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Mike Keneally Band
Pup!
(Exowax Recordings)
Release year: 2003

NOTE: This is a limited-edition CD only made available to those who pre-ordered the Keneally release Dog. Early pressings did not include any artwork or liner notes, and instead were simply CD-R's signed by Mike himself in black Sharpie.


Relevant Track Listing:

2. L'il
6. Hello (Live)
7. Click (Live)
8. Father's Day (Live)


Personnel:

Mike Keneally - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Rick Musallam - Guitar, Background Vocals
Nick D'Virgilio - Drums, Background Vocals
Bryan Beller - Bass


Equipment used on L'il:

Mike Lull Modern Jazz V
SWR Super Redhead
SWR Mo' Bass amplifier
SWR 12-Pack 2x12 speaker cabinet

Equipment used on live tracks:

Mike Lull Modern Jazz V
SWR Mo' Bass Amplifier
Peavey DPC1000 Power Amplifier
(2) SWR Goliath II 4x10 Speaker Cabinets
Raven Labs True Blue EQ
TC Electronics SCF Chorus/Flange

Done on a whim in advance of a Taylor tour in November of 2003, Pup! is a cute little compilation of Mike Keneally band studio outtakes, a mini-set of live MKB material, some strange Keneally home demos, and some even stranger radio-like voiceovers and promotional information spoken by Keneally himself.

The studio stuff, namely "L'il", was done at Stanley Recordings, on the same day we recorded "Astronomy Domine" for the Pink Floyd tribute album A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd. It's got the magic raw-energy outtake vibe, right down to the starts and stops and train wrecks. The live material was recorded at a venue called Palladino's in the western San Fernando Valley, and if Bourbon Square (old mid-'90s Keneally/BFD stomping grounds) was ever to have a rightful heir, this aging rocker bar is it.

My fave is a track I'm not even on: "Party Poopers". Just totally absurd.

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