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CLEAN PLATE CLUB / JOE BUCK LIVE AT DUFFY'S TAVERN,WED. APRIL 26, 2000 By Michael French Photos by Joe Krings |
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| I've finally caught the indemiable songster Joe Buck (aka- Dan Jenkins ) in action. Armed with a miced acoustic, some pedals, a boombox and a fine collection of songs, Joe rumbled out a good long set. Mr. Buck was introduced by a Steven Hawking sounding voice, which thanked all parties present & reminded us that computers are our friends. Amen to that! Soon after I was treated to a ditty about lost love & a cover of a Mudhoney cover which was dedicated to his 13 County & Drive By Honky bandmates. I could've won some drinks if I'd only known who origionally played this song! I got nice & drunk anyway. Joe played two new songs both uptempo & rocking, tales of lost love, hospitals & drinking. He even blazed through an electric guitar solo on one. The rest of the songs were varied, ranging from a very catchy and singable ballad to a song that showed why Dan won best Dylan at the recent X Vs. Y. After asking Andy for the time, he incoporated the information into a rambling dream like number. And then there was the "embarrassing " song about the little creatures that live in his neighborhood, which are squirrels, or moles or gnomes, perhaps all of these. T.V. & movie samples played in between a few songs. I heard Heston tell the apes to get thier paws off of him & then Homer Simpson suddenly realized that it was our planet the damned fools blew up. Never boring, too folky, slow, or overly serious, this was a good time romp through the world of Joe Buck. If I had to make comparisons (which I don't, but I thought of some that sort of explain how it sounded ), I'd say it was sort of like The Lemonheads or Buffalo Tom, though I'm sure Dan's influences are much deeper & wider. Before & after the set his boombox was playing selections from The Anthology of American Folk Music after all. Local legend Paul Tisdale's Clean Plate Club sent me spirally into a completely different world! The stage was adorned with cardboard cutouts of downtown Lincoln around the front, with Pauls machine set near the middle, drums to his right, and a keyboardist to his left. Tisdale announced that he had a plan for downtown Lincoln that he would later reveal before launching into a couple of covers that sounded familar, but that I could'nt place. If I were to make a stupid comparison to other bands out in the big wide world, I would say it was a race between Feotus & the Residents to see whose plate was the cleanest. Computerized beats pounded, samples echoed as Paul sang out in a sometimes strange high pitched way. He added to the drum frenzy by beating out alternate rhythmns on a real snare & kick, on a few songs. Every song ended with a quick & high "thank you" from Paul, who worked himself into a sweat rocking in front of his device (either sampler or 4-track...) & gesturing wildly while singing. Then , the grand finale! Paul slashed the set of downtown Lincoln (mostly parking garages) in a frenzy, revealing his plan. Of course this is when I chose to get another beer, so I missed it and by this time Joe was out of film. I guess the Lincoln Downtown Association will just have to attend the next presentation. ------ Michael French
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| LINKS: The Drive-by Honky Band Profile / 13 County Band Profile / Record Review of Drive-by Honky "Thrift Americana" / Record Review of "Clean Plate Club" | ||
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