Jon Langford, Rico Bell, Meat Purveyors and Darcy Deville at the Continental Club 10/29/30 


With Satan's Cheerleaders 

I'd say it was a bit more lively than Jon's last late autumn show here
in Austin.
Opening was Darcy Deville, skilled fiddle player for the Meat Purveyors
and Ray Wylie Hubbard, doing her solo thing (with occasional backing
from an electronically enhanced kazoo)
Then, Jon, Bill Anderson (Meat Purveyors, Poison 13, etc.), and Randy
Franklin (Woodpeckers, Wild Seeds, Yard Dog owner) played a few of
Langford's folkier numbers.
Then Rico came up, sang solo a few songs (mostly from Dark Side of the
Mersey), then Jon, Bill and Randy joined for the rest of the set,
including Bell's "Cold Comfort," and Mekon's "Millionaire" and "Big
Zombie."
Jon did his Bruce Springsteen imitation, which was uncanny.
In between sets were the tattoo'd pierced Satan's Cheerleaders, shaking
the fringe of their leather hotpants to dusty soul 45s.
Cherilyn Dimond, bass whacker for the Meat Purveyors mentioned that,
though she had known Jon Langford for over 10,000 years, but had never
seen him in such a state of pure bliss as when he watching Satan's
Cheerleaders. It was a touching moment.
The TMP rocked through a set of classics and neo classics, with Pete and
Darcy in non-stop mando/fiddle creature violence. Enjoyment was only spoiled
by two men who talked through the whole show right behind me. And I was in the
front row, the Continental is a loud place, and I could still hear them.
What a drag. Here's the setlist:
 

Posted: Sat - October 30, 2004 at 01:16 PM           |

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