Jimmie Spheeris - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 9-22-1975, Late Show

I recently posted an early show of singer-songwriter Jimmie Spheeris performing at the Ebbets Field venue in Denver. This is the late show from the same night. Just like the early show, this comes from a radio broadcast, so the sound quality is excellent.

For both the early show and the late show, I had to do some guess work. Both of these come from an official record, which I think is now out of print, called "Alive in America."  I looked at the liner notes, and there was no mention with whatsoever about the date of the concert or even the year. Also, it just had roll the music from the early show and the late show. After I listened to it, I decided there was a pretty clear break between the early show and the late show, and it was standard procedure at the venue to have early and late shows most nights, so I broke it into an early show album and a late show album.

The left the problem of figuring out the date and year. Luckily, at one point, there a series of official releases of some songs from Ebbets Field. Four albums came out, with one song per performer. These releases are extremely hard to find, as they are also out of print, but I managed to track down copies of all of the songs. There was one song from Spheeris, "The Original Tap Dancing Kid." I compared it with the versions of that song from the early show and the late show - it was almost the only one he played in both shows - And I determined that it was the  exact same performance as this one in the late show. The official album gave the exact date of that performance. So I assume that since that song is from this date, the rest of the early show and the late show are also from the same date. Further supporting that idea, some of the songs are from his 1975 album "The Dragon Is Dancing," such as "Tequila Moonlight" and "In the Misty Woods" from this late show, so 1975 makes sense for the year.

This album is 37 minutes long.

01 I Get Burned [And Walk Away] (Jimmie Spheeris)
02 Tequila Moonlite (Jimmie Spheeris)
03 In the Misty Woods (Jimmie Spheeris)
04 Love Potion No. 9 (Jimmie Spheeris)
05 Since I Fell for You (Jimmie Spheeris)
06 The Original Tap Dancing Kid (Jimmie Spheeris)
07 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
08 The Nest (Jimmie Spheeris)
09 talk by emcee (Jimmie Spheeris)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/NHRBsUnw

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/0u6l2hQgkxGs8a0/file

The cover image is from some point in the 1970s. I don't know any details beyond that. However, it's from the same show as the image I selected for the early show. 

Jimmie Spheeris - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 9-22-1975, Early Show

Dammit! I was planning on posting the Ebbets Field radio broadcast for Willie Nelson next, because I've been going chronologically and his concert is from early September 1975. But when I took a look at it today, I noticed that I misspelled his name in the cover art! (Willie Neslon - d'oh!) Since I am not at home, I can't fix it right now. But I will fix it and post it when I get back from vacation, which will be in a little over a week from now. So that means that next up in this series is an Ebbets Field concert for singer-songwriter Jimmie Spheeris. There are recordings for the early show and late show, so naturally I'm starting with the early show.

I have heard of and usually listened to a lot of the music of virtually all of these musical acts that performed Ebbets Field in the 1970s that I'm posting concerts for. But I have to admit that I had never even heard of Spheeris before putting these albums together. I do like what I heard though.

He released his debut album ""Isle of View" in 1971. The albums "The Original Tap Dancing Kid" and "The Dragon Is Dancing" followed in 1973 and 1975 respectively. Most of the songs performed here come from those three albums. He would release another album in 1976. But after that, his record contract ended and he didn't get a new contract, due to poor sales. However, in 1984, he finally finished another album. But the day that he finished recording it, he was killed while riding a motorcycle because he was struck by a drunk driver in a van. He was only 34 years old. It took 16 years before his final album was released.

It's hard to describe his musical style. So I will just quote a paragraph from his Wikipedia entry: "Spheeris I primarily composed on the guitar and piano. His musical genre was generally in the folk music and singer, singer, traditions, although later work, explore, jazz, rock, music, jazz-rock fusion, and new wave music."

If you want to know more about him, here is his Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Spheeris

This concert, along with the late show from the same night, has been officially released under the name "Alive in America." But I also believe that it has gone out of print, just like all of his other albums. Unfortunately, his stuff didn't sell that well. That wasn't due to a lack of talent though.

This album is one hour long.

01 talk by emcee (Jimmie Spheeris)
02 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
03 Let It Flow (Jimmie Spheeris)
04 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
05 Heidi Come Home (Jimmie Spheeris)
06 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
07 Icarus (Jimmie Spheeris)
08 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
09 Thrill Rides in the Theta Universe (Jimmie Spheeris)
10 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
11 The Original Tap Dancing Kid (Jimmie Spheeris)
12 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
13 Ain't No Use Walkin' [When You Can Stroll] (Jimmie Spheeris)
14 Blown Out (Jimmie Spheeris)
15 Eternity Spin (Jimmie Spheeris)
16 I Am the Mercury (Jimmie Spheeris)
17 talk (Jimmie Spheeris)
18 Soul Tumbleweed (Jimmie Spheeris)
19 talk by emcee (Jimmie Spheeris)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/CtSDkXAz

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/WIalY5DgGg0iL3e/file

The cover image is from some point in the 1970s. I don't know any details beyond that.