The Right Track Inn, April 2, 1992

You say you want more Dancing Lawrence…you got more Dancing Lawrence! And what about Steve?!  Have you ever heard another accordion player play like Steve? Not me!

This was our first gig at the Right Track Inn, the big place to play on Long Island at that time.  We played a great set, as evidenced by both memory and the tape!  The opening "I Owe - It's All Right - Thundersong" combination is classic "circus-era" LOOB, we used that as our demo tape for a spell.  The soundman Jon did a fantastic mix for us (as you can hear), and championed us at the club thereafter.

That night there was a Dead show at the nearby-Nassau Coliseum, so our good friend, the late great Billy Capozzi, gave out hundreds of psychedelic flyers at the concert (see below), and - since we went on at midnight , post-concert - we had some sparkly visitors who came and got into it.

Before we went on, Billy had put together a hybrid band of some guys from a group called "Final Cry" and me on drums…with Billy doing spoken word stuff over it.  He called this thing "Finally Balanced" and we did a free-form set as an opening act.  (The result for LOOB was that by the time we went on, I had already played a full set, was warmed up and raring to go!)

I wish I could remember who made this psychedelic flyer because I don't recognize the name that's signed!  

Lawrence did this flyer.  It  also advertises a gig at NY Avenue on the 14th.  Hubie had to miss that gig due to illness or something and we had to play a weird Hubie-less LOOB show, the only such instance in LOOB history that I know of!

This show got us written up in Good Times, the big music paper on Long Island, so - on top of the fact that we played a great show - it had many benefits!  (don't ask me what he's talking about Charles Manson and Gandhi.....maybe the Deadheads that showed up?)

Hope you enjoy what was a great night for Life Out Of Balance!

Life Out Of Balance, Right Track Inn 4/2/92
I Owe ->
It's All Right ->
Thundersong
Bambaleda
Caught In The Rain
Smile
Someone's In My Head
/When Happiness Is Here
I Know Your Name
Baby, It's Warm Outside
We Both Wobble
Return Britain

Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal
Ted Schreiber - bass, vocal
Lawrence Krauser - electric piano, synth, trumpet
Michael Goodman - drums, vocal
Steven Goodman - percussion, accordion

recorded by Chris Ivers on his trusty portable walkman-like recorder.  Chris recorded virtually all of the 1992 shows and gave us an unbelievable amount of support, time and labor, including all stage and road management.  I believe he played on this night as well, as a member of "Finally Balanced"!

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