I doubt there’s anything that can make sense of what happened, but maybe for a few hours at Maxwell’s last night, we could be comforted by music, laughing, and community. Right now it feels trivial to be writing this. I knew of no way to deal with the horror of yesterday’s news other than to try to force it from the front of my brain. A giant thank you to each and every performer. Last night’s recipient was Jersey Shore Relief.
Gaylord had a few more observations he wanted to make, and as long as he was there, we backed him on “My Little Red Book” and the Great Gaylord/Condo Fucks classic (by way of the Rolling Stones) “Rice Krispies.” And oh yeah, my mom sang “My Little Corner of the World.” I unplugged the menorah (if I only I had heard it referred to as the meNorman in time to use that joke on stage), and THAT was that.Īs we did all Hanukkah, the proceeds went to help with the recovery from Sandy. We climbed the stairs from the basement one last time, already drumming the intro to “Antmusic,” and pulled some percussionists from the front row for a little bonus thunder. Next up was one-time Teenage Fanclub producer Don Fleming for his classic “Evelyn Marble,” Dylan’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover,” and TFC’s “God Knows It’s True.” We closed with “I Heard You Looking,” from both the Yo La Tengo and Teenage Fanclub book, and - what else? - “Eight Days a Week.” And that was almost that. We took care of some unfinished business from our repertoire (“The Cone of Silence,” “I Feel Like Going Home”), played some covers both observant (“Goin’ Back”) and non- (“Walking on Ice”). Norman helped us out for the rest of the set. We opened night eight with “Ohm” (recorded by John McEntire on YLT’s forthcoming Fade record). We invited Gaylord to edify the night eight crowd, and he did not disappoint, shutting down a heckler and adding some new material (a short detour into Wyncote Records territory). And how about that nifty capo choreography! Norman Blake (photo by Liz Clayton)įollowers of the Yo La Tengo twitter were alerted some time ago to WFMU air personality Gaylord Fields‘s investigation of the fake Beatles phenomenon of 1964. There had been some pre-show discussion of asking Norman to sing “Everything Flows” during our set, but hearing his heart-tugging solo version confirmed that we made the right call. What better guest to have on the final night? I swooned when he opened with “It’s All in My Mind” (recorded by John McEntire on TFC’s superlative Man-Made record). everybody, thanks so much.Īs recalled during his opening set, we were in the audience at Norman Blake’s first US appearance, when Teenage Fanclub previewed A Catholic Education at some Manhattan rehearsal studio that none of us could recall the name of yesterday. Maxwell’s - no band ever had a better home base. Liz Clayton took all the photos, except for a few by Jessica Lee, Max Rosenthal and Jason Koffman.
Janice Headley made this diary look right. Eugene Mirman and Eric Dimenstein went above/beyond from behind the scenes. Jay Miller, Dutch Worthington and Bill Stites did some heavy lifting (literally). In a three-way tie for first, Suzanne Despres, Joe Puleo and Mark Luecke (battling a mouthful of sores) worked nonstop, starting way before the shows began, to make it all run pretty damn seamlessly.
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