This one is going to be released officially soon, so the time is right for re-posting it
Skip Battin And John York (Family Tree) – Live In Bolzano – Italy 1988
St Geltrude Auditorium, Bolzano, Italy – November 19, 1988
Skip Battin (vocals, bass, piano)
John York (vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass)
Ricky Mantoan (pedal steel guitar, 12 string Rickenbacker guitar, string
bender guitar, vocals)
Beppe D’Angelo (drums)
Both ex-Byrds bass players toured Italy together in 1988 with help from
two Italian musicians
Soundboard Recording
1. Catch The Wind (end) (0:36)
2. Wheels (3:11)
3. Why You Been Gone So Long (5:57)
4. Hickory Wind (4:22)
5. Mr Tambourine Man (5:18)
6. Smack Dab In The Middle (4:39)
7. Witchi Tai Tao (4:43)
8. My Shoes Keep On Walking Back To You (3:41)
9. Love Her With A Feeling (5:12)
10. My Back Pages (5:00)
11. Mr Spaceman (3:44)
12. Long Black Veil (4:12)
13. Hot Burrito #1 (5:26)
14. White Line Fever (2:10)
15. It Takes A Lot To Laugh (3:59)
16. Sin City (4:55)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (8:12)
18. If You've Got The Money (3:47)
19. She Belongs To Me - Band Intro (5:40)
20. You Ain't Going Nowhere (3:44)
2. Wheels (3:11)
3. Why You Been Gone So Long (5:57)
4. Hickory Wind (4:22)
5. Mr Tambourine Man (5:18)
6. Smack Dab In The Middle (4:39)
7. Witchi Tai Tao (4:43)
8. My Shoes Keep On Walking Back To You (3:41)
9. Love Her With A Feeling (5:12)
10. My Back Pages (5:00)
11. Mr Spaceman (3:44)
12. Long Black Veil (4:12)
13. Hot Burrito #1 (5:26)
14. White Line Fever (2:10)
15. It Takes A Lot To Laugh (3:59)
16. Sin City (4:55)
17. Blowin' In The Wind (8:12)
18. If You've Got The Money (3:47)
19. She Belongs To Me - Band Intro (5:40)
20. You Ain't Going Nowhere (3:44)
Artwork Included (front, back)
6 comments:
Thanks R-B
An unlikely duo in some ways. Skip seemed to do a fair bit of work in Italy. We will give it a listen with interest as always!
Thanks a lot.You give me a nice collection of great music.
A surprise as I didn't know that these two had played together. As expected, the depend heavily on their backgrounds with the Byrds, Burritos, Gene Clark and, in Skip's case, from his experiences in the fifties. And so what we have is a lot of covers of Bob Dylan, the Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and even Donovan (36 seconds worth). They more or less split up lead singing chores, and provide some pretty good harmony (with help from Ricky Mantoan--and Italian steel guitar player??). Their covers, fortunately, are not imitations but rather re-workings, which mean they provide their own touches to the songs. John York will never make fans forget Gram Parsons, but he does a decent job on his songs. Skip's voice is an acquired taste for a lot of people, and he was often criticized for not sounding Byrdy enough (did Gene Parsons?). The sound is all right, although sometimes the guitars are very much in the background, especially when Battin plays piano. I must say I rather enjoyed this recording, even though there's a sense that they are exploiting their Byrds connections for all they're worth. If there's a real surprise here, it's an extended version of Blowin' in the Wind--over 8 minutes long! Interesting upload, R--B, thanks.
BYRDS...
always BYRDS....
very strongly BYRDS.
Thanks a lot RB!
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