1988-02-27 (1st show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe

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1988-02-27 (1st show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe
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The last remnants of the Hot Water Band have now left, Wilbur Bascomb has replaced Wayne Hammond on bass and Denny McDermott is on drums in place of Mike Cullen.

The association with Bascomb will be a long and fruitful one. Bascomb had played with Jeff Beck on Wired and brought additional muscularity to the MT rhythm section.

Leather Jacket

Mick sometimes gets knocked for his lyrics, but I still get a goosebump or two after all these years on:

"You know your lady's like a movie star queen
She's late for her mornings, never wakes up from her dreams
I gave her love and I gave her my money
I said "no thanks, I can't get hooked on you, honey"

Shane Fontayne plays nice counter-melodies throughout (in true MT style), and something moves MT to take a short but pointed live lead on this for the first time that I am aware.

Red House

If one were putting together an academic compilation of the Blues, nearly any Mick Taylor live performance of Red House would be a worthy inclusion. He performs with it such consistency, dedication and commitment that it's difficult to discern differences between shows.

This is perhaps Hendrix' purest Blues exposition, so for an admitted admired of Jimi, this nightly tribute makes a lot of sense.

Goin' South

A constant throughout MT's live career is the passion he brings to his co-composition (with Jon Young) Goin' South. It becomes clear over the years that he wishes there was more of a market for this type of music.

Giddy Up

A masterful build-up from portentous, heavy quavering notes into relief/release.

Blind Willie McTell

Already becoming a polished classic.

Laundromat Blues

The band comes out swinging literally and figuratively in this powerhouse version. Mick plays three solos and each one builds toward, and plants seeds for, the next, until the murderous climax.

It is impossible not to wonder, since he can seemingly turn it on at will, why he doesn't "go nuts" more often.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

The entire band gets in on this one, the solos explore wonderfully but don't ever lose the thread, and Mick brings it home with a great rousing finale, with some incredible "blue" notes.

Maybe the best version of CYHMK ever? I think it's possible, only the ending catches the band a little by surprise.

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

Mick TAYLOR: The Maidenlane ALT'S Vol 06 - 1988.02.27 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) 1st show
Posted by: StonyRoad, July 27, 2023 09:24

The Maidenlane Recordings:
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.
In our first series we first published the concerts that had never been circulated in any form. By listening to the others we discovered that many of his alternative recordings were interesting too.
In this second series we publish the “The Maidenlane ALTS” which will feature recordings that are either in better sound quality, more complete or sound differently from previous releases.
In the last series we will present the result of mixes and merges which will be similar to the Frankenstein productions (of my FP-series).
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 Maidenlane Alts
Volume 06

February 1988
NYC
Lone Star Café
(1st show)

27th February 1988: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (1st show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Denny McDermott (dr)

01 - intro & tuning
02 - Leather Jacket
03 - Red House
04 - Goin' South
05 - Giddy Up
06 - Blind Willie McTell
07 - Laundromat Blues
08 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking

This recording by Maidenlane is interesting because is an alternate recording to the one that was already circulating.
The songs are now edited, the recording declicked and amplified.
There’s a gap at the end of ‘Blind Willie McTell’.

Note: I will post separately a version from the previous recording.

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

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Mick TAYLOR: To complete the Maidenlane series - 1988.02.27 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) 1st show
Posted by: StonyRoad, July 29, 2023 10:06

COMPLEMENTS
To The Maidenlane Recordings SERIES
As a supplement to the Maidenlane recordings series, I offer you some reworked concert versions of shows that were ‘already in circulation’.
These shows came to mind while comparing them to the Maidenlane recordings. We are grateful to the original tapers who recorded and shared them with us and I also would like to thank nzb for his help (his advice, judgements and expertise have been invaluable to me).

"We only enjoy what we share".
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February 1988
NYC
Lone Star Café
(1st show)

27th February 1988: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (1st show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Denny McDermott (dr)

01 - intro & tuning
02 - Leather Jacket
03 - Red House
04 - Goin' South
05 - Giddy Up
06 - Blind Willie McTell
07 - Laundromat Blues
08 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Other than the Maidenlane version, all the others I checked came from the same source, but in varying quality. The show I chose to rework is called ‘New York 27/02/ 88 first show” because, unlike the others, it is lossless and running at a good speed.
I reworked it by declicking the recording and mostly by equalizing the channels (from +35 to the right channel to +20% to the left). I also reworked the transition between the tracks.
Note that the start of ‘Giddy Up’ has curious sounds, like echoes (which are also on the other versions) and there’s a gap at the end of ‘Blind Willie McTell’.

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

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