Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Live At The Whisky, 1981 (Neon Green LP Vinyl)
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By 1981, Roky Erickson had already lived several lifetimes in rock and roll, from founding the 13th Floor Elevators and helping invent psychedelic rock in mid-60s Texas, to years of institutionalization that would have silenced most artists permanently. That he returned to the stage at all was remarkable; that he returned this sharp, this fierce, makes this Whisky a Go Go document something genuinely rare.
Roky Erickson & The Explosives had been honing their craft in hot, sweaty clubs all over Texas for a couple of years before this California tour which, along with the Whisky, included the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, Galactica 2000 in Sacramento, the Stone in San Francisco, the Keystone Berkeley in, well, Berkeley, the Bacchanal in San Diego and the Europa in Tucson, AZ on the way back to Texas. But, the Whisky was a special, magic night of music. Roky was on top of his game and the Explosives was a well oiled machine capable of musically ""turning on a dime"" with nary a single apple falling from the cart. The proof in that statement was when, as we were walking on stage to start the show, Roky turned to us and asked ""Do you guys know the song Heroin by Lou Reed?"" We replied ""no"" as we plugged in and Roky launched into, you guessed it, ""Heroin"" by Lou Reed. The results are on this record!
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UPC: 708535710226
Label: Sunset Blvd Records
Release Date: 10.16.26
Format: LP Vinyl
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