RTP-area local music and culture

[kevin maxwell farmer <fakirmevern-amch AT yahoo.com>]

I think their first appearance was opening for for Yo La Tengo, wasn't it?

_Jack's Tulips_--that's the name of the record.

-K

grady wrote:
> Fully 3% of each of those tweets was "1994" -- if a conspiracy, not a 
> very watertight one! A friend asked if I had 'em, and I dug them out of 
> the archives of this very mailing list. Ha!
>
> Mergefest was July 1994. Lambchop's first Merge single, "Nine/Moody 
> Fucker" was February 1994. Their second, "Soaky in the Pooper," was July 
> 1994. The first album (the one Grealey references) was September 1994.
>
> I don't have the classic Tim Ross/Cy Rawls 100% show recall, but I doubt 
> they played the Cradle before Mergefest, given the logistics of hauling 
> 14+ people from Nashville & the paucity of releases before then.
>
> The Lambchop Total Soul Experience didn't really fully manifest itself 
> until the Thriller era, circa 1996, and then evolved over the next 
> couple of albums (What Another Man Spills & Nixon). The show I remember 
> most clearly & with fondest memories is actually the M10K show in Summer 
> '99. Of course, I also have it on video, so I suppose that helps with 
> the recall. But it featured the huge lineup (the band plus local 
> ringers) and the Mayfield & Al Green covers, etc.
>
> Ross
>
> Todd Morman wrote:
> > So gads just Twatted the schedule for the three nights of the 1994 
> > Mergefest, fooling me for a minute into thinking I had breaking news about 
> > this month: http://twitter.com/rossgrady/status/2643977664
> >
> > *shakes fist at gads*
> >
> > Anyway, tangentially, can anyone tell me what album it was that Lambchop was 
> > touring in support of when they made their first appearance at the Cradle? I 
> > remember loving that show so much it hurt and can't remember which album I 
> > should buy to relive the magic.
> >
> > todd it was the algreeniest morman
> >
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