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TODD McBRIDE solo & with Granfaloon Bus
- January 20, 1998 -
Knust, Hamburg, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0128 **
>> ex-LA DI DA's & DASHBOARD SAVIORS (Athens, GA) - w/ Townes Van Zandt and Vic Chesnutt cover - UNCIRCULATED << w/ samples
Preliminary remark 1:
Please check also the other concerts of this night:
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Torrent #256049
UMAJETS (first ever European concert)
- January 20, 1998 -
Knust, Hamburg, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0127 **
>> Rob Aldridge (ex-HOLLYFAITH) & Tim Smith (ex-JELLYFISH) - UNCIRCULATED<< w/ samples
Torrent #(when upped)
GRANFALOON BUS wsg. Todd McBride
- January 20, 1998 - Knust, Hamburg, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0129 **
>>file under PAVEMENT, SPARKLEHORSE and PALACE BROTHERS...
AWESOME NEIL YOUNG COVER "ALBUQUERQUE" - UNCIRCULATED<<
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Preliminary remark 2:
As far as I know NONE of this recording was ever used commercially.
This recording here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archive.
"MWM" started in the 70ies in South Germany with analog recording equipment,
and at least two of them are still recording sometimes (since the 90ies on DAT,
and, lazy as we are, since lately with small, handheld WAV-recorders on SD-cards).
The "MWM" startet as a project of friends sharing their hobbies together. But by
reason of jobs, partners and other interests the circle of all involved shrinked.
Todd McBride
Bands
- The Dashboard Saviors
- The La Di Da's
- Todd McBride & The Cooler Heads
Instruments
- guitar, vocal
Albums:
The Dashboard Saviors - "Kitty" (1992)
The Dashboard Saviors - "Spinnin' On Down" (1993)
The Dashboard Saviors - "Love Sorrow Hatred Madness" (1995)
The Dashboard Saviors - "Take One For The Team" live (1996)
Albums:
Todd McBride (solo) - "Sketchy" (1997)
The talented singer/songwriter Todd McBride:
Those familiar with the Athens music scene, may remember Todd
as the former vocalist & rhythm guitarist of the "Dashboard Saviors"...
The Dashboard Saviors are an Athens, GA-based roots-rock band consisting of
songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Todd McBride, Michael Gibson (guitar), Rob Veal
(bass) and John Crist (drums). R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, a longtime champion of the
band, produced the Dashboard Saviors' debut album, "Kitty" and was featured
in Rolling Stone in 1992. The group's songs often delve into sketches of
small-town Southern life, as titles such as "Coach's Wife" and "'A Trailer's
a Trailer" would suggest.
Leader Todd McBride grew up listening to country radio and such genre-defying
'80s West Coast roots-rockers as Green on Red and Dream Syndicate.
McBride's uncle was in a country and western band, and early on McBride decided
that kind of life was for him. Before the Dashboard Saviors, he was in a group
called the La Di Da's, which also consisted of fellow Athens notable Vic Chesnutt.
It was through that group that McBride first became acquainted with Peter Buck.
Buck not only produced and played on Kitty - he also helped the Dashboard Saviors
land a record deal with the Minneapolis-based label Medium Cool.
Buck had taken Medium Cool's founder, Peter Jesperson (onetime manager for the
Replacements), to see the group at a local Athens gig; Jesperson was impressed
enough to make the Dashboard Saviors one of his first signings.
Subsequently, McBride (who had been an office supply salesman) and the rest of
the group were able to quit their day jobs and hit the road in their van.
The group's sophomore effort, "Spinnin' on Down", arrived in 1993, while
"Love, Sorrow, Hatred, Madness" followed in 1995.
-Erik Hage, All Music Guide
In German:
TODD McBRIDE - Sketchy
Im Vergleich zu früheren Arbeiten macht das Solo-Album von TODD McBRIDE, Frontmann der
seligen DASHBOARD SAVIORS, fast schon einen rasierten Eindruck. Der knarzige Folk-Rock
auf scheppernden Gitarren mit leicht versoffenem Charme ist weicheren Gebilden und einer
besonneneren Ausstrahlung gewichen. Freilich, der Mann mit der sandigen Stimme, dem nicht
selten ein DYLANscher Nöler im Kehlkopf sitzt, ist von rosig geschrubbter Glattheit weit
entfernt. Genau wie diese unvergänglichen Melodien für einsame Gestalten mit staubigen
Schuhen auf endlosen Straßen, mit denen McBRIDE sich auskennt und die Sache mit dem rauhen
Leben, ob nun balladesk oder etwas rockiger, immer recht präzise trifft.
VIC CHESNUTT, einstiger Weggefährte aus LA DI DAs Tagen, hat übrigens auch mal reingeschaut
und ist auf "Somebody Else" im Hintergrund zu hören.
About the recording:
Autumn 1996 was the start of an interesting experiment. Two German record labels and their
booking agency teamed together and started the first "double-headliner tour" with Blue Rose
act The Dashboard Saviors and Glitterhouse band Go To Blazes - and those concerts had been
very successful. The idea was simple: both bands played 70 to 90 minutes, and they alternated
the order of their appearance each night. A similar concept was used a few months later for
"THE DESERT ROCKS"-tour 1997 with Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios and Granfaloon Bus in
January/February, and the same year during April with Chris Burroughs and Neal Casal.
The Dashboard Saviors separated early 1997, and Todd took the chance to record his solo-album
"Sketchy", again released by Blue Rose. Todd came back to Europe in December 1997 to promote
his album, this time as support act for Granfaloon Bus on their second big German tour 97/98...
All five musicians had lots of fun, they celebrated Christmas and New Years Eve together, and
soon there was a new band project, "Senior Deutschmark", 3/4th of Granfaloon Bus backing up
Todd after a few songs solo, and Todd came during the "headliner"-shows to help them with
some backing vocals, and sang lead vocals usually on one or two coversongs.
THIS HERE IS DEFINITELY A MUST-HAVE !
WHY ?
Including all those things an EXCELLENT boardtape should have:
- an artist in his prime, full of emotions (and a little booze - remember the two fellow Georgians)...
- the ONLY available boardrecording of Todd singing Townes Van Zandt's "You Are Not Needed Now" (track #08.)
- the ONLY available recording of Todd singing Vic Chesnutt's "Isadora Duncan" & the story behind (track #18.)
- one of the best band-versions of Todd's own ".45" EVER - bloodcurdling & spine-crawling !!
- a crowded room full of enthusiastic people...and this damn blue alcoholic liquor
SOUNDS GREAT ? YEAH, IT'S REALLY AWESOME...
AND THERE IS NO "BUT"....
EXCEPT MAYBE: "BUT"...WAY TOO SHORT...
This concert here was recorded close to tour-end
by my dear friend Woolfi - excellent as usual.
FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF OUR ARCHIVE,
COMPLETELY UNTRADED, SLIGHTLY MASTERED,
AND OTHERWISE UNALTERED - PLEASE ENJOY!
TODD McBRIDE
solo & with Granfaloon Bus AKA "Senior Deutschmark"
Knust,
Hamburg, Germany
January 20, 1998
lineage:
recorded by WS, soundboard to DAT
Soundboard > Analog Cable > 'Line In' portable Sony TCD-D8 (16 bit, SP 48 kHz) >
> DAT (BASF extra 4D-90m, 4mm Data Cartridge, 90 meter/297 ft tape)
DAT (master) > Tascam DA-20 II, S/P-DIF out > Digital Cable (coax) > > Behringer Ultramatch SRC 2000
(Sample Rate Converter & Jitter Remover) > Digital Cable (coax) > Soundcard, S/P-DIF in > CD Wave (recording) > Harddisc >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME
the concert:
01. Rand Mcnally Blues 3:46.70
02. Shotgun Travels Through Time 3:17.71
03. ...three Georgians in the house, the same night... 0:19.12
04. Somebody Else 4:54.38
05. Chains 3:24.52
06. Lori Grew Up 2:20.05
07. ...good crowd tonight/18 months ago here with my band... 0:43.63
08. You Are Not Needed Now & 5:37.17
09. ...introducing from Christmastown, USA: "Senior Deutschmark"... 1:05.25
10. Wounded Ltd # 3:57.41
11. .45 # 6:04.67
12. ...thanks guys...they are back up in a few minutes... 0:42.47
13. Wherever You Are § 3:15.60
14. ...see you in the summer/crowd... 0:29.40
encore:
15. ...you don't have to ask me twice/we had laundry today... 0:23.61
16. Laundromat 4:12.53
17. ...sounds too good up here/got a request...song by a good friend... 1:01.13
18. Isadora Duncan & 4:09.49
19. ...thanks...Granfaloon Bus be right up/final crowd noise... 0:13.29
total: 50:00.63 mins
notes:
& - unreleased by Todd, so far...
musicians:
Todd McBride - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
# with 3/4th of Granfaloon Bus, calling themselves "Senior Deutschmark":
Ajax Green - guitar, backing & harmony vocals
Jeff „Johnny Safety“ Stevenson - bass, pedal steel, backing & harmony vocals
Jeff Palmer - drums, percussion, backing & harmony vocals
§ with
Ajax Green - guitar, backing & harmony vocals
PLEASE support the artist, visit his concerts and buy his CDs...
Check out the following website (Todd's new band):
http://www.myspace.com/thecoolerheads
THIS TORRENT IS DEDICATED TO TODD and all his bandmembers, past & present...
Special thanks to Umajets, Granfaloon Bus, Woolfi and all involved at Knust...
Big thanks to my wife, Mrs. Leo, for supporting
and taking an active part in all my crazyness...
No animals were harmed in the making of this
recording or during the mastering and transfer.
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More Todd and his music out of our collection:
Torrent #247041
TODD McBRIDE solo & with Granfaloon Bus
- January 24, 1998 - Underground, Cologne, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0114 **
>> former member of LA DI DA's & DASHBOARD SAVIORS from Athens, GA - UNCIRCULATED <<
Torrent #254759
TODD McBRIDE solo & with Granfaloon Bus
- January 23, 1998 - FZW, Dortmund, Germany
** Audience DAT-clone, MWM 0123 **
>> ! FUNNY TO READ ! & UNCIRCULATED - from Athens, GA - former member of LA DI DA's & DASHBOARD SAVIORS <<
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My dear buddy Ken TheCommish usually writes (and hey, he's damn right):
If you decide to download this show, won't you please consider posting a comment
on the show's board? It only takes a moment, and believe me, it takes A LOT longer
to prepare/upload a show for others to enjoy than it does to download and run...
You know, our friend Dave T says: "There's always more to come..."
And i'll promise you to keep MY tapes coming...
Leo
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Mastered, transferred & finally uploaded by lonetaper on Dime, July 04, 2009. This is "MWM 0128"
This file must accompany this package to preserve the complete incommensurable informations !