John Doe played Sound Fix
September 8th, 2011 by chocko
John Doe played an intimate show to a few dozen people last night at a Brooklyn record store, Sound Fix Records. John is an original member of the legendary California punk band, X. You best get to steppin’ if you don’t own their first 2 albums…Los Angeles and Wild Gift. At least have those in your record collection. I walked in during soundcheck and heard some of “Burning House of Love” off the Ain’t Love Grand record. John sounded great and that song would be the only X song played later that night. The rain didn’t stop his fans from showing up to see him play some songs of his new album, Keeper on Yep Roc Records. It’s his 8th solo album and it’s got 12 brand new tracks of laid back, mature rock and roll tunes. You won’t find any punk rock songs on the record, but the second track, “Never Enough” a song about hoarding, does get a bit rowdy. Cindy Wasserman provided backup vocals for the in-store performance. She’s got a great voice and she sings on a bunch of tracks on the new album, but do check her out in her own band from California, Dead Rock West. John shot down a request of X’s “4th Of July” but he did play “Golden State” which was a highlight of the night.
SET LIST
Handsome Devil
Burning House of Love
Little Tiger
Don’t Forget How Much I Love You
This Far
Golden State
Never Enough
Giant Step Backward
Tags: cindy wasserman, dead rock west, in-store, john doe, performance, punk, show, x
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