LIVING COLOUR AND FRIENDS

ARTIST:
Living Colour with Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, Keb Mo, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), George Clinton, Johnny Hiland, Tracy Lewis (Clinton's son), Ron 'Roncat' Spearman, Eric McFadden, DeWayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight, Mark Ledford (Living Colour's first singer) and others.

BOOTLEG TITLE:
THIS IS WHAT WE DO
House Of Blues, Anaheim, California, USA, 2002-01-19

TRACK LISTING:
1. Always On Time 12:11
2. Am I Wrong 7:31
3. Funk Jam (medley) 37:30
Total: 57:12

LINE UP:
Corey Glover - Vocals
Will Calhoun - Drums
Vernon Reid - Guitar
Doug Wimbish - Bass/Keys/Vocals
Mark Ledford - Trumpet/Harmony Vocals
Stewart Copeland - Drums
Sheila E. - Percussion
David Hildalgo - Guitar
Keb Mo - Guitar/Vocals
George Clinton - Vocals
Tracy Lewis - Vocals
Ron "Roncat" Spearman - Drums
Eric McFadden - Mandolin
Johnny Hiland - Guitar
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight - Guitar

ARTWORK:
CD front and back enclosed in torrent

SOURCE:
Audience

LINEAGE:
I have no idea what my recorder was at the time (might've been my old Aiwa), nor what software I used back then to transfer the cassette to CDR (probably Toast's CD Spin Doctor program and then Toast itself). The result was .AIFF files which I've turned into the FLAC files here.

MD5 CHECKSUM:
84cc8245b8e4ef82f4018f4b899d54a1

NOTES:
1. Always On Time (Ja Rule)
Vocals: Glover
Solos: Sheila E., Mark Ledford, Keb Mo, Stewart Copeland

2. Am I Wrong (Keb Mo)
Vocals: Keb Mo
Solos: Vernon Reid, Keb Mo, David Hildago, Mo/Hildago duel

3. Funk Jam (medley) - We Do This (Prince), various covers
Vocals: George Clinton, Tracy Lewis, Corey Glover
Solos: George Clinton, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, Doug Wimbish (Metal bass solo), Johnny Hiland, Sheila E., Tracy Lewis, unknown vocal, Johnny Hiland, Eric McFadden, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun

Covers
Back then, a friend hooked me up with press photos of the event, which I used to make the CD cover at the time, but the original JPGs are long gone; for the CD covers (included), I scanned the covers I made at the time back in and touched them up as best I could in Photoshop.

Show Info
This was a surprise "NAMM Jam" held by Shure Microphones during the Winter NAMM Convention, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA. After a blistering 90-minute set by Living Colour, the band came back out and announced they had some friends who wanted to sit in. For the next hour, we were just blown away by the most eclectic group of musicians I've ever seen on one stage.

The "Awws" during Sheila E.'s first solo were when she bounced her stick 15 feet in the air and couldn't quite catch it--but you can hear the cheering when she finally got it. Johnny Hiland particularly stood out because he was new to the NAMM scene back then--no one quite knew who the guy in the cowboy hat was, but we all left determined to find out. I taped this maybe 10-12 feet from the stage (it's a shallow room) towards stage left. I tried to take a few photos during the set and you can hear a security guard come by and tell me to stop. Luckily, he didn't see my recorder!