Grovel Burrito #2

aMD · Jun 30, 2006, 10:35 AM

btw, Hot Burrito #1 was played the same weekend as Dark End at an in studio performance at KCRW studios the day before the taping. It was also reportedly replayed several times on KCRW the following week, but I haven't found a copy yet.

corey · Jun 30, 2006, 12:02 PM

George, you're my hero! I didn't think a copy of that "Dark End" performance existed.

George_Savage · Jun 30, 2006, 12:33 PM

QuoteGeorge, you're my hero! I didn't think a copy of that "Dark End" performance existed.

Yeh, that was a pretty good show (I wasn't there, unfortunately, but I got it in a trade) - several big-timers, as you probably know from the DVD - Keith Richards, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle. I think I once wrote in one of my MMJ "stories", (kinda my travelogue from when I was able to follow them around) that it would be my dream album to hear Jim sing nothing but a bunch of Gram songs.
And then a couple of years later he's up there doing it. It's kind of weird, though, to hear a reverb-less Jim vocal! But of course he nailed them, they were great. It's a shame that You're a Big Girl Now was only played once, I am almost sure that I don't have it now that I have read that it never was circulated. I'll get my covers together and send it to Dylan.
Corey, if you or Sweatboard of the other Corey (Kory?) want to tree that Birmingham show I will send it to you. It might be in circulation already, I think I shared it on the old yahoogroups board back in 2002. They did that cover of Danzig's 'how the gods kill' I was talking about and they played Black Sabbath, too. I remember them going into a sublime version of Twilight near the end, and Jim sang Bermuda Highway solo to close out the show.

Low Dog

Angry Ewok · Jun 30, 2006, 01:56 PM

You guys are making my mouth water. Thinking of all these super-rare covers being on one big fat data disc... Mmm. Tasty.

darkglow · Jun 30, 2006, 02:04 PM

not sure if anyone has mentioned it but MMJs cover of "Mother" by Pink Floyd is amazing. i dont remember where i got it nor do i know what compilation (if any) it's from but I have a studio version of this song.

aMD · Jun 30, 2006, 02:39 PM

okay, so I have a pretty good list going here. George is sending me two more that aren't yet on the list and I have a dude from KCRW trying to track down Hot Burrito #1 (btw, anyone know the name of the radio show that performance was on, it'll help him find it).

My question is how should I package this? I could offer it up for postage/blanks or I could post the mp3s on Rapidshare. The other question is, are all these tracks trader-friendly so to speak? This may be a question for Riny or management. For example, I'm assuming that the tracks that are exclusively on the Early recordings CDs are not tradable. However, since there are other versions of songs like Tyrone, are those allowed? How about songs from comps like Wear Your Love Like Heaven or songs that were once available to buy but are long out of print like Behind That Locked Door? Hopefully I can just bundle all the mp3s together on a zip file and offer them up on my website or rapidshare and just refer people to the Early Recordings since one ought to buy that collection anyway. So, what's the word?

CC · Jun 30, 2006, 03:01 PM

normally trading is always okay with live audience recordings but don't know how they feel about trading the rare studio recordings that are not available anymore. might be okay as long as there's no profit making involved (which is clearly not the case here) but to be sure you'd have to check with the the band or management.

aMD · Jun 30, 2006, 03:11 PM

will do riny, thanks.

aMD · Jun 30, 2006, 05:55 PM

Update: the KCRW people are having a hard time tracking down Hot Burrito #1 for me. Also I found out that "You're a Big Girl Now" was definitely taped, because Mojo magazine released a version of Sooner from the same night and released it with the Jan 2006 issue. Anyone have any connections at Mojo?

corey · Jun 30, 2006, 05:57 PM

I would love to hear every single one of those, BigBang. Maybe they'll surface. (fingers crossed).

On a side note, when I kept seeing "Mother" on the cover lists from time to time, I always thought it was "Mother", as in the song by Danzig. :)
I'm not much of a PF fan, so I didn't know it was by then until a few months ago.

thebigbang · Jun 30, 2006, 05:58 PM

LowDog! Great to see you still spreading the gospel!

Here are three more I didn't see on the list that I would love to have:

1) Jump - Van Halen
2) Don't Stop Believing - Journey ( somewhere, I think I have a photo of Jim wearing a black wig while singing this one)
3) Touch Too Much - ACDC (featuring Two Tone on lead vocals)

The first two were performed at the same show. I think these were all performed at Headliners, but Jillians may all have been the site for one of these covers. They finished up a show once with monster version of Touch Too Much.

Hope someone has a recording of these they can share.

Finally, I think this counts as a cover tune, Jim recorded a hymn on the At Dawn demos CD, I think it is called "Lead Me Father" . I don't have that disc with me at the moment.

Good luck with this project. If I find the wig photo, I'll send it along and maybe you can incorporate it into the cover art!

EDIT: Wow, folks are quick on this list. I removed this post seconds after I posted it to edit it and someone replied in that same instant, so these may seem out of order.

corey · Jun 30, 2006, 05:59 PM

How in the hell is my post before BigBangs? I was responding to him.

Odd

CC · Jun 30, 2006, 06:13 PM

QuoteHow in the hell is my post before BigBangs? I was responding to him.

Odd

are you located closer to the equator than bigbang?

thebigbang · Jun 30, 2006, 06:17 PM

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are you located closer to the equator than bigbang?

I'm just closer to the center of the Earth. It's hot down here!

corey · Jun 30, 2006, 06:23 PM

That's some Twilight Zone shit.

aMD, I did a search and found an old discussing the performance. It looks like it took place on July 6th 'cause someone mentioned that particular show wasn't available to stream on the site.
Maybe that will help them locate it.

aMD · Jun 30, 2006, 06:34 PM

QuoteThat's some Twilight Zone shit.

aMD, I did a search and found an old discussing the performance. It looks like it took place on July 6th 'cause someone mentioned that particular show wasn't available to stream on the site.
Maybe that will help them locate it.

You mean, Hot Burrito #1, right?
I also found an article saying that Jim performed it at one of the two performances that were taped for the DVD. No luck actually tracking it down though, yet. This is killing me! I hate to be such a completist but I love these two songs I'm trying to track down, especially "You're a Big Girl Now".

corey · Jun 30, 2006, 07:06 PM

Yeah, I was talking about HB#1. Maybe having the date will help KCRW put their hands on it.

aMD · Jul 01, 2006, 12:35 PM

For those who haven't seen it here is a list compiled by Ger (Magnix) a while back:
http://www.mymorningjacket.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=themusic;action=display;num=1145393752
Hopefully we can get him in on this and make it a defintive collection. Thanks for tracking down the date for me Corey, still no luck finding thus far. Also, for the sake of accuracy and my OCD, the song M Ward and Jim did from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is actually Billy #4 not Billy #1.

cmccubbin25 · Jul 01, 2006, 12:54 PM

you guys are awesome!!!

Angry Ewok · Jul 01, 2006, 01:16 PM

Dylan, get with me on Yahoo Messenger when you're able to, and I'll go ahead and send you the covers (and perhaps the Lil Billy?) from the Planetarium show... I went ahead and cut the performance into individual tracks.

I'll also send you the Elvis Presley cover from the 9:30 Club performance.