In this recording, New Salty Dog performed at the Mountain Top Music Festival in Wakefield, Michigan. The recording is interesting because it was the first released on their Bandcamp. Unfortunately, it is no longer available for purchase, making this a part of the "Lost Dogs" collection.
Even just looking at the track names, you can see the experimentation still present in the band's repertoire at the time: familiar standards like "Easy Jim" are presented here with an alternate spelling, or the stalwart, middle-of-set jam break "Pizza" is for this performance, "Pizza Delivery Swagzilla." The performances are similarly experimental, with an emphasis on the horn section that isn't always present in later recordings. According to their Facebook page, the band was accompanied by Leetus Wilmer Martin on the pedal steel guitar for the last few tracks, making those must-listens. Fan-favorite "Come Home Soon" is a standout from the first half of the show.
The sound quality is regrettably not as good as on their later recordings, and I suspect that is why this was pulled from Bandcamp. Still, if you ever glance down at the sidewalk and find a bootleg 8-track tape of the recording about to follow the rush of rainwater into the storm drain, it's worth getting your knees a bit wet to save it from destruction and give it a listen.
Setlist
- Soundcheck
- Don't Wanna Move
- Come Home Soon
- Junk In tha Trunk
- Butt Rock
- Pizza Delivery Swagzilla
- I Break the Law and
- Old People
- EZ Jim
- Done and Done
- Dear Do You Love Me
- Pecan Pie
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