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Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts
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Friday, October 8, 2010

Soup (Jam Band) - Breakdown



  
I will always think of these guys as one of the best bands I ever saw or heard.  I pushed hard to get them attention--I even helped them load gear at a show--and I will punch out any music "suit" who  overlooked the chance to offer them a good contract.  

Bram Bessoff still continues to work the business in Georgia, and I'm glad we caught up in Alabama a few years ago.  They rocked as well as embraced the concept of indie--and they were funny as hell too:  sort of a mix between the Beach Boys, Dave Matthews, and Phish. (They had a much-appreciated reunion in Atlanta a few years ago.)

This was their 2nd CD.  Try "Leisure Suit" first, then "King of 18," "Lucky's Not a Beggar" or "Jefferson," and then go for the rest. 

1.  Breakdown
2.  Sovereign State
3.  My Addiction
4.  Salley's Sister
5.  King of 18
6.  Marvin Wright
7.  Lucky's Not a Beggar
8.  Coffee Cup
9.  20 Minutes
10. Papa-san Chair
11. Jefferson
12. Come Up For Air
13.  Leisure Suit
14. Until Tomorrow Comes
15. (Hidden track)

Kevin Crow - Lead vocals, guitar
Erik Rowan - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Andrew Margolius - Accordion (!), harmonica, vocals
Bram Bessoff - drums (and that's saying it lightly)
Lee Adkins - Bass


320kbps/mp3

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Soup - Laughing at the Fables (1998)

One that I found tucked away in my files:  Soup's first studio recording, from 1998.  It's great to hear their vocals so clearly as well as Bram Bessoff's great tuning on the drum set. 

Soup
Laughing at the Fables

Sunking
Renaissance Man
Voodoo Lady
Sweet Sound of Truth
Mantova
Box Inside the Pantry
Scratches on the Coffee Table
Professor Plum's Last Dance
Little Ones
Cybil Rivalry
Get Me Some Action
(Hidden track)

192kbps/mp3

Friday, April 30, 2010

Soup - "!" (EP) and "Salley's Sister" (video)

A hail-and-farewell to my friends from Soup:  this was an EP release (with just "!" for a title), and one song ("Light The Candle") paying tribute to their first accordion player, who died from cancer.  It was more than ironic that a childhood friend, Drew Margolius, became available afterward as an accordion player.  
This also has the video of "Salley's Sister" from their 2008 reunion show in Atlanta.  (It seems that one chick was doing a few of the boys without each guy knowing it!)

1.  Light the Candle
2.  My Life (is complete)
3.  Driving Home
4.  Never From My Heart
5.  Where Are You Now

http://rapidshare.com/files/381792627/salees.rar

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Soup - A Tour of Two Cities, 1999 (OOP)



(I still think the world of these guys; I saw them in the Mercury Lounge in Greenwich Village one year, and then in Atlanta for a reunion.  They were indie before the rest of the world caught on to the idea.) 

Bram Bessoff, their drummer, is a terrific percussionist and media manager; Kevin Crow plays a semi-acoustic 7-string Ovation; Drew Margolius could whoop it up on harmonica as well as John Popper--and handle an accordion (!); Erik Rowan has a voice made for lead--and a great rhythm guitar player, and Lee Adkins is a dangerous man on bass.

They fell victim to the biggest threat in music:  being overlooked by
"the suits."  This shows them at their best: in front of a crowd at the now-extinct Wetlands in New York and the Cotton Club in Atlanta.)  
They're back on the scene now as the Soup Jam Band.

Soup 
A Tour of Two Cities
1999

Disc 1  (The Wetlands):
Squirrels
Salley's Sister
Scratches on the Coffee Table
Cybil Rivalry
Get Me Back Groove
Sweet Sound of Truth
Lucky's Not a Beggar
Jefferson
Get Me Some Action/Need a Little Bit
Dear Prudence

Disc 2  (Cotton Club):
Marvin Wright
Eweh
King of 18/Charlie Don't Know (check out Kevin's solo!!)
Voodoo Lady
Come Up For Air
Breakdown
Leisure Suit
Rain king
Bid You Goodnight
Papa Said It's Alright
Tangled Up In Blue

Kevin Crow:  lead guitar, lead vocals
Erik Rowan:  rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Drew Margolius:  accordion, harmonica, vocals
Lee Adkins:  bass
Bram Bessoff:  drums

320kbps/mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/380796452/tourtue.rar