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"Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Live 11.13.92 at the Whisky A Go Go,
11.14.92 at Bogart's and 11.15.92 at Casbah. Son of Sam/Bent 7".
I skipped a car payment to catch these three shows. Was it worth the collection
agency harassment? Hell yeah! The Jesus who? Sandra and I didn't even stick around.
The Blues
Explosion is the greatest rock and roll band
in the world right now. their drummer Russell hits his midget
drum kit so hard that you would think it was his father. Judah Bauer is the perfect
Mick Taylor Meets A Clean Neil Hagerty and what can I say about Jon that hasn't
been said a thousand times before? Although the band was amazing at the Whisky,
this Hollywood show will always be memorable because Sandra physically attacked
this muscle bound 6' jock jerk who kept "slamming" into her. After the second time
of landing on her, she blew up and shoved/kicked this guy ten feet (!) where he
behaved himself the rest of the night. Believe me, she'll kick your ass if you get
her mad! The next night in Long Beach was pretty great, Sandra didn't have to lay
a finger on anybody. Now that I'm older, there is something to be said for Over-21
shows. Both of these shows featured a lot of new songs, which is cool; but I wanted
to hear A Reverse
Willie Horton in its entirety! I decided that
Son of Sam was the best song that Jon's ever done and I wondered when
it would come out. The following night I skipped band practice and made the trek
to San Diego. The Cashbah is a bar about as big as my apartment and it was just
as crowded; only instead of being crowded with stuff, it was shoulder to should
with Over-21 kids who wanted to hear that crazy style of rock and roll. Actually
it wasn't that crowded, "O" took up half the front of the stage! It is also safe
to say that at least half of us in the front were from Los Angeles? There was no
direct box so Jon couldn't use his theremin. This suited me just fine because I
think that the theremin leads to too much Elvis parody and, let's face it, the Elvis
thing doesn't work for Lux, so I know what Jon is thinking. All set for
Son of Sam and some frat-boy looking guy gets up to play saxophone!
The set was devastating up to that point. Now, in the comfort of my apartment, I
have the new Jukebox Series edition of Son of Sam/Bent and
it's got another saxophone on it! I am a firm believer that there is no room for
horns in rock and roll (refer to Exile on Main Street). Some people say they like
the sax, others say it doesn't bother them. Me? I wanna hear Judah's guitar, man!
It is also interesting to note that
Son of Sam is not a Spencer song, it was
(c)1977! Regardless of my stupid complaints, this is a great single
and it does get played around here very often; but not as often as Shirt Jac.
(In The Red)" |
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