LOA...one of the last shows...

I found this CD of Live On Arrival performing live at Wild Wing Cafe in Marietta! It was December 15, 2001, and J-Mil was free-styling on a track with Lael so it had to be towards the end there. Not our best show, but we do some of our best songs, old and new, and it doesn't sound half bad. It was recorded by Daniel Blair and I have ripped the mp3s and uploaded them to a zip file available here on sendspace, so if anyone wants to grab it for the collection, feel free. It is pretty monumental, if I'm not mistaken, it's the birthday of Tony Sewell...RIP.



from left to right: Tony Sewell, myself, Jon Thompson (sitting behind the guitar), Joel Cordle, Nick Hines (squatting)

photo by Max Barash (circa 1994)

Lazy Sunday grooves...

Incredible show last night! After the Charlotte fiasco, we all really needed this...Murf was back, the band was in top form, the energy was perfect (speaking of, the new song came out pretty good considering we only practiced it once), and the sound was excellent! In addition to our faithful CE family of fans, I had a bunch of old friends in the crowd, which made it all the more special for me...JT and Arelis were in town from Nicaragua (flying back today as we speak), so it was good to see them, albeit briefly. Austin was also back from Nicaville...hopefully he'll be here for a minute and we'll get a chance to link up. Thorn and Kamilah came out, Sam Dyches and his wife came through, some old LOA days folks...it was so great to see everybody, and have them able to be there for such a fun show! Unfortunately, mom and Louis were exhausted and couldn't make it, but Pops came through, and all the usual suspects were there, like Drew, Brian, and Rock (who had some very nice blessings for the dome), and it always helps to have all the lovely ladies in the front singing along, knowing all the words (Root, Ashley, Bree, etc)...

Bam's mom came out so he stepped up and let the entertainer inside him shine...he didn't have any brain-fart moments during his verses (the ones where he looks like he's getting stung by invisible bees). He was funny, before the show he was backstage making a big deal about not wanting to do his "warm-it-up" dance routine on Strugglin' unless we all plan something together (yeah right), but then he was all over the stage hoppin' and two-steppin' where ever he could...it was dope!

Mudfish was on top of things on the decks, playing some really good music as usual. This song by Cru took us back to 1997...what a dope beat, sounds great in the club...



But on the real, Noot D'Noot really blew me away! Their sound was huge, and they were all over the place stylistically. Very good musicians, the songs on their myspace are good, but do not really do them the justice they deserve. The live show is obviously where they shine! They had two girls running vocals that were so talented and cute, it really brought the whole thing together. It was a perfect match, big ups to Smith's Old Bar for the connection. They have an interesting blog, you can check it here nootdnoot.blogspot.com



Now, I'm just taking it easy on a lazy Sunday...checking out some music on Pandora. Here are some lazy afternoon treats...