Recorded/Broadcast: 1991
Tracks: John Lennon Song; Am I; Slowly But Surely; My Sweetheart is the Sun; Summer Song; Vases & Shoes; Interview w/ Davíd; Love Thang; Butterflies; Tara; Stay Close to Me; Tell Me Why; Communication
Best tracks: John Lennon Song, Butterflies
Track to skip: none
Officially, the Good Old Days. Man, I so wish I coulda been at this gig. This is a live show that was broadcast on the radio on a former employer of mine, 93.7 FM KLBJ in Austin. I’m not sure if KLBJ still does the Local Licks Live shows every week, but they used to and one evening back in 1991 Davíd Garza and the Lovebeads played some fantastic music at Pearl’s Oyster Bar in Austin. This show took place right after the release of Just Say Love and around the time of SXSW 1991. The band sounds really good at this show (what else would you expect?) and it’s just about the Classic line up. The core consists of Davíd on guitar and vocals, Clay Pendergrass on bass and Michael Hale on drums. Davíd’s brother Joel handles the keyboards and we listeners are privileged to have Juliana Sheffield and Gemma Vignoles on dual sexy female vocals.
There are only 2 Twang songs in the set (Vases & Butterflies) with the rest being a great selection from the early years. Davíd is singing with a lot of confidence and his guitar playing is excellent as always. I miss hearing him play acoustic like this. Everybody just sounds so good. If you know some people who trade Dah-veed stuff try to get this one. Great stuff.
Rating: 92
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