The Low Lows @ 40 Watt 5/26/06

The Low Lows are the new band formed from the ashes of Parker & Lily. The album Fire On The Bright Sky has a similar lonesome twang, and is out now on Athens' WARM label.

Track 1 - Tigers
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Track 3 -
Track 4 - Five Ways That I Didn't Die
Track 5 - White Liner
Track 6 -
Track 7 - Disappear
Track 8 - I Don't Mind Broken Hands And Jail Time

Summer Hymns @ The EARL 11/15/06

Summer Hymns played several songs from their brand-new Backward Masks (out now on Misra) at this celebration for Stomp And Stammer's 10th anniversary.


Track 1 - Intro
Track 2 - Luckenbach, Texas
Track 3 - Pity And Envy
Track 4 - Bombay Brown Indian Ink
Track 5 - Way You Walk
Track 6 - Darkness Comes
Track 7 - Mr. Soul
Track 8 - Start Swimming
Track 9 - Mr. Brewer

Big Eyed Beans From Venus 11/16/06 @ Five Spot

I don't normally get very excited about "tribute" bands, but then a Captain Beefheart tribute band isn't just learning the chords and half the lyrics. Big Eyed Beans From Venus have obviously put in tons of work (there's really no way to half-ass Beefheart's music).

For this show the guys arranged for some special guests: Rockette Morton and Feelers Rebo (Denny Walley) were both members of Beefheart's Magic Band (Morton appearing on the seminal Trout Mask Replica, Walley also did a stint with Zappa).




Set One:

Track 1 - Hair Pie Intro/When It Blows Its Stacks
Track 2 - Ashtray Heart
Track 3 - Safe As Milk
Track 4 - Pachuco Cadaver
Track 5 - Dropout Boogie
Track 6 - Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
Track 7 - One Red Rose That I Mean
Track 8 - Veterans Day Poppy
Track 9 - Flavor Bud Living
Track 10 - Kandy Korn

Set Two:

Track 11 - Electricity*
Track 12 - Sugar And Spikes*
Track 13 - Ella Guru*
Track 14 - Smithsonian Institute Blues (The Big Dig)*
Track 15 - Abba Zaba*
Track 16 - Steal Softly Through Snow*
Track 17 - My Human Gets Me Blues**
Track 18 - Hair Pie**
Track 19 - Moonlight On Vermont**
Track 20 - Big Eyed Beans From Venus**

* w/ Rockette Morton - bass
** w/ Rockette Morton, Feelers Rebo(Denny Walley) - guitar

Kenosha Kid @ Mercury Lounge 11/10/06

Dan Nettles' Kenosha Kid is a rotating collective of jazz players interpreting Dan's own compositions. This show at the Mercury features the "Euro-4Tet" lineup with members in town from Berlin to record the next Kid album.

Set One:

Track 1 - Mule Driver
Track 2 - At Home/On The Road
Track 3 - Bulletproof
Track 4 - Sold
Track 5 - My Iron Lung
Track 6 - Fabrication
Track 7 - Garden Flower

Set Two:

Track 8 - Territories
Track 9 - Muddy Waters
Track 10 - XYZ
Track 11 - White Carnations
Track 12 - Storm Clouds
Track 13 - Dreamland

Drive-By Truckers 2006-11-03/4 @ 40 Watt

Drive-By Truckers played their last Athens show "for a while," as they're taking at least the next year off to do solo projects and put in family time. Both Patterson and Jason have solo albums in the can that should finally see release, and I hope with all that free time Cooley will decide to do one of his own.

There are way too many tracks to link individually, but the Live Music Archive has both FLAC and MP3 (VBR MP3 is what you want) files permanently stored for both nights.

Drive-By Truckers 11/3/06

Drive-By Truckers 11/4/06

Elf Power @ Georgia Theatre 4/1/06

Here's a clip of Elf Power doing "King Of Earth" during their set opening for The Minus 5.

The Sunshine Fix @ Athfest 6/19/04

Former OTC'er Bill Doss' Sunshine Fix playing the big outdoor stage at Athfest:

Track 1 - Face The Ghost
Track 2 - Papers Fall
Track 3 - Enjoy The Teeth
Track 4 - Superman Suit
Track 5 - Statues And Glue
Track 6 - Afterglow
Track 7 - Extraordinary/Ordinary
Track 8 - Hide In The Light
Track 9 - What Do You Know
Track 10 -
Track 11 - Sunday Afternoon

David Barbe & The Quick Hooks @ 40 Watt 10/5/06

Another quick Musickfest set. David Barbe (Sugar/Mercyland/Koncak/studio mastermind) brings his Quick Hooks back to the 40 Watt after a year of rest. If you haven't heard his fabulous Comet Of The Season (featuring huge roster of Athens all-stars), you're missing it.

Track 1 - Medicine Takeover
Track 2 - Digging A New Hole
Track 3 - Silver-White Flash
Track 4 - Caravelle (w/ Clay Leverett - vocal)
Track 5 - Broadcast Spreader

Diet Rock Star @ Mercury Lounge 7/14/06

Diet Rock Star is Craig Lieske (Garbage Island) on guitar, Jeff Rieter on bass (Hey Revolution!), and Eric Harris (Olivia Tremor Control) on drums, tapes, electronics, etc. A noisy kind of jazz ensues.

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