Continental Drifters - Two N.J. Soundboards 1999 + 2001

*featuring Peter Holsapple, of course*

Maxwell's
Hoboken, N.J.
Dec. 6, 1999

soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-) ACOUSTIC SHOW

01 house music
02 A Song for You (Gram Parsons)

cover art included in the download (date is in error)

03 Christopher Columbus 

     Transcontinental Highway

04 You're Gonna Need Somebody

05 Wipeout
06 Snow
07 Na Na
08 Meet Me In the Middle
09 Some of Shelly's Blues (Nesmith)
10 To Sir, with Love 

     (Don Black, Mark London)
11 Never Ending Song of Love 

     (Delaney Bramlett)
12 Anything
13 Matty Groves (trad.)
14 I'm a Dreamer (Sandy Denny)
15 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot 

     Me Down) (Sonny Bono)
16 Mixed Messages
17 Falling' Apart at the Dreams
18 'composite sketch'
19 Bus Stop (G. Gouldman)
20 Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb)
21 Darlin Darlin
22 Meet On the Ledge

     (Richard Thompson)
23 'Kate worship'
24 Honeybees (Kate Jacobs, Charlie 

     Shaw, James MacMillan)

Peter devoted many years of his life to the Drifters

25 Shallow
26 You're from Indiana
27 Don't Do What I Did 
28 Heart, Home
29 Farmer’s Daughter (M. Love, 

     B. Wilson)

30 Umppah!

31 Watermark
32 Tell Me When Its Over (S. Wynn)
33 Tuesday (S. Wynn)
34 Now I Ride Alone (S. Wynn)
35 Carolyn (S. Wynn)
36 Kerosene Man (S. Wynn)
37 I Want to Learn to Waltz with You
38 'tolerate the diva'
39 Way of the World
40 Drifters
41 Tighter, Tighter (Alive 'n' Kickin')

ROB SEZ: Oh, man! It was early Christmas for me when these two shows appeared in mid-December. And they're studies in musical contrasts: the '99 acoustic show at Maxwell's is a sprawling, no-holds-barred, guest-packed, glorious juggernaut; while the '01 electric show is tight & focused. Both of them are marvels of sound quality, from master soundboard tapes. HUGE THANKS to the Anonymous taper, to Ted M. for supplying the tapes, to Joe N. for digitizing & editing, and to photoleon for sharing. Please post a comment to thank the band and the ROIO heroes who brought these recordings to you. Read this great interview with Peter and other Drifters reminiscing about the band.

    

Where it went down in New Brunswick, N.J.

The Court Tavern, 

New Brunswick, N.J.

July 8, 2001

   

soundboard recording (sound quality: Ex-)

01 stage greeting, tuning

02 Someday

03 Christopher Columbus 

     Transcontinental Highway

04 Live on Love

05 Christopher Columbus 

     Transcontinental Highway (reprise) 

06 Snow

07 Mixed Messages

08 Don't Do What I Did

09 Cousin

10 Meet Me In the Middle

11 'contact high'

12 Long Journey Home

13 Tomorrow's Gonna Be

14 Watermark

15 I Want to See the Bright Lights

     Tonight (R. & L. Thompson)

16 Too Little, Too Late

17 Peaceful Waking

18 Na Na

19 Way of the World

20 Who We Are, Where We Live 

21 encore break

22 Dedicated to the One I Love

     (Lowman Pauling, Ralph Bass)

Continental Drifters:
Peter Holsapple; guitar, accordion, vocals
Vicki Peterson; guitars, vocals
Robert Maché; guitars, mandolin, vocals
Russ Broussard; drums
Mark Walton; bass, acoustic guitar, vocals 
Susan Cowsill; guitars, vocals
Dan McGough; organ, piano

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