(Once again, Manual Scan/Lemons Are Yellow veterans Paul Kaufman and David Fleminger bang the gong to promote the Ché reunion. Except this time, they get some help from a very special guest.)
Last week, the planets aligned — I was in San Francisco, visiting Dave Fleminger at his house; this led to the first musical promo for the reunion in May 2009 that was posted recently. Little did we know that our musical universe was about to explode.
Someone was calling on the phone. A voice said, “Is Dave Fleminger at home?” It was Dave Rinck, the iconic lead singer of the Wallflowers, visiting from Nairobi. Soon we’re all in the studio, and here’s the result. Considering the last time I had seen Dave Rinck in person was when he was onstage in 1984, this was an especially big thrill for me.
You’ll recognize the music. Dave F. is on drums, I play bass, and Dave Rinck played both guitars and of course delivered the vocals. Enjoy!
Listen to it now!
— Paul Kaufman
Fun
“I wish life could be/Kenyan diplomacy!” — Iggy Pop, “Five Foot One”
Hey Paul Howland, this one’s for you baby!!
brilliant! Lookin forward to noise 292 rehearsals in jan.
I posted on Facebook that I’ve been reviving my bass chops in preparation for Noise 292’s set … And got this response from Craig Bell, bassist for Ohio proto-punk legends Rocket from the Tombs:
“all good things get better with age….especially bassists!”
I can die happy now. 🙂
PS: I saw RftT in NY in 2006, with Richard Lloyd filling in for the late Peter Laughner on guitar. I guy I’ve played with here in NJ was in a band with Mr. Bell after he moved from Cleveland to New Haven, Conn., so I got to meet Cheetah Chrome, David Thomas and the rest. What a great show! I hope we can kick it half as hard.
hahaha… that’s great.