Dixon & Tuck at the Lefurgey House May 2010 Part One

We had a great show at the Lefurgey House on May 21st with Mr. Al Tuck. An attentive audience joined us for a 2 hour set of original tunes & jamming. Lotsa family & friends made it a real nice time. The crowd was actually giddy throughout. This was Al's first ever gig in Summerside. He was born here & lived in town til he was about 8 yrs old. We figured it was time to welcome him back.

This is the first Lefurgey show I recorded with my ICRecorder. My buddy Greg Mountain recorded some of the first shows on his laptop but I figured I'd see how the IC worked in the big livingroom at the Lefurgey. I had it perched on the top of the house piano near the back of the room, about a foot or two above the seated crowd's heads. You can hear the small audience's chatter throughout the show. Al fared out a little worse than me soundwise as he is naturally a more laid-back performer & I can't seem to to back off enough when accompanying another musician. These recordings are study notes.

Before I post any of Al's stuff I'd like to post me doing Al's tune 'One Day the Warner' from his debut disc 'Arhoolie'. Loved this song from the get-go & have been playing it for years now.

Al recorded this in 1994. In 1994 I was in high school playing in a punk band. I recently found these reviews in a 1994 PEI Buzz magazine. That's me at the drums in the bottom review photo. It would take me another couple years to see where Al was coming from.

On 'One Day the Warner' that's Al joining me on guitar & then harmonica. That's a purty solo there.
Thanks to Ryan Hutchinson for the Lefurgey show photos.

One Day the Warner
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One Day The Warner [Al Tuck]

We was just little, itty-bitty little people,
in our little tiny corner
Til the one day the Warner Bros. came through town . . .
Well they got a deal, they got a deal but nothing sealed
They had to sign the dotted line & the rest was circumstance
With those business men & money changing hands
How many flighty, high & mighty horney people visit nightly
While the hunchbacks in the steeples of the city spend the renaissance
Bumming money . . .
Check out them handsome granddaughter & grandson
In that funky little circle, that guy thinks he's Hercules
Good thing the police are at Tim's eating complimentary Dutchies

Moderation, everything in moderation
Including moderation . . .
See the young blink their eyes
Yes their eyes . . . stone blind
We was just little, itty-bitty little people in our little tiny corner
Til the one day the Warner Bros. came through town . . .