TomFest

T o m  F e s t

March 3, 2013

Dale: That's our poster.

Getting it all ready.
Photo: D. Hoadley

Still working on this; it'll take another week or so to finish.
In order from last to first:

Nancie Lualhati

Green Clouds

TomFest: A Tribute to Tom Mallon, March 3, 2013 - Nancie Lualhati- Part 11
Recorded by Dennis Gonzales (Pow Zine) at Great American Music Hall

Toiling Midgets
Craig Gray, guitar; Paul Hood, guitar; Erich Werner, bass; Mark Sullivan, keyboard; Tom Mallon-McCorgray, drums.
Songs: Bossa Nova, Trauma Girl, All the Girls Cry, Nein

I made three nice records for the Midgets: 'Sea of Unrest' (1982) (actually recorded in 1981) Rough Trade/Instant, Fistpuppet; 'Dead Beats' (1985) (actually recorded in 1983) Thermidor; 'Son' (1992) (actually recorded in 1990) Matador, Hut

Tom and Erich.

Photo: Pamela Gentile

Erich; Paul.

Craig.

Photo: Lil Mike

Photo: De Bisou (Debbie Sue)

[need a picture of Mark Sullivan]

American Music Club
Dan Pearson, guitar, vocal; Joe (Karl) Goldring, guitar; Tom Mallon-McCorgray, bass; Mike Simms, drums;
Vudi, percussion; Nancie Lualhati, background vocals; Steve Lindstrom, background vocals.
Songs: Clouds, Electric Light, Mom's TV, Bad Liquor (the first three in proper order from the LP 'Engine'; Bad Liquor from the LP 'California'

I made four nice records for AMC -- released on my label, Grifter: Restless Stranger (1985) Grifter, Warner Brothers; Engine (1987) Grifter, Frontier, Zippo, Warner Brothers; California (1988) Grifter, Frontier, Demon; United Kingdom (1989) Grifter, Demon

Photo: Pamela Gentile

Photo: G. Waters

Photo: D. Hoadley

Photo: Lil Mike
Vudi and Joe.

Photo: Lil Mike

Photo: Lil Mike
Mike Simms on the drums; Danny up front.

Photo: Jim Hoadley

Photo: Lil Mike
Nancie and Steve to the left; Joe Goldring on the right.

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Electric Light

Flying Color
Dale Duncan, guitar, vocal; Chris von Sneidern, guitar, vocal; Hector Penalosa, bass, vocal; John Stuart, drums.

I made several nice records for Flying Color -- released on my label, Grifter: Flying Color (1987) Grifter, Frontier, Munster. And some 7"s in 1985.

Photo: Pamela Gentile

Photo: _. Canfield
Chris and Dale.

Hector and Chris.

Dale.

Photo: Lil Mike
Hector.

[need a John pic]

"Shake Some Action"
Flying Color, Chuck Prophet and Stephie Finch, Peter Case, and Prairie Prince, drums. "Shake" is the Flamin' Groovies from 1976.

Patrick Winningham. I recorded him in a bunch of bands (New Breed and others; many with Eddie Ray Porter, too); his sister is the actress Mare Winningham.

Photo: Lil Mike

Photo: Lil Mike
CVS w/guitar; Prairie on drums.

Photo: Lil Mike

Photo: Pamela Gentile

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Shake Some Action

Vudi

Photo: Lil Mike

Frightwig
Deanna Mitchell, bass, vocals; Mia d'Bruzzi, guitar, vocals; Rebecca Sevrin, guitar, vocals; Eric Drew Feldman, keyboard; Cecilia Kuhn, drums, vocals.

Photo: G. Waters

Eric Drew Feldman. I worked with him a couple of times over the years. Really cool guy. Most folks remember him from: Captain Beefheart, Fear, Snakefinger, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Pixies, dEUS, Katell Keineg, Frank Black, The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy, Reid Paley, Charlotte Hatherley, Custard, PJ Harvey. Etc.

Photo: Lil Mike

Ugly Stick
Wayne Newkome, guitar, keyboards, vocals; Peter Gerkon, guitar, vocals; Eve Bekker, bass, vocals; Tim Vaughan aka Vinnie, drums.

I tried to make a nice LP in the mid-1980s; will try again. Note: Tim was the drummer on the American Music Club's song 'Electric Light' on the LP 'Engine' -- played by us a bit later [see above]. It's a funny world.

Tim and Eve.

Photo: _. Canfield

Photo: _. Canfield
Peter.

Photo: Lil Mike

Photo: S. Lindstrom

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Front End Loader

Blue Movie
David Brian, guitar, vocals; Jim Hoadley, bass, vocals; Rich Ferguson, drums, vocals.

I made a nice record for Blue Movie released on Jean Catino's label: Hearts In Clubs (1986) Good Foot.

Photo: _. Canfield
Jim.

Rich.

Photo: Pamela Gentile

Photo: D. Hoadley

David.

Peter Case
Peter was in The Nerves and The Plimsouls, back when. He wrote "A Million Miles Away".
Check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Case

Peter worked on the first J.C. Hopkins LP, (this ban was called 'Flophouse'), at my place (in 1990).

Photo: Pamela Gentile

Photo: G. Waters

Muskrats
Jay Rosen, guitar, vocals; Tom Freemen, washboard, tambourine, guitar, vocals; Tim Vaughan aka Vinnie, drums.

I made a nice record for Muskrats that came out on Subterranean in 1985, and parts of the second LP, also on Subterranean in 1987.

Photo: G. Waters

Photo: Lil Mike

Photo: _. Canfield
Geoffrey Lyall (Klaus Flouride from the Dead Kennedys) played with them at the Stork show. He's a great guy, and did many, many projects at my place.

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30 Days In the Hole

Penelope Houston and the Honey Badgers
Penelope Houston, vocals, ____; Tom Heyman, ____; _____.
Yes, Penelope was the singer in the Avengers (of course); Tom: I remember from Dale Duncan's 'Map of Wyoming'.

Photo: G. Waters

Tom.

Chuck Prophet
Chuck Prophet, guitar, vocals; Stephanie Finch, Vox organ, piano, guitar, vocals; James DePrato, guitar, lap steel; Kevin White, bass; Kyle Caprista, drums, vocals.

Jesus, I did an amazing pile of demos with Chuck over the years (even a weekend with Al Kooper). Aaron worked Chuck's first LP at my place; there's even an EP CD with me playing drums and bass on a couple of things. What fun!