiseblood.  Reed Mullin was sick for this tour so Jimmy Bower stepped in to cover on drums.

Sixty Watt Shaman was another hard rock band from Maryland and friends with Clutch.  According to their still active FB page they did this tour in a hand me down RV that Clutch had used.  Good heavy tunes.  If your a fan of Clutch or COC but haven't heard these guys they are worth checking out.  They put out 3 really good albums in the aughts. 

The Ogden used to be a bit boomy so these aren't my favorite recordings.  But vocals are nice and clear and I either stood really still for the most part or mounted my mics someplace because it sounds like a pretty fixed position for these sets.  Enjoy.


Clutch

Ogden Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2000-12-07

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (49:58.17) 

01 - intro -
02 Who Wants To Rock
03 A Shogun Named Marcus
04 Rock N Roll Outlaw
05 Escape From The Prison Planet
06 Space Grass
07 Immortal
08 Texan Book Of The Dead
09 El Jefe Speaks
10 Pure Rock Fury
11 Raised By Horses
12 Animal Farm
13 The House That Peterbilt
14 Smoke Banshee


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Corrosion Of Conformity

Ogden Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2000-12-07

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (50:41.12) 

01 - intro -
02 King Of The Rotten
03 Senor Limpio
04 Diablo Blvd.
05 Albatross
06 Who's Got The Fire
07 My Grain
08 Congratulations Song 
09 Seven Days
10 Vote With A Bullet
11 Clean My Wounds


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Sixty Watt Shaman

Ogden Theater
Denver CO (USA)
2000-12-07

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > UAC222 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC 
Time: (32:53.11) 

01 Seed Of Decades
02 My Ruin
03 Fear Death By Water
04 Poor Robert Henry
05 Permethrin
06 Horse You Rode In On
07 Red Colony