Tee Hedz - Central Park, NYC 1980

Tawking Hedz

Wollman Rink

Central Park

New York, NY

Aug. 27, 1980
 

Tee Hedz live: the gang’s all pictured here, except Adrian Belew

soundboard recording (sound quality Ex-; slight hum audible between songs; original recording by Frank Galagher; transfer by HDV)

THIS ONE’S LOSSLESS

REPERCUSSION: This blog is devoted mainly to two groups active primarily in the 1980s — groups at times lumped in with the so-called “New Wave”. So, at some point, I wanted to post something by this group. Otherwise, there’s no connection between our heroes from Winston-Salem, NC and the Tee Hedz from NYC.

SAMPLE: "Take Me to the River (Central Park 1980)"

01 Warning Sign (beginning cut, fades in)*

02 Stay Hungry
03 Cities
04 band intros 
05 I Zimbra
06 Once In A Lifetime
07 Houses In Motion
08 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
09 Crosseyed and Painless (fades in)** 
10 Take Me to the River
11 The Great Curve
 

     *first song in the set, Psycho Killer, is not included here

     **Life During Wartime from this show was officially released, so is omitted here (would have been the track before “Take Me to the River”)
 

ROB SEZ: I’ve tried to make it hard for the Internet music police to find this post. I’ve misspelled the name of the band and its original members. When Hans De V began sharing his amazing Tee Hedz tape collection a while back, the powers-that-be were all over his posts, and they disappeared quickly. I don’t want to jeopardize my humble little blog by calling attention to posts like this.

LOSSLESS WAV FILES

tape insert by Hans De V

(file says "Part 1", 
but it's the whole thing)

BONUS: audience recording of the same show — includes band intro & the songs missing from above soundboard version.

Sound quality VG

HQ MP3 (VBR avg. 280 kbps)

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David Burne - vocals, guitar
Gerry Harrison - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Tina Weymuth - bass, keyboards
Cris Franz - drums
Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals, percussion
Bernie Worrell - keyboards, vocals, percussion
Busta 'Cherry' Jones - bass 
Steve Scales - percussion, vocals
Nona Hendryx - vocals, percussion
Dollette McDonald - vocals, percussion

 

(core band members’ names are misspelled intentionally...)
  

Continental Drifters - Bremen 1996

Bremen, Germany

Jan. 24, 1996

DSR satellite radio

   radio broadcast (sound quality Ex-)

BIG THANKS to the recorder and sharer (wish I could be more specific than that)

BY REQUEST
 

photo by Jutta Brandt Knust

REPERCUSSION: Peter joined the Continental Drifters in the early 1990s after The dB's were kaput, and he stayed with the group until it disbanded circa 2003. While they were active, the Drifters recorded several of Peter's songs, so if you enjoy his singing and songwriting, those discs are definitely worth seeking out. Their music is excellent! (Here’s another Drifters show I posted a while back.) 

SAMPLE: "Soul Deep (Bremen 1996)"

01 A Song for You (Gram Parsons cover)

02 Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway

03 Mezzanine

04 Desperate Love

05 Invisible Boyfriend

06 Mixed Messages

07 [zoo song]

08 The Rain Song

09 Darlin’ Darlin’

10 Some of Shelly’s Blues

11 New York

12 Soul Deep (Box Tops cover)

13 Get Over It

14 Who We Are, Where We Live

15 Highway of the Saints  

        (Pat McLaughlin cover)

16 Tighter and Tighter

17 Dedicated to the One I Love  

         (Mamas & The Papas cover)

18 Anything (bonus, live 1998)

MP3@320 
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Continental Drifters:

Peter Holsapple - keyboards,accordion, mandolin, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitar, vocals

Susan Cowsill - acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin, shaker, vocals

Robert Maché - mandolin, acoustic & electric guitar, vocals

Vicki Peterson - acoustic & electric guitar, vocals

Carlo Nuccio – drums, vocals

Mark Walton - electric bass

Russ Broussard - drums, vocals (on #18, bonus track)

Go listen to & buy music by Continental Drifters!   Here they are at AllMusic 
  

Chris' "Lovesick Blues" solo album - OUT NOW!

CHRIS STAMEY SOLO ALBUM OUT TODAY!

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR: GO BUY IT!!
iTunes (bonus tracks version)  CD (Yep Roc)  LP (Yep Roc)
CD (Amazon)   LP (Amazon)
 

ALBUM RELEASE DAY, new video, another live date.  
As I listen to the iTunes download of Lovesick Blues (!), here's some scoop on what's next as Chris and his label sell the music world on his great new album: 

NEW VIDEO FOR THE SONG 'LOVESICK BLUES'

SHORTER, EDITED VERSION

FULL VERSION

Meanwhile, another live performance date has been added (in addition to the ones I've already listed on the News Page): Philadelphia, PA (World Cafe Live Upstairs), 3025 Walnut Street, Sunday, Feb. 17. More details are HERE. 

More news about Lovesick Blues can be found on the News Page. 

The Long Ryders - Philadelphia 1987

Chestnut Cabaret

Philadelphia, PA

May 5, 1987

audience recording (sound quality VG+; transfer from 1^st-generation copy of master tape)

BY REQUEST — When I asked for comments about future posts, “Long Ryders” was one of the requests — so here ya go!

SINCERE THANKS to the Punk-Rock Cop for taping the show, and to happyfeet66 for sharing.
 

The Long Ryders: "Americana" & "alt-country" before the terms were even invented
photos courtesy sidgriffin.com

SAMPLE: "I Want You Bad (Philly 1987)"

01 Prairie Fire

02 Lights of Downtown

03 Man of Misery

04 A Stitch In Time

05 State of My Union

06 Harriet Tubman's Going to Carry Me Home

07 Capturing the Flag

08 Long Story Short

09 Baby’s In Toyland

10 I Want You Bad (NRBQ cover)

11 Spectacular Fall (fades in)

12 I Had a Dream

13 band intros --> Greenville Trestle High (James & Joan Jett cover)

14 You Just Can’t Ride the Boxcars Anymore

15 Gunslinger Man

16 Looking for Lewis & Clark

17 Hair of the Dog (Green on Red cover)

18 Smash It Up (The Damned cover)

19 10-5-60 (big medley) 
  

 
MP3@320

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The Long Ryders:

Sid Griffin – vocals, steel guitar, harmonica

Stephen McCarthy – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Greg Sowders – drums

Tom Stevens – bass, vocals

Learn more about The Long Ryders’ music at AllMusic and/or Sid Griffin’s site