Peter Blegvad (& friends) - Brooklyn Heights, NY 1992 (FM)

 Here's a gem of a concert by a friend of Chris, Peter and Syd Straw. 

If you've never heard of Peter Blegvad, you're in for a New Music Find treat. 

To my ears, he's something like an American version of Robyn Hitchcock crossed with 
a more melodically-minded Bob Dylan. 
I think this is one of the coolest shows I've shared here so far. 
Leave a comment to let me know what you think of it...
  

with Peter Holsapple & Syd Straw

St. Ann’s Church

Brooklyn Heights, NY

March 14, 1992

FM broadcast (sound quality Ex-; off-air recording, 1^st generation tape)

 

St. Ann's, Brooklyn Heights: Church? Concert hall? Both! 
photo by shehasnostrings via Flickr

BIG HEAPIN' THANKS to the taper who kindly shared his master cassette with me. Embarrassed to say I've lost your name after a trashed email cache, but you know who you are...

01 Powers In the Air

02 The Incinerator (aka "Perfect Strangers")

03 Animated Doll

04 How Beautiful You Are

05 Real Slap In the Face

06 Meteor

07 Chicken

08 Driver's Seat

09 Meet the Rain*

10 Last Man*

11 Meantime

12 Swim
 

13 (thank-you's, etc.)

14 Stranger to Myself

15 Karen*

16 Shirt and Comb (at end of song, had to do fade out & fade in b/c of abrupt cut)

17 Northern Lights*

18 King Strut

19 On Obsession (duet with PH)

20 Gold

21 (Something Else Is) Working Harder

MP3@320

Alt. Link (Disc 1)
Alt. Link (Disc 2)

Peter Blegvad is a musician, illustrator & cartoonist  
photo by blacque_jacques via Flickr

Lineup:

Peter Blegvad - vocals, guitar

Dave Hofstra - bass

Dave Schramm - guitar

Peter Holsapple – guitar, squeezebox, mandolin (?), keyboard, vocals

*Syd Straw - vocals

MORE ABOUT PETER BLEGVAD

More info about Peter Blegvad's music can be found at AllMusic and John Relph's beautifully-detailed discography. I heard about him because of the Chris & Peter connection, and I've since bought several of his excellent albums, such as:

Chris Stamey produced this one & Peter H plays on many tracks

I get the feeling Peter Blegvad has been friends with Chris and Peter H for some time, but I don't know how they met, etc. Chris produced Peter B's wonderful King Strut & Other Stories album (mentioned in the above concert since many of the songs come from this album). Peter H did his multi-instrumentalist thing on several of its tracks. Sadly, King Strut is now difficult to find at a reasonable price in any format. Some benevolent music label honcho: please get this one back in print for the discerning music lovers of the world!