Hoover - Live at the Black Cat

I had just moved to Baltimore a few months earlier, and couldn't believe my luck when I found out this reunion show was happening. I've been a HUGE Hoover fan ever since I first heard the LP in the mid-90's but never got a chance to see them. Turns out I somehow missed that they were playing the very next night in Baltimore, too. Figures..

It was snowing that night, pretty hard, so I was nervous making the drive into DC - but more nervous that it might get cancelled. I was able to get right up front which made for an excellent recording, one of my better ones.

I am still unsure what the very last encore song is. I suspect it's a cover, but the Google machine has failed me in lyrical searches. So if you know, shed some light.

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Black Eyes - Live at The Black Cat

This show took place right before their excellent self-titled LP came out, so it has a nice mix of songs from that record and earlier jams. I've yet to come across any other Black Eyes shows, so this might be it. February 7th, 2003.

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Cilantro - Empty Soda Can 7"

With the recent J Church posts, I've had a few folks request the Cilantro 7". Cilantro was simply Lance solo, usually with fuzzed-out vocals. Some of these recordings did find their way onto a few J Church records, but he was sitting on a bunch that was left unreleased.

He did end up releasing a 2nd Cilantro 7" entitled "Sexy Sadie", but it was limited to 20 and I missed the boat on that one.

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