Here’s the promo poster – designed by Nick Durham – for the Trashcan’s performance at The Loft in Dallas, Texas, during the March 2011 Acoustic Tour.
Those Frank Sinatra afficionados among you will of course recognise that Nick has used an image from the Sinatra and Doris Day film, ‘Young At Heart’. Nick is a friend of Salim Nourallah, who supported TCS on the night. You can find out more about both Nick and Salim here and here respectively.
There wasn’t too many of these posters produced, so thanks to Carla Elliott and Shane Locke for sending one through.
Interesting side note: The band’s recent online ‘volunteers for brass duties’ campaign had its first success at this gig. They were joined onstage by Steve and Scott (sorry, don’t have their surnames) and those lucky enough to be in attendance got to hear the brass arrangement of 1993 song ‘I’ve Seen Everything’ live onstage.
Magic stuff!
Auld blue eyes…
4 March 2011 Acoustic Tour (US)
Have van, will travel.
Which is exactly what the Trashcan’s did for their month long acoustic tour in March 2011.
The October 2010 acoustic tour covered parts of the western/southwestern USA, so this recent tour covered much of the rest of the US, including a number of cities the band had never played and cities not played since the 2004/5 Weightlifting tours, including a long overdue return to Toronto, Canada. The full list of dates and setlists can be found here.
The official poster – only 100 hand-numbered prints were made – was designed by the mighty Shane Locke.
March 2011 Acoustic Tour (US)
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KDHX is an award-winning independent, non-commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri, US of A. Since 1987 it has broadcast music, public and cultural affairs and is a non-profit organisation supported by the local community.
As part of their American tour in 2009, the Trashcans popped in to play a couple of tunes, one of which, was included on this CD (thanks Mr DiMaria) – a fine version of ‘I Hung My Harp Upon The Willows’.
From the KDHX website: “…featuring exclusive in-studio performances you won’t find anywhere else, Live at KDHX, Vol. 8 spotlights a wide array of artists and genres. From the old-time blues of the Carolina Chocolate Drops to the cinematic rock of Monahans, from the brash indie pop of White Rabbits to the riveting storytelling of Jason Isbell, from the working class punch of the Bottle Rockets to the timeless Scottish folk of the Trash Can Sinatras, from the old school country of James Intveld to the soul-soaked ska of Westbound Train, this collection is the soundtrack for your eclectic, music-loving life.”
You can have a wee listen here.
2009 KDHX / Copycats Hi-Fi Media KDHX 0015 (US)
A small advert promoting second album, ‘I’ve Seen Everything’ which appeared in Melody Maker.
This advert also appeared in the same edition which included one of the anagram promos for ISE…
8 May 1993 Melody Maker
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…tell him he wrote ‘Oranges & Apples’.
He didn’t of course, he wrote ‘Apples and Oranges’ – but tell that to compilers of this French release.
‘Apples and Oranges’, was one of the final songs written by Syd Barrett while he was still a member of The Pink Floyd. It was released in 1967 and is quoted to be about a girl who he saw just walking round Richmond town centre.
‘Oranges & Apples’, however, is an entirely different song altogether. Inspired by Syd who passed away in 2006, it was written, as you well know, by the Trashcan Sinatras and the single was released in conjunction with a charity festival in Syd’s honour that took place in Cambridge and London in October, 2008.
Now, in my search for Trashcan obscurities, I came across this double CD. 26 tracks in total it features a plethora of artists including Bright Eyes, Ben Folds, The Lemonheads and The Magic Numbers, all of them covering songs by various different artists – except for one that is.
And this is where the confusion starts. Track 13 on CD2 has the Trashcans’ ‘Oranges & Apples’. Fair enough you say, but it’s not a cover version. It is, however, credited to Syd Barrett. There are also no publishing credits printed with the record company info either.
Have they used this track without permission? I hope not, but it does look like it.
As super sleuth Inspector Clouseau once said, ‘Roger and goodbye’.
2008 ReprisesInrocks Vol.2 Les Editions Independantes/Les Inrockuptibles
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 