Michael Dean Damron @ Three Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2012-04-21

 

Not long after hearing of Michael Dean Damron's passing I posted a I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House show.  My friend Karen Cuda asked me about this show that she played with MDD.  I sent her the picture and said I would check out the audio.  I finally got around to it and it's short but sweet.

Karen plays bass and after a bit my old pal Dan Utter got up and joined in on harmonica. Micah Schnabel gets up there at the end to help on The Weight cover.  Fun times we had.

Michael Dean Damron

Three Kings Tavern

Denver CO (USA)

2012-04-21

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Time: (40:19.57)

01 I'm A Bastard

02 Father's Day

03 Bloodletting (Concrete Blonde) 

04 Moonshine

05 Dead Days

06 Westboro Baptist Church

07 Gone

08 Creakin Ol Bones

09 The Weight (The Band)

With Karen Cuda and Dan Utter

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Michael Dean Damron & Thee Loyal Bastards @ Meadowlark Bar, Denver CO, 2007-03-10

 

A year after Michael Dean Damron's band, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House, broke up he came to Denver with a new band called Thee Loyal Bastards.  They recorded an album called Bad Days Ahead that came out in 2008.

I've been a big fan since I wondered into a ICLASOBITH show at the 15th Street Tavern in the early aughts.   Michael is a great song writer and commands the stage when he plays.  In the years after this ICLASOBITH reformed, recorded 2 more albums, and have played occasional shows and he was just recently out touring playing some solo shows.   If you get a chance to see him don't miss it.

This show features mostly songs from that 2008 album and his guitarist, from Portland band Drunken Prayer, sings and plays one of his song "What Made Me Kill".

Thee Loyal Bastards played this show with Portland band Kleveland also on the bill opening up for Denver's amazing Red Cloud.  I remembered this being recording being kind of chatty since it was recorded in the small confines of the Meadowlark Bar but I think it sounds pretty nice and is a fun performance.   Enjoy.

Thee Loyal Bastards

Meadowlark Bar

Denver CO (USA)

2007-03-10

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01 By The Time I Get To Heaven

02 Best I've Felt In Years

03 I Love The Rain

04 Andy Gibb

05 What Made Me Kill (Drunken Prayer)

06 Swear To God

07 Moonshine

08 Bad Days Ahead

09 Miss Amphetamine

Michael Dean Damron - guitar, vocals

Morgan Geer - guitar, vocals

Allen Hunter - bass

Sam Henry - drums

Phil ? - harmonica

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Suburban Home 16th Anniversary @ 3 Kings Tavern, Denver CO, 2011-09-09&10

 

poster by Jupiter Visuals

These Suburban Home anniversary parties were always a real good time.  Always a fun group of folks and a great line up of the sort of punky americana rock bands that were mining that vein at the time. Thanks to Virgil for all of the many many good times over the years. 


For the 16th Anniversary shows there was of course a stacked line up.  Night one features Joey Briggs,Shane Sweeney,Michael Dean Damron,Arliss Nancy,Have Gun Will Travel,Lenny And The Piss Poor Boys,& Two Cow Garage who played a set including covering all of The Lemonhead's It's A Shame About Ray album. Night two featured Lizzie Huffman,Micah Schnabel,Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One,Alone At 3AM,The Evening Rig,Tin Horn Prayer,& Two Cow Garage.

I presented some of this night as a "best of" mix that got featured in a Westword article.
Westword Article


That is still live on my blog is you would rather have the condensed version.
best-of-suburban-home-16th-anniversary

After finding out 3 Kings Tavern was closing I started posting various fantastic shows from there and it got me to thinking about the Suburban Home shows I saw there.  For the 16th I setup a mix of the mics I had on the ceiling and the soundboard feed.  I was really happy with how it turned out and this is one that my late friend Dan Utter helped post process after the shows.
 

Since I was keen on this one I tried to pick out an individual set to post.  Tin Horn Prayer is a great one.  Either of the Two Cow sets.  The Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys was a front runner.  Then I decided in this freewheeling digital age why not just post all of the sets in one big collection.  A digital box set of the event.

So here it is warts and all as I say.  People get loud, people get loose, people get real.  It's no bullshit or pretense.  All of these performances were from the heart.  Lot a love in that room both nights.  To quote the really drunk guy you can hear hollering at the very beginning of the Tin Horn Prayer set "You're all my friends!! Everybody here is my friend!!  Cheers buddy!!"

I had a lovely time listening back to all of these sets and in this crazy time where we don't even know when we will be even seeing live music in a setting like this it's been fun to reminisce over these two nights.  Hope you enjoy it as well.

In this crazy time where no bands can tour it would be a great time to support independent music and artists and go buy some of their stuff.  Many of the acts that played at this show are still active and can be found with a quick google search on bandcamp and other places.  Let's all help keep art and music alive until a time we can all come out an enjoy it together.


Cheers friends!!

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Too Tall Dan Blowing Some Harmonica. R.I.P. Dan Utter

Not a post that I wanted to make for sure.  It's been a few months since Dan passed and he is very much missed by myself and his many friends and family.  He was a big presence and won't soon be forgotten.

I tried to get started on this compilation of Dan sitting in with various people not long after he passed but it was just to hard to revisit those memories at the time.  This weekend it felt like it was time and I enjoyed hearing my old friend do one of the things he loved the most.  Playing the harmonica.

He was a friendly gregarious dude so he had gotten to know a lot of musicians over the years.  He got to sit in and blow harp with lots and lots of people.  This small comp doesn't even scratch the surface.  I went though my archive of live recordings and pulled out what I though were some nice sounding examples of Dan doing his thing.  Even if you didn't know my friend Dan there are some nice tracks here with Jon Snodgrass from Drag The River, Cory Branan, Michael Dean Dameron, Bryan Hartley, and Lenny Lashley.  Enjoy.


Too Tall Dan Blowing Some Harmonica
R.I.P. Dan Utter

01 Bryan Hartley - Calhoun City
02 Jon Snodgrass - Oxes and Horses
03 Cory Branan - Sour Mash
04 Michael Dean Damron - Westboro Baptist Church
05 Devils Backbone Revival - Wagon Wheel
06 Cory Branan - Tame
07 Jon Snodgrass - Calloused Heart No2
08 Michael Dean Damron - Gone
09 Lenny Lashley - Two Robbers


1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 Recorded at Three Kings Tavern, Denver CO
5 Recorded and the Contenental Club, Denver CO

1 - 2011-09-22
2,3,7 - 2009-05-07
4,8 - 2012-04-21
5 - 2008-07-06
6,9 - 2010-12-17

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The Best of the Suburban Home 16th Anniversary shows. September 9th and 10th 2011

These shows have sort of become the official end of summer party for me every year.  Just borderline hoodie weather.  When it always feels really good to step out of the hot rock club into the cool night.

Once again a great line up of bands came out to Denver to celebrate yet another year of Virgil Dickerson's Suburban Home Records.  Happy sweet 16 Virgil!!  Already looking forward to next years shows.

Here is a little best of from the weekend.  A couple songs each from all the artists that played.
Enjoy the tunes, go buy some music and support these, totally worthy of your attention, bands.
http://www.suburbanhomerecords.com/


The Best of the Suburban Home Sweet 16th Anniversary Weekend

3 Kings Tavern
Denver Colorado
September 9th and 10th 2011

Recorded by James Freeman
Mastered by Dan Utter
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Source 2: SBD > M10
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01 Two Cow Garage - No Shame
02 Lenny And The Piss Poor Boys - Lonely Days and Whiskey Nights
03 Have Gun Will Travel - Kerosene & Candlelight
04 Tin Horn Prayer - Alls Well That Ends
05 Joey Briggs - My Own Enemy
06 Michael Dean Damron - Angels Fly Up *
07 The Evening Rig - The Steve McQueens
08 Micah Schnabel - Blame It On Geography
09 Arliss Nancy - Abacus
10 Lizzie Huffman - A Night In The Country
11 Lenny And The Piss Poor Boys - Can't Take It Anymore
12 Alone At 3am - Sleep When I'm Dead
13 Two Cow Garage - Your Humble Narrator
14 Shane Sweeney - Promise Land Blues
15 Tin Horn Prayer - Crow Bait
16 Arliss Nancy - Stella Lovely
17 The Evening Rig - Goddamn, I Could Use a Drink
18 Alone At 3am - Mexico
19 Joey Briggs - All For Me Grog
20 Micah Schnabel - Throwing Rocks At The Sun
21 Two Cow Garage - It's a Shame About Ray (Lemonheads)
22 Have Gun Will Travel - You Wreck Me (Tom Petty)
23 Lizzie Huffman - Miss Ohio (Gillian Welch)$
24 Shane Sweeney - The Ballad Of Jamie Bee (John Gorka)
25 Two Cow Garage - Bit Part (Lemonheads)
26 Michael Dean Damron - Long As I Can See The Light (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
27 Two Cow Garage - Ruby Soho (Rancid)
28 Two Cow Garage - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Bob Seger) %

* With Micah Schnabel on bass and Dave Murphy on drums
% With Michael Dean Damron
$ With Micah Schnabel

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Micah Schnabel, Chad Price, & Michael Dean Damron in Denver, CO 2010-05-06

The Derailed tour hit Denver on May 6th 2010 at the 3 Kings Tavern.  It was a fine night of music with great sets from Micah, Chad, and Michael.  I captured the audio for y'alls enjoyment.

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Chad Price

Derailed Tour

3 Kings
Denver, CO 2010-05-06

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01. Your Paralyzing Wings
02. This War
03. Your Voice Is Music
04. Waste Of Time,Valentine
05. With Broken Hearts
06. Sister Christan (tease) \ Modern Drunkard
07. - If Zach was here -
08. Medicine
09. This Cross
10. So Long Hoss
11. Peachy Tuscadero
12. Beautiful And Damned
13. - interlude -
14. Static

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Micah Schnabel

Derailed Tour

3 Kings
Denver, CO 2010-05-06

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01. American Static
02. Cut Me, Mick
03. Atlantic City (Springstean)
04. Jackson Don't You Worry
05. God And Money
06. - interlude -
07. Throwing Rocks At The Sun
08. Should've California
09. Camaro
10. My Blue Heart
11. American Girl (Tom Petty)
12. - interlude -
13. Bury The Maps

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Michael Dean Damron

Derailed Tour

3 Kings
Denver, CO 2010-05-06

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01. - intro  -
02. Gone
03. Westboro Baptist Church
04. Dolls
05. Angels Fly Up
06. The Devil Meets The Long Haired Weirdo (Antiseen) 
07. - interlude -
08. Lil Mike
09. Saturday
10. Moonshine
11. Long Haired Country Boy
12. - interlude -
13. Two Angels (Peter Case)
14. Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Coo

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