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We shared a bill with 'em Friday night.
The best Who cover I can recall: The Know It All Boyfriends rocking "Substitute." They totally killed--Butch Vig on drums, Freedy Johnston doing the lead, great 4-part harmonies.
Everything they played was fun, but they really shine on that who cover. Total conviction. Not nearly as sloppy as they usually get. The other standouts were "Band On The Run" and Zep's "The Rover," which Vig clearly relished.
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Tonight we are going to see The Know It All Boyfriends, a supergroup that tends to get really hammered and mangle 60s and 70s pop songs. I have seen a fair percentage of their shows, and they are always sloppy, ill-rehearsed, drinking heavily on stage--and it's terrific fun. It's sort of Garbage fronted by Freedy Johnston, except the band really has roots in Spooner and Firetown. They have fabulous vintage gear and are totally crack, pro musicians--Butch Vig has time like God--so even as they are stumbling through "Band On The Run" without ever having played it, it's pretty great. These guys love and respect the Trans-Am joint-in-mouth, drink-in-hand, shifting into fifth aesthetic, and they bring it.
I'm pumped.
images from http://www.garbage.suite.dk/kiab.html
 Freedy Johnston Guitar and vocals |
 Jay Moran Guitar, Accordion and vocals |
 Duke Erikson Bass, Guitar and vocals |
 Butch Vig Drums, Guitar and vocals |
 James "Pie" Cowan Percussion and drums |
 Bill "Stick" Bielefeld Tour Manager/bass |
Here's a list of some of the songs they play at their shows:
- AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
- Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
- Burt Bacharach & Hal David - (They Long To Be) Close To You
- Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
- Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
- Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
- Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
- Iggy Pop - The Passenger
- Isley Bros - Twist And Shout
- Joe Cocker - The Letter
- Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
- Kiss - Rock & Roll All Night
- Led Zeppelin - A Whole Lotta Love
- Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er
- Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean
- Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking
- Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
- Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
- Prince - Little Red Corvette
- Roberta Flack - Feel Like Making Love
- Steve Miller - Space Cowboy
- Steve Miller - The Joker
- The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
- The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
- The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
- The Hollies - Bus Stop
- The Turtles - So Happy Together
- Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
- Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
- Van Halen - Dance the Night Away
I saw their first show ever, which I was similar to this one:
December 14th 2002 | |
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*** Set 1 *** Somebody to love -F# Hard Days Night - G Draggin The Line F# Bus Stop - A- Band On The Run *Lawyers, Guns $ - A Love Grows - A Baby I'm A Want U -G Joker Passenger Satisfaction - E *Lights - C *Bang A Gong -E Daydream Believer -A I Want You To Want-A Suspious Minds - G We Got Beat/Sedated-E American Band |
*** Set 2 *** Hello There- A Substitute - D Aint Seen Nothin Yet -A I Saw the Light -C Yummy, yummy - G Dyer Maker - C Happy Together -E Waiting For My Man-D My Best Friends-E Smoke On Water -G Close To You American Girl - D Shook Me Allnight- G Cinnamon Girl - D Rock & Roll All night Sweet Jane, Rock'n Me Everybody Knows Grapevine, Go Your own way, Girlfriend, Mandy, Do you Know |
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In addition to being the drummer for Garbage, Butch Vig produced seminal 90s records like Nirvana's Nevermind and the first two Smashing Pumpkins LPs. His studio, Smart Studios,
is 1 1/2 blocks from my house, so he's a neighborhood fixture despite
being in L.A. much of the time. Sessions at Smart have hosted U2, Killdozer, early Nirvana demos just post-Bleach, and many, many more.
Butch produced early Tar Babies records as well; careful readers will recall I play music with former members of that band. In fact, Tar Babies singer/guitarist Bucky Pope is babysitting the kids tonight with his girlfriend while we attend the show.
AVC: Last year, you were in a Motorola commercial with Madonna, Iggy Pop, and Little Richard. Did you film that together, or separately?
?: We shot it on two different stages. Me, Madonna, and Iggy Pop shot ours in London. Everyone else shot theirs a week before that in Los Angeles. Yeah, I was there with Madonna and Iggy Pop.
AVC: How surreal was that?
?: Um… I don't know if I want that much power. When I was walking away, I was like, "Is this what I'm working for, am I busting my ass for this?" It's like, the second Madonna walked in, you could hear a pin drop. Do I want that much power? I don't know. Is that what I want? But you also see the other side of it. I see the, "She's going to be here in half an hour. Everyone get ready!" Everyone's scrambling, scrambling, saying, "Don't look her in the eye!" My girl compared it to The Devil Wears Prada. It was like that. I'm sure that helps her stay in her career, but whew, I don't know if I could handle such fear coming from everybody. It'd kill me. But Iggy, on the other hand, that guy is… He doesn't stop, man. That guy is an incredible cat. Actually, that is the third or fourth time I've got to talk or work with Iggy, so by that point, we sort of knew each other as far as physical features. We'd bonded.
AVC: Is there a collaboration in the works?
?: I wouldn't mind that all. He's an incredible showman.
Intersting shifts at 1:18 and 2:40. Almost like three songs in one.
The Mighty Clash: They were known as "the only band that matters." Definitely in my top 5 rock bands of all time.
