Remembering Joe Strummer on the 8th anniversary of his fatal heart attack...

cutacrossshorty · Dec 22, 2010

I'm actually of the belief that he wrote (and performed) some of his best songs at the tail end of his life with his band The Mescaleros...

This is from a gig in Bridgewater, UK about 5 weeks before his death on Dec 22, 2002.

Bindhi Bhagee

Some might recall this as the theme song for the short lived HBO show "John from Cincinnati"

Johnny Appleseed

TescoVee · Dec 22, 2010

ah thanks for the reminder. still shoot myself in the foot for never seeing him live

cutacrossshorty · Dec 22, 2010

Tesco Vee said:
ah thanks for the reminder. still shoot myself in the foot for never seeing him live

Tesco Vee... I actually tried to link in that same video in my post, but alas, embedding is disabled.

Saw the Clash 9 times. Regret not making an effort to see The Mescaleros.

TescoVee · Dec 22, 2010

i went to HOB once to see the Mescaleros and rolled up around 930ish only to find out they went on like at 8pm. i wasnt of concert age to see the Clash but i still listen all the time to their albums.

cocktailsnlongshots+ · Dec 22, 2010

mescaleros were fantastic....the clash were iconic....caught one of joes last shows he ever did w/them in brooklyn...seems like i was strappin my boots on to go see that show just the other day....man, has it been that long?

cutacrossshorty · Dec 23, 2010

cocktailsnlongshots said:
mescaleros were fantastic....the clash were iconic....caught one of joes last shows he ever did w/them in brooklyn...seems like i was strappin my boots on to go see that show just the other day....man, has it been that long?

I assume you're referring to the 5 night stretch Joe and the Mescaleros did in early April 2002 at St Ann's Warehouse. I downloaded audience recordings from each night via dimeadozen.org a few years ago. Your post motivated me to locate those (amongst the hundreds of others I've downloaded and burned).

Anyway, here's a nice recording and slide show that's apt for today...

[Note: That's former Mott The Hoople producer Guy Stevens with Joe at the 17 second mark. Guy Stevens produced the London Calling double LP]

Silver and Gold