Somehow this one popped up in my brain today and hasn’t left: Eurotrash Girl, by Cracker. A good band who never really followed up with another record as good as Kerosene Hat, unfortunately; this album was on solid rotation the year I graduated college, and Low was the soundtrack to a summer painting houses. I’ve always loved the mixture of rock and country stirred together in this band—just enough twang to make things work.
And now you’ve reminded me of seeing Cracker, The Spin Doctors, and The Gin Blossoms in concert in 1994. Outdoor show, it had rained all day and was a complete mud pit. My buddy was a walking twin for the lead singer from Spin Doctors, to the point he was signing autographs.
Ha ha, I remember all shows I saw outdoors in the early 90’s being mudpits. Lollapaloozas, HFStivals, a couple of others I can’t remember clearly. One had to be careful where one was walking lest you lose a shoe in the muck.