1988-09-08 (1st show) (WITH CORKY LAING ALL-STARS), NYC, Lone Star Roadhouse

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1988-09-08 (1st show) (WITH CORKY LAING ALL-STARS), NYC, Lone Star Roadhouse
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Another show with the Corky Laing All-Stars, a few months after the Bridgeport, CT shows. Vocalist Lester Chambers (of The Chambers Brothers) really takes control of the stage in these NYC shows.

The funk and R&B is flowing hard in this set, and it should also be of great historical interest to those who are interested in Eric Clapton and how Mick Taylor interfaces with EC-associated material.

Tore Up

Both guitarists take solos here, it's usually easy to tell MT's style from another player's.

I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Lester Chambers' vocal is distractingly good on both of these, the guitars largely just funk-out on the rhythm.

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Mick Taylor cites Steve Cropper as a major influence, and it's a real thrill to hear MT do a solo on this Otis Redding classic. Of course, Redding died before this melancholy song's release, and it has to be poignant for musicians to play this song knowing the additional fame Redding would have experienced, had he lived.

Baby What You Want Me to Do

You can always tell when Mick Taylor is playing rhythm, and this is a foreshadowing of what he would play with Ronnie Wood during the Jimmy Reed tribute shows in 2013.

Politician

Hear Mick Taylor solo on Politician. Enough said.

For those interested in hearing all the surprisingly rare "overlap" situations between Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor, this one is a must.

Five Long Years

A standard Blues, also associated with Clapton, Buddy Guy and of course with its original author Eddie Boyd.

Crossroads

The guitarists take turns on this fast-paced version to close out the first show.

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Mick TAYLOR with CORKY LAING'S All-Stars - The Uncirculating Maidenlane Tapes Vol 06: 08 September 1988 NYC (Lone Star Roadhouse) - 1st set
Posted by: StonyRoad, May 15, 2023 11:15

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 06

Mick Taylor with Corky Laing’s All-Stars
8th September 1988
(1st set)
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Roadhouse

8th September 1988: CORKY LAING’S ALL-STARS. New York City, Lone Star Roadhouse (1st set)
Line-up: MT (gtr)/Corky Laing (dr, voc)/Mark Clarke (bass, voc)/Lester Chambers (voc, perc, keyb/harm)/Roger Ball (sax)/Jerry Mall (congas)/ Stu Keller (gtr/piano)?

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

Maidenlane’s comments:
“I attended due to Mick Taylor being highlighted. I was initially puzzled about the Corky Laing All-Stars, but soon realized the direct connection to Jack Bruce and thereby to Eric Clapton, with the possibilities it raised for what Mick Taylor might play on.

Unlike many of the “ . . . and Friends” shows in NYC during that era, the core All-Stars appear to have rehearsed. But there was a confusing flow of musicians to and from the stage and plenty of insider banter. As a fan it was like watching musicians play for other musicians.
Without the visual chaos, we are left with the joys of a retro setlist filled with the musicians’ own favorite inspirations and their highest past glories.”

01 - intro & tuning
02 - Tore Up Over You (Chambers voc.)
03 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Chambers voc.)
04 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Chambers voc.)
05 - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Chambers voc.)
06 - Baby What You Want Me To Do/Baby, What’s Wrong With You/You Don't Have To
Go/Baby What You Want Me To Do (Chambers voc.)
07 - Politician (Laing voc.)
08 - Five Long Years (Chambers voc.)
09 - Crossroads (Mark Clarke voc.)

The recording has been declicked and the channels were equilibrated (+20% to 35% to the left channel)
Using the officially release from the 04 June 1988 as reference I think that this recoding has to be decelerated by -3,6%.
The left channel drops out at 3’19 in ‘The Dock Of The Bay’ so I used a 35 seconds patch with the duplicated right channel (therefore the sound is mono in this passage).
There was a gap in ‘Five Long Years’ - now both parts are reconnected but a default is still audible.

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

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