Live At McCabe's (Henry Rollins Album)
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''Live @ McCabe's'' is the fourth live
spoken word Spoken word is an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a 20th-century continuation of an oral tradition, ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetic ...
album by
Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, comedian, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1 ...
, released in 1990 on
Quarterstick Records Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. To ...
. It was reissued with new artwork on
2.13.61 Records 2.13.61, Inc. is a publisher and record company founded by American musician Henry Rollins and named after his date of birth (February 13, 1961). The company has released albums by the Rollins Band, all of Rollins' spoken word work, and numerou ...
on January 5, 2009. It was recorded on June 9 & 10, 1990 at
McCabe's Guitar Shop McCabe's Guitar Shop is a musical instrument store and live music venue on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States. Opened in 1958 by Gerald L. McCabe, a well-known furniture designer. McCabe's specializes in acoustic and folk i ...
in
Santa Monica, CA Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to ...
.
Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (born Christene Lee Cervenka; February 1, 1956) is an American singer, artist, and poet. She is best known for her work as a singer in the California punk rock band X. Music career The 21-year-old Cervenka met 23-year-old m ...
and
Hubert Selby Jr. Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Two of his novels, ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1964) and ''Requiem for a Dream'' (1978), explore worlds in the New York area and were adapted as films, both of w ...
performed with Rollins these two nights.


Liner Notes

On June 9 & 10, 1990, I shared the McCabe's stage with Exene Cervenka and Hubert Selby Jr. As I remember, it was a good time. Thanks for listening.


Track listing

# Exhaustion – 9:00 # Misunderstanding – 16:00 # I Wish Someone Had Told Me – 36:39 # Travel Tips – 14:28


References

1990 live albums Henry Rollins live albums Live spoken word albums Live comedy albums Spoken word albums by American artists Quarterstick Records live albums {{Comedy-album-stub