Univ. of Fla., Tampa, FL 1984 + Demos 1982-'83

The dB’s

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

Sept. 28, 1984

TOURISM ON TOUR: The dB's at Niagra Falls

(opening for R. E. M.)

audience recording (sound quality VG; iffy sound from the tape source, but I did some tweaking in Audacity, and it’s now quite listenable — might even be mistaken for a lower-quality soundboard recording; try the sample)

01 Neverland (cuts in)

Halfway up the ladder: The dB's in 1984
photo by Laura Levine

02 Love Is for Lovers

03 She Got Soul

04 Bad Reputation

05 A Spy In the House of Love

06 Not Cool

07 Amplifier

08 Suspicious Minds

09 Rendezvous

10 New Gun In Town

Demos 1982-‘83

11 She Got Soul #2

12 Spitting In the Wind

13 Rendezvous

14 White Train #1

15 Molly Says

16 Repercussion

17 The Death of Rock

18 This Crazy Town

19 Martha Helen Wood*

TT: 1:06:08

MP3@320

*Track 19 is a demo for a song written and  sung by Gene Holder's wife, Myra. A finished version of the song appeared years later on Myra's solo album, Four Mile Road (produced by Mr. Chris Stamey + 1 track by Mitch). 

NOTE: Many of the demos in the set as I received them are not included in the above. Categories of demos not included here: 
1) Ones I already shared in the ‘Like This’ Revisited post; 
2) Demos the same (or nearly the same) as those on the Ride the Wild Tom-Tom official release; 
3) Demos with Chris on lead vocals (per an earlier request from him).

 

The dB’s (1984 live show line-up):

Rick Wagner - bass

Gene Holder - guitar

Will Rigby - drums

Peter Holsapple – guitar, vocals

The Milestone, Charlotte - 1984

The dB’s

The Milestone

Charlotte, NC

May 20, 1984

audience recording (sound quality VG; transfer from master tape; very good recording of a very good show; I hope you enjoy it very much ...).  
Pretty sure this is the only recording I have of The deeBs covering Bubble Puppy.

The dB’s in 1984 at South of the Border (S.C. roadside institution)

Peter’s lookin’ like he overdid it a bit…

EXTRA THANKS to TheBynumite for taping & sharing.

SAMPLE: "Not Cool" (Charlotte 1984)


01 Living a Lie

South of the Border: put it on the bucket list.

02 Rendezvous

03 Love Is for Lovers  
      + band intros

04 Bad Reputation

05 We Were Happy There

06 Not Cool

07 Amplifier

08 New Gun In Town

09 Spitting In the Wind

10 Death Garage

11 A Spy In the House of Love

12 Any Old Thing

13 She Got Soul

14 Hot Smoke & Sassafras (Bubble Puppy cover)

15 Black and White

16 pH Factor

17 Neverland

18 White Train

19 Purple Hose


MP3@320 

The dB’s:

Gene Holder – lead guitar

Rick Wagner – bass

Peter Holsapple – guitar & lead vocals

Will Rigby – drums & vocals

Bunky's, Madison, WI 1984

The dB's

Bunky’s

Madison, WI

December 2, 1984

audience recording (sound quality VG++; very good sound from first-generation tape source)

Highlight: if you enjoy covers, you will love this show — nearly a third of it consists of The dB's covering other groups' songs. And the performance is smokin'...

HIGH PRAISE for the taper and to dB’s Fan for sharing.

Will Rigby, clowning for Stephanie Chernikowski
in the mid-1980s

INTERVIEWER:
Do you have any favorite covers The dB's played in concert or favorite memories of live shows?

WILL RIGBY:

There was this crazy night in Madison, Wisconsin. We’d been on tour for a long time, we were burned out, I don’t think there were very many people at the show. We just kind of said “F*#^+ it!” and started playing a lot of covers. That was the only time we played “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and a whole bunch of other covers. I forget what all we played.

01 Neverland

02 Death Garage

03 Rendezvous

04 Spitting In the Wind

05 Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)

06 Bad Reputation

07 Amplifier

08 Not Cool

09 pH Factor

10 Big Brown Eyes  
11 She Got Soul

12 Love Is for Lovers

13 A Spy In the House of Love

14 New Gun In Town

15 Black and White

16 Purple Hose

17 Darby Hall

18 Ramblin' Rose (MC5 cover)

19 See No Evil (Television cover)

20 Heart of Gold (Neil Young cover)

21 Jumpin' Jack Flash (Rolling Sones cover)

22 White Train

23 Little Liza Jane (instrumental, trad.)

24 Suspicious Minds

MP3@320

The dB’s:

Peter Holsapple — guitar, vocals, keyboards

Will Rigby – drums, backing vocals

Gene Holder — lead guitar

Rick Wagner — bass

Hollywood, CA - 1984

The dB's

The Palace

Hollywood, CA

Nov. 2, 1984

audience recording (VG quality; house sound is on the "boomy" side, but not severely so) 

HIGHLIGHTS: solid performance from the band and a relatively rare cover of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" 

THANKS A BUNCH to the taper and dB’s Fan for sharing!
 

Unfortunately, captions for this photo are not allowed 
by law in some U.S. states and territories...

SAMPLE: "Bad Reputation (Hollywood 1984)"

01 Que Sera Sera --> Neverland

02 Love Is for Lovers

03 She Got Soul

04 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

05 Bad Reputation

06 Amplifier

07 Not Cool

08 Spitting In the Wind

09 Suspicious Minds

10 A Spy In the House of Love

11 New Gun In Town

12 Black and White

13 See No Evil (Television cover)

14 pH Factor

15 Big Brown Eyes

16 Heart of Gold (Neil Young cover)
 

The Palace in Hollywood, CA

MP3@320

Alt. Link

The dB’s:

Will Rigby – drums & vocals 
Gene Holder – bass

Peter Holsapple – guitar & vocals

Rick Wagner - guitar
 

I Beam, San Francisco - 1984

The dB's

I Beam

San Francisco, CA

Nov. 15, 1984

audience recording (GD++; not the greatest sound quality in the world, but the energetic performance just about makes up for it)

Highlights: unusual opportunity to hear a pre-show dB’s soundcheck, plus a gaggle of entertaining covers

Artwork courtesy of the ever-generous batchain 
(it's included in the download, as usual...)

THANKS A BUNCH to the taper and batchain for sharing!

SAMPLE: "Black & White (I-Beam, 1984)"

01 Neverland

02 Love Is for Lovers

03 She Got Soul

04 Bad Reputation

05 Amplifier

06 Not Cool

07 Black and White

08 Death Garage

09 White Train

10 Suspicious Minds

11 New Gun In Town

12 Spy In the House of Love

13 Paint It Black

14 See No Evil

15 Everybody's Happy Nowadays (Buzzcocks cover)

16 Big Brown Eyes

17 Heart of Gold

18 Sex Drive (The Embarrassment cover)

MP3@320

Alt. Link

THE SOUNDCHECK

01 riffing & jamming

02 more riffing & jamming

03 faffing around + Love Is for Lovers

04 She Got Soul (partial)

05 Everybody's Happy Nowadays (partial)

MP3@320

Alt. Link
 

This post's style, color scheme & theme song is Black & White.  

The dB’s:

Will Rigby – drums & vocals

Gene Holder – lead guitar

Peter Holsapple – guitar & vocals

Rick Wagner - bass

Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ 1985

The dB's

Maxwell’s

Hoboken, NJ

Nov. 1, 1985

audience recording (VG quality)

Highlight: a rather energetic "hometown" show; enjoy! 

BIG THANKS to glenn s for recording & sharing!

Then there were three: with the departure of Chris, 
 The dB's were down to 3 original members by 1985

01 Black and White

02 Lovers of Today (Only Ones cover)

03 Any Old Thing

04 Not Cool

05 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

06 Next to the Last Waltz

07 Judy

08 Working for Somebody Else

09 She Got Soul

10 I Lie

11 Never Say When

12 Rains Around Here

13 Living a Lie

14 Amplifier

15 Love Is for Lovers

16 Goin’ Out of My Head (cover)

17 A Spy In the House of Love

18 Neverland

19 Why Don’t We Do It In the Road? (cover)

20 See No Evil (Television cover)

21 Money (That’s What I Want) – [cover]

The place to be in Hoboken.  
photo by EmilyNorton via Flickr

MP3@320

Alt. link (disc 1)

Alt. link (disc 2)

The dB’s:

Will Rigby – drums & vocals

Gene Holder – guitar

Peter Holsapple – guitar & vocals

Rick Wagner - bass