1987-02-01 (2nd show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe

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1987-02-01 (2nd show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe, Mick Taylor show review by GimmeMTguy

Soliloquy

Is there ever a bad version of this beautiful Max Middleton composition? Surely not one played by Mick Taylor. Always a good start for a late show at the Lone Star Cafe.

Put It Where You Want It

An extended jam after the intro measures really rocks (for a jazz tune) but seems to throw the band for a little bit, perhaps because a guest percussionist is joining them, and Mick can be heard mid-song introducing "Big Black".

The percussion sounds almost like a steel drum at times, and the jam has MT playing long slide lines against the quickly syncopated beat. Jon Young adds some Ramsey Lewis-style playing on his electric piano after Mick tells the audience they are going on a music journey with the Blues.

By three-quarters of the way in, everyone is in sync and the investment of time and effort is paying off. This is the type of open-ended improvisation that first spawned Can't You Hear Me Knocking.

I Don't Know

Mick immediately calls for I Don't Know -- a similar jazz fusion song -- and seems to be interested in keeping the vibe going with his guest percussionist.

A fan yells out a compliment about his contribution to the Stones, and Mick humbly deflects the not-so-implied comparison to the current version of the RS.

Mid-track, MT plays long ringing notes and again is creating a contrast versus the short percussion beats. The song almost seems to end but it keeps on, the musicians are having too much fun.

Hot Water Music

So far it's been all jazz fusion and HWM continues the trend. MT seems focused and the introductory theme, which also closes out the song, is played with deliberation. It's all high-paced improvisation in between.

Going Down
Can't You Hear Me Knocking

The switch to rock culminates in a playful and spirited Can't You Hear Me Knocking, with everyone making their mark.

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A show recording produced by StonyRoad with covers. Click "Details" below for the textfile.

Mick TAYLOR: The Uncirculating Maidenlane Tapes Vol 03: 01 February 1987 NYC (Lone Star Cafe) 2nd show
Posted by: StonyRoad, May 9, 2023 10:53

The Maidenlane TAPES:
a Mick Taylor tribute
Long-time Mick Taylor fan Maidenlane taped a number of Mick’s gigs on the East Coast (mainly in New York City) between November 1986 - May 1993 to preserve his own memories. Around the same time Mick Taylor lived in NYC and thus did a lot of concerts there, with his own bands or as a guest artist with other great musicians. Most if not all of Maidenlane’s recordings were never previously circulated among collectors, including a significant number of shows that have never circulated from any source. This will fortunately change now.
Maidenlane said he chose specifically to send these recordings to us to present these gems in the best possible way. Maidenlane will also provide some on-the-scene information and anecdotes from the shows that we will add to these publications. He asked only that we request music lovers to check their closets for recordings, so they can be preserved for study and enjoyment by future generations.

With Maidenlane and nzb we decided to form a team to present these nuggets. At first we propose to publish the shows that had never circulated (later we will study the other recordings).

Of course, we are very grateful to Maidenlane and I also would like to thank nzb for his help (his advice, judgements and expertise have been invaluable to me).

……………………………………….

The UNCIRCULATING Maidenlane Tapes
Volume 03

Mick Taylor and The Hot Water Band
1st February 1987
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)

Vol. 02 contains Maidenlane’s description of the recorder used.

1st February 1987: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Jon Young (voc, keyb)/Wayne Hammond (bass)/Mike Cullen (dr)/Danny ‘Big Black’ Rey (bongos; from ‘Put It Where You Want It’ onwards).

01 - tuning
02 - Soliloquy
03 - Put It Where You Want It
04 - I Don't Know
05 - Hot Water Music
06 - Going Down
07 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
08 - outro

I declicked the recording, I edited the songs and I added a little bit of bass. The channels have been re-equilibrated (+5% to the left channel) and I decelerated it by -0,4%.
I deleted some defaults in the end of ‘I Don’t Know’ (3 gaps have been removed).

As usual I used a lot the infos taken from The Mick Taylor Complete Works Database by Nico Zentgraf

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