August 8 – On This Day!

1987: Pussy Galore – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, US – CANCELLED
w/ Urge Overkill

Poster: Nash Kato

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Benicassim, Spain

2006: The Sadies – In Concert Volume One – released in the US (UK release date was 18 September 2006)

Features guest appearance from Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray on Back Off, Justine Alright, Talking Down, Food, Water, Etc. and Her Love Made Me.

Her Love Made Me is a previously unreleased song by Heavy Trash and Back Off was available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the debut album .

Recorded live on February 3/4 at Lee’s Palace, Canada by Steve Albini.

2008: Heavy Trash – Glasslands, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ Witch Hats, Five Dollar Priest and Woman

2009: Phenomenal Handclap Band – released in Australia
Features a guest appearance by Jon Spencer on Give It A Rest

2009: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Erik Paparazzi and Gregg Foreman) – Hampton Beach Casino, Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, US.
w/ The Pretenders and Juliette Lewis

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Supersense Festival, Melbourne, Australia
w/ Marc Ribot

Live Photo (side): Arts Centre Melbourne (https://www.instagram.com/artscentremelbourne/)
Live Photo (front): Tim O’Connor (https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/supersense-review-a-strange-and-intense-experience-not-for-the-dispassionate-onlooker-20150808-giupdg.html)

“The festival-capping Jon Spencer Blues Explosion fell immediately into a hot-wired groove. A US flag hanging vertically behind them, the grizzled New York power trio cranked the volume to match Spencer’s distorted carnival-barker vocals, ever bent on rock ‘n’ roll evangelism.

With strong whiffs of both Elvis and the MC5, their in-the-pocket squalls made for a disconnect with the Playhouse’s more formal setting. But the remaining crowd was rowdy and beery, dancing at their seats and on the sidelines. Beyond the music’s blown-out, consuming presence, the reception itself was, yes, ecstatic.” – Michael Dwyer / theage.com.au

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Memphis on Main, Champaign, IL, US
w/ The Dry Look

HITmakers show #11

Live Photo: Lori Kealy Wachtel (https://www.instagram.com/folkartist68/)