gallery thirteen live 19 may 1994

your heroes gallery thirteen played a show at the club Liquid Lounge (now the Red Room) on main street in Norman, Oklahoma. Again, back then, vocal duties belonged to the person who wrote the lyrics. Opening for the touring act The Acumen, the set list was as follows:

i drove the longest nail.
carving
you are who i am
fossils of regret*
lead in the head (guitar solo)
golden lasso
purge*
stranger than an empty room
thistledown
fairies wear boots

line-up:
derek joe brockett: guitar and singing
chris "paco" johsnon: bass
tony roberts: guitar and singing on *
forrest m. smith: drums

memories:

"We opened for a band that was out on tour called the Acumen. I remember that they were supposed to stay in the room at the club that night, but they decided to pack up and hit the road. Later we heard of the accident during which their singer perished. i can't remember if he was killed, decapitated, or just maimed, but something serious happened. "- derek

"this recording is from a cassette i made. i remember taking the recording from the club, which i thought at the time to be quite lackluster, and dubbing in this crowd noise from an old Steve Martin record. must have been tony's record. with the crowd racket, it only seemed right that i add a grand guitar solo which was just me doing a bunch of fake royal trux sounding noodling)further extending the illusion of stadium rock. for the cassette there is a cover that i drew and painted (see above photo) and i *may* have actually photo copied and dubbed off several and given them away to some people. I can't really remember. tis too bad the sabbath song was played last. we had rehearsed it and it
sounded pretty good . at so that point, i am sure we were too trashed to play it properly. or maybe i shouldn't speak for the others"- derek

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