The Collected Music of Dave Cawthon & Friends

From Dave’s Collection of H cassette tapes.   This is Side A.  (Side B is labeled Pot Luck and is included in another post.)

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01 Free Blues
02 Jam I
03 Jam II

Dave Cawthon – guitar
Jef Charland – bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums

Dave made the ‘Digital H’ tape for me and included TOC and Let’s Clap (see the line drawn on the case – I think those tracks were not from the vibes session).

Jef adds:  This was recorded in Dorcestor with Dave’s reel 4 track.  It was a one off session and we never played in this configuration again.  As usual the songs were written the night before.  The last two tracks are just Dave and Glenn, and I’m guessing it’s Dave on trumpet and Glenn on alto sax, and possibly both on flutes.   Missing from this tape is RX54 by GZ.

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A01 Comments
A02 TOC
A03 Let’s Clap
A04 Tony The Tiger
A05 Pluto I
A06 Pluto II
A07 Tacos el Charro
A08 Creepin’ I
A09 Creepin’ II
A10 Pocket Change I
A11 Pocket Change II
A12 Unitarian Hymn I
A13 Unitarian Hymn II
B01 Red Spot (Mike’s tune)
B02 Flutes n’ Stuff
B03 Drum Stuff

Dave Cawthon – guitar, trumpet, flute
Jef Charland – bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums, alto sax, flute
Mike Connors – vibes

Tony The Tiger, Pluto, Tacos El Charro (Out For Lunch) – JC
Creepin’, Pocket Change, Unitarian Hymn – DC
Peckin’ At The Red Spot – MC

Not much info on these four original tunes.

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track 01
track 02
track 03
track 04

Ken [Lubinsky] and I went to Newton in July 2008 to help the Cawthons clear out Dave’s house.  Justin also stopped by and I told him that I would take the recordings to be ripped and circulated.  The only original tape he wanted that day was this recording.

He and Dave had [recorded over a] Steely Dan tape to record some rock ideas.  Justin made me a copy and took the original because he wanted to continue working with the material. He said it was recorded around 2000. Justin is currently playing bass in a band called Man Alive!

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track 24

Dave – guitar
Justin Politch – bass
Bobbi Caissie – drums

Not much info on this one.

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A01 Riff
A02 Too Bad
A03 Simulate
A04 You’re Sick
A05 Suicide Vein
A06 Instrumental
A07 Sold Out
A08 This And That
A09 East Of Houston
A10 She Takes You There
A11 Drawn Out
A12 Mendocino
A13 Down The Hill
A14 Straight Lines
B01 East Of Houston (again)
B02 Riff
B03 Suicide Vein
B04 Too Bad
B05 She Takes You There
B06 Sold Out
B07 This And That
B08 You’re Sick
B09 Instrumental

Jef writes: Sdadety is one of the “winter 95/96″ tapes [Vol. II].  The cover and title were made by Glenn and is a one of a kind.  Recorded at the box factory.  There are still a few other selections from the winter tapes that aren’t on here or the acoustic/electric (Maurice) demo.

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01 Improv I
02 Improv II
03 Improv III
04 Evansville
05 Sco
06 Latin Medley
07 Rat Traps+Ressional
08 Wagdhas
09 Tut
10 Revolutionary War Memoirs
11 soundcheck
12 Kevin
13 Skipjack
14 Hopscotch
15 The Hamptons pt.1
16 Little Hopping Men
17 Yass Waddah

Dave Cawthon – guitar
Jef Charland – bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums

Jef writes: This is actually our first “released”/demo called Shrimp. Recorded on 4-22-94 at ‘The Hole’ rehearsal space, Jamaica Plain, MA
1/4″ reel to reel.

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01 Hell On Wheels (Cawthon)
02 The Dog (Ziemba)
03 Shrimp (H)
04 The Six Panels (Ziemba)
05 H (theme)
06 Full Court Press (Cawthon)
07 Redneck Riviera (Cawthon)
08 Truk (Charland)
09 Mice, Don’t Slow Me Down (Ziemba)

Dave Cawthon – guitar, lap steel
Jef Charland – electric bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums, percussion, electric thumb piano

From Dave’s Collection of H cassette tapes.  Many were numbered, this being ‘12′

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A01 intro with Sir Guy de Guy & 35P
A02 35P
A03 Shrimp
A04 Dog
A05 Truk
A06 Full Court Press
A07 Six Panels
A08 Drum Featurette
A09 American Indian Movies
A10 Redneck Riviera
A11 Hell On Wheels
A12 H Theme
B01 Movement I
B02 Movement II
B03 Movement III
B04 Cakewalk
B05 Pelican Groove
B06 The Six Panels (with Eva)
B07 Eva
B08 Soundcheck Jam I
B09 Soundcheck Jam II
B10 Shrimp Check
B11 Jam III
B12 Truk I
B13 Truk II
B14 Boomba
B15 Dog I
B16 Dog II

Dave Cawthon – guitar
Jef Charland – bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums

From Dave’s Collection of H cassette tapes.  Many were numbered, this being ‘11′

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A01 Livin’ Easy
A02 The Dog
A03 Ode — Junk
A04 Our Delight
A05 Treetala Boomba
A06 Mice, Don’t Slow Me Down
A07 Dave’s Drag
A08 H Theme
B01 Hell On Wheels
B02 Redneck Riviera
B03 Sleep
B04 Shrimp (Slight Return)
B05 Our Fine Feathered Friends
B06 Golliwog’s Cakewalk
B07 The Dog
B08 Joy
B09 Mice, Don’t Slow Me Down
B10 H Theme

Dave Cawthon – guitar
Jef Charland – bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums

From Dave’s Collection of H cassette tapes.  Many were numbered, this being ‘10′

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A01 Dave’s Drag
A02 Joy Riff
A03 Here, O My Lord, I See Thee
A04 Treetolo Boomba
A05 Trumpet
A06 Our Delight
A07 Da Ni Ni De Ni De
A08 Ballad
A09 H Theme
A10 Blues Improv
A11 band intros
A12 We Thank Thee, Lord
A13 Golliwog’s Cakewalk
B01 Shrimp
B02 Truk
B03 Full Court Press
B04 The Six Panels
B05 Drum Featurette
B06 American Indian Movies
B07 Da Ni Ni De Ni De
B08 H Theme

Dave Cawthon – guitar
Jef Charland – bass
Glenn Ziemba – drums