You see a tape that says "Lions Den, July 1992", you think "so what". I mean, it's not going to be the first one you lunge for, is it?
But once again, this is the joy of doing this project!
This is a cool show! It's a "bootleggy"-sounding tape, echoey, a good snapshot of what LOOB sounded like live in a room. The audience is great, we're great....you can put this tape and leave it on.
On top of that, we shared the bill with our amigos, The Skels! (see previous post!). Chris got both bands' sets...and now you do, too!
It's got that echoey "Lion's Den" sound...can't say I miss that sound, but on this tape I don't mind! We worked the room well by opening with a blurry, disorienting, spectacular "Smile"......always a blast opening a show with that! But it was always taking a chance because you'd find out real quick if the mix was any good! If it wasn't, you just held on and hoped for the best! And my suspicion is our mix wasn't so hot, since we don't even bother singing the ending!
Other than that, the band is playing nice on this one, each member! You can hear we're loving playing "Someone's In My Head" which is just quite, almost there! Definitely the song of the moment for us, and each time we played it, we got closer and closer to having it down pat. I'm really enjoying my brother's tasteful percussion playing throughout this show, his tambourine work on "Bucketful Of Rice" is beautiful and spirited....it's something you can take for granted. He's NEVER in the way, always and only contributing, always finding a hole in the music and stepping in, delivering the goods, and melting back into the music. We never had to tell him anything.
A mighty and distinct "Thundersong"! That song: always a living thing!
A spooky and distinct "Wobble"! I'm digging Hubie's rhythm playing on this one, very subtle. "Thundersong" too. Lawrence all over this tape is having a good night on the keys.
Ahhhh, I feel like I just had a good meal after listening to that one!
But wait! There's more! The Skels now take the stage. As the boys set up, you can hear snatches of conversation including a dialogue between Hubie and Lisa. I hate to keep ragging on The Lion's Den, it served it's purpose, and gave the NYU students a place to have a brew....but I can't say it was my favorite place to see the Skels! You want to see the Skels tear it up in a frickin' dive, in some Irish bar, playing all night long! Alas, 'tis the only live tape I have of these gents, so it will have to do. Thankfully, it includes "John Leslie" (the only recording I have of this song), and one of my favorite choices of a cover version I've ever seen any band do, the old disco gem"Right Back To Where We Started From". It doesn't get better than that, folks! (they also used to cover Badfinger's "No Matter What" which, in the late 80s/early 90s nobody was celebrating! The first time I saw them play that, my mouth was agape!)
So...that's "Skels Day" here at the blog! For further reading, there is the classic "Bill Meets Sailing" post from way back........other than that, enjoy while our two gangs "mach schau" at the Lion's Den, 23 years ago tonight!
LOOB in the Lion's Den!, 7/15/92
Smile
I Owe ->
It's All Right
Wintertime
Someone's In My Head
Caveman
Bucketful Of Rice (All I Wanted)
Thundersong
We Both Wobble
Caught In The Rain
Bambaleda
It's Warm Outside
Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal, percussion
Ted Schreiber - bass, vocal, percussion
Lawrence Krauser - electric piano, synth, trumpet
Michael Goodman - drums, vocal
Steven Goodman - percussion, accordion
PLUS:
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| See why I have to do this blog? Water damage.... |
The Skels at the Lion's Den, 7/15/92
Let Me In
Right Back Where We Started From
Romp Romp Romp
The Foggy Dew
Knucklehead
(I don't know the title to this one, sorry guys! "Realize"? "Real Life"?)
Jesus Is Coming
Thank You Falettin Be Mice Elf Again
Tonight's The Night
John Leslie
Michael "Sport" Murphy - vocal
Willy Ligouri - guitar, vocal
Bill Haefner - guitar, vocal
John Phillips - bass (...gone but not forgotten....)
Jim Colford - drums
both sets recorded by Chris Ivers
download here
LOOB set: http://www.mediafire.com/download/fxfy4boa5ao140t/1992-07-15+Lion%27s+Den.zip#39;s_Den.zip
Skels set: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1xwa55t5n0fttvd/1992-07-15+The+Skels+at+the+Lion%27s+Den.zip#39;s_Den.zip
or if you prefer Dropbox, click below (these links will expire in a week or so).
LOOB set: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4z9mqy0isu94ya8/1992-07-15%20Lion%27s%20Den.zip?dl=0
Skels set: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i008zoqp423pfxw/1992-07-15%20The%20Skels%20at%20the%20Lion%27s%20Den.zip?dl=0
