I'll never forget hearing 'Lucky Father Brown' for the 1st time on John Peel's show-a total fluke as I rarely if ever listened to it. Imagine the sort of grey, dribbling indie piss ineffectuality which I was habitually exposed to at this time (actually, don't), this sounded like the work of gods by comparison, supermen, so intense and powerful was this music to my young ears. I missed the name of the band but by yet another fluke I happened to read a review of 'For Respect'- how many instrumental bands could there be? Bought it blind, a good choice. The album killed.

'Don Caballero 2' didn't so much raise as the bar as throw it straight up in the air-a total mindfuck, still sounds incredible to this day. 'What Burns...' seemed to magically appear at a time when fans such as myself thought that the band had split up, and had the most incredibly exciting opening of all time. Another incredible record, and a big shift in terms of overall mood and atmosphere, almost blindingly bright, which was a lot more than just tech flash.

Don Caballero without Mike Banfield turned out to be nothing like as good as Don Caballero with Mike Banfield. Don Caballero without Ian T Williams (even though Damon was a founder member) is like King Crimson without Robert Fripp-totally redundant and stupid beyond belief. Even before you take into consideration that the guitarists are playing absurd and embarrassing parodies of Ian T Williams guitar parts.

However, excepting WCLP which was FC, DC will always be NC.

For me it ends at "What Burns Never Returns".

El Protoolio wrote:For me it ends at "What Burns Never Returns".

That's because that's where it should have ended.

If you can listen to Stupid Puma and not say that Don Caballero is Not Crap.... I dunno, I don't think we can hang out.

I saw the "new" Don Cab for the second time a couple weeks ago.

Why can't Che keep a band together? In the roughly 8 months since I saw them last, they're down to a trio with a different bass player.

This new trio is not good. Kind of a disgrace compared to the 99-2000ish trio.

The record is good, but I spent a good portion of the live show being embarrassed for them.

Isn't he a crazy person?

The whole Bellini fiasco suggested that he is a crazy person.

tommydski wrote:Isn't he a crazy person?

The whole Bellini fiasco suggested that he is a crazy person.

yeah seems like a dick from what I've read, but most people are dicks so whatever

Peripatetic wrote:I saw the "new" Don Cab for the second time a couple weeks ago.

Why can't Che keep a band together? In the roughly 8 months since I saw them last, they're down to a trio with a different bass player.

This new trio is not good. Kind of a disgrace compared to the 99-2000ish trio.

The record is good, but I spent a good portion of the live show being embarrassed for them.

The other guitarist (by far the more technical of the two) just had a kid. He would like to spend some time tending to that instead of going on tour with a rock band.

skatingbasser wrote:

Peripatetic wrote:I saw the "new" Don Cab for the second time a couple weeks ago.

Why can't Che keep a band together? In the roughly 8 months since I saw them last, they're down to a trio with a different bass player.

This new trio is not good. Kind of a disgrace compared to the 99-2000ish trio.

The record is good, but I spent a good portion of the live show being embarrassed for them.

The other guitarist (by far the more technical of the two) just had a kid. He would like to spend some time tending to that instead of going on tour with a rock band.

I'm happy for him.

I still wish he would have been playing at that show though.

tommydski wrote:Isn't he a crazy person?

You tell me.