Blues Traveler
"Blues Traveler" demo
1987
Master:
Original demo tape>DAT
Unknown, clone provided by TF
Conversion:
Tascam DA-20>Egosys U2A>Sound Studio 2.1.1b3>AIFF>xACT 1.55
by Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
CD 1 (minutes:seconds.frames) [55:55.46]
01. Sweet Talking Hippie [08:11.58]
02. What Do You Want From Me* [08:11.73]
03. Severe Infatuation [05:16.65]
04. Glory, Glory [10:02.44]
05. Bad To The Bone [06:04.52]
06. Wouldn't It Make You Mad [07:11.04]
07. Closing Down The Park [10:56.50]
* with unknown percussion player
Notes:
- Dropout at 2:56 of track 5.
History:
This is the band's earliest known demo tape under the name "Blues
Traveler". They had previously been called "Blues Band", going
through several guitarists (Levi Pervin, Dave Stern, Ted Irenas, Troy
Straszheim) before Chan Kinchla joined, and bassists Sebastian Hill
and Felicia Lewis before Bobby Sheehan joined. They then adopted the
name "Blues Traveler"
This demo was likely recorded sometime in late 1987, and features the
only known studio recordings of "What Do You Want From Me" (the first
song written by the band as a foursome), "Bad To The Bone" and "Wouldn't
It Make You Mad". The percussionist on track 2 is unidentified, though
it may simply be some overdubbed percussion performed by another band
member, as it was on the "Dropping Some NYC" demo the following year.