Saturday, December 30, 2023

Jesse Dayton @ Lion's Lair, Denver CO, 2001-12-12

 

I've been a big fan of Jesse Dayton since the late 90s.  I saw him a couple times at the Lion's Lair in 2001 were he played to a sparse crowd.  Fun shows for me but I'm not sure how stoked on the low turnout Jesse and the band were.  Still the delivered great sets with a mix of originals and covers.

We get to hear the George Jones song "Grand Tour" twice.  Towards the end of the set one of the Lion's Lair owners and long time Denver show promotor Doug Kauffman requested to hear it again and offered Jesse $20 to play it again.  Jesse agrees to do it saying "and that is why they call it the music business and not the music friends".

Jesse had gone on to do a bunch of albums since this show and ever directed a zombie movie.  He currently has a very well received blues album that he did with Samantha Fish and has be touring a ton behind it.   Love to see it as I celebrate his entire catalog.   

Sound on this is pretty good but there is a fair amount of room atmosphere in there too. I've enjoyed revisiting it.


Jesse Dayton

Lion's Lair
Denver CO (USA)
2001-12-12

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (63:13.08) 

01  - intro -
02 Train Of Dreams
03 Planet Of Love (Jim Lauderdale)
04 Kissing Abilene Goodbye
05 Grand Tour (George Jones)
06 Old Faithful - Singing The Blues (Marty Robbins)
07 That's How I Got To Memphis (Bobby Bare)
08 Dope Smoking Song (Hank Flamingo)
09 Jesus Pick Me Up
10 Bloody Mary Morning (Willie Nelson)
11 Georgia on a Fast Train (Billie Joe Shaver)
12 Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
13 Me And Paul (Willie Nelson)
14 White Freight-liner Blues (Townes Van Zandt) 
15 Mystery Train (Elvis Presley)
16 Amarillo Highway (Terry Allen)
17 Grand Tour (George Jones)
18 Next Time I'm In Town
19 Arkansas Chrome



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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Prong @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2002-05-11

 


Here is a 2002 set from New Your band Prong.  At this point their last album was 1996's Rude Awakening.  They did release an album called Scorpio Rising in 2003.  We get to hear a few songs from that on this night.  A bunch of songs from Cleansing get played and a few deep cuts.

I've been a fan since the Force Feed / Beg To Differ era.  I don't recall who opened this show at all.  I can't find a flyer and Prong is the only set I recorded this night.   I have been thinking about posting this show for a week or so and in a fun coincidence Prong just announced a tour with Voivod that is going to be coming to Denver in 2024.   That should be a great show.  Long tine Voivod fan too I like the pairing with Prong.  

This was around the time of the Bluebird being hit with a bunch of bullshit noise violations from people who didn't realize they lived in the middle of a noise city.  So they had to keep it under 100 decibels so I think the recording sounds a bit quiet.  Still a pretty good mix and the vocals a clear.  Enjoy.


Prong

Bluebird Theatre
Denver CO (USA)
2002-05-11

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: CSBs > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (72:17.66)

01 Another Worldly Device
02 Out of This Misery
03 Dark Signs
04 One Outnumbered
05 Close the Door
06 Broken Peace
07 Rude Awakening
08 Caprice
09 Embrace the Depth
10 Beg to Differ
11 Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
12 Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
13 Test
14 Controller
15 Prove You Wrong
16 Cut-Rate

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Mario Lalli and The Rubber Snake Charmers @ HQ, Denver CO, 2022-09-16

 









I'm always down for a Mario Lalli project.  Quite the line up of heavy hitter desert rock guys in the band.  They say that this is improvised an set with Sean Wheeler singing and speaking over the music.  Nick adds some background touches and Mario chimes in a bit too.  They have played this out for a bit and I have heard a recording of an Australian show from November of 2022, and a few on YT,  and it is pretty similar.  Which makes sense to have pinned it down a little bit over time but still can stretch it out as they feel.

I saw on Discogs that there is a MLATRSC live cassette out that has names for four acts of the performance but I haven't heard it to know how it is divided.  So I named each part of the performance based on the title of the cassette "Forgetting Out Loud (Folklore From The Other Desert Cities)".

The Denver performance is divided by Nick taking over on vocals and singing a cover he's know for.  Roky Erickson's "Bloody Hammer".  Then they go back into the Forgetting Out loud set.  The November 2022 set I have heard doesn't include the cover and goes on for another 20 minutes almost.  

Some of what Sean Wheeler is performing comes from an art book that he did with Bad Otis Link called "Dry Heat".  There is a an album that Sean did with Aldo Struyf that is a complete performance of what is illustrated in the book it appears.  I have no idea if it sounds anything like MLATRSC.  I kind of doubt it and I want to track down a copy of that vinyl.    During this set and others I have seen videos of Sean has a copy of the book on stage with him that he referenced on occasion.  

Fun short set as a warm up for the STÖNER headlining set.  Enjoy.


Mario Lalli and The Rubber Snake Charmers 

HQ
Denver CO (USA)
2022-09-16

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: AT933 C - SP-SPSB-1 - M10
Transfer: M10 - USB - Audition - CDWave - FLAC 
Run time: (28:44.60)

(00:00) 01 Forgetting Out Loud part 1
(17:04) 02 Bloody Hammer (Roky Erickson)
(21:02) 03 Forgetting Out Loud part 2

Bass, Vocals – Mario Lalli
Drums – Ryan Güt
Guitar – Brant Bjork
Vocals – Nick Oliveri
Vocals – Sean Wheeler

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