Oil Can Boyd

I saw them several times in the late 80s but have not seen the reinvented Moving Targets. Original drummer Pat Brady (RIP) was a monster.

Very sad. I had no idea that he and Ben Orr started playing together in Ohio in the late 60s and that (according to wikipedia) "they formed a Crosby, Stills and Nash-style folk rock band called Milkwood. They released one album, How's the Weather, on Paramount Records in early 1973 but it failed to chart. After Milkwood, Ocasek formed the group Richard and the Rabbits, which included Orr and keyboardist Greg Hawkes, who had played on Milkwood's album."

I thought it (David Byrne's American Utopia) was incredible. Somewhere between a concert and a Broadway show. Great musicianship, choreography, singing. I only saw Talking Heads once and I'm a huge fan so it was great to see him play some of those songs - and it didn't hurt that I was in the 5th row.

David Byrne's American Utopia

So was Bolton fired or did he quit? What a shit-show ...

Came out 20 years ago yesterday. Still not sure which is my favorite of the three discs.

Is that the name of a band you are seeing tonight or commentary on the previous post?

I am/was a big fan of Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon but then both his shows and his albums turned into just that - long, talking stories.

Nice one. I'm a big fan of that record.

Sorry - been on vacation and off of VC. No Tanya - just Kristin, Bernie, and Dave. Dave's drumming still blows me away. It was at City Winery (I think at the same table where I sat with you for Robyn Hitchcock) so I had a great view of the drums.

Throwing Muses

Me too.

I'm a big fan of that album.

Ha! I saw his original tweet and didn't think much of it. And then later in the day I started seeing all of these feral hogs tweets ...

Me too! I love Capacity but for some reason never picked this up until yesterday.

I only did once but definitely lots of people did. Logistically it was a drag. People filing out while others are lining up outside. And some percentage of those filing out were only going far enough to get back in line.

It was the early show. https://jerrygarcia.com/show/1980-07-25-orpheum-theater-boston-ma/ The early/late thing was a bit of a bummer, particularly when they would just announce one show and then later add in a late show (rather than a second night). And I agree on Ozzie's playing. I like it on this show, particularly on Tangled.

Last night was the 39th anniversary of my first concert ever - Jerry Garcia Band (with Dr John opening). The version of Tangled Up in Blue from that night is one of my favorite live music memories.

Oooh good one. One of my faves.

Lots of mystery of Replacements social media pages but it looks like a box set of ‘Don’t Tell a Soul’ alternate mixes & outtakes is coming out. Not sure I need the whole thing but "If Only You Were Lonely (feat. Tom Waits)" could be great. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-replacements-appear-to-be-releasing-a-box-set-of-dont-tell-a-soul-alternate-mixes-outtakes/?fbclid=IwAR3MYP9zTxXaGXLVyHWl303C-JzvqRq4fWzSP79zr0GfCFreGtde2-y7U7Q

Pretty well done piece about the 50 states project: https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/15/20691544/sufjan-stevens-50-states-illinois-michigan-seven-swans-indie-folk-pitchfork

We did too. I enjoyed it (to the point where my daughter convinced us to start again with season 1 right away).

Awesome. I just contributed to the GoFundMe page to help her out ...

Nice write up Tim. The Feelies also do a bunch of Jonathan Richman covers but I think they play them twice as fast as Jonathan.