The John Doe Thing @ Lion's Lair, Denver CO, 2000-08-27

I guess while I'm on a bit of an X kick.  With the vintage cassette recording I just posted and another one on deck for later.  I might as well post up a John Doe show from the Lion's Lair back in 2000.  He was touring with The John Doe Thing band.  They were touring behind the Freedom Is... album.

They played a bunch of songs from that album along with other solo John songs and a handful of X songs.  He's full of stage banter on this night too.  Fun show.  Sound is pretty good on this one I think. Enjoy.

The John Doe Thing

Lion’s Lair

Denver CO (USA)

2000-08-27

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Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 > AAE-9 > Audition > CDWave > FLAC

Time: (77:52.03)

01 Big Blue House

02 Fallen Tears

03 Drift Away

04 White Girl

05 Too Many Goddamn Bands

06 When No One Cares

07 Beat Up World

08 Love Knows

09 Poor Girl

10 Smile And Wave

11 Kissing

12 A Step Outside

13 Telephone By The Bed

   - encore 1 -

14 A Picture Of This

15 The Unhappy Song

   - encore 2 -

16 Tragedy By Definition 

17 Bad Bad Feeling

18 Everafter

   - encore 3 -

19 See How We Are

20 The Hungry Wolf

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John Doe & The Sadies @ Lion's Lair, Denver CO, 2009-07-28

This was a fun one.  John Doe fronting a band comprised of The Sadies.  John Doe is from X of course and if your not familiar with The Sadies they are a long running Canadian rock/county band started by the Good brothers in 1994.  They have a big catalog that is worth exploring.

In 2009 they put out an album called Country Club that features a ton of cover songs from known and not so known country artists.  Good stuff.

At this show they played many of those tracks and did some X, John Doe solo, and Sadies songs too.

The Lion's Lair is tiny and recordings from their can features plenty of bar room atmosphere but this is mostly free from that.  You hear the occasional bottle clinking and some crowd chatter but during the music I think this sounds fantastic.  I wish I could remember where I setup my mics for this.

Enjoy

John Doe & The Sadies

The (Worlds Famous) Lion's Lair

Denver CO (USA)

2009-07-28

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Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3 

Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC 

Time (79:48.36)

01 Stop The World And Let Me Off (Carl Belew)

02 It Just Dawned On Me (X)

03 - they don't get it -

04 Help Me Make It Through The Night (Kris Kristofferson)

05 Going Down The Red River (Gun Club)

06 The Have Nots (X)

07 Big Iron (Marty Robbins)

08 Husbands And Wives (Roger Miller)

09 - The Losing Kind intro -

10 The Losing Kind  (John Doe)

11 Take These Chains from My Heart (Hank Williams)

12 Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) (Merle Haggard)

13 Detroit City (Billy Grammer)

14 A Fool Such As I (Hank Snow)

15 I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash)

16 Old Moss Back (Jim Oertling)

17 The Night Life (Willie Nelson)

18 Working Man Blues (Merle Haggard)

19 The New World (X)

20 Tiger Tiger (The Sadies)

21 - encore -

22 The Cold Hard Facts of Life (Porter Wagoner)

23 Anna Leigh (The Sadies)

24 The Sudbury Nickel (John Doe & The Sadies)

25 There Stands The Glass (Blaine Smith)

26 Call Of The Wrecking Ball (The Knitters)

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John Doe live @ Wax Trax 2000-08-28

Here is another on from the vaults.  This will be 12 years old in a couple weeks.  John had played a show at the Lion's Lair the night before.  I recall I was a little unsure when he was supposed to be playing at Wax Trax so I ditched out of work and took a really long lunch so I wouldn't miss it.  No X songs but all his material is pretty strong.  Very nice Merle Haggard cover along with some Knitters action at the end.
Enjoy

John Doe

Wax Trax Records
Denver, CO
2000-08-28

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Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sharp 722 (Analog) > SBLive > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC > MP3
Time: (18:24.28)

01 - intro -
02 Beat Up World
03 - Glass Phalt intro -
04 Glass Phalt
05 Silver Wings (Merle Haggard)
06 Freedom Is
07 Totally Yours (false start)
08 Totally Yours
09 The Call Of The Wreckin' Ball

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John Doe, Lion's Lair, Denver CO March 2010 weekend

John Doe graced the World Famous Lion's Lair stage on the weekend of the March 12 & 13th.
Lots of X songs and plenty of Mr. Doe's solo songs from his recent albums. All in all a great weekend and a fantastic representation of of his solo career.

Night one...

John Doe

Lion's Lair
Denver, CO 2010-03-12

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Source 1: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3
Source 2: SBD > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > Audacity > CDWave > FLAC
Time (66:28.46)

01  Mama Don't
02  A Little More Time
03  Burning House Of Love
04  Lean Out Yr Window
05  Sweetheart
06  This Far
07  - Meanest intro -
08  Meanest Man In The World
09  Poor Girl
10  - Dawned intro -
11  It Just Dawned On Me
12  - Twin intro -
13  Twin Brother
14   - Walking intro -
15  Walking Out The Door
16  - interlude -
17  A Case Of You
18  - Never intro -
19  Never Enough
20  Heartless
21  There's A Hole
22  - DUI apology -
23  The Have Nots
24  HWY 5
25  - tuning interlude -
26  I Still Miss Someone
27  The Golden State

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Night two...

John Doe

Lion's Lair
Denver, CO 2010-03-13

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Source 1: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3
Source 2: SBD > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > Audacity > CDWave > FLAC
Time (71:05.12)

01 - intro -
02 That Grain Of Salt
03 - Losing Kind intro -
04 The Losing Kind
05 HWY 5
06 White Girl
07 - interlude -
08 Heartless
09 - interlude -
10 Hold On To Me
11 Hotel Ghost
12 There's A Hole
13 - ok ok ok -
14 Silver Wings
15 Painting The Town Blue
16 A Little More Time
17 I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
18 We Never Say
19 - It's Randy's fault -
20 Darling Underdog
21 - Have Nots intro -
22 The Have Nots
23 There Stands The Glass
24 He Had A Long Chain On
25 The Golden State
26 New World
27 - encore -
28 Sweetheart
29 The Call of the Wreckin' Ball

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