Peter & Chris - Idiot's Delight, NYC 1991

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey      

WXRK-FM, New York City

“Idiot's Delight” with Vin Scelsa

June 30, 1991

 

FM (sound quality Ex-)

Chris and Peter, Mavericks-era publicity shot
photo by Carol Whaley

Highlights: a great-sounding set with full band, including a brief, light-hearted “Take Five"

BIG THANKS to glenn s for the share!

01 band intros        
02 Lord of the Manor        
03 Geometry        
04 Here Without You        
05 Haven't Got the Right        
06 Taken        
07 Angels        
08 She Was the One (first few secs. cut)        
09 The Child In You        
10 Something Came Over Me*        
11 Take Five (brief run-through)                 
12 You Don't Miss Your Water*        
13 outro

         *10 and 12 appear on Chris' Fireworks album, which was released a few months after this appearance.

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NOTE: I need to figure out how much interest you have in Holsapple-Stamey posts ‘cuz I have a lot of material. Please leave comments: do you like ‘em? Do you prefer earlier ones like these, or “Here & Now”-era shows? Give me some feedback.

Lineup:

Chris Stamey

Peter Holsapple

Alan Bezozi

Ilene Markell

Dave Schramm

Vin Scelsa’s “Idiot’s Delight”

Vin Scelsa has been doing his “Idiot’s Delight” show on some New York City radio station or other for about 45 years. Last I heard, he’s at WFUV. Back when this show was recorded, the station was WXRK (now defunct).

Hats off to Vin for championing our guys and their music!

Peter's 1989 Australian Adventure

Peter Holsapple

Melbourne, Australia

“Fast Fictions” 3RRR-FM Radio Show

David Vodicka, interviewer

Feb. 13, 1989

Pre-FM soundboard (sound quality Ex-)
 

Highlights: A relaxed-but-engaged Peter sings & plays the heck out of 10 songs

Peter Holsapple: seeing & hearing double
Marty Perez photo / B.O.B. Issue 33

1.   Soul Kiss

2.   Storm Warning

3.   Elvis, What Happened?

4.   Lonely Is as Lonely Does

5.   Bonneville

6.   Today Could Be the Day

7.   Second Time Around

8.   Why Did You Sleep With My Girlfriend?

9.   The Next to the Last Waltz

10. The Child In You

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These live acoustic tracks come from a 3-hour marathon radio session with announcer David Vodicka (one of those interview-plus-live-in-studio-performance thingies). The occasion was a stop in Melbourne on R.E.M.’s 1989 “Green” world tour, during which Peter played sideman extraordinaire. Later, Vodicka created and sold cassettes of the live songs as part of his “Fast Fictions” tape series. Apparently, he did this without Peter’s permission or approval. As you can read in his comment below, Peter didn’t think too much of the whole thing — but the fans get to enjoy it anyway...

 

Here’s what Peter said in Sept. 2007, in a comment he posted at chunklet.com (which is where I first heard about these performances):

“I was in Australia with R.E.M. and got invited to do a radio interview. We couldn't get at any of the tour guitars, so the disc jockey's friend provided a rusty old axe which popped a string early on. I honestly don't love the cassette, since I was never consulted about its release and still find it going for exorbitant amounts and felt the performance was iffy at best.”

Hey Peter, I paid a hefty price for a copy of the tape, but I think it’s worth it — and, if it makes you feel any better, anyone who wants can now have a listen.

BONUS FEATURE: Printed Highlights 
from the Radio Interview

Thank God for Bucketfull of Brains, the great indie/alt rock music ‘zine from England. Jon Storey & co. love The dB’s, and have had the good taste over the years to feature articles about, interviews with, and reviews of our heroes. In B.O.B. Issue 33 (March-April 1990), they published excerpts from Peter’s 1989 radio interview with Vodicka.

Here's the article in 5 high-resolution files ("Cool, Keen & Eccentric" indeed...). You may want to snatch them from the blog and use your pdf reader's zoom feature, depending on how good your eyes are. 
For the full multi-media experience, I recommend downloading the songs first & playing them while you read the interview.

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