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John Hiatt
1987-01-30
Early Show
McCabes Guitar Shop
Santa Monica, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Memphis in the Meantime (fades in, you don't miss much)
02. I Stood Up
03. She Said the Same Things To Me
04. Thing Called Love
05. She Loves The Jerk
06. Have a Little Faith in Me
07. The Crush
08. Love Like Blood
09. Tennessee Plates
10. Crazy Girl's Hard To Find (tape flip before intro)
11. Real Man
12. Lipstick Sunset
13. It Hasn't Happened Yet
14. When We Ran
15. The Usual
16. Shake Me Loose
17. She Don't Love Nobody
18. Tip of My Tongue
19. Your Dad Did
Muck like Robert Cray, who we posted earlier this month, John Hiatt became an "overnight sensation" in 1987 when he released the album Bring The Family on May 29 of that year. 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 at the aforementioned McCabe's, just a few months before the release of Bring The Family, on January 30, 1987, 29 years ago today. One historical note - incredibly, i saw both "overnight sensations", Cray and Hiatt, on the same night in their break out year of 1987 as a double bill at Pier 84 in New York on August 29.
2 comments:
Thanks so much. This is an awesome show.
Thanks for this one, Speedy! I really enjoy some of the older songs featured here, but sadly John didn't play them live very often after this point. Should be a good listen!
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