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

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October 28 – On This Day!

1988: Pussy Galore – The I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, US
w/ Redd Kross and Tad

1992: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Euclid Tavern, Cleveland, OH, US
w/ Cherubs and Feeling Crank

1993: Boss Hog – Emo’s, Austin, TX, US
Artwork: Jerry Clayworth

1995: Boss Hog – Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
w/ Thee Headcoates and Goldblade

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Showbox, Seattle, WA, US

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK
w/ The Beatings

2002: Shakin’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Tonight released in the UK

2003: 20 Miles – The Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans, LA, US
w/ The Original Three
Artwork: Arisde

2005: Heavy Trash – Richards on Richards, Vancouver, BC, Canada
w/ The Sadies

2007: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues (with Judah Bauer) – Vitoria, Brazil

2008: Harper Simon (with Russell Simins) – The Fold In Tangier, 2138 Hillhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, US

2017: Boss Hog – Bogen F, Zürich, Switzerland
w/ Urban Junior
Photo: Dominik Meier

2017: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Black Acre Beer Garden Show at the Irvington Halloween Festival, Indianapolis, IN, US
w/ Glass Dolls, Peachy Keen, ‘Manners, Please’, Young Heirlooms and Public Animal #9
Photos: Black Acre Brewing Co.

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester, UK
w/ The Melvins
Poster Design: Nate Dias
HITmakers show #25

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October 27 – On This Day!

Pussy Galore - Raji's, Los Angeles, CA, US (1987/1988)1988: Pussy Galore – Raji’s, Los Angeles, CA, US
Photos: Krk Dominguez
The bootleg 7″ single Love You Live was recorded at this show.

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rage, Vancouver, BC, Canada
w/ Add N to (x)

“It was a classic Blues Explosion performance, with everyone staggering out of the club at the end and eyeing each other wearily, as if they’d just witnessed some miraculous event or been part of a mass hallucination.” – John Zaozirny, Discorder

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Liquid Room, Edinburgh, UK
w/ The Beatings

2005: Heavy Trash – KEXP, Seattle, WA, US

2005: Heavy Trash – The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA, US
w/ The Sadies
Artwork: Jody Rodgers

2007: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Tim Festival, São Paulo, Brazil

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – WFMU Cherry Blossom Clinic, Jersey City, New Jersey, US

2016: Boss Hog – Union Pool, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ Brianna Barbara and Sunshine & The Rain (DJ set)

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Broadcast, Glasgow, UK
w/ The Reverse Cowgirls

“Ghost feels as though the band ate each individual member of Black Sabbath and spat them out like a furball, Do The Trash Can has a hula hoop swivel and grind. Classic Pussy Galore track New Breed ripples like a python, and I start to feel punch drunk on the filthy riffs and Sord’s pulverising drumming.” – Lorna Irvine, theweereview.com

HITmakers show #24

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October 26 – On This Day!


1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Palace, Hollywood, CA, US
w/ Clawhammer and Demolition Doll Rods
Poster Artwork: Taz, measures 34″ x 19″ in a signed edition of 400 copies

1995: Boss Hog – L’Erotika, Paris, France

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – La Luna, Portland, OR, US

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Leadmill, Sheffield, UK

2005: Heavy Trash – Dante’s, Portland, OR, US

2007: Eros Ramazzotti – e2 released in Europe
The number one* album includes a new recording of ‘Taxi Story’ featuring Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray.

*Number one in Italy! Number one in Greece! Number one in Sweden! Number one in Switzerland!

2007: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues (feat. Judah Bauer) – TIM Festival, Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2008: Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues (feat. Judah Bauer) with Neil Young – 22nd Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert @ The Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, US
Photo (close-up): Tim Mosenfelder
Photo (long-shot): ‘Uyen’

2009: Harper Simon (feat. Russell Simins) – The Late Show with David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York City, NY, US

2018: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Stylus, Leeds, UK

“Jon Spencer would be enough to entice me but with the added bonus of the Melvins headlining (a separate feature coming for that very soon), it was just way too much cool for me to turn down! I filled up the car with petrol and did a 200-mile round trip to see this gig! Was it worth it? The answer is a HELL YES!”

Photo: Greame J. Baty

HITmakers show #23

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NPR: Arts & Letters – The Ghost Variations: Podcast

The NPR podcast “Arts & Letters – The Ghost Variations, with Kevin Brockmeier” features the song Ghost from Jon Spencer album Spencer Sings The Hits.

STREAM HERE: https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/post/ghost-variations-kevin-brockmeier

“Preview award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier’s upcoming release, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories.

On this episode of Arts & Letters, Brockmeier shares three stories from his latest project, available in the spring of 2021 and published by Penguin Random House.

This episode airs Friday, Oct. 23 at 7:00 pm and Sunday Oct. 25 at 9:00 pm.”

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