June 9 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – CBGB’s, New York City, NY, US
w/ Jesus Lizard, Girls Against Boys and Fuse

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan

2007: The Pierces (poss. w/ Russell Simins) – Boston Pride Festival, Boston, Massachusetts

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Bristol Colton Hall, Bristol, UK

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Festival Aucard,Tours, France

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015 – released on cassette

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Théâtre Fairmount, Montréal, QC, Canada
w/ We Are Hex

nb. We Are Hex replaced Pampers who were originally scheduled to support at this show but had to pull out due to medical reasons.

Live Photo: Corentin Hignoul (http://www.labibleurbaine.com/sorties/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-et-we-are-hex-au-theatre-fairmount-de-montreal/)

2015: Perrosky – Tostado – released in Japan
Recorded with Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray at NY Hed (Originally released in Chile in 2011 on vinyl and CD).

2017: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – MSM Fest, Morristown, IN, US

2018: Boss Hog – Club Helsinki, Hudson, New York, US
w/ The Bobby Lees and DJ Peter Aaron

“Sam Quartin, singer/guitarist for Woodstock, New York-based band The Bobby Lees, laughs as she recalls how she almost blew the chance for her band to work with Jon Spencer (of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Pussy Galore fame). “He emailed us randomly and asked us to open for him when he was playing up in Hudson, New York. I had never even heard of Jon Spencer before. I didn’t know who he was! I was like, ‘Sorry, we’re busy.’ Then I looked him up and I was like, ‘Holy shit!’”

There really was a scheduling conflict – bass player Kendall Wind had her high school graduation ceremony on the proposed night. But once Quartin and her bandmates realized Spencer’s status, they knew even that momentous occasion couldn’t stand in the way of this opportunity. “I wrote him back: ‘Actually…we can do it,’” Quartin says wryly. “So Kendall just rushed from graduation and we did it.”” – https://stompandstammer.com/feature-stories/the-bobby-lees/

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June 8 – On This Day!

1993: Boss Hog – Sideshows By The Seashore, Coney Island, New York, US

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Zepp, Tokyo, Japan

2004: V/A feat. Beck (w/ Russell Simins) – Kill The Moonlight CD/DVD -released in Japan

2006: Heavy Trash – Album Chart Show (Channel 4), Koko, Camden, London, UK

nb. exact recording date unknown, some time between June 8th and 10th.

2006: Heavy Trash – Dingwalls, Camden, UK

Ticket Image: Martin
Live Photo: Miri (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rollingtheberries/)
Setlist: http://s17.photobucket.com/user/Bellbottoms/profile/

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Kulturfabrik, Luxembourg

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Birthday Party @ Red Lotus Rooms, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ ESG and Beans

Live Photo: Jim Idol

“They played a semi-private, one-off gig a couple weeks ago (6/8) at Brooklyn spot Red Lotus Room with ESG and Beans. it was a taping of a pilot for a show tenatively titled The Birthday Party TV Show that’s “conceived as Bandstand meets Soul Train in a loft with underground music.” The picture at the top of this post was from that taping.” – brooklynvegan.com

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Showcase Lounge – Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT, Canada
w/ We Are Hex

2018: Boss Hog – Cafe Nine, New Haven, Connecticut, US
w/ Honch

Live Photo: Annette Maltes-Collard (https://www.instagram.com/grskdnl/)
Set List Photo: smartsafari (https://www.instagram.com/smartsafari/)

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June 7 – On This Day!

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Tibetan Freedom Concert, Randall’s Island, New York, NY, US

Live Photo: мcнчьмт (https://www.instagram.com/mchybmt/)
Poster Artist: Taz

A live recording of Blues X Man from this show was released on the Tibetan Freedom Concert triple CD set.

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Zepp, Tokyo, Japan

2006: Heavy Trash – Birmingham Academy, Birmingham, UK

2012: Joseph Arthur – The Bottle Tree, Birmingham, AL, US

A recording of this show was officially released as a download titled Cocaine Feet.

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June 6 – On This Day!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Guitar Player: Cover / Feature (PRESS, US)2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Guitar Player: Cover / Feature

nb. magazine feature is dated June 2002, available much earlier but included here because there’s no images for the shows on this date.

2006: Heavy Trash – The Cluny, Newcastle, UK

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Laiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany

2009: Mike Edison with the Delta Science Arkestra featuring Jon Spencer and Heavy Friends – Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, US

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Wiener Flex, Vienna, Austria

2012: Joseph Arthur – One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA, US

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June 5 – On This Day!

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Poster Design: Apfel Zet

2008: Tiny Masters of Today (w/ Russell Simins) – ‘Chancellor’s Day Matinee Show’ @ Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, US

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Tvornica, Zagreb, Croatia
w/ Urban Jr.

“Jon Spencer, Judah Bauer and Russell Simins still got it, and they still make ladies cry and men scream, like they always did!” – Sasa Huzjak

Live Photo: Sasa Huzjak (https://www.sasahuzjak.com/events/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-urban-jr-20110605-tvornica-zagreb/)
Thanks to Miroslav

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Hakanai Recording, Brooklyn, New York, US

2020: Perrosky – Tostado: 10th Anniversary Edition – released
10th Anniversary digital-only and expanded edition of the Tostado album, recorded with Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray at NY Hed.

Stream album with bonus tracks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgERzlKubUM

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