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March 7 – On This Day!

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1986: Pussy Galore – The Loft, Baltimore, MD, US
w/ Reptile House, The Thing (That Wouldn’t Leave) and Sluglog 3

1987: Pussy Galore – Recording Right Now! – Chicago, IL

1995: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK
w/ Beastie Boys and Hurricane

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Brewery, Louisville, KT, US

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Australia

2008: Heavy Trash – Bla Rock, Tromoso, Norway – CANCELLED

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK
w/ Mama Rosin

Ticket Image: https://www.instagram.com/the.livingroom.moshpit/

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Zoo, Brisbane, Australia
w/ Moon Duo

2019: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Cobra Lounge, Chicago, IL, US
w/ Reign Wolf

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March 6 – On This Day!

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1987: Pussy Galore – Gaspar’s, Chicago, IL, US
w/ Urge Overkill

1995: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK

1996: Yoko Ono/IMA (w/ Russell Simins) – Knitting Factory, New York City, NY, US

“Her band, IMA, was just a notch above a neighborhood group jamming in a tenement basement, vamping along on rudimentary patterns of reggae, funk or rock. For one song, it set out a quasi-Indian drone while Russell Simins, the drummer, played a resonant metal bowl, and Sean Ono Lennon, who usually played guitar or keyboard, bowed a musical saw. But the band, which also included Timo Ellis on bass, was needed merely to furnish a musical pulse as a backdrop to Ms. Ono’s voice.” – NYTimes.com

2002: Yuka Honda (w/ Russell Simins) – Live Tonic, New York City, NY, US

2007: Jena Malone And Her Bloodstains (w/ Russell Simins) – Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, US
w/Nethers, Will Dailey, Ferraby Lionhearted

2008: Heavy Trash – Folken, Stavenger, Norway – CANCELLED

2008: V/A feat. The Rolling Thunder Reborn Band – Dylan Goes Twang – released
*Russell Simins is featured as part of the The Rolling Thunder Reborn Band with members of The Pierces, Albert Hammond Jr’s Band and The Morning Pages performing You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere live at Bob Dylans Birthday Concert.*

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – World Cafe / NPR / WXPN, Philadelphia, PA, US

Performance was by Chan Marshall and Gregg Foreman.

SET LIST: Silver Stallion / Interview / Don’t Explain / Interview / Ramblin’ (Wo)Man / Interview

Broadcast Date: March 6, 2008 / Recorded: February 8, 2008

PLAYABLE HERE: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87942709

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Haunt, Brighton, UK
w/ Mama Rosin

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Manderley Bar, The McKittrick Hotel, New York City, NY, US

This a secret show announced on the Jack Edward Martin facebook page with the post:

“Ny friends – Do the winter BLUES have you down? Come to Manderley Bar at Sleep No More ( 532 W 27th st ) at Midnight this Thursday 3/6 as our guest artist requests you to – “Take a whiff of (his) pantleg” – wear your bellbottoms. Free.”

Live Photo: https://twitter.com/chocobohomo

2016: Jon Spencer – interview on Radio Pluriel, Lyon, France

2016: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – L’Épicerie Moderne, Feyzin, France

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March 5 – On This Day!

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1986: Pussy Galore – DC Space, Washington D.C., US
w/ Rick and Mike and Bill and New Carrolton

“I guess maybe the first two bands drove every body away because there weren’t many people left to hear the last band, Pussy Galore, which was unfortunate because they played a good set. Primitive rhythms, basic, repetitive guitar and bass playing and pounding in sheet metal aren’t really anything new but somehow Pussy Galore manages to get a pretty unique sound out of it all; I’ve never seen them do a set that was boring. It sure would be interesting to see one of their lyric sheets. – Elizabeth (WDC Period Vol. 1, No. 14)

1987: Pussy Galore – Stache’s, Columbus, Ohio, US
w/ Gibson Bros.*

*the show listing poster gives Jayhawks as the support rather than Gibson Bros..

Live Photos: jfotoman (https://www.facebook.com/jfotomanConcertImages/)

Black on white poster: jonnymagnet (https://www.instagram.com/jonnymagnet/)

Show listings: Chris Butler (https://www.flickr.com/photos/flatfile500/)

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands

1995: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
w/ Mule and Ketone

“On “Flavor” and “Greyhound”, the highlights of this evening, Simin’s drumming replicates perfectly the kind of arse-tube-lubing funkiness that the best hip hop deals in, the Blues Explosion blending it in not as some concession to modernity, but simply because it sounds so slamming. And the crowd get it instinctively, jumping as one with the “Go! Go! Go!”s like it’s Wu-Tang up there. What’s even better is Jon Spencer’s ability to get wet and slick down a Sunday night crowd without having to resort to the lazy guilt tactics so many performers do.” – Neil Kulkarni / NME

NME Photo: Lili Wilde
NME Review: Neil Kulkarni

“The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion rock magnificently, and so their more attention-grabbing aspects – the Theremin (a weird electronic instrument used in ’50s sci-fi movie soundtracks), the irony and the Trashmen vocals – are part of a pretty visionary package when they’re whopping it out. A true validation of their elevated status.” – Meany

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Newport Music Hall, Columbus, Ohio, US

2008: Heavy Trash – Garage, Oslo, Norway

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bar Bodega, Wellington, New Zealand

2016: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
w/ Gemma Ray and Roy & The Devil’s Motorcycle

Live Photos: Davide Gostoli (www.dgostoliphotography.com)

2021: The Tremolo Beer Gut – Hey Hello – released TODAY!

“H E Y ! H E L L O !
It’s a new day! Wake up and feel the grooves from @thetremolobeergut, who release a new, kick ass single today with a little bit ‘a help from good, old friends.
We have Mr. and Mrs. Punk aka Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez of Boss Hog fame on hot vocals + The @mikkellerbeer Boy Choir aka Mikkel Bjergsø + Jacob Gram Alsing on beer shouts!” – https://www.instagram.com/crunchyfrogrecordings/

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March 4 – On This Day!

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1987: Pussy Galore – Phantasy Niteclub, Lakewood, OH, US
w/ Starvation Army

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands

“I had a small photoshoot with them at Vera. Not the best pics I made so they never used them for promo. Instead I used one for this poster in 1994 🙃🤘
The photo was taken on the roof near the screenprintingroom at Vera.” – Willem Kolvoort

Band Photos: Willem Kolvoort
Poster Artwork (drawing): Hein de Jong
Poster Artwork (target): Wytse Sterk

1995: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Brixton Academy, London, UK
w/ Beastie Boys and Hurricane

Ticket images via http://www.beastiemania.com/

2003: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Nyabinishi Dance Hall, Youngstown, OH, US

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – The Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand

2008: Heavy Trash – Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, Sweden

w/ The Micragirls

*Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray on Out of Tune and Run Thru The Night on The Micragirls album Wild Girl Walk.*

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Real Groovy, Auckland, New Zealand

*A video report with interviews and live footage from this performance was broadcast on the New Zealand news programme Nightline*

Live Photos: https://www.instagram.com/realgroovyrecords/

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Kings Arms, Auckland, New Zealand

2016: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rote Fabrik Clubraum, Zürich, Switzerland
w/ Gemma Ray

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March 3 – On This Day!

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1991: Boss Hog – Peel Session, Maida Vale 3, London, UK
The Peel Session recordings of ‘Big Fish’ and ‘Bunny Fly’ (‘Sugar Bunny/Spanish Fly’) were released on the Japanese version of Girl + and the Action Box double 7″ EP.