French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson - The Ashkenaz, Berkeley, CA.1987

Back From The Dead Again...Originally posted by Mitch
Monday, September 20, 2010 and July 27, 2015

French, Frith, Kaiser, Thompson

The Ashkenaz 

Berkeley, CA. 1987

Soundboard @192

It's time again (by resurrection from the FBS  archives) for the usual  distribution of musical abuse for the uneducated, unknowing, and those who didn't get back home safely before the blog was nuked.  Here are four men who will hand out the punishment:  John French (yeah, the same Beefheart drummer and vocalist of the Magic Band), Fred Frith (of Henry Cow), Henry Kaiser (who went to Antarctica as a diver and photographer), and Richard Thompson--whom you should know anyway. May the Lord have mercy on your virgin ears...because we don't have any to spare.  If only these guys had made a video....

John French - drums, voice
Fred Frith - bass, guitar, voice
Henry Kaiser - guitar, voice
Richard Thompson - guitar, voice

Notes:  This gig took place just after the recording sessions of their first album, Live, Love, Larf & Loaf. The music is fresh, and they obviously have a good time.

Disc1 

1. Tuning / introduction   
2. Wings a la mode (Adams/French)   
3. Killerman gold posse (Thompson)  
4. Drowned dog black night (Thompson)   
5. Disposable thoughts (French)  
6. A blind step away (Thompson)  
7. The second time (French/Frith)  
8. Where's the money (Frith)
9. Madness of love (Thompson)  
10. The same thing (Dixon)  
11. FF solo guitar (Frith)   
12. Tir-nan-darag (Kaiser/Frith)   
13. Back street slide (Thompson)   

Disc2 

1. Night comes in (Thompson)   
2. Quick sign (Frith)  
3. Suzanne (French)   
4. Drumboogie / Not Fade Away (French)/(Hardin/Petty) 
5. Hard headed woman (Demetrius)   
6. Same old me (Frith)   
7. When the spell is broken (Thompson)   
8. The Devil in the Drain (Kaiser/Pinkwater)   
9. The Calvary Cross (Thompson)   
10. Surfin' USA (Berry)   

 

The Ashkenaz '87

Henry Kaiser - Fukuoka Dome, Japan 1994

Henry Kaiser - Live at Fukuoka Dome
Tokyo, Japan
August 27, 1994
Excellent Soundboard! @HQvbr

pw - fbsvw

Henry Kaiser has recorded and/or performed with Herbie Hancock, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, Bob Weir, The ROVA Sax Quartet, Elliot Sharp, John "Drumbo" French, Bill Laswell, Steve Lacy, Fred Frith, John Abercrombie, Michael Stipe, Terry Riley, Henry Cow, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, The Golden Palominos and Harvey Mandel to name a few.

Special K and the Cereal Killers
Personnel:
Henry Kaiser - guitar
Bob Weir - guitar & lead vocals
Bobby Vega - fender bass
Prairie Prince - drums
Vince Welnick - keyboards, vocals
Ray Woodbury - backup vocals on Queen Jane Approximately
Bill Murray - backup vocals on One More Saturday Night

Track List:
Greatest Story Ever Told
Queen Jane Approximately
Little Red Rooster
Playing In the Band >
Baba O'Riley >
Tomorrow Never Knows >
All Along the Watchtower >
Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore:
One More Saturday Night

Henry Kaiser Bio

Fukuoka Dome