September 18 – On This Day!

1986: Pussy Galore – Stache’s, Columbus, Ohio, US
w/ Muskrats

Poster Image: Thanks to Royal Trux Chronicles (https://www.instagram.com/royaltruxchronicles/)

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – VPRO, Hilversum, Netherlands

Released as bootleg 10″ EP Vpro Session: Sept ’94.

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands

Released as bootleg CD Don’t Cramp My Style.

Poster Artwork / Band Photo: Willem Kolvoort

Image shows the poster and the original photo which was taken on the roof near the screenprintingroom at Vera on 4 March 1993.

1996: Butter 08 – Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ Buffalo Daughter and Skeleton Key

1999: Grapevine – Divetime – released on CD in Japan

The Ikesukanai – What’s Up With That?! Mix is by Russell Simins, Jamey Staub and Rick Lee who all also worked together on Public Places and Butter 08.

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Palace, Los Angeles, CA, US
w/ Liars and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Tour Poster Artwork: Paul Pope (https://www.instagram.com/comicsdestroyer/)

2003: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands

Poster Artwork: Wytse Sterk

2006: The Sadies – In Concert Volume One – released on vinyl

Features guest appearances from Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray on Back Off, Justine Alright, Talking Down, Food, Water, Etc. and Her Love Made Me.

2007: Heavy Trash – Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA, US

2009: Heavy Trash – Jalen Pivo Live Festival @ SKC, Belgrade, Serbia

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat + Bone – released in the US

Photos: Michael Lavine
Lettering: Elizabeth Carey Smith

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bowery Electric, New York City, NY, US
w/ DJ Jonathan Toubin

“At 8:30pm sharp, Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and Jon Spencer (aka the Blues Explosion) kicked off a super hard rocking set of tunes to the appeciative audience that was made up of people who either bought the new album at Other Music, won a ticket from BrooklynVegan, or managed to get themselves on the guestlist some other way.”

Text / Live Photos: Dana Yavin
Drum Head Logo: Kostas Seremetis

FULL SET: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/jon-spencer-blu-5/