For my money you can’t really beat the early Hip Stuff! ( I was lucky catching them live in 1988 and 1990 as that certainly helps the cause ) Case in point this Bootlegged album called Roxy & Elsewhere which states on the back of the cd was recorded in Los Angeles (May 1991) and Elsewhere.
The Hip Dudes as in Bobby Baker/Paul Langlois/Gord Sinclair/Gord Downie and Johnny Fay have there own style and it’s a tilt in the direction of Bar Room Boogie Rock!
Touring in support of what is my fav album of their’s Road Apples The Hip assault the L.A crowd and knock em on their asses!
The music is top-notch and Gord well what can you say Folk’s? There’s two Gord classic stories on here one of which is during Highway Girl where Gord talks about the Double Suicide story which is an all time great! Listen to it below…
The second Classic story coming from Gordie is his Killer Whale Tank rant during New Orleans Is Sinking. Video is posted as well below…
The Band and Gord( His improv Dialogue is just classic) take it up a whole notch on Killer Whale Tank! The Band is on Fire!
Dang I miss 1991!
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Aw yeah, this is the stuff. Like a superhero origin story, those early years of the Hip led to the incredible monument they’ve built over all of the years since. Freaking YES!
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Wow man what a great answer!
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Thanks! Hip FTW!
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FTW exactly!
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For my money too Deke!
What a live act, thanks for sharing, the review & the tunes!
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Deke FTW.
Also seeing The Hip baxk in the day with 100 or less in the ceowd and Gord going off on a spastic, Joe Cocker like rant FTW.
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That’s true Bop! First time seeing them (feb 1988) there was probably less than 20 people in the bar as a snowstorm was raging outside….
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Nice! I haven’t come across any Hip bootleg on my travels…this looks awesome!
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It’s a great album! Sound is mint Gord is of the rails on Highway Girl and New Orleans…so classic!
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Does anyone know if video exists of these shows?
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Not to sure JY about video but there is a Hip show from 1990 that was on MuchMusic which is a great live show with the great opener Crack My Spine Like A Whip which they for some crazy reason never released on any studio album
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Yeah. Live at the Misty Moon which is from 1990 I think. But the Roxy and Elsewhere are more refined gigs that sound better IMO. Would be nice to see them…
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Agreed i liked the the added live disc on The Full Completely reissue ..they should do that to Road Apples….
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