Young Fresh Fellows- Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR, May 25, 2024

 

Oh my, how time flies! Where has the summer gone?? I had a busy summer, at least I think I did, but believe it or not I haven't attended or seen any concerts since my last post. And what the heck is going on with all the concert and tour cancellations so far in 2024? At the top of my head, I can think of several high profile and popular acts that have cancelled or postponed for a variety of reasons. The Black Keys, Jennifer Lopez and Lauryn Hill and the Fugees cancelled tours before they even began mainly due to lack of ticket interest and local shows from Neil Young (illness), Paula Abdul (injury), Heart (illness/cancer) and Michael Franti & Spearhead (low ticket sales) were also cancelled. My son and his girlfriend spent a good chunk of time (and money!) in August travelling around Europe. Italy, Czechia, Germany and Austria. Can you guess what concert they planned (bought tickets over a year ago!!) to see in Vienna? Of all the cities in the world that Taylor Swift planned to play, would-be terrorists targeted Vienna and yeah it was cancelled. So travelling halfway around the world is NOT a guarantee the show will go on and it's only money, time and dashed hopes, right? At least, the whole trip wasn't a complete waste, they experienced a lot of cool things, though it was the hottest summer in history, especially where they travelled. As a consolation, they saw Coldplay in Munich, definitely not in my top anything list for my concert priorities, but at least it was a spectacle.

 

 

To be honest, the only band I was tempted to travel to see since May, was the Young Fresh Fellows who embarked on a mini-tour in support of the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest. They toured from West to East, with stops in Seattle, Portland, Madison, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York and North Adams for the Wilco Solid Sound Festival. I see they didn't cancel any shows due to illness, egos or poor ticket sales, though it appeared to be raining during their set at Solid Sound. Would love have seen the band live and I will regret I didn't do anything about it, but at least a lot of decent quality videos found their way on YouTube. Speaking of YouTube, there were a couple of incomplete videos of the show in Portland that if watched back to back they make up a complete concert. Since I can only really watch concert videos only so many times, I decided to take the audio from the videos (to watch, see links below) from sKiP sToNe (the main set) and Bob Rousseau (encore), pieced them together, split the tracks and it made a complete live audio recording. The sound quality is good enough and the differences between the two recordings isn't a factor, so it's a very enjoyable recording.

Enjoy!

 

Videos:

Young Fresh Fellows live at Mississippi Studios May 25, 2024 (main set) (sToNe)

Young Fresh Fellows with Peter Buck - Mississippi Studios Portland 5.25.24 (encore) (Rousseau)

 

 

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YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS
Mississippi Studios
Portland, OR
May 25, 2024

01. Two Guitars, Bass and Drums
02. November
03. When the Girls Get Here
04. Barky's Spiritual Store
05. Motorbroke
06. Young Mod's Last Ride
07. Searchin' U.S.A.
08. Becky Doll
09. Gear Summer
10. Carrothead
11. Taco Wagon
12. Picture Book (The Kinks cover)
13. Rock 'n' Roll Pest Control
14. All Messed Up
15. Think Better of Me
16. Power Mowers Theme
17. Empty Set Takes a Vacation
18. You Call That Lonely?
19. Big House
20. This Little Mystery
21. Down by the Pharmacy
22. Teenage Dogs in Trouble
23. That Letter
24. Young Fresh Fellows Theme
25. Telephone Tree
26. I Got My Mojo Working (And I Thought You'd Like to Know)
27. My Friend Ringo

Encore:
28. When Things Was Cheap (NRBQ cover) (with Peter Buck)
29. I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart cover) (with Peter Buck)
30. I Want to Die in a Woman's Prison  (with Peter Buck) ((dedicated to Gary Norris))
31. Hillbilly Drummer Girl
32. Strychnine

 

YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS- 2024-05-25 Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR FLAC. rar