1989-03-25 (2nd show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe

gimmemtguy

1989-03-25 (2nd show), NYC, Lone Star Cafe
GimmeMT.com Review by GimmeMTguy

Laundromat Blues

An energetic start to a Saturday night late show in Manhattan.

Downtown Broadway

A rare performance of an MT-penned tune that was recorded for an as-yet unreleased studio album. A romantic lyric and a languid singer-songwriter vibe is the tone, with Mick singing in the plaintive style of Baby I Want You from his 1979 album.

Mick plays rhythm while Shane Fontayne carries the lead throughout -- with quite beautiful soloing. He and Wilbur Bascomb (bass) seem to be playing off each other, with high, melodic bass fills by Bascomb coming at the end of Fontayne's lead lines.

Ironically, MT leaves it to his bandmates to convey the emotional heft of his seemingly quite personal tune. The strong crowd reaction to an unknown "pop" song reflects it's immediate melodic appeal.

In a different time and place, Downtown Broadway would be as well known and liked as is Mick's Leather Jacket.

You Gotta Move
Red House

Stately versions of both -- loaded with clean slide playing and calibrated MT vocals. Almost "live album" quality in their restraint and precision.

Goin' South

A workout for the drummer, Mr. Parker.

Blues in the Morning

This is sometimes overlooked as a soloing vehicle compared to the more famous Blues tunes he plays, but Mick's single-note soloing (with some tasty rapid-fire double-stops) is exemplary, along with his occasional scat-singing to his own playing.

I Wonder Why

The power of Mick Taylor's playing on this simple, fast shuffle is just breathtaking at moments -- I would take his playing from the four-minute mark and compare it to the best playing of any Blues guitar hero ever for sheer fluidity, multiplicity of techniques and signature licks and swing.

The swagger is all in the ease of the playing, and it is monstrous.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

In sharp contrast to the 1st show, this CYHMK runs for 17 minutes. It never flags -- each band member plays a distinctive solo in the spirit of the rest of this 2nd show -- tight and clean. Bombast is never substituted for execution and tastefulness.

A great closer for what turns out to be an exemplary show.

--end--

imager

https://iorr.org/talk/read.php?2,2999421

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

Mick TAYLOR: The Maidenlane ALT'S Vol 10 - 1989.03.25 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) - 2nd show
Posted by: StonyRoad, August 16, 2023 09:38

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).

……………………………………….
The Maidenlane Alts
Volume 10

March 1989
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Cafe
(2nd show)

25th March 1989: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Eric Parker (dr)

01 - tuning
02 - Laundromat Blues
03 - Downtown Broadway
04 - You Gotta Move
05 - Red House
06 - Goin’ South
07 - Blues In The Morning
08 - I Wonder Why
09 - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
10 - outro
For this show two recordings were already circulating and coming from the same source.
The Maidenlane recording is interesting and is a good alternate recording to the already circulated ones.
I will post a complementary version using the previous recordings.
As usual I edited the tracks, declicked and amplified the recording, I equilibrated the channels (+20% to +30% for the left channel) and I improved the speed (decelerated by -3,1%).
Note a tape flip after ‘Red House’ but no music is lost and another one before ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’ where the first seconds are lost.

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

imager

https://iorr.org/talk/read.php?2,2999658

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

Mick TAYLOR: Maidenlane FRANKENSTEIN's Versions Vol 10 - 25 March 1989 - NYC (Lone Star Cafe) - 2nd show
Posted by: StonyRoad, August 18, 2023 10:25

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 the second series we publish the “Maidenlane Tapes Alts” which will feature recordings that are either in better sound quality, more complete or sound differently from previous releases.
In this last series we present the result of mixes and merges which will be similar to the Frankenstein productions (of my FP-series): by “mixing” I mean that I simultaneously record the 2 sources and by “merging” I mean that I record each source on a different channel (one for the left channel and the other for the right).
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 Maidenlane FRANKENSTEIN’S VERSIONS
Volume 10

March 1989
NEW YORK CITY
Lone Star Cafe
(2nd show)
(2 sources merged version)

25th March 1989: New York City, Lone Star Cafe (2nd show)
Line-up: MT (gtr, voc)/Max Middleton (keyb)/Shane Fontayne (gtr)/Wilbur Bascomb (bass)/Eric Parker (dr)

01 - tuning
02 - Laundromat Blues
03 - Downtown Broadway
04 - You Gotta Move
05 - Red House
06 - Goin’ South
07 - Blues In The Morning
08 - I Wonder Why
09 - Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
10 - outro

For this show two recordings were already circulating and coming from the same source.
One has a better spectrum but is saturated, so I used the other one to test mixes/merges with the Maidenlane recording.
The better result was the one merged from both sources. For detail of the Maidenlane recordings reworking see the ‘Maidenlane ALT’s Volume 10’. The previous version is also declicked and channel equilibrated.
Note that the 18 last seconds from ‘Goin’ South’ (banter) and the 15 first seconds from ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’ are coming from the previous sources only (they were missed on the Maidenlane recording) and that a gap remains after ‘Red House’ (because of tape flip on both recordings).

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

GimmeMT.com is independent, non-commercial, and fan-created; not affiliated with or authorized by its subject.
Mick Taylor fans rely on info verified by Mick Taylor's Complete Works, and this forum runs on Flarum.
©2023 GimmeMT.com, all rights reserved for original works of authorship, other rights held by their respective holders.