A fantastic show. This has some of the best vocals I've yet heard. We had first played the month the club opened in December of '92. It went over abomb, we did two electric sets. (the tape itself isn't my favorite recording, but the show, when it happened, went over great).
But CBs Gallery was so echoey, it was so much better suited to a mellow acoustic set. It was literally an art gallery, so on top of seeing the band, you'd get a healthy dose of some contemporary visual art. It had a nice long bar. But then the stage, the tables, and then a sort of balcony overlooking the stage......to this day, I lament the loss of CB's Gallery, not CBGB's! That club had had its heyday even in the early 90s! Nobody wanted to play there! The Gallery, on the other hand, was always a nice evening out. It also had a great back room that we hung out and partied in memorably, both with Life Out Of Balance, and later with my own band.
Lawrence's trumpet on this show is gorgeous. Years later, I'd position Lawrence in the balcony as a "guest star" for one of my shows, suddenly there was this ghostly trumpet from above.....the audience probably thought it was Gabriel! The percussion is really together on this show.. It's the only show I've heard so far where I like my vocal performance. It took seven years in LOOB before my voice finally changed! There was an upright piano on the floor, next to the stage, so on few songs Lawrence leaps down and plays that.
There's a video of this show....I'm working on getting the video stuff digitized so stay tuned for that!
Sorry so disjointed today....am doing two things at once. Enjoy this beautiful show.
LOOB at CB's Gallery, 2/13/93
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I'm Crying
No Excuses ->
Thundersong
I Know Your Name ->
Sailing ->
Bottle In The Ocean
What You Say
Someone's In My Head
Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal, percussion, jaw harp*
Ted Schreiber - guitar, bass, vocal, percussion
Michael Goodman - snare & high hat, vocal
Steven Goodman - accordion, percussion
Lawrence Krauser - trumpet, piano, electric piano, vocal on "What You Say"
(I'm pretty sure that's Hubie playing the jaw harp during the fantastic percussion break in "Someone's In My Head", but it could also be Lawrence)
recorded by Chris Ivers. You can hear Lisa helping with getting mic levels in the beginning!
download here:
https://www.mediafire.com/?t48bv882vkcs20k
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| The full, uncropped flyer that Hubie designed. I believe this is a computer drawing. |
