In celebration of Don't Ask Me Questions, the documentary about Graham Parker by Michael Gramaglia (who made the Ramones doc, End of the Century) getting its basic funding settled, here's a blistering, clear-as-hell sounding live show from one of the man's many peaks:
KISW Intro
Discovering Japan
Local Girls
Soul On Ice
Don't Get Excited
Back To School Days
Howling Wind
Heat Treatment
Stick To Me
Mercury Poisoning
You Can't Be Too Strong
Passion Is No Ordinary Word
Clear Head
(Hey Lord) Don't Ask Me Questions
Protection
Saturday Night Is Dead
Nobody Hurts You
Soul Shoes
Encore Applause
E: I Want You Back
E: Pouring It All Out
Many thanks to Bill B. for the great recording.
Seattle, 1979 Link in in the comments
Speaking of comments, let us know what you think of the Graham Parker of 1979.
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For anyone paying strict attention, yes, Show Business is My Life is still coming...
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very interesting and informative blog. i enjoy visiting daily. thanks for this show and the other gp stuff. criminally underrated artist. been following him for years and saw him twice. 1979 era was fabulous as the rumour rock. thanks again and keep the shows coming.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the great music!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Always liked this band.
ReplyDeleteGP has never recorded a bad album !!!
ReplyDeleteI buy ALL his stuff since I have heard "Howlin' wind" in 1976!
Thank You!
ReplyDeleteGP was outstanding during this era, especially performing live.
I never understood how/why Elvis Costello seemed to so much more attention, while GP was treated as more of a niche artist.
Thanks. Great show. I got see GP and the Rumor several times around this time period in the NY/NJ area, & they always put on a good show.
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Why did this happen???
Thanks for what I am sure will be great Graham Parker. (By the way I am still loving Powerpearls.) I really ought to pry open the wallet and contribute to the documentary.
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Can't wait to hear this -- been a GP fan since "Stick to Me" way back in the old days -- thanks for this and for promoting a greatly underappreciated artist -- (digging the Dylan covers too!)
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Thanks so much fot the GP!
ReplyDeleteGreat show. I had a show on 8 Track from the NY Palladium from the same tour. Lots of similar banter from GP. The rumor was definitely at it's peak at this time.
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ReplyDeleteOne thing I've learned about MRML readers is that they love GP as much as I do - more to come in the future.
Karlek/Paolo/Dermot
You are sllo so welcome
Midnight Rambler
This is true (though "The Real Macaw" comes pretty close).
Thanks for all the "real rock n' roll" over at Sons of the Dolls!
Anon
I Love EC and GP and while I begrudge the latter none of his success the lack of it for the former is ever-frustrating.
Anon
Wish I'd seen GP with the Rumour!
Jimmy
Hmmm. I don't know.
Anyone else experience this?
Ace K
Hope you managed to send a little something their way.
Anon
Glad people are digging both the Powerpeals and the Dylan covers in their own way.
JBJr
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You're utterly welcome.
Anon
Yeah this is peak Parker alright!
Thanks very much. The Graham Parker is a wonderful trip down memory lane.
ReplyDeleteI downloaded the show, no viruses. I did get a pop up window for Monster.com, maybe that's what Norton saw.
ReplyDeleteGreat show, excellent blog, thanks!
Great blog.
ReplyDeleteBeen a Parker fan from reading about him in NME even before his first lp was released.
Thanks for the live shot!
Many thanks in advance!
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ReplyDeleteLove Mr Parker's work so much. He should have been HUGE. :-/
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Thanks so much. Never had the chance to see/listen to GP & R on stage, but this music really means something special to me. Back in the late 1970 I was a teen, listening only to classical music. A friend gave me an audio tape of a live recording from GP&R It was somenthing like opening a door on the fascinating world of rock'n'roll The tape was definitely ruined after a thousands times listening to it. But (the soundtrack of) my life was radically changed !
ReplyDeletegREAT, GREAT POST. lOVING ME SOME GP!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. I was actually at this concert, which was part of KISW's "Catch a Rising Star" series (tickets were $1 apiece). Unfortunately, my date had to be home by 11, so we had to leave right after "Mercury Poisoning". Which means that this is my first chance to actually hear the rest of the show.
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