Johnny Rivers
Union Station
St. Louis, MO
11 Aug 93
Looks like some monkey business at work here. If you look on db. etree.org,
you'll see a couple of Union Station Aug 93 shows by Johnny Rivers - one in
St. Louis on Aug 11 and the other is at New York on Aug 12. Sounds a little
implausible, doesn't it?
This is actually one show and it is definetly the St. Louis show. I've
listened to it carefully and he starts off the show by saying "This is Chuck
Berry's home town, right?" After track 4 (China), he references the fact
that he grew up just "down the river" in Baton Rouge. And since both of these
tracks appear on the supposed New York show of 12 Aug, it's pretty clear
that the New York show actually never took place. Ok, maybe one more piece
of evidence -- on Track 9, he makes a direct reference to the "nearby Mississippi
River". The only anomaly of the show is on Track 10 at 15 where a different
source is used. Maybe this was another audience splice due to a failure of
the first recording?
Regardless of the monkeys who preceeded me, this is an excellent audience
recording, rating an A+ on my list for sound. But the big mystery is the
track editing. There are fade outs after every track. I may get around to
re-splicing and retracking this some day as it's a fine show, showcasing
Johnny's rock-a-billy style with a couple of fine blues numbers thrown in
just for me ;-) He may be past his popularity
peak the man is a lot lot like Elvis -- he's got it . . . and very people
every get it!
- Little Queenie
- Rooster Blues
- Baby Can I Change My Mind? > Band Intros
- China
- Just to Hold My Hand
- Mountain of Love
- Summer Rain
- Poor Side of Town
- Rollin' Stone
- You Never Can Tell - spliced in and is clearly a different
source
- Secret Agent Man > Seventh Son
- Memphis
- Maybelline
- Carol // - cut ending
- Midnight Special - spliced in and is clearly a different
source
John Herron - k
Darryl Cook - b
Paul Bond - d
Johnny Rivers - g, v
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