Tom Verlaine Songs And Other Things Rar: The Complete Tracklist and Credits

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As you may have heard, Richard Lloyd -- or, as Tom Verlaine referred to him, "our regular guitarist" -- is still in the hospital. Jimmy Ripp subbed, but didn't take any solos. The first few tunes suffered a bit from the lack of soundcheck and the "shit system" (Verlaine's words) at Summerstage -- "Venus" was disappointingly listless. (I think the crowd was supposed to sing the "DIDJA FEEL LOW?" and "HUH?" bits, since the band did not, but it seemed like me and the guy next to me were the only people who were up for this.) But after that, things picked up with brilliantly deconstructed versions of "Little Johnny Jewel" and "Prove It." They followed with some newer, mostly unrecorded (I think) material, with "Glory" from Adventure sandwiched in there. The highlight of the new stuff was "Persia," aptly described by one of the commenters at Brooklyn Vegan as "that middle east meets James Bond theme by way of the 'You Really Got Me' riff extended tune." Verlaine's slide playing sounded absolutely otherworldly. Of course, they finished with a 20-minute "Marquee Moon," while the stage manager kept furiously signaling them to wrap it up. (Are you fucking kidding me?)

Tom Verlaine Songs And Other Things Rar

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I've now read the very fine and enjoyable article, and wanted to mention someone who's noted in passing there: John Martyn. He's not that widely known, at least in the US, but had an absolutely prodigal career of about 40 years. I had the pleasure of seeing him live a very long time ago. He might be the second best acoustic guitar player I've ever seen after John McLaughlin, and I've seen Clapton among others. His unique vocals were better than the guitar playing as far as I'm concerned. They were half-jazz-scatted, half-sung, and a bit mumbled, especially in his mid to late career. One of my favorite albums is his No Little Boy from 1993, a reworking of some of his own material. (He liked reworking material, never doing one of his songs the same way twice, and he went through various labels, so his discography is, to put it politely, a bit disordered.)

That never bothered me, really. I'd suggest that the finest art is the kind that pushes buttons and leaves an indelible impression. I also figure that it's all silly and juvenile and you should really keep a sense of humor about such things. I'm not suggesting that these artists shouldn't be taken seriously, but aren't there much bigger fish to be fried than worrying about the names and/or song-titles of rock n' roll records?

Hysen: Before it was John who was demoing and he was showing it to Gerard and I then I worked a lot on song structure and things like that. But once we got Dave, Carl and Lynn, I kind of got downgraded because those guys just took it to another level, which is great. I can just worry about drumming things.

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