Syd Straw, Peter H (etc) – McCabe’s 1987

McCabe’s

Santa Monica, CA

July 10, 1987

acoustic show

audience recording (sound quality VG+; low-generation tape source with good acoustics, marred only by occasional taper-adjusting-his-equipment noises)

SPECIAL THANKS to the taper and to dB’s Fan for sharing

HIGHLIGHTS: unique show, with covers galore and generous helpings of songs from Syd Straw, Peter Holsapple, The dB's & Golden Palominos

 

McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica has hosted numerous cool shows through the years

SAMPLE: "Think Too Hard" (McCabe's)

01 intro & Winnie the Pooh reading

Syd Straw (photo by Jeff Wong)

02 The Way of Love

03 Losing My Grip

04 Unsatisfied (Replacements cover)

05 Girlfriend

06 Looked at the Sun Too Long

07 Think Too Hard

08 In the Middle of It All

09 Keep Up With You

10 You and Your Sister (Chris Bell / Big Star cover)

11 It Tears Me Up

12 The First One

13 (I'm Always Touched By) Your Presence, Dear

14 Jerking Around

15 Today Could Be the Day

16 I’m Looking for a Home

17 Two By Two

18 Never Before and Never Again

19 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

20 Next to the Last Waltz

21 Nothing Is Wrong

22 Mr. Control

Peter Holsapple: man with a guitar and a song

23 I Can’t Win

24 (Kind of) True

25 Angels

26 I Apologize (Hüsker Dü cover)

27 All the Way

28 Buenos Aires

NOTE: other song composers are identified in the comments section of the MP3 files

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Musicians:

Syd Straw – vocals

Peter Holsapple – guitar, vocals

Jody Harris – guitar

Frank Valentine – guitar

MP3@320

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