October 29 – On This Day!

1988: Production date of the Product Inc. Pussy Galore – Sugarshit Sharp test pressing.

1992: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Paycheck’s, Hamtramck, MI, US

1995: Boss Hog – The Venue, Edinburgh, UK
w/ Pilotcan

1996: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Virgin Megastore, New York City, NY, US
Photo: Nicole Campon
Footage from this show appears in the ‘Don’t Bring A Dog: New York Underground’ documentary.

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Neurolux Lounge, Boise, ID, US

2001: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, NY, US
w/ N*E*R*D, Mos Def, Beastie Boys, Moby, Michael Stipe, Bono and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Ticket image via http://www.beastiemania.com/

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Birmingham Academy, Birmingham, UK
w/ The Beatings

2003: 20 Miles – The Proletariat, Houston, TX, US
w/ The Jon Sparrow Delta Down and Ragged Hearts
Artwork: Mr. Castillo

2005: Heavy Trash – Fluid Lounge, Nelson, BC, Canada

2015: Sally Can’t Dance – The Bowery Electric, New York City, New York, US
feat. Cristina Martinez and Jon Spencer on the song Goo Goo Muck
Photo Credits:
B/W Jon Spencer photo posted by Johan Vipper
B/W Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez photo by Coen Rees
Blue live image is taken from a video posted by Skeleton Boy
Set List by Bob Bert
Cristina Martinez and Jon Spencer Portrait by Cyntha Ross

2017: Boss Hog – Café Atlantik, Freiburg, Germany
w/ Lo Fat Orchestra
Photos: Alexander Thamm / ‘eddagrshbr’
Ticket Image: Sha

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
w/ The Melvins
“…it took me a while to realise that the second drummer on stage was actually playing a range of metallic ‘trash’ with a hammer and wrench instead of drum sticks.” – Tommy Girard
Photos: Pop Catastrophe
Photo (wide shot): Tommy Girard
HITmakers show #26