I did not get a chance to look into the opening band for the Public Image Limited show so imagine my surprise when I see Chicago resident Jon Langford walk out on stage! It was an unexpected bonus having an evening with two punk legends. Bad Luck Jonathan is fronted by Jon Langford (Mekons) and Martin “Blueshammer” Billheimer with guitarist Phil Wandscher (Whiskeytown, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter), bassist Alan Doughty (Jesus Jones, Waco Brothers) and Waco Brothers drummer Joe Camarillo. They were much less of an opening band and more of a co-headliner. They blasted through several songs heavily influenced by their combined blends of punk, rock, country or as they term it “voodoo socialist spacerock for this moment”. Langford is usually performing somewhere in Chicago and not to be missed. He is appearing at “From Blues to Blue Grass” The Radical Tradition in Politics and Music on February 9 at the Hideout benefiting the Young Patriots Organization. He is on tour with The Waco Brothers spring 2016.
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![#internationalclashday @krclradio @kexp The Clash - Back to Basics live 11-5-85 (green vinyl) This gig took place in Gateshead, Newcastle. The venue was actually a pub called 'The Station' and not the [as in the train] station. (the taper edited and bootlegged the LP) Their spirits broken by the miserable Cut the Crap sessions, the Clash made one last stab to come together as a real band. Joe , Nick and Kosmo set up the now-infamous ‘Busking’ tour and the Clash took off for Northern Britain in a flatbed truck, with a handful of beat up accoustic guitars and some drumkits as their only gear. Interestingly enough, they had a fabulous time, despite being deprived of the company of one Bernard Rhodes. This show is the essential document. Two more tracks sacrificed at the altar of the Cut the Crap get played for those making their own alternate CTC comp and the rest is pure silliness and high camp. It sounds like they were having a ball. Too bad it all fell apart immediately after. #vinyl #nowspinning #instavinyl #recordcollector #theclash #joestrummer #vinyligclub #vinyladdict #internationalclashday2018 #everdayisclashday #punk #reggae #ska #mickjones #paulsimonon #topperheadon #terrychimes #bootleg](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/457d8534efa50109eb2deb5452521daa/5B709E3D/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/27574879_965244976967649_638688214172827648_n.jpg "#internationalclashday @krclradio @kexp The Clash - Back to Basics live 11-5-85 (green vinyl) This gig took place in Gateshead, Newcastle. The venue was actually a pub called 'The Station' and not the [as in the train] station. (the taper edited and bootlegged the LP) Their spirits broken by the miserable Cut the Crap sessions, the Clash made one last stab to come together as a real band. Joe , Nick and Kosmo set up the now-infamous ‘Busking’ tour and the Clash took off for Northern Britain in a flatbed truck, with a handful of beat up accoustic guitars and some drumkits as their only gear. Interestingly enough, they had a fabulous time, despite being deprived of the company of one Bernard Rhodes. This show is the essential document. Two more tracks sacrificed at the altar of the Cut the Crap get played for those making their own alternate CTC comp and the rest is pure silliness and high camp. It sounds like they were having a ball. Too bad it all fell apart immediately after. #vinyl #nowspinning #instavinyl #recordcollector #theclash #joestrummer #vinyligclub #vinyladdict #internationalclashday2018 #everdayisclashday #punk #reggae #ska #mickjones #paulsimonon #topperheadon #terrychimes #bootleg")
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