THE O-BAY-GONE BAND Live in Taipei Taiwan at The Scarecrow Fall 1976 by gary@garylucas.com published on 2020-08-20T18:54:46Z A live concert recording of a young Gary Lucas leading his group The O-Bay-Gone Band (Taiwanese for "The Bullshit Band") during their regulr engagement at Taipei's premiere club for Chinese and foreign hipsters, The Scarecrow, located near National Taiwan University (Taidah). Lucas spent nearly two years resident in Taipei from spring '75 to late Dec. '76, and formed his band with mainstays Swedish ex-pat Jesper Gadelus on rhythm guitar and vocals, Cleveland ex-pat Hank Frisch on blues harmonica, and a Taiwanese rhythm section of Aldo Tsemg on drums and Peter Eng on bass. This recording comes from a cassette made during their performance, and opens with Lucas solo who is later joined by his band. 1) "Show-Biz Blues" (Peter Green)--Gary Lucas solo electric, vocals 2) "White Summer / Black Mountain Side" (trad. arr. Jimmy Page)--Gary Lucas solo electric 3) "Twig Leaf Duel" (Lucas)--Gary Lucas solo electric 4) "Love Hangover" (Diana Ross)-- band instrumental 5) "The Stumble" (Freddy King)--band instrumental 6) "The Last Time" (Stones)/ "Gloria" (Van Morrison)-- band with vocal by Gary Lucas photo of Gary Lucas live on Taiwanese TV the Mandarin titles translates as "Gary Lucas Rock 'n Roll Guitar" Genre Otherworld
