John Hiatt - 1987-09-21 - San Diego, CA (Ex Aud)
John Hiatt
& the Goners
1987-09-21
The Bacchanal
San Diego, CA
01. intro > Memphis In The Meantime02. Alone In The Dark03. Tennessee Plates04. Tip Of My Tongue05. Thank You Girl06. Learning How To Love You07. A Crazy Girl Is Hard To Find08. Doll Hospital09. She Loves The Jerk10. Pink Bedroom11. Lipstick Sunset12. I Don't Even Try13. Radio Girl14. Stood Up15. Your Dad DidEncore 1:16. Have a Little Faith In Me17. Thing Called LoveEncore 2:18. Ring A Bell19. unknown instrumental20. Riding With The KingEncore 3:21. I'm A Real Man
On May 29, 1987, John Hiatt released the album Bring The Family, and quickly became an “overnight sensation”. Of course, earning that label was 13 years and 7 prior albums in the making. In fact, when Hiatt recorded Bring The Family, he was actually on the verge of quitting the business, having recently been dropped by his record label. Hiatt, with encouragement from John Chelew of McCabe's Guitar Shop who had heard some of the early versions of tunes that wound up on the album, decided to take one more crack at recording. Demon Records in the UK put up about $30,000 to help Hiatt record an album. Then old friends, Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner joined Hiatt in the studio. Due to budget constraints, the entire record had to be recorded in just 4 days. Hiatt and Lowe actually shared a hotel room at a local Holiday Inn to save money (Lowe, by the way, took no payment for his contribution). The result - Bring The Family became one of the cornerstones of Hiatt’s career, featuring songs such as Memphis in the Meantime, Thing Called Love, Lipstick Sunset Have a Little Faith in Me, Thank You Girl and Learning How to Love You. This excellent audience recording captures Hiatt on tour in support of Bring The Family, in San Diego, on September 21, 1987, 37 year ago this very day.
We love Johnny and we love Speedy over at So Many Roads . . . . . he loves Johnny even more than I do! He’s posted enough and here’s more!
Thanks for the shout out to So Many Roads!
ReplyDeleteAlways a pleasure Speedy and thanks for the acknowledgment!
ReplyDeleteI was on that bandwagon. Think it was Cooder's and Lowe's involvement that took me to John Hiatt. Was blown away by "Meet The Family". Quickly followed by " Slow Turning" which I thought was even better and introduced me to Sonny Landreth. Saw him a few times...once solo acoustic in Manchester and also Little Village in London. I've got a fair length of shelf covered by his CDs.
ReplyDeleteWow! Didn’t even know Landreth played over here and thought he was a rather hidden secret! Man is an awesome player! Love those guys and together or apart, they will all do for me. Thanks as always for dropping by Sealyman!
DeleteMy bad. The final two sentences refer to Mr. Hiatt. Sorry for the confusion
ReplyDeleteOh no worries Monsieur Sealyman! Appropriate levels of envy still maintained! Hiatt I would have given my eye teeth to see also (perhaps more so) but didn’t think he travelled well to the UK either (outside of Little Village c=of course!). Never ‘bad’ always a BLAST! Thanks as ever for dropping by chez Swappers Mansions, Msr Sealyman
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