July 27 – On This Day!

1989: Pussy Galore – unknown US tour date

1994: Boss Hog – Last Call Saloon, Providence, RI, US

1999: Jon Spencer interview on The X Show

*Appearance on the FX network’s “The X Show” at 10 PM.

2005: Blues Explosion – Pool Bar Festival, Feldkirch, Austria

2008: Bomb The Bass – Fuzzbox – digital track posted online

2010: V/A feat. Boss Hog / Haze XXL with Jon Spencer – Non-Collector Scum CD: All The Overpriced Goodies For The Price of a Beer – released

*CD issued in card sleeve featuring the tracks from the show only releases for the Amphetamine Reptile Records 25th Birthday Bash in Minneapolis show on 28 August 2010.

This CD features tracks from Dope, Guns and Fucking in the Streets Volume 12 including the previously unissued track Stain by Boss Hog and Inbred Vampire-Techno Car Chase by Haze XXL with Jon Spencer from the Fuzz Buzz Kill Summit 7″.

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Niceto Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
w/ DT’s and Tormentos

Live Photos: Maximo Gimenez (http://maximogimenez.blogspot.com/2014/08/john-spencer-blues-explosion_14.html)

Poster Design: Nicolás Valdés (https://www.flickr.com/photos/removedor/)

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland
w/ Urban Junior

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July 26 – On This Day!

1987: Pussy Galore – Asylum, New York City, US
w/ Black Snakes

1996: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Lollipop Festivalen, Stockholm, Sweden

Band Portrait: from POP #20: Interview (PRESS, SWEDEN)

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – El Rey Theatre, Hollywood, LA, US

Ticket Image: Steve Diet Goedde

2005: Blues Explosion – Spazio 211, Torino, Italy

Live Photo: Loris Brunello (https://www.instagram.com/gaz___/)
Poster Artwork: Malleus

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Day Tripper / 95.9 FM Rock & Pop, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2012: Joseph Arthur – Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY, US

Guitar: Dan Murphy
Bass: Kraig Jarret Johnson
Drums: Russell Simins
Accordion: Paul Cantelon
Trumpet: John “Scrapper” Sneider

Live Photo Credit: Rob Yasinsac

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Cafe Atlantik, Freiburg, Germany

Poster design by Black Forest Industries in an edition of 39 pieces. Limited edition tickets (100 pcs) available exclusively from Flight13 record store.

2015: Heavy Trash – Arts & Seizures, Brooklyn, New York, US

*Originally scheduled for 26 July 2015 but postponed due to a power outage but the set was recorded and broadcast the following Sunday on 2 August 2015.

Live Photos: Judy McGuire (https://instagram.com/bad_advice/)

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Jon Spencer & The HITmakers: 2021 Shows – Clarksdale, MS Date Added!

Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – NEW SHOW: Deep Blues Festival @ The New Roxy, Clarksdale, MS on 15 October 2021.
w/ Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory

Tickets / Info: https://deepbluesfest.com/merchandise/

TOUR DATES:

October 07: Tellus 360, Lancaster, PA
October 08: The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern, Cleveland, OH
October 09: Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
October 10: Ace of Cups, Columbus, OH
October 11: The Southgate House Revival, Newport, KY
October 12: The Zanzabar, Louisville, KY
October 13: The High Watt, Nashville, TN
October 14: The Hi-Tone Cafe, Memphis, TN
October 15: Deep Blues Festival @ The New Roxy, Clarksdale, MS
October 16: Martin’s, Jackson, MS
October 17: ‘Boogie Brunch’ @ Standard Deluxe, Waverly, AL
October 18: The EARL, Atlanta, GA
October 19: 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
October 20: New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, SC
October 22: Kings, Raleigh, NC
October 23: The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
October 24: Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY

Check Shove Records Facebook for more details and links: https://www.facebook.com/JonSpencerHITmaker/posts/824020144889661

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July 25 – On This Day!

1989: Pussy Galore – Gabe’s, Iowa City, IA, US
w/ Gorilla Biscuits and The Libido Boys

1990: Pussy Galore – Peel Session / BBC Radio 1, UK – Broadcast Date

The Peel Session is actually recordings from CBGB’s, NY, US on 5 August 1989

1996: Fred Schneider – Just Fred – released in Japan

Russell Simins plays drums in one of the backing bands on this album (going by the name ‘Deadly Cupcake’) who peform the tracks: Whip, Helicopter, Bulldozer, Coconut, Center Of The Universe and Radioactive Lady Eyeball.

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, US
w/ Andre Williams and the Countdowns

Poster Artwork: Michael Wertz

2006: Puffy AmiYumi – Splurge – released in the US

Go Baby Power Now features Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray of Heavy Trash along with Simon Chardiet, Daniel Jodocy and Phil Hernandez (who all performed on the Going Way Out With Heavy Trash album) and Chris Maxwell.

2006: V/A feat. Cibo Matto – Red Hot + Latin: Silencio = Muerte Redux – released in the US

Features ‘Águas de Março’ (Waters of March) by Cibo Matto featuring Russell Simins on Vocals

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Zwarte Cross, Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands

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July 24 – On This Day!

1989: Pussy Galore – Old Avalon Theater, Minneapolis, US
w/ Babes in Toyland, Babel 17 and Neo Mort

The writer of ‘St. Paul Bike Blog‘ put this show on and was given a Pussy Fuzz pedal by Jon Spencer and states that “That is my friend Bob Brustman on the poster, he hates cats.”

Photo of Jon Spencer and Lori Barbero at Big Trouble House, Minneapolis: Bob Bert

1989: Jon Spencer – Old Avalon Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, US
Interview with Jon Spencer published in Dirt magazine

1994: Boss Hog – Middle East, Cambridge, MA, US

Live Photos: Tolerance Burke (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45106708@N00/)

1996: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – VPRO Session, Studio Amstel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“The Explosion immediately hurl themselves into an unbroken assault on the best of ‘Orange’, ‘Sweat’ is followed by ‘Dang’, and then a dangerously frenzied ‘Full Grown’. At which point, Spencer loses the plot completely. Chucking his guitar to the floor, he paces the stage, kicks his mike stand into the crowd and attacks a hapless photographer. Then, turning to his Theremin, he flicks the switch, does his kung-fu posturing and jumps on the drumkit – all the time bellowing, “My father was Sister Ray.” As the song finishes, Spencer stops shaking, looks up and senses that one last time we need reminding of something really quite important. “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the “Bloooze Explosion.”” – James Oldham / NME

Photo (black & white): Andy Willsher / NME
Photo (colour): Jeroen Van De Beek (https://www.instagram.com/jeroendebeek/)

2005: Blues Explosion – Festival des Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix, France

2007: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Is Is – released in the US

Russell Simins is credited with ‘Hand Claps’ on this release.

2007: Tandy – Did You Think I Was Gone? – released

Includes Misery Boys (Misremix) features Russell Simins on drums and is produced by Jay Braun & Russell Simins.

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Cafe Glocksee, Hannover, Germany
w/ The Animen

Live Photos: Daniel Junker (http://www.junkerphoto.de/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-24-juli-2014-hannover-cafe-glocksee/)

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