Bongwater, Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman, Screamin' Jay Hawkins & The Fabulous Pussywillows
Michelob Presents Night Music (Episode #215)
NBC Studios, New York, NY
recorded on January 26, 1990
broadcast on February 11, 1990

Source: Maxell UDXL2 Master Cassette (Dolby B encoded) TRT 14:46

Equipment: Cable TV box/MTS stereo feed-> Nakamichi 550

Transfer: Nakamichi Dragon playback of Maxell UDXL2 Master Cassette (Dolby B decoded) -> Lexicon Lambda -> Logic (tracking, fade in and out) -> 16/44.1 wav -> xAct (sbe correction)-> FLAC

Personnel:
Ann Magnuson - lead vocals (on 5, 6 & 7)
Screaming Jay Hawkins - lead vocals (on 4)
Bob Weir - acoustic guitar, lead vocals (on 2)
Dave Rick- electric guitar
Mark Kramer - electric bass
Rob Wasserman - upright bass
David Licht - drums
April March - backing vocals (on 6)
Lisa Jenio - backing vocals (on 6)
Lisa Dembling - backing vocals (on 6)

Tracklist:

Weir & Wasserman
1 introduction (by David Sanborn) 00:30
2 Victim Or The Crime 07:04
3 Bob Weir interview & Bongwater Introduction 01:50
Final Jam with everyone:
4 Four Sticks -> 00:43
5 Ann�s Rock & Roll Part 2 monologue> 00:23
6 You Don�t Love Me Yet-> 03:25
7 Ann�s Celebrity Compass monologue 00:49


Notes:
"Victim Or The Crime" begins with a bowed bass solo from Rob Wasserman.

"Four Sticks" is a Led Zeppelin cover with Screamin' Jay Hawkins improvising the lead vocal.

Tracks 5, 6 & 7 are all "You Don't Love Me Yet" (a Roky Erikson cover) with Ann Magnuson on lead vocals, but the beginning features her monologue from the Bongwater track "Rock & Roll Part Two" over the song and the end features her "Celebrity Compass" monologue over the song. I tracked the final jam out accordingly, but its really one continuous sequence.

Bongwater was Ann Magnuson, Mark Kramer, Dave Rick & David Licht

The Fabulous Pussywillows were April March, Lisa Jenio & Lisa Dembling

This program always featured unusual collaborations to end the show and this episode featured one of the wackiest collaborations ever be transmitted on American TV! I used to videotape this show religiously and often recorded an audio backup of the stereo feed if it featured musicians I was particularly interested in. In the case of this episode, it was Bongwater that compelled me to watch, as I was (and remain) a fan of the group and of Ann Magnuson in particular. My VHS masters haven't held up so well, but the cassette masters still sound nice with the performances in true stereo. - Alan Bershaw