This is the last of the March 1990 tapes, the first of the (first) Frank Russell era (Frank later rejoined after my tour-of-duty). We rehearsed on the 20th, the 21st, and on this date, the 25th. We didn't record another rehearsal until the eve of our first performance (with this lineup) on April 19th. I'm pretty sure we knew about the 4/20 gig during these rehearsals (hence the covers). It's great hearing us working out on an oldie, "That's Not The Way", a song you'd think we would have definitely put into rotation during the later "dance-y" eras; for some reason it fell by the wayside. Great spirit, great melody....and as always....a monster bass line from Ted. That was a Ted specialty: bass lines that were inseparable from the composition evermore. We all had that knack, but Ted had it in spades.
After Frank and I beat it, Hubie hung with the Tedster at the studio and recorded a little demo of an impromptu tune called "Yoo Hoo". I had never heard it until the other day!
...I always let the tape run after it seems like there's nothing on it. Back in the day, Ted would fast forward before recording anything, to prevent tape bleed (that's when you sometimes hear the "echo" of the tape....you'll hear it faintly before it starts for real, that thing, you know what I'm talking about if you've ever played old cassettes). Anyways, case in point......probably 5 minutes after the rehearsal ends, I'm just letting the tape run itself out.....it's minutes of quiet and then....all of a sudden a little click and there we are, back in the studio with Poole & Schreiber, Ltd! The song itself is just a trifle, I'm sure Hubie and Ted felt the same way, otherwise they would have been hot to trot it out and try it out. But - as many of these post-rehearsal demo sessions with Ted are (there are many such recordings with me, Howie, Frank, Hubie, and Ted solo) - it's fun to hear, especially when it's Hubie & Ted, who had their own unique rapport.
No doubt about it, we were THE birthday band! The most spectacular of all LOOB birthdays would have to be the Ted's birthday show at Nightingale Bar.....but that's for another post! In the meantime, enjoy this last look at the early days with Frank....on Hubie's 25th.
Rocky Point Studio, 3/25/90
We Both Wobble
The Advocate
That's Not The Way
Beating A Dead Horse
Breathe ->
On The Run ->
Is It Safe?
Don't Let Me Down
I Know Your Name
Bonus - "Yoo Hoo" (Hubie demo, engineered by Ted)
Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal
Frank Russell - guitar, vocal
Ted Schreiber - bass, vocal
Michael Goodman - drums, vocal
recorded on a Tascam Portastudio cassette 4-track. I believe Lisa is the one who (deftly) manned the pause button. I say deftly, because many who manned the pause button had a habit of chopping off parts of songs! Not so here!
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