Jonathan's pretty talkative tonight with a very lively audience that's only too willing to join in with the songs wherever possible. A super show for all, that ends with Jonathan saying how much he's enjoyed himself, unusually he's more than happy to do several encore's on this one. S. E. Rogie comes on stage as guest to sing 'African Lady', one of Sooliman's songs that's usually covered by Jonathan as an instrumental. 

1988 Jun 28 London UK Mean Fiddler

Jerry

VinnieQ

i always wanted to hear the full version of CornerStore from the film Kingpin, but i never found it..

A nice show this one, a bunch of instrumentals performed near the beginning and a great version of 'Closer'.'Fender Stratocaster' and 'Make a Mistake' are both described as new songs.

1988 Nov 3 Toronto Canada

A pretty interactive and friendly show with some nice chat between songs too, and an especially nice moment when a woman joins Jonathan up on stage, unexpectedly, part way through 'Affection'.Some slight background hiss during the early part but this fades away part way though. 

1988 Nov 9 Boston Cambridge USA Nightstage

Jonathan's pretty chatty tonight... inviting questions from the audience, etc, more so during the first set than the second. There's an interesting explanation of why 'Roadrunner' doesn't get performed much anymore and also an early embryonic version of You Can't Talk to the Dude'.

"Roadrunner" is a short instrumental version

1988 Nov 14 Columbus USA Staches

The single version of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmSH-628jI

This song was written in the studio during the recording of "Modern Lover's 88"

1989 Jul 22 Hollywood USA Club Lingerie

The very first JR song I ever heard. I heard Hospital on the radio around 1976 or so. That got me hooked for life.

Not the best of sound with this one... it's a little quiet and sounds like the venue was a large cavernous hall so a bit hollow sounding.

1989 Aug 9 Winnipeg Canada Warehouse Theatre

My favorites from this album are Closer and Everyday Clothes.

It's interesting that he pulled "Miracles Will Start To Happen" out of nowhere... a song that he played way back in 1980 and hadn't (to my knowledge) been heard from until it was put on this album.

I love the sound of Jonathan's guitar on this album.

Even simple songs like Sleepwalk will haunt on this album. To get this album you must enter a specific mood

Jonathan Richman (1989)

Jonathan Richman

His funniest song? Even though it's not really a song.

This song threw me off at first but now I think it's hilarious

DMDCAF

There were many shows I was at where Jonathan at least did some of CLOSER as CERCA in espanol! Definitely my favorite song of his in Spanish!

I love when he goes "mas y mas y mas y mas y mas y mas"!

An FM "TUL Box" broadcast solo set. The show was opened by "The Iguanas". This is missing about 4 songs between "California Dance Party" and "Dancin' Late At Night"

1990 Mar 5 New Orleans USA Tipitinas

1990 Sep 17 Paris France New Morning

JR Fan 1

JR is the man!  He lives near my family.  I want to wear his socks

1990 Savannah USA

1991 Mar Los Angeles USA Palomino

1991 Nov 15 Bloomington USA Second Story

I love it when JR writes songs about real people. Velvet Underground,Pablo Picasso,Walter Johnson, etc.

1995 Apr 8 Philadelphia USA The Theatre of The Living Arts

She's not so scary she's got all of my records! 

The term "Vampire Girl" has entered into my natural dialect because of this song

1995 Jul 13 Chicago USA Lounge Axe

A few faults with the sound develop during the last couple of songs on this one, but it's a great show and Jonathan does several encores before leaving the stage to rapturous applause.

1997 Oct 24 New York City USA Knitting Factory

A pretty good one this: especially so on 'Pablo Picasso' and 'Let her go into the Darkness' both of which have some great and extended guitar playing. Great performance!

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