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I am intensely proud of
this recording, and not just because Bass Player Magazine
embarrassed me by picking it as their Feature Review back in March
of 1997.
The first disc is a wild, scattershot collection
of live-to-tape tunes and outtakes from Mike, Toss and I in a studio
at Musician's Institute in Hollywood. See Bryan play, see Bryan
fuck up, see Mike stop the band and start over more than once. Certain
technical limitations of the recordings forced us to go with semi-rough
mixes for the release, and because I kept turning up during the
tracking, the bass is insanely loud by the end of the first disc.
But the real magic is Disc Two. Recorded on 2/22/96
at the performance venue of the same Musician's Institute, the show
was, dare I say, perfect. The front-of-house engineer ran a mono
(??) mix straight to tape, and for once, the board mix was just
about perfect for recording as well. Shortly before the show, Toss
informed Mike and I that he was withdrawing from full-time membership
in Beer For Dolphins, which gave the show an edge unlike most others.
I realize that comparing the trio '96 BFD to current
lineups is 100% apples and oranges, but I'll say it anyway: aside
from an undocumented show in Houston in late 1996, I still believe
that this is the best show ever played under the name Mike Keneally
and Beer For Dolphins. I can't recommend this hard-to-find double-live
CD highly enough.
Click here
for the official
Mike Keneally website.
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