AFTERTASTE 1993
AFTERTASTE 1993
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SHE MOVES ME, MAN SHE MOVES ME, MAN
AFTERTASTE (THE FIRST INCARNATION)
“SHE MOVES ME, MAN” 7:44
VOCAL - SCOTT FRESINA
DRUMS - JOHN MARSHALL
BASS - DANA MADORE
GUITAR - J. A. POWERS
RECORDED AT ROCKAFELLA REHEARSAL STUDIOS JUNE 30, 1993
REMASTERED IN GLORIOUS MONO AND FULL OF
UNPLEASANT DISTORTION.
REMASTERED AT CRAMPED QUARTERS STUDIOS JUNE 2001Anything else?
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 1969. ON A CHILL AND FOG COVERED EVENING IN LONDON,
AT THE HOT & SWEATY MARQUEE CLUB - MAYBE SPOOKY TOOTH OR
BLODWYN PIG WERE HEADLINING THE BILL, WITH URIAH HEEP AS SUPPORT.
THE OPENING ACT, MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN AFTERTASTE. THE REVIEWS
MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOOD. THE CROWD MIGHT HAVE ENJOYED IT. IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF SOMETHING HEAVY TO COME.
BUT THAT’S NOT HOW IT WENT AT ALL. IT WASN'T 1969. IT WASN'T LONDON.
AND NOTHING EVER CAME OF IT.
IT WAS A TYPICAL, MUGGY SUMMER NIGHT, IN A TINY REHEARSAL ROOM
IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. IT WAS JUNE 1993, AND FOUR GUYS,
( WHO HAD PLAYED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PREVIOUS WEEK )
MET AGAIN TO MAKE A NOISE. A BLUESY/ROCKY KIND’A NOISE. BUT IT WAS
DURING A BREAK FROM THE REHEARSING, THAT THREE OF THE FOUR BOYS,
PUFFED ON A BIT O’ WEED, WHILE HANGING OUT AND CHATTING. AS TRAFFIC
ROLLED BY THE BUSY INTERSECTION OF LANKERSHIM & CAMARILLO.
WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE ROOM TO PLAY - AS IF FROM OUT OF
NOWHERE - A SONG BROKE THRU. A SONG THAT THEY HAD NEVER PLAYED
BEFORE. IT FELL OUT OF THE SKY - HARD, HEAVY AND FULLY FORMED. AND
THEY PLAYED IT LIKE IT WAS STANDARD REPERTOIRE. FOUR GUYS, HEADS
DOWN, E.S.P. CRANKED TO ELEVEN. CHANNELING A SOUND, A VIBE,
AN ATMOSPHERE, FROM LONG, LONG AGO. IT WAS NEVER TO BE
DUPLICATED, AND AFTERWARD, OUR HEROES WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
BUT, FOR SEVEN MINUTES AND FORTY SECONDS, IN JUNE 1993 -
IT WAS 1969 ALL OVER AGAIN.
I’M GLAD I GOT TO BE THERE FOR IT.
ROCK E FELLA 2001Contact
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