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The man who taped Hengolo... - Tthip - 12-06-2004

This was posted over on Etree:

I only can say: WOW. I had no idea this show was in circulation worldwide. I mean: believe it or not, I taped this show. Here's a little story: I heard the Hip for the first time in november 1990 and was sold. I really loved them. A few months later a friend of mine who worked at the club as a cook came to me and said: hey, you wanna cook for the Tragically hip? And I went: say what??? He told me they were gonna play there and I could help out in the kitchen and meet the guys, so I did. It was awesome. (We had vegetarian chili) Earlier that day I met the guys and asked if I could make an audience recording of the show. Gordon said: That recorder sucks, why don't you use the one connected to the mixing deck. My mouth fell open. He told me they collected bootlegs of the Police an the Golden Earring and some other bands. I could tape the show if they could have a copy. A bit of a shame the engineer forgot to start the tape at the beginning, I was still backstage when all of a sudden the band decided to start the show. I rushed to the front of house to start the tape, unfortunately halfway the first song. Also Fight is missing from this tape, it was played between Three pistols and Little bones, but during that song the tape had to be switched. On my copy of the tape it's still there (cut), but I guess somewhere in the line of traders it got lost. Anyway, after the show Gordon and the guys (including me) listened to the tape in the dressing room and we had a blast. They wanted to have the tape and promised me a copy if I could show them a Record shop where they could buy bootlegs (I happened to know that shop). So the next day (they had 2 days of, I guess) I met the guys again in the city of Hengelo and took them to a little place called Pop-eye. They loved it. At the time law-invorcement didn't work as well and boots were all over the place. Gordon smiled and gave me a copy of the tape they made in the touring bus: "as promised" he said. Well, I guess that's most of the story. My tape has been played so much i keep it in the faults, so I'm happy to have this one on cd now.

Thanks a lot and hope to enjoy a lot more of the hip.

Cheers from Hengelo,

Arjan

- cferneyh - 12-06-2004

Very cool!

- scottitude - 12-06-2004

Now that's a helluva great Hip-tale! :thumb: Life truly is a circle.

~Scott

- tragicallymike - 12-06-2004

i think back in day that was universally recognized as everyones first HIP bootleg.

- prz - 12-06-2004

That is a great story. :thumb:

- cougar_trader - 12-06-2004

It's one of favorites. As for the story it only adds more meaning to the show.

Greg

Re: The man who taped Hengolo... - Hairbird - 12-06-2004

Tthip Wrote:Earlier that day I met the guys and asked if I could make an audience recording of the show.

Isn't the story on this show, that Dave Powell got the band lost while driving the van, and they barely made it to the gig on time. While driving all around the country-side, trying to get back on track, Gord may have over-indulged in various substances, opening the door for what turned out to be one of his funniest performances.

I've heard many accounts of that story, which doesn't really jive with this telling of the incident. Am I confusing gigs? Has anyone else heard similar tales?

Re: The man who taped Hengolo... - tragicallymike - 12-06-2004

ive also heard that story. Who knows maybe they went to the venue...did soundcheck....left and got lost? I Dont know thats all I could come up with?

Hairbird Wrote:
Tthip Wrote:Earlier that day I met the guys and asked if I could make an audience recording of the show.

Isn't the story on this show, that Dave Powell got the band lost while driving the van, and they barely made it to the gig on time. While driving all around the country-side, trying to get back on track, Gord may have over-indulged in various substances, opening the door for what turned out to be one of his funniest performances.

I've heard many accounts of that story, which doesn't really jive with this telling of the incident. Am I confusing gigs? Has anyone else heard similar tales?