Tommy Keene - House Concert, Madison, WI 2014 (great!)

Kiki's House of Righteous Music 
Madison, WI
July 3, 2014
  

audience recording (sound quality: VG+; great capture by Mark Albers — it sounds like you're right there)

  
  

All these fab photos are by the amazing Chris Sikich
(except black & white shot above by Goro Memo)

01 Going Out Again 

02 The Puppet

03 Deep Six Saturday 

04 Behind the Parade

05 Good Thing Going

06 Compromise 

07 Black & White New York

08 My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe

09 Underworld

10 When Our Vows Break

11 Back to Zero Now

12 Long Time Missing

13 Places That Are Gone

14 Astronomy

15 This Could Be Fiction 

16 Love Is a Dangerous Thing

     (with It's Not True)

17 Kill Your Sons

     (with Street Fighting Man) 

18 Highwire Days

19 Turning On Blue

   

20 Out of My Mind*

21 Astronomy - Laugh In the Dark*

22 Last of the Twilight Girls*

     *20-22 are from same venue, but different show 

     played Sept. 8, 2015

Musicians:

TK - vocals, guitar

Steve Gerlach - guitar

Brad Quinn - bass, vocals

John Richardson - drums

TK at Record Store Day 2017 in Philly

ROB SEZ: Damn! I still really miss Tommy Keene and hate the thought of not sharing the same planet with him. I never met the guy, and never got the chance to hear him play in person. But what a blazingly talented songwriter and guitar player he was. And those who knew him say he was a genuinely kind human being. Tommy never failed to move me with his incredible playing and heart-in-his-gut singing. I was feeling all this (again) the other day, when I thought: "What if I could find a great live recording to bring TK a little closer?" Lo and behold, I found this gem: recorded by Mark Albers at a house concert Tommy played in Wisconsin in 2014. The small venue, the acoustics, the audience vibe and TK's magic all come together to make for a great show. Everyone in attendance must've thought so too, because Kiki had him back the following year — thus, the 2015 bonus tracks. Check the sample, and I bet you'll be downloading it shortly thereafter.  A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Chris Sikich for permission to use his fab photos of Tommy Keene. Chris has photographed lots of the artists we love at this blog, so go check out his web site & Flickr feed for more.
  
MP3@320
(source was lossy, so no FLAC share this time)