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SPIRIT....February 28, 1979 (9:30 PM)
The Bayou, Washington, DC, USA
Randy California - guitar, Moog Taurus pedals & vocals
Ed Cassidy - drums
Larry "Fuzzy" Knight - bass & backing vocals
Taper: bpthree
Taping equipment: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone
Lineage: Maxell UD master cassettes> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CD-R (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Quality: vg
Length: 103:47 minutes
Artwork: none.
Samples: none.
Set List:
Disc One (Time 43:43m):
01. California Man
02. Nature's Way
03. Fresh Garbage
04. Rock And Roll Planet
05. 1984
06. (I've Got To Use) My Imagination
07. Like A Rolling Stone
08. Dark Eyed Woman
Disc Two (Time 60:04m):
01. Looking Down
02. (Cold) Rainy Night
03. Animal Zoo
04. Hollywood Dream
05. All Along The Watchtower>
06. It's All The Same (Part One)(Tape Flip)
07. It's All The Same (Part Two)>
08. I Got A Line On You
09. Mr. Skin
10. Morning Will Come
11. Day Tripper
Taper's Comments:
1 - HELP!! If you have any uncirculated SPIRIT shows, or better quality FM
broadcasts than what's been posted here before, please share them. If you
know anybody who has shows that fit this category that aren't on DIME, please
dub off their stuff and share it. I'm trying to write a book on SPIRIT and need
all the information I can get. I have a database of over 1500 gigs 1967-1996, and
want to find as much information as I can to add to it. If you have any memories
of where you saw SPIRIT, the more specific the better (venue, city, date, supporting
bands, etc.), I'd love to know that as well. Please leave that in the comments
section or PM me. Thank you!
2 - Show description & comments follow:
"The Bayou" was a legendary club in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC,
located by the Potomac River, under an overhead section of the Whitehurst
Freeway. It lasted into the 21st Century, but it was closed because the property
was worth more as office space than a nightclub. What a loss. Many famous acts
played here on their way up or down, such as U2, SRV, Dire Straits, The Pretenders,
etc.
This was my second SPIRIT concert, the first having been the night before, which I
attended with some friends. I was the only one who came for the second night. I
had been on main floor the first night, so I moved up to the balcony, slightly off to
the right, right on the railing. The sound and the sightlines were much improved over
the previous night. They had a huge mural of the Cass photo from the back cover
of the "FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER" album hanging behind the drum kit. They
opened with "California Man", a song that I had never heard before. They also played
"(I've Got To Use) My Imagination", a great cover song, which they hadn't played
the night before. Today, bands generally play the same set list, in order, every night.
It was always exciting to go to a SPIRIT concert, as you never knew what you would
get. As the years went by, many new songs would be introduced in concert, and then
disappear from the set list by the next time you saw them. I thought many of them
were often superior to the songs that the band did release, as the years went by.
Since I had to work the next day, like the previous night, I left immediately after the
show, which was a decision I always regretted. It would be until late 1984 that I
finally met the band.
bpthree
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