I was at this show, my only time seeing Don Cab. I’m glad someone posted it. I can confirm it was incredibly tight in the audience and the combination of low stage and packed house made it very difficult to see the band. I suspect a lot of the shakiness of the camera here was from the camera being bumped from behind. Particularly in the first few numbers, everyone kept trying to move forward to see better.
From the Final Dark Days of Don Caballero Tour Diary by Fred Weaver: “Thursday, 9 November. Tonight's show has been the subject of great controversy since the get-go. Originally, Don Cab and I were to play at the Echo Lounge -- a mid-sized rock club in East Atlanta. Then Henry Owings, publisher of Chunklet, got the booking agent to lump us on a bill across town with Black Heart Procession. That's not the problem... Don Cab is upset because the show is at Eyedrum, a combination art space and performance space with a basement stage no taller than 6 inches... not exactly the ideal venue for 200 people to see a band. Owings has also been a controversial topic of conversation during the tour because he included Don Caballero on Chunklet's list of Top 100 Assholes In Rock. [For his part, I'll say that Henry told me that Eric had asked why they weren't on an early draft of the list... and requested that he put them on it]. I thought we'd get to the Eyedrum late, but everything's cool, there's plenty of time. When, like tonight, all the band are friends, everyone pulls together a little more to make things run smoothly. After playing, I had to run across town to the Echo Lounge. I was supposed to pick up an amplifier that Laddio Bollocko had left there two months prior and take it to NYC, but the van is still overloaded. We haven't sold near as many shirts as expected, so I have to just take the amp to my friend Adam's house for safekeeping. Unfortunately, I missed all but the first two songs of Shannon Wright's set in the process of going to the Echo. By the time I got back, Black Heart was playing and it was obvious that the venue just wasn't large enough for the combined Black Heart / Don Cab audience. By the time Don Cab was set to play, the crowd was so thick that Damon found it near impossible to get his drums through the people on the way to the stage. To Don Caballero it made no sense... Why would you cancel a show at a much better venue to move it to a basement of less than adequate size for the show? [Henry had been the Echo Lounge's booking agent and had a falling out with the management over ethics. That's why he chose to move the Don Cab to Eyedrum when the two shows were combined.] Regardless... frustrated by what he considered a lack of respect on Henry's part, Damon angrily knocked a hole in one of the walls with a stand after fighting through the crowd to get his drums on stage. Fueled by anger, Don Cab played a great set, but Damon made several sarcastic comments onstage, culminating with, "Does anyone have a paper chef's hat? Can we get a paper chef's hat up here to mic the drums?" [note from me, this is at 17:20] After the set, the soundman got on the mic and for several minutes goaded Damon by, in effect, calling him a rock star asshole. Sure, the soundman had good points regarding the fact that there were some underage kids who otherwise wouldn't have been able to see Don Cab play, but the crowd was largely over-21 and the sound, sightlines, and band accommodations would have been much, much better at the Echo Lounge. At the end of the night, Don Cab's money is docked $80 or so to pay to fix the wall, and we load up the van.” And a long note from the publisher of Chunklet: “Since I'm both the promoter of the show in question and the publisher of this magazine, I feel obligated to make a couple things abundantly clear regarding this matter. Fact: Don Caballero and Black Heart Procession have the same booking agent. This is compounded by the fact that both hands are on the same label, Touch & Go. Fact: I had confirmed the show with Black Heart Procession three weeks before Don Caballero was to finally try to confirm their show across town at the Echo on the same day. Thusly, when their booking agent was presented with the inevitable fact that Black Heart and Don Cab, both labelmates and agency compadres, would have played opposite each other, it was concluded that Don Cab would just be put on the bill at Eyedrum (which is an non-profit art space, by the way) for the mere fact that I refused to have the confirmed Black Heart show moved elsewhere. Therefore, Eyedrum -- a room which would've been more than adequate, if not ideal for Black Heart -- turned into a wildly unsuitable room for Don Caballero. I can accept any blame for the choice of venue, but let it be known that I had tried to put this show at the EARL (I found out they had Crooked Fingers that night, furthermore their booking agent at the time never returned my calls or e-mails any way) and Under The Couch (they never returned my calls and e-mails, either) both to no avail. Both venues would have been considerably more appropriate. However, given the circumstances, I feel that I was more than accommodating to all artists that night. And for the record, Damon's fit of rage -- which tallied four fist sized holes in the walls of Eyedrum -- were charged back to the band at $50 per hole. $200 total. And regarding Don Caballero's placement on the Top 100 Assholes in the last issue, Fred is absolutely correct. When at my house in October of 1999, the point when the list was being gathered, Eric and Ian were both astonished that they weren't on the list. My rationale for not putting them on were twofold. First, nobody had nominated them, and secondly, they were, and continue to be (I hope), friends of mine. I warned them that if they were put on the list, that I wouldn't hold back on their critique, to which Ian and Eric both agreed. Incidentally, Don Caballero were the only person/band I personally put on the list, and even that was done at the band's insistence. So their anger on this issue is largely unfounded.”
It was an awesome show. I remember that Eyedrum's booking agent Randy was very upset about the holes that Damon put in the wall; I heard about it when I arrived that night. I was surprised when he confronted Damon about it publicly at the end of their set. I think that Randy agreed to host the show at Eyedrum and was upset about the damage done to the venue over what must have been a conflict with the original promoter Henry. It's weird to see him referred to as 'the soundman'; I guess he was working the soundboard that night.
As an Atlanta musician who spent years slogging it out playing gigs like this, I can say with great relief that I had never felt so liberated as the day I made the decision to try not to fit in with “the scene” anymore.
Banter and other interesting things 0:36 different names for the songs (fire back is called discman) 8:52 what’s that feedback? THERE’S a MONKEY IN THE HOUSE! 15:47 more feedback, do the one about the quality control 17:20 can we get a paper chef’s hat to mic up the drums on stage?? 22:02 now whose the asshole? 28:12 can I get a break to find a bottle of water? 28:50 Ian starts doing something similar to Peter Criss Jazz opening 39:07 is the drummer going to say anything? 44:10 the rant, “this is weird…”
Seizures and filming don't mix well. Thanks for posting one of their last shows together with this lineup. Read about this show and the whole debacle in the Chunklet story. Cheers.
1:48 For Respect and Delivering the Groceries at 138 Beats Per Minute fusion 3:57 Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex 10:15 Haven't Lived Afro Pop 18:03 The Peter Criss Jazz 22:44 Slice Where You Live Like Pie 30:24 Ones All Over The Place 34:37 I Never Liked You 39:41 Let's Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery
He's on about 'drilling holes in the walls'...? Damon used to drill his kit to the floor at shows, so I guess guy with mic was the owner of the venue & wasn't too happy about it.
it is in the american don tour diary. damon somehow put holes in the walls with his equipment and/or temper. being that this was a DIY space, the promoter was very angry about this. the promoter is who is on the microphone at the end of the show. the show was also booked at a DIY space instead of a regular club so that the explanation of the mention of "underage kids that were able to see them that wouldn't have been able to otherwise" the promoter thought that the band was acting like rock stars at a DIY space that was non-profit. the "budweiser sponsored tour" part is a dig at the band in that sense. this is also why he says "we don't get paid here" and "sorry about the PA." the "get the drummer an extra bottle of whiskey" part is that i believe whiskey was on their rider, but alcohol was not technically allowed in the venue. damon also had a bad drinking problem at the time and was most likely hammered.
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I was at this show, my only time seeing Don Cab. I’m glad someone posted it. I can confirm it was incredibly tight in the audience and the combination of low stage and packed house made it very difficult to see the band. I suspect a lot of the shakiness of the camera here was from the camera being bumped from behind. Particularly in the first few numbers, everyone kept trying to move forward to see better.
i thought you were going to say something amazing and influential , but all you did was describe what a concert was LMFAO
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I’m dead laughing. Damon was hilarious. True to form. Love him.
From the Final Dark Days of Don Caballero Tour Diary by Fred Weaver:
“Thursday, 9 November. Tonight's show has been the subject of great controversy since the get-go. Originally, Don Cab and I were to play at the Echo Lounge -- a mid-sized rock club in East Atlanta. Then Henry Owings, publisher of Chunklet, got the booking agent to lump us on a bill across town with Black Heart Procession. That's not the problem... Don Cab is upset because the show is at Eyedrum, a combination art space and performance space with a basement stage no taller than 6 inches... not exactly the ideal venue for 200 people to see a band. Owings has also been a controversial topic of conversation during the tour because he included Don Caballero on Chunklet's list of Top 100 Assholes In Rock. [For his part, I'll say that Henry told me that Eric had asked why they weren't on an early draft of the list... and requested that he put them on it]. I thought we'd get to the Eyedrum late, but everything's cool, there's plenty of time. When, like tonight, all the band are friends, everyone pulls together a little more to make things run smoothly. After playing, I had to run across town to the Echo Lounge. I was supposed to pick up an amplifier that Laddio Bollocko had left there two months prior and take it to NYC, but the van is still overloaded. We haven't sold near as many shirts as expected, so I have to just take the amp to my friend Adam's house for safekeeping. Unfortunately, I missed all but the first two songs of Shannon Wright's set in the process of going to the Echo. By the time I got back, Black Heart was playing and it was obvious that the venue just wasn't large enough for the combined Black Heart / Don Cab audience. By the time Don Cab was set to play, the crowd was so thick that Damon found it near impossible to get his drums through the people on the way to the stage. To Don Caballero it made no sense... Why would you cancel a show at a much better venue to move it to a basement of less than adequate size for the show? [Henry had been the Echo Lounge's booking agent and had a falling out with the management over ethics. That's why he chose to move the Don Cab to Eyedrum when the two shows were combined.] Regardless... frustrated by what he considered a lack of respect on Henry's part, Damon angrily knocked a hole in one of the walls with a stand after fighting through the crowd to get his drums on stage. Fueled by anger, Don Cab played a great set, but Damon made several sarcastic comments onstage, culminating with, "Does anyone have a paper chef's hat? Can we get a paper chef's hat up here to mic the drums?" [note from me, this is at 17:20] After the set, the soundman got on the mic and for several minutes goaded Damon by, in effect, calling him a rock star asshole. Sure, the soundman had good points regarding the fact that there were some underage kids who otherwise wouldn't have been able to see Don Cab play, but the crowd was largely over-21 and the sound, sightlines, and band accommodations would have been much, much better at the Echo Lounge. At the end of the night, Don Cab's money is docked $80 or so to pay to fix the wall, and we load up the van.”
And a long note from the publisher of Chunklet:
“Since I'm both the promoter of the show in question and the publisher of this magazine, I feel obligated to make a couple things abundantly clear regarding this matter. Fact: Don Caballero and Black Heart Procession have the same booking agent. This is compounded by the fact that both hands are on the same label, Touch & Go. Fact: I had confirmed the show with Black Heart Procession three weeks before Don Caballero was to finally try to confirm their show across town at the Echo on the same day. Thusly, when their booking agent was presented with the inevitable fact that Black Heart and Don Cab, both labelmates and agency compadres, would have played opposite each other, it was concluded that Don Cab would just be put on the bill at Eyedrum (which is an non-profit art space, by the way) for the mere fact that I refused to have the confirmed Black Heart show moved elsewhere. Therefore, Eyedrum -- a room which would've been more than adequate, if not ideal for Black Heart -- turned into a wildly unsuitable room for Don Caballero. I can accept any blame for the choice of venue, but let it be known that I had tried to put this show at the EARL (I found out they had Crooked Fingers that night, furthermore their booking agent at the time never returned my calls or e-mails any way) and Under The Couch (they never returned my calls and e-mails, either) both to no avail. Both venues would have been considerably more appropriate. However, given the circumstances, I feel that I was more than accommodating to all artists that night. And for the record, Damon's fit of rage -- which tallied four fist sized holes in the walls of Eyedrum -- were charged back to the band at $50 per hole. $200 total. And regarding Don Caballero's placement on the Top 100 Assholes in the last issue, Fred is absolutely correct. When at my house in October of 1999, the point when the list was being gathered, Eric and Ian were both astonished that they weren't on the list. My rationale for not putting them on were twofold. First, nobody had nominated them, and secondly, they were, and continue to be (I hope), friends of mine. I warned them that if they were put on the list, that I wouldn't hold back on their critique, to which Ian and Eric both agreed. Incidentally, Don Caballero were the only person/band I personally put on the list, and even that was done at the band's insistence. So their anger on this issue is largely unfounded.”
Cool story bro. No, really. I didn't know any of this.
It was an awesome show. I remember that Eyedrum's booking agent Randy was very upset about the holes that Damon put in the wall; I heard about it when I arrived that night. I was surprised when he confronted Damon about it publicly at the end of their set. I think that Randy agreed to host the show at Eyedrum and was upset about the damage done to the venue over what must have been a conflict with the original promoter Henry. It's weird to see him referred to as 'the soundman'; I guess he was working the soundboard that night.
awesome thank you for sharing
As an Atlanta musician who spent years slogging it out playing gigs like this, I can say with great relief that I had never felt so liberated as the day I made the decision to try not to fit in with “the scene” anymore.
Best comment ever
Banter and other interesting things
0:36 different names for the songs (fire back is called discman)
8:52 what’s that feedback? THERE’S a MONKEY IN THE HOUSE!
15:47 more feedback, do the one about the quality control
17:20 can we get a paper chef’s hat to mic up the drums on stage??
22:02 now whose the asshole?
28:12 can I get a break to find a bottle of water?
28:50 Ian starts doing something similar to Peter Criss Jazz opening
39:07 is the drummer going to say anything?
44:10 the rant, “this is weird…”
Seizures and filming don't mix well. Thanks for posting one of their last shows together with this lineup. Read about this show and the whole debacle in the Chunklet story. Cheers.
Man I haven’t thought about Eyedrum in years. I still listen to Don Cab though.
love Damons hair in this video
Ah, this is a good one, thank you!
1:48 For Respect and Delivering the Groceries at 138 Beats Per Minute fusion
3:57 Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex
10:15 Haven't Lived Afro Pop
18:03 The Peter Criss Jazz
22:44 Slice Where You Live Like Pie
30:24 Ones All Over The Place
34:37 I Never Liked You
39:41 Let's Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery
The first song is fusion of the intro for For Respect into Delivering the Groceries at 138 BPM
@@tiIebreaker thank you
Yes! That’s right
This from Atlanta, not Athens
heckled by someone with a microphone! what's the story i wonder? such beautiful music but always such rancour!
He's on about 'drilling holes in the walls'...? Damon used to drill his kit to the floor at shows, so I guess guy with mic was the owner of the venue & wasn't too happy about it.
it is in the american don tour diary. damon somehow put holes in the walls with his equipment and/or temper. being that this was a DIY space, the promoter was very angry about this. the promoter is who is on the microphone at the end of the show. the show was also booked at a DIY space instead of a regular club so that the explanation of the mention of "underage kids that were able to see them that wouldn't have been able to otherwise" the promoter thought that the band was acting like rock stars at a DIY space that was non-profit. the "budweiser sponsored tour" part is a dig at the band in that sense. this is also why he says "we don't get paid here" and "sorry about the PA." the "get the drummer an extra bottle of whiskey" part is that i believe whiskey was on their rider, but alcohol was not technically allowed in the venue. damon also had a bad drinking problem at the time and was most likely hammered.
Maaaan. Favorite setlist but dogshit audio, oh well.
Fucking bubble gum
I always wondered what flavor…
Please turn. The. Guitar and bass off