- SOUL ASYLUM
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05-17-97
Dan Murphy joined the Jayhawks on
stage for a set on May 17, 1997
at Sibley Park in Mankato MN.
Dan played on
"Until you came along"
and Chris Bell's
"I am the cosmos."
05-10-97
SOUL ASYLUM made
another appearance on the David Letterman show on Friday, May 9. They
performed "I'll still be laughing" with Ivan Neville on keyboards
in front of an audience especially flown in from Minneapolis for the show.
Past Letterman perfomances featuring Soul Asylum had them playing
"Without a trace", "Hopes Up" (before the album's
release), "Misery" (with Dave playing trumpet at the end, a riff
from McCartney's "Silly Love Songs") and "Promises
Broken" and a few more . Steve Jordan, the previous drummer for David
Letterman's studio band, produced "And the horse they rode in on"
and is a great drummer according to Grant Young. Jordan even filled in for
Sterling when "Promises Broken" was performed on the late night
show, when Sterling was in France on holiday as well as being Keith
Richard's drummer when Soul Asylum toured with Keef.
Kudos to Letterman for having the
band on again!
(thanks to Rafs, Nick and
Otterboy for the news)
04-16-97
Thanks to Karl and David P. at
Sony Music for linking this site
to the official site for Soul
Asylum
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/SoulAsylum/
and thanks to everyone who has
sent me information and photos that makes this site run, especially Ron, Lee
and the famous Rafs.
03-24-97
From *Postcard*, +Rafs+ and ^Ron^:
Vic
Chesnutt had been scheduled to do a free in-store
yesterday at
"Let
It Be"(records) in Minneapolis, accompanied by Dave Pirner, Dan
Murphy, and Kraig Johnson, as well as invited but unconfirmed Jayhawks.
However, when Vic was cancelled, only Pirner
showed for the in-store. He played
four acoustic songs before about forty people; 3
new songs and "Never Again."
Note:
Vic Chesnutt disappeared right
before Saturday's Milwaukee show, and has been reported to now be ok.
03-10-97
From "Postcard"
At the Red Carpet,
a little local bar in St. Cloud, outside of Minneapolis, the Jayhawks,
accompanied by Dan Murphy performed for 3 hours before maybe 25 people. Wow!
Anyone catch that show?!
03-09-97
SOUL ASYLUM DENIES REJECT
RUMORS
Soul Asylum
bassist 
Karl
Mueller seemed honestly shocked at rumors that Columbia Records had rejected
the band's latest album, even though several sources have said that tracks
were handed in to the label's president and subsequently returned with a
command to do them over.
Cornered behind the bar last Friday
night (Feb. 14) at Minneapolis' landmark 400 Bar during a Run Westy Run show,
the Soul Asylum bass player said that the album isn't even finished yet.
According to Mueller, the basic tracks have been recorded, but the band has
additional recording scheduled to complete the album.
While no title has been selected
and no release date scheduled, Mueller said that everything was going as
planned and the new album should be out sometime this summer. And by the way,
yes, Mueller is a bartender at the 400 Bar, as is Marc Perlman of the
Jayhawks. And no, it's not for charity. It's just a normal fact of life for a
Minnesota musician.
- Bill Snyder
03-06-97
Not real news
but.......
At the Los Straightjackets show at
the 7th St. Entry last night there was an alleged appearance by Dave Pirner.
"A couple folks swore they saw him walk through the Entry (and backstage)
prior to the shows. Next door was would-be actor turned spoken-word
performance sham Crispin Glover, so it seems this is something Mr. Pirner
might have shown up for. (He wasn't there for the music in the Entry.)"
(thanks Ron for the info)
03-06-97
Not real news but part
2.......
Pirner and Murphy hit the
"PARTY OF FIVE"
On FOX-TV's "Party of
Five" Golden Smog's rendition of "Shooting Star" was used as
background music, featuring Dave on lead vocals. Sounds like they've been
watching the film that Soul Asylum did music for,"Clerks", which did
the same thing a few years ago, with the same song.
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02-24-97
Monday's issue of Music
News Of the World has a nice article on the next Golden
Smog album, due in January 1998. Dan Murphy is still a member and one
notable cover is of Brain Wilson's "Love and Mercy", a song Golden
Smog have been playing live for some time now. Soul Asylum even performed it
in 1990. Bad news is we have to wait till 1998...good news is that the new
Soul Asylum album IS coming out this year, having done work this past
winter.
Music
News Of the World Feb 24, 1997
02-07-96
The Broken Hippies (aka
Golden Smog) played at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, MN on Friday evening
(2/7/97).
Check out the Golden
Smog page for some sketchy details.
News from Becki:
KARE, channel 11 up here in MPLS
did
a little "feel-good-piece" on Grant Young's new life
up north
last night. (Actually it was initially broadcast last weekend on this
Minnesota
Outdoors-type show I forget the name of). It basically showcased his lifestyle
change from rock-dude to nature-boy while filming him and his family on
their resort property Northern Air in Ely, MN. I've had a few friends that
have stayed there, sounds like a pretty decent place. Beautiful scenery...
Sounds like he's pretty happy, ya
gotta
like that. -Becki
Dave Pirner opened for Vic
Chesnutt
at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis on December 22, 1996, right after the Son
Volt show at First Avenue. Dave played with "another guy" (could
it be Dan? Kraig from Golden Smog?) and did a few songs, which were
"great".
They played under the name "beans and water" and "wore those
little headlight things".
- "The other notable thing
about
the show was who was there. The Jayhawks, Son Volt, Soul Asylum, and several
other local famous musicians were in attendance and all entranced by him
(Vic Chesnutt). I was able to grab onto Gary Louris of the Jayhawks (my
all time favorite band), and he was really impressed and seemed to be acting
like more of a fan and less of a fairly successful musician in his own
right. "
- This info was passed on to
me. Sorry
for any innacuracies and thanks to the anonymous poster of this info! Any
more details are appreciated.
Dave Pirner performed
Sunday, Sept 29 
at
Severance Hall in Cleveland, OH
The concert, sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame & Museum, honored
the words and music of Woody Guthrie.
"Pirner, who spent Saturday night recording with Soul Asylum in
Cannon Falls, Minn., closed the first half of the three-hour concert.
Onstage, he said he was prepared to sing only Guthrie's "Pretty Boy
Floyd," about the values of an outlaw. Since the concert organizer,
Nora Guthrie, Woody's daughter, insisted that Pirner do more, the
Minnesotan explained that from Woody Guthrie he learned the concept of
storytelling in songs. Pirner then sang "String of Pearls," a
twisted and absurd tale of Siamese twins who grew up to be president that
had the sellout audience of 2,100 laughing heartily at each comic turn.
With his acoustic guitar, Pirner also offered "The Same Old
Way"-- country-blues that truly evoked Guthrie's music."
Pirner also appeared as part off
the all-star encore singing "This Land Is Your Land" with Tim
Robbins, Billy Bragg, Arlo Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen.
thanks to Lee, "Star
Tribune" Faces and Places 9-30-96, & Rolling Stone #747
May 20, 1996
COLLEGE RADIO AWARD
WINNERS: (l-r) Dan Murphy and Dave Pirner received a College Radio Award,(
with violinist Lili Haydn) live at the ASCAP Pop
Awards (the 13th annual American Society of Composers, Authors &
Publishers' Awards), held Monday, May 20, 1996 at the Beverly Hilton in Los
Angeles.
