If it’s Friday, it must be Bootleg City — and this week, our show comes to us courtesy of our good friend Old Davy, who had the foresight to record the following Indigo Girls performance as it happened, way back in 2000. More from the man himself:

Every February, the city of Tampa has its Gasparilla celebration. It’s kind of like Mardi Gras with pirate costumes. They break out the old pirate ships and sail them into Tampa Bay where they are joined by anyone (and everyone) who owns a boat for the Blessing of the Fleet. And then it’s party time.

There’s lots of drinking and parades and drinking and bead throwing and drinking and nudity and drinking and parties and drinking and concerts and drinking. And drinking.

One of the many concerts happening during the 2000 Gasparilla celebration was an acoustic appearance by Indigo Girls. The show was just Amy Ray and Emily Saliers with special guest Sandy Garfinkel. The concert happened at the Cold Storage Cafe on Saturday, February 5.

At that time, Tampa was fortunate to have a great alternative radio station called Star 95.7 (which, of course, now has a hip-hop or neo-country format) and they were gracious enough to broadcast the concert live. I recorded it straight from the tuner to my computer’s hard drive, edited out some long pauses between songs and some radio announcer cut-ins. (The technical foul-up at the beginning of Track 1 is the radio station’s fault, just so you know.)

I hope you enjoy!

Closer to Fine
Go
Peace Tonight
I Don’t Wanna Know
The Power of Two
Ozilline
Least Complicated
Chickenman
Southland in the Springtime
Compromise
Get Out the Map
Kid Fears
Galileo
Shame on You

Thanks, Davy!

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His public displays of dickishness soured me on his music long ago — and hell, who can keep up with his output anyway? — but I know we’ve got some Ryan Adams fans in the audience, and so, thanks to Stephen in England, we’re going to the Adams Park suburbs of Bootleg City this week. Just like the Nick Lowe set he shared with us a few weeks ago, this was recorded for the BBC at St. Luke’s. Expect the customary solid fidelity, and please keep the “Summer of ‘69″ jokes to a minimum.

Thanks, Stephen!

Introduction
Halloweenhead
My Winding Wheel
Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd
Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
Carolina Rain
Blue Hotel
How Do You Keep Love Alive
Desire
Down In A Hole
I Taught Myself How To Grow Old
Dear John
Let It Ride
Two
Blue Sky Blues
I See Monsters
Wild Flowers

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Never let it be said that this blog does not have a raging chubby for all things Nick Lowe-related:and now, thanks to reader Stephen, we have a chance to prove it all over again, Bootleg City-style!

Here’s a rip of Lowe’s recent performance for the BBC at St. Luke’s, in support of his new album, At My Age, which is typically wonderful and has not been reviewed here only on account of my surplus of lame. Thanks, Stephen!

Heart
Intro
What’s Shakin’ On The Hill
Intro
Without Love
Lately I’ve Let Things Slide
Has She Got A Friend
I Trained Her To Love Me
Intro
Indian Queens
Cruel to Be Kind
You Inspire Me
Intro
Long Limbed Girl
Hope For Us All
The Other Side Of The Coin
Shting Shtang
The Man In Love
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock ‘N’ Roll)
The Beast In Me
A Better Man
Heart of the City

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I hope you’ve been enjoying our two-week burst of Lemonhead-fresh tunes, because to wrap it all up in true Bootleg City fashion, Robert has donated a collection of Lemonheads and Evan Dando B-sides, soundtrack and tribute-album contributions, collaborations with other artists, live recordings, and other rarities. Thanks, Robert!

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This is going to be a brief post, my friends:as those of you who read this space with a fine-toothed comb may already know, I’ve been out of town since the 8th, and won’t be back ’til the 22nd, and everything you’ve been reading since I left was written ahead of time and post-dated.

Except for this here post. I ran out of time. Long story short, I don’t have the kind of time I’d like to tell you all about this great concert, or super reader and mensch Malchus, who gifted it to me, or anything at all, really.

But it’s The Boss, anyway, and I guess you probably don’t really care about all that stuff. So I’ll just give it to you straight: Springsteen, Agora, 1978. Get your rock on (and thank Malchus while you’re at it).

See you next week!

Summertime Blues
Badlands
Spirit in the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Factory
The Promised Land
Prove It All Night
Racing in the Street
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Paradise by the ‘C’
Fire
Sherry Darling
Not Fade Away
Gloria/She’s the One
Growin’ Up
Backstreets
Rosalita
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Born To Run
Because the Night
Raise Your Hand
Twist & Shout
Kitty’s Back
Point Blank

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This is going to be a brief post, my friends…as those of you who read this space with a fine-toothed comb may already know, I’ve been out of town since the 8th, and won’t be back ’til the 22nd, and everything you’ve been reading since I left was written ahead of time and post-dated.

Except for this here post. I ran out of time. Long story short, I don’t have the kind of time I’d like to tell you all about this great concert, or super reader and mensch Malchus, who gifted it to me, or anything at all, really.

But it’s The Boss, anyway, and I guess you probably don’t really care about all that stuff. So I’ll just give it to you straight: Springsteen, Agora, 1978. Get your rock on (and thank Malchus while you’re at it).

See you next week!

Summertime Blues
Badlands
Spirit in the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Factory
The Promised Land
Prove It All Night
Racing in the Street
Thunder Road
Jungleland
Paradise by the ‘C’
Fire
Sherry Darling
Not Fade Away
Gloria/She’s the One
Growin’ Up
Backstreets
Rosalita
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Born To Run
Because the Night
Raise Your Hand
Twist & Shout
Kitty’s Back
Point Blank

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