I've seen both Jason & the Scorchers and the Fleshtones live. Both bands blister the paint off the wall, and I'd drop anything to see either one, but if I had to say which band is the best at delivering the goods I'd have to give it to the Fleshtones by a nose.

Gregory Sager

P.S. I may be a minority of one on this, but I've stubbornly insisted in more than one argument that the all-time-best Dylan cover is *not* Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower", as great as it is; it's Jason & the Scorchers' hell-bent-for-leather take on "Absolutely Sweet Marie" off of the *Fervor* EP.


--- On Mon, 6/21/10, audities-owner@smoe.org <audities-owner@smoe.org> wrote:

> From: audities-owner@smoe.org <audities-owner@smoe.org>
> Subject: audities-digest V7 #137 (2 msgs)
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 10:10 PM
> The Audities Digest: for the
> discussion of insanely great pop 
> Volume 7 : Issue 137 : "text" Format
> 
> Messages in this Issue:
>   Re: The Bottlerockets       
>             ["Bill Jones"
> <wigout6@juno.com>]
>   Re: The Bottlerockets       
>      [Miles Goosens <outdoorminer@gmail.com>]
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:36:42 GMT
> From: "Bill Jones" <wigout6@juno.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: The Bottlerockets
> Message-ID: <20100620.223642.8175.0@webmail11.vgs.untd.com>
> 
> Miles wrote:
> >  2010 has been blessed with something even better
> in the roots department: Jason & the Scorchers' HALCYON
> TIMES, which is on the level of their greatest material
> (1983's FERVOR EP, 1985's LOST AND FOUND, 1996's CLEAR
> IMPETUOUS MORNING).  They also happen to be the best
> live rock band ever
> 
> 
> While I really can't disagree with your "best live rock
> band" tag, as I haven't seen Jason & The Scorchers, I'm
> curious Miles... Have you ever seen The Fleshtones live?
> 
> 
> Be seeing you,
> Bill
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:11:45 -0500
> From: Miles Goosens <outdoorminer@gmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: The Bottlerockets
> Message-ID: <AANLkTincyvvmoa_rrBO0mRYutr0Fg7ZwHgocC1SFwts7@mail.gmail.com>
> 
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Bill Jones <wigout6@juno.com>
> wrote:
> > Miles wrote:
> >>  2010 has been blessed with something even better
> in the roots department: Jason & the Scorchers' HALCYON
> TIMES, which is on the level of their greatest material
> (1983's FERVOR EP, 1985's LOST AND FOUND, 1996's CLEAR
> IMPETUOUS MORNING).  They also happen to be the best live
> rock band ever
> >
> >
> > While I really can't disagree with your "best live
> rock band" tag, as I haven't seen Jason & The Scorchers,
> I'm curious Miles... Have you ever seen The Fleshtones
> live?
> 
> I have not seen the Fleshtones live.
> 
> later,
> 
> Miles
> 
> -- 
> over a year of feeling guilty about not blogging enough!
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