D. Boon & Friends

Box-O-Plenty 2003 CD
Recorded April 1984—May 1985. Length 61:25. Producer Richard Derrick, Crane
01. "Everyone Was There" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
02. "Fifth Gear" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
03. "Deadline" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
04. "The Waiting Stage" (Derrick)
05. "Indecision" (Boon/Derrick)
06. "Theme From Empty Box" (Brian Wells)
07. "The Long Road Home" (Boon/Derrick)
08. "Take You There" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
09. "Freedom Forever" (Boon)
10. "Jam #6" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
11. "Binky's Round"-Up (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
12. "Too Much Fun" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
13. "All Over The Place" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
14. "The Viking Song" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
15. "Just Around The Corner" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
16. "As Long As" (Parts 1 & 2) (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
17. "Hammerdown I" (Boon/Holzman/Tambourvich/Vandenburg)
18. "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie)
19. "Hammerdown II" (Boon/Holzman/Tambourvich/Vandenburg)
20. "Our New Industrial Direction" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
21. "That's All There Is" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
22. "My Part" (Boon)
23. "Don't Look Now" (John Fogerty)
24. "Plight" (Boon/Watt)
25. "Corona" (Boon)
26. "But First..." (Boon/Watt/Derrick)
27. "I Felt Like A Gringo" (Watt)
28. "God Bows To Math" (Watt)
29. "Themselves" (Watt)
30. "Self"-Referenced (Watt)
31. "#1 Hit Song" (Boon/Hurley)
32. "History Lesson" - Part II (Watt)
33. "Many As One" (Boon) 

D. Boon And Friends is a CD compiling various jam session and live recordings featuring the late Minutemen guitarist and frontman D. Boon. The album is the inaugural release of the Hermosa Beach, California-based label Box-O-Plenty Records, started by Boon's one-time roommate Richard Derrick. Most of the tracks are living-room jam sessions (on guitars, bass and cheap keyboards) done by Boon, Derrick, and Crane, who had previously contributed backing vocals and trumpet parts to the Minutemen's Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat and Project: Mersh 12-inch EP's.
Also heard on the album are live recordings of a one-time project band featuring Boon and three percussionists under the band name Hammerdown, a rare D. Boon acoustic solo show, a tape of a noontime Minutemen gig with Derrick substituting for drummer George Hurley (who couldn't get time off of work to participate in the show), and an experimental demo recording featuring D. Boon overdubbing three different lead guitar parts over a rhythm guitar track.
The cover art of D. Boon And Friends is derived from a Christmas card Boon had given Derrick in 1984.
Mike Watt, as curator of the Minutemen legacy, gave the project his blessing, as did D. Boon's late father. Watt, former Meat Puppets drummer Derrick Bostrom, Crane, and Richard Derrick all contributed liner notes.
In keeping with a Minutemen crediting tradition, Boon and many of the other participants are credited with "singing" instead of "vocals".
The first pressing of the CD had a purple cover. Current pressings have the front cover printed with an off-yellow background. Customers who order the CD directly from the label also receive a bonus CD-R of other Boon/Crane/Derrick jam sessions and solo live tracks that didn't fit into the original track sequence. (Wikipedia) 

Une vingtaine d'expérimentations, pour commencer, avec ses amis Crane et Richard Derrick enregistrées entre 84 et 85. Il y a du bon et du moins bien, et des passages incroyables, comme The Viking Song interrompue par un coup de téléphone. Trois titres en concert avec Hammerdown de 84. D.Boon en solo au Lhasa Club 84 qui fait des reprises inattendues de Plight et Corona, du bon vieux MINUTEMEN avec sept titres enregistrés au UCLA en 85 avec un autre batteur que Hurley (Richard Derrick). Si je me souviens bien, ce show a été filmé par Musicalifornia en 85. Je revois History Lesson part II joué en plein jour dans le campus de l'UCLA avec les sous-titres qui disaient "Je rêvais d'être E.Bloom, Richard Hell, Joe Strummer..."
Pour terminer, un instrumental hypnotique de D. Boon enregistré à la maison. Avec un livret écrit par Watt, Crane et Derrick, cet objet montre une autre facette du chanteur/guitariste des Minutemen, obsédé par sa guitare et qui n'arrêtait jamais de jouer. (Netclues.com) 

* D. Boon and Friends page at Box-O-Plenty.com
* Billboard article on D. Boon And Friends
* L.A. Weekly review of D. Boon And Friends

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