“Dead Flowers”, Jagger/Richards (1971)
Tag: 2021
David Zollo & Body Electric “Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache)”, 9/10/21, 5:13 Bar, Spencer, IA
set opener, set 1, wait for it, takes about 45 seconds for the audience to quiet, intro is usually longer, but edited here for talking
Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) – Buck Owens (1960)
Body Electric:
David Zollo keyboard, vocals
Brian Cooper drums
Ryan Bernemann bass
Randall Davis guitar
Deeper listen: mixed down to mono to eliminate some out-of-phase audience noise, eMastered to widen stereo width and bring up the lows and mids a notch, returned to two tracks with fades:
“Pickled Peaches”, Ryne Doughty, 9/5/21, Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Brian Johannesen and Ryne Doughty alternated sets on this night. This is Ryne’s set two opener:
“Customer Of The Month”, Brian Johannesen, 9/5/21, Bryon’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Ryne Doughty and Brian Johannesen played Byron’s Bar in Pomeroy, IA on Sunday September 5, 2021. We’ll have the full show up soon at Internet Archive, but in the meantime, here’s a song by Brian, “Customer Of The Month” that spoke to me. According to Johannesen, it was inspired by his college roommate who ate the same plain peanut butter sandwich with Lay’s regular potato chips every day. There were certainly songs of arguably greater importance by both singers throughout the night, but sometimes I need the mundane stuff.
“Rippin'”, Tony Hogrefe with Tim & Cinda 8/29/21, Innspiration Vines & Wines, Linn Grove, IA
Billy Don Burns Set 3 6/20/21 with some assistance
I take notes when I’m recording stuff, mainly for the purpose of labeling the tracks on the recording, and I sometimes get the feeling that it looks a little nerdy to be doing that. Jon Dee Graham expressed amazement over that one time.
That said, one night when Billy Don Burns was playing at Byron’s, by the third set he was pretty much on auto-pilot due to liberal imbibing, and I had realized that he probably couldn’t remember which songs he’d done and which songs he hadn’t done, particularly the latter. So I used my phone, accessed my own archives with their nice notes and made a list for him.
That turned out to be reinforcement for my even being there, since I had chosen between my girlfriend’s performance in another town (she plays a cajón in a duo) and BDB, and I wasn’t sure I’d figured that out right, but it turned out I had a reason to be there (to write this).
He seemed to appreciate that and started out with Keith Whitley Blue, which I had suggested, it being one of my favorite songs of his:
That’s what nerdy stuff is all about, man. Every once in a while, somebody needs the information.
Preview: “Creatures Of Habit”, Kevin Boehnke Trio, Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA 8/22/21
this is necessarily an mp3; please stand by for the full show as .wav files in the near future.
These guys have, um, really fleshed out this number.
Tony Hogrefe Invents Farm Rock
Tony Hogrefe, Wall Lake, Iowa, it would appear, has invented a new music genre: Farm Rock. Not that he isn’t good at the country standards that he covers but he has at least ten originals, all of which are about farming (or not-many are quite philosophical). Yes, he has one about a century old house that he claims is not about farming, but we all know where that house is.
Inspired by a gig with his grandfather at Albert City decades ago, he took the stage at the Threshermen And Collectors Show there for the (third?) time this summer (2021) and brought an entourage of family and friends, including the duo of Tim And Cinda.
Here are two numbers from that show. We like the ambient outdoor sounds of the Threshermen event and yours truly thought the barn swallows that you hear in the background added some Threshermen-y-ness to the occasion:
Five days later, it was on to Linn Grove, to Innspiration Vines And Wines, where he did a similar set indoors to an appreciative room. That was just hours ago and we have the entire night to process yet, but here’s one from indoors:
Tim And Cinda are slated for Innspiration Vines And Wines August 29, and a little bird tells us that Tony will probably re-appear with them at that time. But you didn’t hear it here, we’re just the archivist. Smile.
The Albert City show is online now at our archive, at https://archive.org/details/2021-08-15-28
The photo at that page is used without permission and we hope to rectify that soon.
“Stop Breaking Down”, Reeferseed Express, Byron’s Bar, 7/10/21 Pomeroy Sesquicentennial +1
It didn’t stay like this, but that was because the bass player was overcome by something after the first set; the band was tight when they opened with one of Yours Truly’s favorite Stones songs (from Exile On Main Street):
Originally scheduled as a street dance in conjunction with Pomeroy’s Sesquicentennial +1 and moved indoors due to weather uncertainty, the night featured an interesting mix of returning Pomeroy-ites for the city’s celebration and Byron’s regulars.
Jamie Grimm and John Price arrived with a rhythm section but the bass player had difficulties which forced her to sit out after “Beautiful” and for the rest of the show the band rotated in a couple of “ringers” (smile) and various members took over bass duties.
Originally, Todd Partridge was the sound guy:
But Todd can play bass, so they drafted him.
toward the end of the show, Calvin stepped in and did “Folsom Prison”
Uncle John’s Band at Byron’s, David G. Smith 8/15/21
When somebody plays Grateful Dead at Byron’s, it’s special
Further: Smith also did this number in September 2019. A very noisy wedding party had crashed the performance. Here’s our original recording of that.
But since then, we’ve learned that we knock out some of the noise by mixing down to mono:
Dirk Quinn Band Manic Depression > My Favorite Things > War Pigs > My Favorite Things > Manic Depression
7/27/21 Legendary Byron’s Bar
Amanda Fish Band 7/25/21 Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
