September 5 – On This Day!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Principal Club, Thessaloniki, Greece (5 September 2015)1996: Butter 08 – Upstairs at Nicks, Philadelphia, PA, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Selinas, Sydney, Australia
w/ Kim Salmon and The Surrealists

2008: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – New Live Club, Milan, Italy

2010: Heavy Trash – Live from the Fire Tower session (Into The Great Wide Open Festival), Vlieland, Netherlands

2010: Heavy Trash – Into The Great Wide Open Festival, Vlieland, Netherlands

2013: Joseph Arthur (w/ Russell Simins) – WTDM, First Thursday, West Mt. Vernon Park, Baltimore, MD, US

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Principal Club, Thessaloniki, Greece
w/ Million Hollas and Missawoman

Live Photo: “georgepapageorge” (post now-deleted)

2017: The Best Show (feat. Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez) – New Jersey, US

The Best Show With Tom Scharpling featuring guests Jon Spencer, Cristina Martinez and Miss Alex White

Photo Caption: “Here’s a picture of Dudio showing Jon Spencer his sonic screwdriver.” – BestShow4Life

Photo Credit: https://www.instagram.com/bestshow4life/

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September 4 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Babyhead, Providence, RI, US
w/ Cheater Slicks

Image: 1993 Concert Report by Harvard’s WHRB (JSBX listing is in the top right corner).

Thanks to https://www.instagram.com/royaltruxchronicles/

1996: 20 Miles – Coney Island High, New York City, NY, US
w/ Chrome Cranks, Oblivians and Revelators

1996: Butter 08 – 9:30 Club, Washington DC, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Palace Complex, Melbourne, Australia

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – A Nice Weekend in London, ULU, Malet Street, London, UK

Live Photo: Mark Benney (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36425903@N00/401208031/in/album-72157594554415537/)

2007: Heavy Trash – Going Way Out With Heavy Trash – released in the US

2008: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Anfiteatro Parco, Bari, Italy

The posters uses the Jukebox Explosion Rockin’ Mid-90’s Punkers artwork by Mort Todd.

2009: Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band – Peace Boat – released in Europe

Recorded at NY Hed and features Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray on guitar.

2010: Heavy Trash – Desmet Studio’s, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010: Heavy Trash – Misty Fields Festival, Asten-Heusden, Netherlands

2012: Cat Power – Sun – released in the US

Judah Bauer is credited with ‘Break Arrangement’ on Cherokee and plays guitar on both Cherokee and Ruin.

2014: The Herbaliser – Blow Your Headphones – reissued in the UK on vinyl

Featuring a sample of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion song Eyeballin’ from the album Now I Got Worry on the track Ginger Jumps The Fence

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Младински Културен Центар – MKC, Skopje, Macedonia
w/ The John

Live Photo: “Captured by Klisarova” (via facebook.com)

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September 3 – On This Day!

Butter 08 - September 1996 Tour (POSTER, US) 1996: Butter 08 – Cat’s Cradle, Carboro, NC, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Ozone, Perth, Australia

1999: Matmos / V/A feat. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – This CD Is Not Nice / Archive Fever

One track CD featuring a song by Matmos which uses two samples of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Fuck Shit Up and the intro from Controversial Negro).

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

“Songs twist, turn back and meander into one another like Mississippi tributaries. Full throttle, amphetamined riffs give way to gentle bluesy excursions, which are then obliterated by the sledgehammer of a Hendrix-fronted 1970 Black Sabbath. The band never stops to draw breath between songs, and they’re off again as soon as the audience things it’s time to applaud.” – Steve Rippon / Mojo

2003: Los Straitjackets – Supersonic Guitars In 3D

The song Tarantula features Jon Spencer on theremin and vocals.

2008: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Strade Blu Festival, Piazza Nenni, Faenza, Italy

2009: Heavy Trash – Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, US

2009: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Erik Paparazzi and Gregg Foreman) – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ The Pretenders and Juliette Lewis

2010: Heavy Trash – Räucherkammer, Wiesbaden, Germany

Live Photo: Manuel Mocco

FULL SET: https://www.flickr.com/photos/synobis/albums/72157624751934241

2012: Cat Power – Sun – released in the UK

Judah Bauer is credited with ‘Break Arrangement’ on Cherokee and plays guitar on both Cherokee and Ruin.

2014: Joseph Arthur and Russell Simins perform at the Angela McClusky and Paul Cantelon show at “The Last Days of Folly” – Madison Square Park, Madison Avenue, New York City, New York, US

Live Photo: scopit.com

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Dom Omladine, Beograda, Serbia

Live Photo: Nemanja Đorđević

FULL SET: https://balkanrock.com/galerija/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-03-09-2015/

2019: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Ignition Music, Goshen, IN, US
w/ Demolition Doll Rods

HITmakers show #115

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September 2 – On This Day!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Močvara, Zagreb, Croatia (2 September 2015)2000: Boss Hog – Trenda Festival, Bologna, Italy
w/ Mr. Bungle, Coldplay and Brassy

Ticket Image: Federico Guglielmo (https://lultimathule.wordpress.com/)

2006: Heavy Trash – El Paso Saloon, Rouyn Noranda, QC, Canada

2008: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
w/ Dan Sartain

Polaroids: https://rotefabrik.ch/

2010: Heavy Trash – Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Močvara, Zagreb, Croatia

Live Photo: Branko Galičić (https://www.soundguardian.com/index.php/izvjestaji-s-glazbenih-dogadjanja/35447-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-ekskluzivna-svirka-za-ekskluzivnu-publiku)

2010: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA, US
w/ Demolition Doll Rods

HITmakers show #114

Live Photo: Ian Holmgren (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=520700731834741&id=464189607485854)

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September 1 – On This Day!

1989: Gibson Bros (w/ Jon Spencer & Cristina Martinez) – Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ, US / Loose End, Memphis, TN, US / Middle East Cafe, Boston, MA, US*

*exact dates unknown. Recording dates for The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing were at these venues during September and December 1989.

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange – released in Europe

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Festa dell’Unita, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Live Photos / Ticket Image: ‘chocolate__joe’ (https://www.instagram.com/chocolate__joe/)

2000: Boss Hog – Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, Winterthur, Switzerland
w/ Ween

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Independent Days Festival, Bologna, Italy

2006: Heavy Trash – El Paso Saloon, Rouyn Noranda, QC, Canada

2007: Heavy Trash – Festival Alaquas, Alaquàs, Spain

2008: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – K4, Nürnberg, Germany

2009: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Erik Paparazzi and Gregg Foreman) – Pala Casino – Starlight Theater, Pala, CA, US
w/ The Pretenders and Juliette Lewis

2010: Heavy Trash – Locomotiv Club, Bologna, Italy

2013: Joseph Arthur (w/ Russell Simins) – La Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC, Canada
w/ Elliot Maginot

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Live Photos: Iztokx (https://iztokx.blogspot.com/2015/09/2015-09-01-jon-spencer-blues-explosion.html)

2019: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Turf Club, St Paul, MN, US
w/ Demolition Doll Rods

HITmakers show #113

Set List Photo: Chris Johnson

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