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Rain On Tin (Live At The Bridge School Benefit 2004)

from Rarities 1 by Sonic Youth

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Invited to play the Bridge Benefit a second time and a chance to redeem ourselves in the 'acoustic' format after '91's disaster of a set. We'd grown as players since our last embarrassing performance in 1991 (what a year! touring with Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the year punk broke summer festival tour with Nirvana, and then falling flat on our faces at Neil's Bridge Benefit as the year ended) where Willie Nelson and Mickey Raphael killed supreme as we sulked away. But 2004 was a different story - our touring gear was stuck in Mexico so our friend and technician Nic Close arranged for us to borrow some of Neil and Crazy Horse's gear for our two sets - i was playing Ralph Molina's 1960's Ludwig kit (the one he played on the recordings of Down By The River and Cowgirl In The Sand), Jim O'Rourke was using Neil's upright piano that had been used for After The Goldrush and Lee was stationed behind Neil's pump organ for our first tune I Love You Golden Blue. The set went flawlessly and as we left the stage we accepted high fives from Neil and our new friend Paul McCartney (this years Willie award went to Tony Bennett who'd been playing 'acoustically' for decades). Rain On Tin recorded at the Bridge Benefit was one of the many highlights of a triumphant set.
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Recorded live at Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, CA on
October 23-24, 2004
Originally released on The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition

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from Rarities 1, released August 7, 2020

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