Showing posts with label Susan Cowsill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susan Cowsill. Show all posts

Saturday, January 2

Continental Drifters - Two N.J. Soundboards 1999 + 2001

*featuring Peter Holsapple, of course*

Maxwell's
Hoboken, N.J.
Dec. 6, 1999


soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-) ACOUSTIC SHOW

01 house music
02 A Song for You (Gram Parsons)

cover art included in the download (date is in error)


03 Christopher Columbus 
     Transcontinental Highway
04 You're Gonna Need Somebody
05 Wipeout
06 Snow
07 Na Na
08 Meet Me In the Middle
09 Some of Shelly's Blues (Nesmith)
10 To Sir, with Love 
     (Don Black, Mark London)
11 Never Ending Song of Love 
     (Delaney Bramlett)
12 Anything
13 Matty Groves (trad.)
14 I'm a Dreamer (Sandy Denny)
15 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot 
     Me Down) (Sonny Bono)
16 Mixed Messages
17 Falling' Apart at the Dreams
18 'composite sketch'
19 Bus Stop (G. Gouldman)
20 Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb)
21 Darlin Darlin
22 Meet On the Ledge
     (Richard Thompson)
23 'Kate worship'
24 Honeybees 
(Kate Jacobs, Charlie 
     Shaw, James MacMillan)
Peter devoted many years of his life to the Drifters
25 Shallow
26 You're from Indiana
27 Don't Do What I Did 
28 Heart, Home
29 Farmer’s Daughter (M. Love, 
     B. Wilson)
30 Umppah!
31 Watermark
32 Tell Me When Its Over (S. Wynn)
33 Tuesday (S. Wynn)
34 Now I Ride Alone (S. Wynn)
35 Carolyn (S. Wynn)
36 Kerosene Man (S. Wynn)
37 I Want to Learn to Waltz with You
38 'tolerate the diva'
39 Way of the World
40 Drifters
41 Tighter, Tighter (Alive 'n' Kickin')

ROB SEZ: Oh, man! It was early Christmas for me when these two shows appeared in mid-December. And they're studies in musical contrasts: the '99 acoustic show at Maxwell's is a sprawling, no-holds-barred, guest-packed, glorious juggernaut; while the '01 electric show is tight & focused. Both of them are marvels of sound quality, from master soundboard tapes. HUGE THANKS to the Anonymous taper, to Ted M. for supplying the tapes, to Joe N. for digitizing & editing, and to photoleon for sharing. Please post a comment to thank the band and the ROIO heroes who brought these recordings to you. Read this great interview with Peter and other Drifters reminiscing about the band.
    

Where it went down in New Brunswick, N.J.


The Court Tavern, 
New Brunswick, N.J.
July 8, 2001
   
soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-)

01 stage greeting, tuning
02 Someday
03 Christopher Columbus 
     Transcontinental Highway
04 Live on Love
05 Christopher Columbus 
     Transcontinental Highway (reprise) 
06 Snow
07 Mixed Messages
08 Don't Do What I Did
09 Cousin
10 Meet Me In the Middle
11 'contact high'
12 Long Journey Home
13 Tomorrow's Gonna Be
14 Watermark
15 I Want to See the Bright Lights
     Tonight (R. & L. Thompson)
16 Too Little, Too Late
17 Peaceful Waking
18 Na Na
19 Way of the World
20 Who We Are, Where We Live 
21 encore break
22 Dedicated to the One I Love
     (Lowman Pauling, Ralph Bass)

Continental Drifters:
Peter Holsapple; guitar, accordion, vocals
Vicki Peterson; guitars, vocals
Robert Maché; guitars, mandolin, vocals
Russ Broussard; drums
Mark Walton; bass, acoustic guitar, vocals 
Susan Cowsill; guitars, vocals
Dan McGough; organ, piano

  

            

Friday, February 13

Susan Cowsill & Friends - NOLA 2014

Carrollton Station
New Orleans, LA
April 27, 2014

audience recording (quality: VG+; clear, crisp recording with very little crowd noise — because there wasn’t much of a crowd!)

LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS: davies51 took photos from the show & made cover art

PARTICULAR THANKS to jefft for recording and sharing

REPERCUSSION: Peter Holsapple was in the Continental Drifters with Susan (they also were married for a time and have a child in common). Oh yeah: and they made some exquisite music together. If you aren't familiar with them, do check out the Continental Drifters.

SAMPLE: "The Rain Song" (2014)


FIRST SET
01 Don't Worry Baby
02 The Rain Song
03 Don't Pass Me By
04 I Never Knew There Would 
     Be You
05 Sunshine On My Shoulders
06 Banter 1
07 They Don't Know
08 Banter 2
09 Mamas Don't Let 
     Your Babies...
10 Banter 3
11 You've Really Got a Hold On Me
12 True Love
13 Banter 4
14 Take Me Home, Country Roads
15 Someday
16 Drunken Angel
17 'Round the Bend
18 Banter 5
19 Enough to Get 
     to Shore
20 After Hours
21 Do or Die
22 Snow
23 Crescent City  
       (aborted)
24 Mississippi


SECOND SET
01 I Think of You
02 Angel From Montgomery
03 Me and Bobby McGee
04 Banter 6
05 You've Got to Be Crazy to Live In This Town
06 Mohammed's Radio
07 Banter 7
08 Turn My Lights Back Home
09 Happy Together      
10 (intro to Track 11)
11 Ballad of Sis (Didn't I 
     Love You)
12 The Rain, the Park, 
     and Other Things

TT: 2:28:01

MP3@320
MUSICIANS
Susan Cowsill - Vocals, Guitar
Russ Broussard - Drums
John Fohl - Guitar, Vocals
Alexandra Scott - Vocals, Guitar (1st Set)
Alex McMurray - Guitar, Vocals (2nd Set)
Doug Pritchett - Guitar, Vocals (2nd Set, t03)

There's an awesome set of bonus tracks for this post, somewhere around here...

Susan's latest solo album is Lighthouse
(I own it, and it's excellent)
Buy the disc or download it HERE, directly from the artist
More live shows by Susan Cowsill are at Bandcamp 
 
Learn more about the music of Susan Cowsill at her official web site, her pages at Cowsill.com 
and/or Wikipedia