Here's a really nice tape of Hubie, Ted & myself (Frank was AWOL) playing acoustic in my basement apartment in Syosset. Some gorgeous harmony and just a real nice, comfortable vibe. "Girl So Sweet" is completely different than usual, Hubie playing different chords. Similarly, at the end, Hubie resurrects "Island Music" and does a completely different story than all previous versions, cracking Ted & I up with his Yellowman impression and even dropping in a references to an old Ted song "Don't Mind At All" as well as the Life Out Of Balance catchphrase: "Who's To Blame?" We also run through some Bob Marley songs which we were all heavily into at this point. Parts of this section were accidentally erased with me warbling some song ideas, so there are a few edits, but not many.
"Baby It's Warm Outside" finds us coming up with some of the vocal parts that remained in the arrangement. Have to say, also, "When Happiness Is Here", a song that is in my top two of cringe-inducing compositions, sounds really pretty in this setting. It should never have left this room!
I have notes for a DAT tape, rehearsing at Mystery Fez around this time. Frank was absent for that one as well, and it had been the first time we played as a trio since 1988. Same thing here. Soon Frank would leave us flat for good!
Other than that, sounds like it was a real fun and real mellow, relaxed evening for the Three Amigos of LOOB!
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Girl So Sweet (She Don't Know)
I'm Crying
No Excuses
When Happiness Is Here
Babaloo
Baby, It's Warm Outside
Kinky Reggae
Them Belly Full
The Java Jive
Kaya
Mozambique
Monday Morning
Island Music
I'm So Tired /
Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal
Ted Schreiber - guitar, vocal
Michael Goodman - guitar, percussion, cuartro, vocal, banjo
recorded by me probably on a boom-box
download here
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6ehi99a3uluxlp8/1991-07+circa+Syosset.zip
