1988-09-08 (2nd show) (WITH CORKY LAING ALL-STARS), NYC, Lone Star Roadhouse

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1988-09-08 (2nd show) (WITH CORKY LAING ALL-STARS), NYC, Lone Star Roadhouse
GimmeMT.com Review by GimmeMTguy

Mustang Sally

Mick plays both funky MT rhythm and a nice lead on this classic R&B hit, and Lester Chambers carries it off the Otis thing beautifully.

Lucille
Knock on Wood

More fun hearing MT play his rhythm on these oldies.

Red House

MT pulls back a bit from his maximum RH display in the context of this collaborative All-Star band and setlist. This version is tasty and brings Jimi appropriately into this showcase.

Midnight Hour/People Get Ready

The soul is dripping off of this medley, and the background vocals on People Get Ready are moving.

I Can't Turn You Loose

MT as a Blues Brother.

Mississippi Queen

It's hard to imagine a ballsier, more guitar-focused song than Leslie West/Mountain's Mississippi Queen. MT makes it sound like MT here.

Rocky Mountain Way

This performance puzzles me. The lead guitar sounds different in tone and playing from the Bridgeport, CT performance earlier in the year. I don't hear any markers that convince me it is MT. It could be Stu Keller. It would be interesting to hear what the readers of this review think.

Theme For An Imaginary Western

This sounds more like MT, but I still am not positive, it differs again from the Bridgeport version and there are no absolute MT idiosyncrasies to serve as proof.

Both Rocky and Theme are infrequently played by MT so it's possible he has simply developed a different sound for them, but he sounded clearly like MT on them just a few months earlier, so If I had to bet, I would bet he was offstage during these two for some reason.

They are both enjoyable however.

You Really Got a Hold on Me

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Mick TAYLOR with CORKY LAING'S All-Stars - The Uncirculating Maidenlane Tapes Vol 07: 08 September 1988 NYC (Lone Star Roadhouse) - 2nd set
Posted by: StonyRoad, May 17, 2023 10:08

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).

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The UNCIRCULATING Maidenlane Tapes
Volume 07

Mick Taylor with Corky Laing’s All-Stars
8th September 1988
(2nd set)
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Roadhouse

8th September 1988: CORKY LAING’S ALL-STARS. New York City, Lone Star Roadhouse (2nd set)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Corky Laing (dr, voc)/Mark Clarke (bass, voc)/Lester Chambers (voc, perc, keyb)/Roger Ball (sax)/Jerry Mall (congas)/Stu Keller? (gtr, piano)/Harvey Brooks (bass on You Really Got A Hold On Me).
Plus an unidentified female vocalist on You Really Got A Hold On Me and a female background vocalist on People Get Ready.

Recording information: from taper’s master coming from a Sony WMD-3 recorder (using SONY PC-62 mic).

01 - Mustang Sally (Chambers voc.)
02 - Lucille (Chambers voc.)
03 - Knock On Wood (Chambers voc.)
04 - Red House (Taylor voc.)
05 - In The Midnight Hour (Chambers voc.)
06 - People Get Ready (Chambers voc.; unidentified female backing voc.)
07 - I Can't Turn You Loose (Chambers voc.)
08 - Mississippi Queen (Laing voc.)
09 - Rocky Mountain Way (Clarke voc.)
10 - Band introduction
11 - Theme For An Imaginary Western (Clarke voc.)
12 - You Really Got A Hold On Me (unidentified female lead voc.)

The recording has been declicked and the channels were equilibrated (+20 to +40 to the left channel).
Using the officially released show from 4. June 1988 as reference I decelerated this recording by -3,6%.
I upgraded some sound variations and gaps, but one remains audible in ‘Rocky Mountain Way’ at 4’58.

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

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