the new york hot dog night
?? | 2cd-bootleg | ?? | hm 011 cd |
from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs -
Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
The New York Hog Dog Night on HallMark HM 011 CD says on the back
"Recorded live at My Father's Place in New York on December 11th 1978
together with the Magic Band". (This dat is wrong I think and should be
November 18th 1978) The announcer at the start of the set says "Historic
performance... first time on live radio... WLIR FM". This show has the
guitarist breaking a string during Nowadays... after which Beefheart says
"he played that on a broken string... which if you think about it... is
narrowing it down a little bit... 'cause ther's six strings and four
fingers!". Sound is excellent steroish. The set is exactly 90 mins. Someone
who saw a performance with the same mime artist says "they did a version of
"Mommy" that has stuck in my head to this day. The band is doing a
flawless, live-fade-out with the Captain chanting "mommy, mommy, mommy...
mommy, mommy, mommy" down to a whisper, with the mime alternately washing
dishes and vacuumming (miming these activities) under a spotlight. Still sends
the shivers up my spine".
1978/12/11 concert 'my father's place', nyc, ny, usa