Young Fresh Fellows- El Sol, Madrid, Spain 2009

Here is the final live recording from the trio of shows (that I'm posting) from the Young Fresh Fellows during their tour of Spain in the fall of 2009. Much like the past two posts, this show cooks and sizzles with tasty rock 'n' roll Fellows-style. The live audio recording is crystal clear and thanks to Matthijs for recording and posting this amazing soundboard quality show. Sometimes it's hard to hear the excitement and energy of a live concert through just the sound recording, so I posting the complete video from the show (I found on YouTube) to witness a Young Fresh Fellows concert from a view on the side of the stage (here's another video from the same show, different camera angle for one song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NljGPiclmCU). The video isn't perfect, it's a little shaky and blurry at times, but it's upfront and the sound is decent. I suggest you try to sync the audio live recording with the video, dim the lights, get some friends to stand around you to yell and scream, open a cold beer and crank up the volume! Just like being there, right?...not quite...man, I really need to see the Young Fresh Fellows live again!

As a added bonus, the taper included in the download file the opening set from the Hall Monitors from Washington, DC. They have this great 60's garage rock sound that is high energy and fun that is a perfect compliment to the Fellows pop-rock-garage sound. This is well worth the listen and at this point of their career (2009) they were unsigned. They have since released a very fine record, Up To No Good in 2017 that includes some songs from the set at El Sol in 2009. Good stuff!
Enjoy!!

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Young Fresh Fellows
El Sol, Madrid - Spain
October 24th 2009

Recorded by Matthijs
Audio Source Information:

* Soundboard Recording
- Edirol R09 (WAV 24 bit / 44.1 KHz mode)
- Adobe Audition 3.0
- CD Wave

Tracklist
01 - Get Outta My Cave
02 - Young Fresh Fellows Theme
03 - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
04 - Shake Your Magazines
05 - Go Blue Angels
06 - Hang Out Right
07 - Suck Machine Crater
08 - Sitting On A Pitchfork
09 - How Much About Last Night Do You Remember?
10 - If You Believe In Cleveland
11 - Route 66
12 - New Day I Hate
13 - 99 Girls
14 - Taco Wagon
15 - Picture Book
16 - Someone To Care About
17 - The Guilty Ones
18 - Rock'n'Roll Pest Control
19 - I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down
20 - My Friend Ringo
21 - Celebration
22 - I Got My Mojo Working (And I Thought You'd Like To Know)
23 - Backroom Of The Bar
24 - Gotta Get Away
25 - When The Girls Get Here
26 - Topsy Turvy Theme
27 - Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (feat Kathleen Wilson)
28 - Strychnine

Hall Monitors opening set

29 - Be Your Man
30 - Peggy Sue
31 - Can We Span Some Time
32 - Give It up
33 - A Fool In Love (feat Scott McCaughey)
34 - Rosalina
35 - Mercy Me
36 - Opportunity
37 - Crystal Ball
38 - Girls
39 - What The Dogs See
40 - Gloria
41 - Give You All My Love

YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS- 2009-10-24 Madrid, Spain FLAC.rar

Young Fresh Fellows- Live in Vitoria, Spain 2009

I'm back after a short vacation and ready to get back into more music posts. Thanks to everyone that read, commented and downloaded the live recordings during the 12 Days of Trouble challenge series during the month of August. It was very encouraging to see that people are actually following this blog and thanks for spreading the word and sharing the links to this blog. I had a number of requests to post more shows from the Young Fresh Fellows tour of Spain in 2009, I appreciate your comments and sharing your concert experiences seeing YFF (and Scruffy the Cat) shows in your area.

So for an encore for day #12 of the12 Days series, I have a couple more Fellows shows to share. First up is a show at Helldorado in Vitoria, Spain with another professionally sounding board recording that features half the setlist different than the night before. The Fellows again are in top form with their usual endearing witty banter that makes their live shows so entertaining. There's not much else to say, but it's a no-brainer if your a Fellows fan to get this live recording and play it loud and share it with your friends, they'll thank you!
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Young Fresh Fellows
Helldorado
Vitoria, Spain
October 17th 2009

Recorded and mastered by Matthijs

Audio Source Information:
* Soundboard Recording
- Edirol R09 (WAV 24 bit / 44.1 KHz mode)
- Adobe Audition 3.0
- CD Wave

Tracklist
01 - Get Outta My Cave
02 - Young Fresh Fellows Theme
03 - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
04 - How Much About Last Night Do You Remember
05 - She Sees Color
06 - Mr Salamander's Review
07 - Suck Machine Crater
08 - 99 Girls
09 - Roller Coaster By The Sea
10 - Good Times Rock 'n' Roll
11 - Why I Oughta
12 - Barky's Spiritual Store
13 - Guilty Ones
14 - Power Mowers Theme
15 - I Got My Mojo Working (And I Thought You'd Like To Know)
16 - I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down
17 - Taco Wagon
18 - Picture Book
19 - My Friend Ringo
20 - You've Got Your Head On Backwards
21 - Rock 'n' Roll Pest Control
22 - Topsy Turvy Theme
23 - Go Blue Angels Go
24 - Backroom Of The Bar
25 - Rock And Roll Guitars
26 - Go Gorilla
27 - Jam
28 - Ain't It Alright
29 - Strychnine

Scott McCaughey - lead vocals, guitar
Kurt Bloch - vocals, guitar
Jim Sangster - vocals, bass
Tad Hutchinson - vocals, drums

Except for 26 with Scott on Drums, Tad on Bass, Jim and Kurt on vocals and guitar

YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS- 2009-10-17 Vitoria, Spain FLAC.rar

Day 12: Young Fresh Fellows- Live In Bilbao, Spain 2009

 Well, we finally made it! Day 12 (in 17 days) of the 12 Days of Trouble challenge that I self-inflicted on myself to write and post more music on this blog, is complete. I honestly have posted more this month than I probably have the last couple years and I learned a couple things the past few weeks. First, I have a lot of music I want to share, but half my problem is I can't decide what to post and agonize about what I should write about. I found making a long list and then a short list of music I enjoy made it easier and I tried not to think too hard about what to write. The hardest part is the starting so I've tried to just start blabbing about whatever's in my head and then edit back what made the most sense, if that makes any sense. Secondly, I remember why I started writing this blog, it's because I like talking about music and through the years have only connected with a handful of like-minded music blogs that I enjoyed reading and unfortunately many of those have dissolved, disappeared or have been taken down. I started writing about something I would like to read.Thirdly and most importantly, I would do this full time if I can figure out a way to make a living (get paid) doing this. I don't want to advertise nor do I want to pander to readers for views (like on Instagram or YouTube), but I would gladly quit my regular job to do something I love, for the same minimum pay. Until then, I've decided I will write at least two posts a week, to stay consistent and fresh, it will be hard with hockey season starting up again next month, but I will make it a priority!

My attempt to take a photo of a photo in The Strangest Tribe book. Photo credit to Marty Perez.

For the past couple of weeks there was a loose theme through some of the posts based on a couple of books I read last month. A common connection with both the Smugglers book and the Seattle grunge book is the Young Fresh Fellows. They were a band that took the Smugglers under their wing in the early days, taking them on tour, helping make connections state-side in Seattle, releasing a LP and CD on Popllama Records and Fellows/Fastbacks guitarist Kurt Bloch produced a couple of their albums. In the The Strangest Tribe book, the Fellows figured significantly, in the pre-grunge years they laid the groundwork for Seattle bands to tour beyond the statelines to draw more attention to the emerging scene in Seattle. The impression I get about the Young Fresh Fellows is they were ambitious, mischievous, mentors, very talented musicians and songwriters, fun loving and really really good people. The fact they have made only one lineup change since they're first club performance at the Rainbow Tavern in 1983 tells you something. They don't perform as much as they used to and with other commitments they're touring days are limited, but they do play a handful of shows almost every year. There's reason the Fellows opened and closed the 12 days series, my all time favourite band!

I made a mention in the last Smugglers post about west coast bands touring and recording live albums in Spain. The Young Fresh Fellows recorded and released, Take It Like A Matador (live in Spain) in 1993 and in the past ten years or so, the Fellows have toured Spain (2009, 2010, 2016) several times in multiple cities and have maybe played more gigs there than anywhere else besides Seattle or Portland. They are very popular in Spain and some of their albums have been released also Munster Records (label in Spain) including a different version of 2009's, I Think This Is, released in Spain as, I Don't Think This Is, that featured a different cover, 4 different tracks and a vinyl version.

In 2009, the Fellows did a six city tour of Spain and fortunately somebody (Matthijs) recorded and posted at least four of the shows on Dime which I downloaded at the time. I haven't seen any of those posted or traded since then so I thought it would be an ideal time to share some of those shows. For the finale of the 12 Days of Trouble, I'm posting the first night of that tour at Kafe Antzokia in Bilbao, it's a near perfect soundboard recording and we are very lucky to get the Fellows in top form. The performance is excellent and the setlist is a sampling from all their albums. They play select songs from their latest album at the time, their first in 8 years and as I said it sounds fabulous. Originally, I was going to post three consecutive Fellows shows from Spain in 2009, but instead I wanted to include a couple different posts. So, if there's a demand and you want to hear two more shows from the tour in Spain (soundboard quality, different setlists!!), I can post them next week after Labor Day when I'm back from the long weekend. Please leave a comment below or on FB or Twit. Thanks to everyone for reading and listening and I will promise to keep posting!!
Enjoy!!
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Young Fresh Fellows
Kafe Antzokia,
Bilbao, Spain
October 16th 2009

* Soundboard Recording
- Edirol R09 (WAV 24 bit / 44.1 KHz mode)
- Adobe Audition 3.0
- CD Wave
Recorded by Matthijs

01. Down By The Pharmacy
02. Suck Machine Crater
03. How Much About Last Night Do You Remember
04. Carrothead
05. Gotta Get Away
06. Why I Oughta
07. Backroom Of The Bar
08. Shake Your Magazines
09. Hillbilly Drummer Girl
10. Celebration
11. Have Love Will Travel
12. After Suicide
13. Tobacco Road
14. Sometimes I Wantcha For Your Money
15. If You Believe In Cleveland
16. When The Girls Get Here
17. My Friend Ringo
18. 99 Girls
19. Go Blue Angels Go
20. Taco Wagon
21. Picture Book
22. She's A Book
23. Your Truth Our Lies
24. I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down
25. Topsy Turvy Theme
26. Young Fresh Fellows Theme
27. Pretty Thing
28. Amy Grant
29. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
30. Strychnine

YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS- 2009-10-16 Bilbao, Spain FLAC. rar