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live at the bowery ballroom
We know . . . we know. The band has been on a bit of a hiatus. But back on January 12th, 2008, the Schramms broke down and played a show at New York's famed Bowery Ballroom. An opening set for the illustrious Danny and Dusty review. Fortunately, Jan Bohan was there with her digital recorder and hooked it right up to the board. She liked the way the Schramms set came out and gave the okay to post it on dimeadozen.org (where it currently resides in FLAC format). But why, we ask, why not post it here for the fans?
The links below will give you access to each song in the set or the whole show put together as one long 43 minute mp3. Your choice. By the way - you may notice seven new songs in the list. We'll say no more.
honestly now
spent
wild innocence
good youth
new england
simple arithmetic
faith is a dusty word
the day when
still standing still
the full show
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fade
fade
You might have seen this knocking around. We had it posted on mp3 sites for awhile. This is an outtake from the
100 Questions sessions that originally showed up on the Blue Rose web site.
It was there for a few months until the CD was finally release in the states.
That's when we made it more widely available.
If you missed them before, here they are for your pleasure. You have two
varieties to choose from: fade fade (clean
mix) and fade fade (trash mix).
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can you please
crawl out your window
The Bob Dylan Classic. The backing track was recorded in 1992 during the
Rock Paper Scissors Dynamite sessions. That's the way it remained until
1999, when a gentleman from Sweden came knocking and wanted a choice cut
for his compilation CD (called "Fireworks Vol.2" on SoundAsleep
Records for you collectors out there). The song was completed shortly
there-after and submitted just as it is here.
Click on the link
to find: can you please crawl out your window
(Bob Dylan)
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forever
young
While we are on the subject of Bob Dylan, the Schramms had to conjure up
a cover to play for their appearance on Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight show.
(For those of you who do not live in the New York area, this was a weekly
free form radio show that blessed the very commercial air waves every Sunday
night from 8pm to whenever.)
The band made an hour and a half long appearance that March 23rd night in
1997. They played a total of six songs in the makeshift studio, most of
which were from Dizzy Spell. (Besides the track set before you here, they
also played a very early version of Simple Arithmetic which latter appeared
on 100 questions. We hope you know how that one goes by now.)
May you stay: forever young (Bob Dylan) |
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in hell's despite
You may recognize this song as the Peter Blegvad gem the band covered
on the Dizzy Spell record. This is a version that was played before that
album was recorded.
In 1994, Dave's first solo acoustic album "Folk und die Folgen"
was released on the Return to Sender label. The solo release was considered
the quiet cousin of the much louder "Little Apocalypse" released
around the same time. The band toured Europe in support of the loud record
in 1994. Noticeably lacking was a show for the quiet record.
The band returned to Europe in the summer of 1995 to play a couple of
weeks of festivals. Towards the end of the tour was the center piece of
the whole excursion: The Rudolstadt Dance and Folk Festival. The Schramms
were booked for two days. The first appearance was . . . finally . . .
a special "Folk und die Folgen" show at the Landestheater featuring
Dave Schramm backed up by, none other than, the very quiet and very subtle
Schramms.
This cut was recorded at that show: in hell's
despite (Peter Blegvad)
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sweet old world
Dave Schramm had just released his second solo album named "Hammer
and Nails" in early 1999. This time, there was a tour arranged around
the record. To make the tour even sweeter, Jeb Loy Nichols was to come
along and share the stage.
It was a magnificent arrangement: Dave would play a set and Jeb would
join him for a song or two. Then, Jeb would play a set and Dave would
walk up and help on a couple. The encore(s) would be the two of them together
- bantering and singing. It was a very loose and easy arrangement that
promised to be musically exiting and a whole lot of fun.
But alas - Poor Jeb came down with a cold early on and his voice was not
to be found for a portion of the tour. He toughed it out performed admirably,
but the inconsistency frustrated him to no end.
Towards the end of
the tour, his voice started coming back but it was still a little rough
in parts. The track here was taken from the one of the later shows; recorded
on March 8th, 1999 at a cool little club in Köln named MTC.
One of the most beautiful
songs ever written. Ever: sweet old world
(Lucinda Williams).
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pet sounds
In 1991, OKra Records out of Columbus, Ohio had just signed a production
and distribution deal with Normal Records of Bonn, Germany. The first
thing Normal wanted to release was a compilation that introduced the bands
to the German market. They wanted one album cut and one unreleased track.
The Schramms submitted Out of the Earth from Walk to Delphi as their album
track. That was the easy part.
Months previous to
that time, the band did a live broadcast on Nick Hill's WFMU radio show.
Sometime during the course of the evening, the band engaged Eric Peterson
(then of the dB's fame) to join them on guitar and render a version of
everybody's favorite instrumental.
It was then that the band recorded what was to become the unreleased gem
of the compilation: pet
sounds (Brian Wilson)
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