The Right Track Inn was probably our favorite place to play in those days; Jon always did the greatest mixes for us, bar none. He loved the band, and you can hear him dropping in "Bitches Brew"-type echo on Lawrence's trumpet. I think Chris is actually standing at the soundboard and talking about the mix with him. We tended not to take the Right Track for granted, and usually prepared (and delivered) a good show.
Great to hear "Return Britain" with some accordion, trumpet, synth, and electric piano! This song had mysteriously vanished from the sets once Frank left, and it seems as if we resurrected it around this time. I really can't account for why so many songs left the repertoire (for instance, "Ocean Town"!) when Frank left - the transition was as smooth as could be since Lawrence had been jamming with us for months. Well, whatever the reason, we spent most of '92 playing a narrower group of songs and we definitely did the right thing by bringing back some oldies and learning some new ones.....such as one of this show's highlights: Lawrence & Louis dueting on trumpets for the instrumental break of "Bucketful Of Rice". Beautiful.
We become an unprecedented seven-man band when J.P. joins us for a wild "Thundersong"! Right from the intro, with two trumpets, accordion and harp all going strong....along with vocal madness from Lawrence, Hubie and Mikey Goodguy.... this is cool! J.P. sounds great! Steve and Lawrence and Louis all going crazy. Ted, Mike & Hubie also, very in-sync instrumentally! Great version!
Full disclosure: At this show, I was my typically insane, control-freaking, rude self to J.P. (I'm talking onstage!)- gas facing and shouting as I tried to control and preserve the shape and dynamics of the song's arrangement and vocal harmonies - a noble endeavor, sure - but I ended up inhibiting another musician and putting off a bad vibe, and I publicly offer this heartfelt apology to him, this finest of musicians. Especially because he sounds so great, and also - like all the Allens - a really super-nice person. One listen to my always-oversung verse, dripping with ego, always ruining one of our best numbers ... you can hear who's the biggest asshole in this band, that's for sure! So take that, 1992 Mike!
By the way, J.P. continues to be a force in music, and the harmonica! He is now in Hawaii and makes really great instructionals for harmonica! Check it out!
http://www.harmonica.com/lessons/?gclid=COD10_L7r8YCFdgSgQodqOkIqw
https://www.youtube.com/user/jpallen7
/It's Warm Outside
Return Britain
No Excuses
I Know Your Name
Bucketful Of Rice (All I Wanted)
Thundersong
Gimme Fun
Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal, percussion
Ted Schreiber - bass, vocal, percussion
Lawrence Krauser - electric piano, synth, trumpet, disembodied vocal
Michael Goodman - drums, vocal
Steven "Now" Goodman - percussion, accordion
special guests:
Louis DeVirgilio - trumpet (from "No Excuses" -> end of show)
J.P. Allen - harmonica (on "Thundersong" & "Gimme Fun")
recorded by Chris Ivers, fantastic in-house mix by Jon (I so wish I had his last name!)
download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/x7bxqle9t8ar369/1992-10-17+Right+Track+Inn.zip
or if you prefer Dropbox, click here, though this link will expire in a week or so:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6lk0lotuuyrip8/1992-10-17%20Right%20Track%20Inn.zip?dl=0
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| LOOB's workload for October of '92 - I believe Ward made this flyer. |
