When it comes to losing one's idols, this has been a rough first quarter to the year. Bad enough that Pat Fish (aka the Jazz Butcher) shuffled off his mortal coil far too soon, but the recent death of Chris Bailey on top of that was a total gut punch. I fell in love with that first Saints album on its initial release. The combination of Ed Kuepper's assaultive guitar and Bailey's charismatic rasp (which was somehow both flat AND tuneful) hit me right between the eyes. I remember sneaking side one on at a house party in small town British Columbia in 1977 and even though my fellow revelers were a million times more into Steve Miller and Fleetwood Mac that didn't stop the entire party from literally pounding the walls for all five minutes of "Messin' With The Kid." Definitely one of those moments that rivals anything referenced in Roy Batty's dramatic "tears in the rain" speech at the climax of Blade Runner.
RIP Chris Bailey, Pat Fish, Mark Lanegan, Ronnie Spector, King Louie Bankston (Exploding Hearts), Rachel Nagy (Detroit Cobras), Betty Davis
1. Simon L0ve You and Me
2. Mattie1 Subterranean Shut-In Blues
3. Wet Leg Wet Dream
4. Swami J0hn Reis I Ain't Your Pawn
5. H00doo Gurus Carry On
6. Sp00n The Hardest Cut
7. Pink M0untaintops Nervous Breakdown
8. D0pe Lemon Rose Pink Cadillac
9. King Hanna All Being Fine
10. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard Break Right In
11. Y0ung Guv Lo Lo Lonely
12. He11acopters Tin Foil Soldier
13. Faz Wa1tz Shame On You
13. Faz Wa1tz Shame On You
14. Diam0nd Dogs Alright Brutus, I'm On
15. Urge 0verki11 Freedom!
16. Cheap Star Holding On
17. F0xy Shazam Love Rush Ecstacy
18. Beechw00d Front Page News
19. The Linda Lindas Growing Up
20. J0n Spencer & the HITmakers My Hit Parade
21. The Dip Paddle to the Stars
22. Beachheads Break Right In
23. Ex-V0id (Angry At You) Baby
24. Gaso1ine Who's Gonna Stop Me?
25. Ceramic Anima1s Tangled
26. The Jazz Butcher Goodnight Sweetheart
