John Hiatt - 1987-09-26 - Houston, TX (SBD)

John Hiatt 

& The Goners

1987-09-26

Rockefeller's

Houston, TX

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Memphis In The Meantime

02. Alone In The Dark

03. Tennessee Plates

04. Lipstick Sunset

05. Thank You Girl

06. Learning How To Love You

07. A Crazy Girls Hard to Find

08. Doll Hospital

09. I'm A Real Man

10. She Loves The Jerk

11. Pink Bedroom

12. The Tip of My Tongue

13. I Don't Even Try

14. Radio Girl

15. Stood Up

16. Your Dad Did

Encore

17. Have a Little Faith In Me

18. Thing Called Love

19. Would You Dance With Me

20. Riding With The King

21. Ring A Bell

John Hiatt - 1987-09-26 - Houston, TX (SBD)

1980s - #6: 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 soundboard recording captures Hiatt on September 26, 1987, 34 year ago this very day, in Houston, in support of his breakthrough album.