TOBIN SPROUT - LIVE AT THE HORSESHOE TAVERN

Live with Demos
Released:  2004 Apr

It took longer than usual. Had to be so patient about it, and it has finally arrived. Haven't felt genuine joy for a long time with music. Have been a Guided By Voices fan/freak for years now. This awesome prolific band that continues to give. And as the classic lineup continues its hiatus ironically calling it a reunion, I've been crawling and digging deeper into Guided By Voices' most awesome guitar player and second voice, Mr. Tobin Sprout. For a whole day today, I declared it a "Tobin Sprout Day". A perfect weather for an unusually perfect day, everything just seem to be alright. And it seemed the right time to sit this record in, unmindful of people, family and friends. Just the right amount of daylight, the atmosphere, and the wonderful environment. A perfect record for a healthy sense of life.

Well there's always a story behind every good Live record. Around late 90's, after leaving Guided By Voices, after opening his own art gallery, relocating and writing for records, Tobin germinated out after almost a decade. Sprout and his band played these tracks at the Horseshoe Tavern in April 0f 2004. Apparently, the performance was set to be his discography or "a best of some sort. This record reached my place with the help of the internet and the up/download/torrent community. I admit that this was not an easy find. Had to see it , watch for it, reached out, dug in, and grabbed it, with gusto. This has 29 live tracks, and more than five piano tracks considered to be demos for his next release.

   Tracklist

    Disc 1
    01. Indian Ink
    02. Get Out Of My Throat
    03. Gleemer
    04. Pure Flesh
    05. The Crawling Backward Man
    06. Dodging Invisible Rays
    07. Beast Of Souls
    08. Ester's Day
    09. The Last Man Well Known To Kingpin
    10. War And Wedding
    11. To My Beloved Martha
    12. To Remake The Young Flyer
    13. Awful Bliss
    14. All Used Up
    15. Inside The Blockhouse
    16. Sadder Than You
    17. Gas Daddy Gas
    18. Hit Junkie Dives
    19. Scissors
    Disc 2
    21. A Good Flying Bird
    22. Atom Eyes
    23. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
    24. Exit Planes
    25. Water On The Boaters Back
    26. It's Like Soul Man
    27. Seed
    28. Martin's Mounted Head
    29. Marriage Incorporated
    30. Little Whirl
    31. Over Then, And Back Again
    32. Inside Your Serious
    33. And I Wonder