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Part of the Mission Creek Music Festival, with Willard Grant Conspiracy, Spider, Coal Beautiere
At Café du Nord
2170 Market St., San Francisco CA 94114

My band: Wil Hendricks (electric guitar)

• Just confirmed a show @ Café Du Nord on Tue 5/15 as part of Mission Creek Music Festival. Willard Grant Conspiracy opens. #
• Nice interview for New Zealand, at Lumiere… http://www.lumiere.net.nz/r… #

Glitterhouse is giving away an MP3 of a Willard Grant Conspiracy track I did backups on, called "Sticky".  It appears on a new best-of compilation called There But For The Grace Of God — this version of "Sticky" sounds like the version that appeared on the Color of the Sun EP, which was an alternate take of the one on the album Mojave — but the timing is different from either of those versions so I dunno, maybe this is an alternate-alternate.  I’ll ask Robert the next time I catch him on IM.

(Thanks to Craig at Songs:Illinois for the heads-up!)

Played at TT the Bear’s Place with Willard Grant Conspiracy and Tiger Saw

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Willard Grant Conspiracy: EVERYTHING’S FINE
©2001 Slow River / Rykodisc
Purchase at Amazon

I did backups, along with Carla Torgerson of the Walkabouts, on almost all the songs.  A slightly different version was released in Europe on Glitterhouse, on September 25, 2000.

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Willard Grant Conspiracy: EVERYTHING’S FINE
©2000, Glitterhouse (Germany)
Available via mail order from Glitterhouse

I did backups, along with Carla Torgerson of the Walkabouts, on almost all the songs.  This is the European version — a slightly different version was released in the U.S. on February 20, 2001 on Slow River / Rykodisc.

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Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

Junebug’s really sick.  Me and John got home from the Chestnut show last night (it went well by the way) and found June sprawled on the couch, sick as a dog.  All glassy-eyed and floppy as if she’d been drugged.  This was around three in the morning — we took her to the emergency vet and he said she had an abcessed tooth.  Freaky because Elsa (John’s kitty) just had two teeth pulled, about two weeks ago.  Of course June is at least ten years older than Elsa and I guess it hit her harder.  Sure came on suddenly — one day she’s her normal lazy self and the next she’s a zombie.

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POPnews: POPvolume #1
©2000, POPnews (France)
Available for mail order
More info

POPnews is a cool French webzine, and this was their first compilation.  My song "Follow" (the original 4-track demo) appears, along with tracks by The Apartments, Ashtray, Brian, Burzinski, Dakota Suite, Idaho, Lenola, Paloma, Saloon, Splinter, Steph Sonotone, Vera Clouzot, Willard Grant Conspiracy, and William Pears.

Willard Grant Conspiracy: COLOR OF THE SUN
©1999, Slow River / Rykodisc (CD-EP)

I did backup vocals on all the songs — "Color of the Sun" (radio edit), "Work Song" (radio edit), "Love Doesn’t", "Sticky" (alternate version), and "Massachusetts".

I’m not sure of the exact release date for this.  It was only sold at shows, and sent to radio stations when the album MOJAVE was released.  That was in September 1999 for Europe, and January 2001 for the United States.

Willard Grant Conspiracy: MOJAVE
©1999, Dahlia / Slow River #SRRCD-46
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I did backup vocals on the songs "Another Lonely Night," "Color of the Sun," "The Work Song," "How To Get To Heaven," "I Miss You Best," "Love Has No Meaning" and "Right On Time"

I’m not sure of the exact release date(s).  The album was released in September 1999 in Europe, and in January 2001 in the United States.

Willard Grant Conspiracy: RADIO FREE WGC
©1999, Slow River / Rykodisc #SRRCD 5-47 (CD-EP)
Available via mail order only.  More info…

I did backup vocals on the songs "Color Of The Sun" (Acoustic Version) and "Mercury Rising"

I’m not sure of the exact release date(s) for this.  It was offered to mail-order customers when the album MOJAVE was released, which was in September 1999 in Europe, and January 2001 in the United States.

With: Willard Grant Conspiracy, Peter Bruntnell

My band: Peter Linnane (vocals, accordion), Dick Dykman (vocals, mandolin), James Apt (drums)

With: Willard Grant Conspiracy, Peter Bruntnell

My band: Peter Linnane (vocals, accordion), Dick Dykman (vocals, mandolin)

With: Willard Grant Conspiracy, Peter Bruntnell

My band: Peter Linnane (vocals, accordion), Dick Dykman (vocals, mandolin)

With: Willard Grant Conspiracy, Peter Bruntnell

My band: Peter Linnane (vocals, accordion), Dick Dykman (vocals, mandolin)

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