From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #507 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, October 11 2024 Volume 19 : Number 507 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Soft Boys (old) news [Brian Miller ] Re: Soft Boys (old) news [Bret ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:00:43 -0700 From: Brian Miller Subject: Re: Soft Boys (old) news Thanks! Brian Miller On Thu, Oct 10, 2024, 6:52b/AM bayard wrote: > Hello friends! I am announcing this here on the list first because it's fun > to let my old-school homies see it before Facebook gets its teeth in it, > heh. (I was very glad to see Eddie and Vivien posting here a few months > ago, by the way. Keep it up!) > > So as most of you likely know, Marcus and I, along with an old non-feg > buddy of mine, have been keeping Robynbase/The Asking Tree going these > recent years; Marcus does a brilliant job keeping things updated re. the > new and forthcoming Robyn gig appearances, whereas I concentrate on adding > and correcting info about ye olde days. We were absolutely thrilled to > receive from Lee Cave-Berry (Kimberley Rew's wife) an absolute treasure > trove of Soft Boys setlists from about mid-1977 thru mid-1979; the period > when Jim Melton was still in the band doing backing vocals and blues > harmonica, and Andy Metcalfe was on bass. (The fact that the setlists > correspond with Andy's tenure make me wonder if he had a hand in collecting > them - but in any case it seems Kimberley ended up with them (and indeed, > may have been the one to save them, given his excellent Soft Boys > scrapbook)). > > You can browse through all the gigs with setlists here: > https://askingtree.com/gigs/quick_query?query_id=with_setlists > > A few observations: > > The sets are often fairly uniform, and contain mostly Can of Bees tunes, as > one would expect (the latter part of this timeline was a tour supporting > that album). There are also tunes that ended up on the posthumous > 'Invisible Hits' collection. > > But there are a few intriguing details too. If you go through the setlists > in order, you'll notice the evolution of the repertoire. Some interesting > covers are played and a few mysterious rarities like "Parsley Show," "When > it Gets Dark" and "Imploding Blues." One tidbit involves "Muriel's > Hoof/Rout of the Clones" - this appears to be a traditional Irish jig > popularized by Steeleye Span, and released by them as "Bryan O'Lynn/The Hag > With the Money" and later "Hitler's Folly/The Hag With the Money". Hmm! > > I found it super interesting to put these puzzle pieces into the rich > tapestry that is the early Robyn live history - hope some of you do too! > There are lots of other features on the site too, like "On this day" and > even an interactive map that Marcus painstakingly entered loads of venue > coordinates for.. check 'em out! > > b ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:25:22 -0500 From: Bret Subject: Re: Soft Boys (old) news Well done. Bayard! Reminds me of the few months (way back when) of the asking tree living in the server rack in a guest bedroom of mine. good times. On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 8:52b/AM bayard wrote: > Hello friends! I am announcing this here on the list first because it's fun > to let my old-school homies see it before Facebook gets its teeth in it, > heh. (I was very glad to see Eddie and Vivien posting here a few months > ago, by the way. Keep it up!) > > So as most of you likely know, Marcus and I, along with an old non-feg > buddy of mine, have been keeping Robynbase/The Asking Tree going these > recent years; Marcus does a brilliant job keeping things updated re. the > new and forthcoming Robyn gig appearances, whereas I concentrate on adding > and correcting info about ye olde days. We were absolutely thrilled to > receive from Lee Cave-Berry (Kimberley Rew's wife) an absolute treasure > trove of Soft Boys setlists from about mid-1977 thru mid-1979; the period > when Jim Melton was still in the band doing backing vocals and blues > harmonica, and Andy Metcalfe was on bass. (The fact that the setlists > correspond with Andy's tenure make me wonder if he had a hand in collecting > them - but in any case it seems Kimberley ended up with them (and indeed, > may have been the one to save them, given his excellent Soft Boys > scrapbook)). > > You can browse through all the gigs with setlists here: > https://askingtree.com/gigs/quick_query?query_id=with_setlists > > A few observations: > > The sets are often fairly uniform, and contain mostly Can of Bees tunes, as > one would expect (the latter part of this timeline was a tour supporting > that album). There are also tunes that ended up on the posthumous > 'Invisible Hits' collection. > > But there are a few intriguing details too. If you go through the setlists > in order, you'll notice the evolution of the repertoire. Some interesting > covers are played and a few mysterious rarities like "Parsley Show," "When > it Gets Dark" and "Imploding Blues." One tidbit involves "Muriel's > Hoof/Rout of the Clones" - this appears to be a traditional Irish jig > popularized by Steeleye Span, and released by them as "Bryan O'Lynn/The Hag > With the Money" and later "Hitler's Folly/The Hag With the Money". Hmm! > > I found it super interesting to put these puzzle pieces into the rich > tapestry that is the early Robyn live history - hope some of you do too! > There are lots of other features on the site too, like "On this day" and > even an interactive map that Marcus painstakingly entered loads of venue > coordinates for.. check 'em out! > > b ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #507 ********************************