Congo Norvell, 1993: (l-r) Kristian Hoffman/ Kid Congo Powers/ Sally Norvell/ Jim Sclavunos and Mary Mullen.
Photo credit © (IG) Fredrik Nilsen Studio and (website) Fredrik Nilsen Studio. Used with kind permission.
Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads),
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups, assorted trivia and other tall tales
related to the American band Congo Norvell.
Date format is DD-MMM-YY.
-Information in grey italics is uncertain-
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1990
The year in which the band is founded. |
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Kid Congo Powers, who left the Bad Seeds in May 1990, was at the time still in the Gun Club and would be until spring 1992. In parallel he's starting a new band in Los Angeles,Congo Norvell, with Sally Norvell. Sally starred in Wim Wenders' "Paris,Texas" film in 1984 and came from Austin, Texas. In 1978 she sang in Gator Family, later in The Norvells (1978-1980) and Prohibition (1987-1988). Third band member is Chase Holiday, who was a friend of Kid from the 70's LA punk scene. |
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Line-up #1a (Los Angeles/Silverlake March 1990):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar) and Chase Holiday (gong, keyboards and drums) |
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13-Mar-90 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 02-Mar-90. |
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1990 Photo: Stills from movie. |
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[May 1990. BE Brussels. Kid Congo Powers is recording "Pastoral,Hide & Seek" album with The Gun Club. No activity for Congo Norvell]. |
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Line-up #1b (Los Angeles August 1990):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Chase Holiday (gong, keyboards) and Jim Sclavunos (drums) |
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12-Aug-90 Setlist: ?/ Song/ Lullabye. |
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26-Aug-90 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 24-Aug-90. |
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[03-Oct/05-Dec-90. Europe. Kid Congo Powers is touring with The Gun Club. No activity for Congo Norvell]. |
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1991
The year in which they record the "Lullabye" EP with a new line-up: Kristian Hoffman [Lydia Lunch band, Swinging Madisons], Mary Mullen [The Hesitations] and Jim Sclavunos [Lydia Lunch band, Sonic Youth, Panther Burns, in 1994 The Bad Seeds] |
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Line-up #2a (Los Angeles April 1991 - December 1993):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Kristian Hoffman (piano/keyboards/guitar)/ Mary Mullen (stand-up contrabass) and Jim Sclavunos (drums) |
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27-Mar-91 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 22-Mar-91. |
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07-Apr-91 Listing: Scan of listing from Los Angeles Times 07-Apr-91. |
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10-Apr-91 11-Apr-91 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 05-Apr-91. |
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12-Apr-91 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Los Angeles Times 07-Apr-91. |
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13-Apr-91 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 05-Apr-91. |
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[May 1991. BE Brussels. Kid Congo Powers is recording "Divinity" album with The Gun Club. No activity for Congo Norvell]. |
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[June/July 1991. Kid Congo Powers is touring with The Gun Club in Europe. Jim Sclavunos is recording the "Look Mom No Head!" with the Cramps at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood. No activity for Congo Norvell]. |
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02-Aug-91 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 02-Aug-91. |
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30-Aug-91 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 25-Aug-91. |
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14-Sep-91 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 13-Sep-91. |
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20-Sep-91 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 20-Sep-91. |
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11-Oct-91 Handbill: Photo of handbill. |
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1991/1992 |
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1992
The year in which Kid Congo leaves the Gun Club at the end of a 2-months European tour and Congo Norvell performs at the local LA dives, as well as a supporting The Bad Seeds on their Californian summer live dates. |
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26-Jan-92 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 24-Jan-92. |
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31-Jan-92 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 31-Jan-92. |
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16-Feb-92 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 16-Feb-92. |
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10-Mar-92 Review: Scan of review from "LA Dee Da" column from LA Weekly 13-Mar-92. |
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[05-Mar/16-May-92. Europe. Kid Congo Powers is touring with The Gun Club. No activity for Congo Norvell]. |
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Spring 1992. Kid Congo Powers leaves The Gun Club at the end of their European tour |
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31-Jul-92 01-Aug-92 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 26-Jul-92. |
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09-Aug-92 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the San Francisco 09-Aug-92 |
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10-Aug-92 Poster: Photo of poster. |
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11-Aug-92 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 07-Aug-92. |
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13-Aug-92 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 07-Aug-92. |
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31-Dec-92 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 16-Feb-92. |
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1993
The year in which they start recording sessions for their first album "Music To Remember Him By", partially produced by Mick Harvey [Bad Seeds]. They mainly perform live in Los Angeles and also do two rare east coast dates. |
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February 1993 |
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14-Feb-93 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 12-Feb-93. |
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18-Feb-93 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 05-Feb-93. |
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19-Feb-93 20-Feb-93 Listing: Scan of listing from The San Francisco Examiner 14-Feb-93. |
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13-Mar-93 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 12-Mar-93. |
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17-Apr-93 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 16-Apr-93. |
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May/August 1993 |
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22-Jul-93 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 16-Jul-93. |
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26-Aug-93 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 22-Aug-93. |
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27-Aug-93 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 22-Aug-93. |
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28-Aug-93 Listing: Scan of listing, taken from San Francisco Examiner 27-Aug-93. |
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09-Sep-93 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 03-Sep-93. |
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06-Nov-93 Setlist: (Lawd You Made The) Night Too Long [Guy Lombardo/Lewis-Young]/ Long Time Woman/ Love/ Moonlight/ Golden Gates/ The Chosen One/ Rock My Child/ Drift Away/ Lullabye. |
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07-Nov-93 Listing: Scan of listing from Boston Globe Nov-93. |
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01-Dec-93 Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 26-Nov-93. |
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08-Dec-93 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 03-Dec-93. |
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15-Dec-93 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 10-Dec-93. |
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22-Dec-93 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 10-Dec-93. |
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Congo Norvell, 1994: (l-r) Joe Berardi/ Mary Mullen/ Kid Congo Powers/ Kristian Hoffman and Sally Norvell.
Photo credit © Suzanne Hanover.
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1994
The year in which Jim Sclavunos joins The Bad Seeds and is replaced by Joseph -Joe- Berardi on drums. Continuation of the recording sessions for their first album "Music To Remember Him By". They tour the USA for the first time, but the tour is sadly cut short. In LA they often play at Luna Park. |
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Line-up #2b (Los Angeles March 1994 - May 1995):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Kristian Hoffman (piano/keyboards)/Mary Mullen (bass) and Joseph -Joe- Berardi (drums, percussion). |
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19-Mar-94 Setlist: Long Time Woman [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ (Lawd You Made The) Night Too Long/ Moonlight/ The Chosen One/ Golden Gates/ Drift Away/ Angel [Crime and the City Solution]/ ?/Lola/ Shelter/ Song/ Love. |
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03-Apr-94 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 01-Apr-94. |
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24-Apr-94 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 22-Apr-94. |
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29-Apr-94 Listing: Scan of listing from Arizona Daily Star 01-Apr-94. |
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1994 |
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04-Jun-94 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 03-Jun-94. |
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26-Jun-94 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 24-Jun-94. |
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26-Aug-94 Poster: Photo of poster. |
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16-Sep-94 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 16-Sep-94. |
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September 1994 |
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12-Oct-94 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 07-Oct-94. |
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25-Oct-94 Review 1: Scan of review from CMJ New Music Report 31-Oct-94. |
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18-Nov-94 Setlist: Love/ Long Time Woman [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ Moonlight/ Golden Gates/ Drift Away/ Shelter/ Rock My Child/ My Midnight/ Lullaby/ Thief [Can]/ (Lawd You Made The) Night Too Long. Note: Start of first USA tour. |
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19-Nov-94 Review: Scan of review, taken from The Boston Globe 21-Nov-94. |
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20-Nov-94 |
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21-Nov-94 Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Boston Globe 20-Nov-94. |
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23-Nov-94 Setlist: Love/ Long Time Woman [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ The Chosen One/ Golden Gates/ Moonlight/ Angel [Crime and the City Solution]/ My Midnight/ Drift Away/ Thief [Can]. |
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25-Nov-94 Note: The band finds out that the day before -on Thanksgiving- LA Fuzzyland promoter Jac Zinder had been killed in a car accident. After returning to LA they would join his Memorial tribute event on December 10. |
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26-Nov-94 Setlist: Love/ Long Time Woman [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ Golden Gates/ The Chosen One/ Lola/ Dried Flowers/ My Midnight/ Drift Away/ Lullaby/ Thief [Can]/ Shelter/ (Lawd You Made The) Night Too Long. |
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27-Nov-94 Setlist: Lullaby/ Love/ Long Time Woman [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ Moonlight/ Golden Gates/ Lola/ Dried Flowers/ My Midnight/ Drift Away/ Thief [Can]/ Shelter/ (Lawd You Made The) Night Too Long. |
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09-Dec-94 Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Austin American-Statesman 08-Dec-94. |
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10-Dec-94 Setlist: Love/ Drift Away/ Lullaby/ Thief. |
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1995
The year in which they tour Europe, for the first and only time, then they tour the USA, and with a new line-up they record their second album "The Dope,The Lies,The Vaseline", which sadly does not get a release. Last year in LA. |
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22-Feb-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 17-Feb-95. |
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07-Mar-95 Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 05-Mar-95. |
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22-Mar-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 10-Mar-95. |
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Line-up #2special (Los Angeles April 1995):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar) and Kristian Hoffman (acoustic grand piano). |
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01-Apr-95 Setlist: (a.o.) Wailing Woman/ Lonesome Valley/ Lullabye. |
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Line-up #2b (Los Angeles March 1994 - May 1995):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Kristian Hoffman (piano/keyboards)/Mary Mullen (bass) and Joseph -Joe- Berardi (drums, percussion). |
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09-May-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 05-May-95. |
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Spring 1995. Kristian Hoffman, Mary Mullen and Joe Berardi leave the band and are replaced by Bill Bronson [later Swans/Angels Of Light] on bass and Hoagie Hill [The Blue Daisies] on keyboards. Jim Sclavunos returns while off duty from The Bad Seeds. |
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Line-up #3a (Los Angeles May-July 1995):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Bill Bronson (bass)/ Hoagie Hill (keyboards) and Jim Sclavunos (drums). |
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19-Jun-95 20-Jun-95 21-Jun-95 22-Jun-95 23-Jun-95 Note: First and only tour outside North America. |
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24-Jun-95 Ad: Ad from Zillo mag June 1996. |
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25-Jun-95 26-Jun-95 27-Jun-95 28-Jun-95 29-Jun-95 Note: First and only tour outside North America. |
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30-Jun-95 Setlist: Love/ Long Time Women [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ Golden Gates/ Murder/ Angel [Crime and the City Solution]/ Lola/ My Midnight/ Drift Away/ Thief [Can]/ Cruel/ The Chosen One. Note: Tail-end of their only European tour, during a massive heatwave. The band were "hot, tired and silly by that point" (Little Annie quoted from her autobiography "You can't sing the blues while drinking milk" book). During Little Annie's support act Sally tied Annie up with the mic cord and during Congo Norvell's encore Annie and Sally threw onions as big as oranges into the audience. No one got hit, as there were only 12 people attending."The promotor later called [Annie's] manager to tell him it was the worst show he had ever put on" (quote from the same book). |
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02-Jul-95 Ad: Ad from Zillo mag June 1996. |
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Line-up #3b (Los Angeles July-October 1995):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Bill Bronson (bass)/ Hoagie Hill (keyboards) and Phil Puleo(?) (drums). |
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07-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 07-Jul-95. |
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09-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily Press 07-Jul-95. |
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12-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from The Atlanta Constitution 07-Jul-95. |
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15-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from The Morning Call 14-Jul-95. |
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16-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from Boston Globe 06-Jul-95. |
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17-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from Boston Globe 07-Jul-95. |
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19-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from The Gazette 14-Jul-95. |
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20-Jul-95 Listing: Taken from Casco Bay Weekly 20-Jul-95. |
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22-Jul-95 Listing: Scan of listing from The Daily News 21-Jul-95. |
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Summer 1995 |
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04-Oct-95 Ad: Taken from San Francisco Examiner 01-Oct-95. Start of the West Coast tour. |
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06-Oct-95 |
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08-Oct-95 Setlist: Murder/ Drift Away/ Long Time Woman [Bob Lind/Nancy Sinatra]/ Girl Who Would Be King/ Wailing Woman/ Golden Gates/ (Lawd You Made The) Night Too Long/ Lay With Dogs/ Summer Nights/ Thief [Can]/ The Chosen One/ Lullabye. |
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12-Oct-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 06-Oct-95. |
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13-Oct-95 Listing: Scan of listing from Arizona Daily Star 13-Oct-95. |
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17-Oct-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 13-Oct-95. |
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19-Oct-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 13-Oct-95. |
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21-Oct-95 Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 20-Oct-95. |
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09-Dec-95 Ad 1: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 08-Dec-95. |
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1996
The year in which they relocate to New York City. Later in the year it became clear that their label, Priority, decided that they weren't going to put out alternative records anymore. |
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1996. Paul Wallfisch [Firewater, later Botanica, Swans and Little Annie] takes over on keyboards and Jim Sclavunos, who was between Bad Seeds records, rejoined. |
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Line-up #4a (New York City April/October 1996):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Bill Bronson (bass)/ Paul Wallfisch (keyboards) and Jim Sclavunos (drums). |
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04-Apr-96 Listing: Scan of listing from The Record 29-Mar-96. |
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09-Apr-96 Flyer: Courtesy of Ryan Skeleton Boy [Woman, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet]. |
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04-May-96 Listing: Scan of listing from The Boston Globe 02-May-96. |
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28-May-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 26-May-96. |
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30-May-96 |
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22-Jun-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Citizen Register 20-Jun-96. |
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16-Jul-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 14-Jul-96. |
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18-Jul-96 20-Jul-96 Note: For these summer dates Phil Puleo [Swans] takes over on drums, while Jim is recording and touring with The Bad Seeds. |
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02-Aug-96 Listing: Scan of listing from The Record 26-Jul-96. |
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12-Aug-96 Photo: Credit Ryan Skeleton Boy [Woman, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet]. Used with kind permission. |
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30-Aug-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 30-Aug-96. |
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10-Sep-96 Review: Scan of review from LA Weekly 30-Aug-96. |
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11-Sep-96 |
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21-Sep-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 20-Sep-96. |
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11-Oct-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 11-Oct-96. |
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02-Nov-96 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 01-Nov-96. |
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December 1996. Brian Emrich [Foetus] takes over on bass. |
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Line-up #4b (New York City December 1996):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Brian Emrich (bass)/ Paul Wallfisch (keyboards) and Jim Sclavunos (drums). |
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31-Dec-96 Listing 1: Scan of listing from The Journal News 28-Dec-96. |
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1997
The year in which they record their third album, "Abnormals Anonymous" for their new label, Jetset Records. |
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Line-up #4c (New York City January 1997-September 1998):
Sally Norvell (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Brian Emrich (bass)/ Paul Wallfisch (keyboards) and Jim Sclavunos (drums). |
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04-Jan-97 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 03-Jan-97. |
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25-Jan-97 Listing: Scan of listing from The Central New Jersey Home News 24-Jan-97. |
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22-Mar-97 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 21-Mar-97. |
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Spring/Summer 1997 |
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05-Sep-97 Note: Mark Eitzel was joined by Congo Norvell to do a version of "She's Like Heroin To Me." |
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22-Oct-97 Note:"October 22, 1997, is a date indelibly printed on my mind, as precious to me as my own birthday. the I got clean [from heroin addiction] and never looked back." Kid Congo from "Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir", book by Kid Congo Powers (2022). |
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11-Nov-97 Review 1: Scan of review from The Winnipeg Sun 30-Jan-98. |
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14-Nov-97 Listing: Scan of listing from The Courier-News 13-Nov-97. |
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20-Nov-97 Review: Scan of review, taken from the Boston Globe 22-Nov-97. |
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28-Nov-97 Listing: From Washingtoncitypaper 28-Nov-97. |
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31-Dec-97 31-Dec-97 Photo: Credit Ryan Skeleton Boy. Used with kind permission. |
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1998
The final year for the band. |
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20-Feb-98 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 15-Feb-98. |
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22-Feb-98 Listing: Scan of listing from The Boston Globe 20-Feb-98. |
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24-Mar-98 Note: The Damned then had Patricia Morrison [ex Gun Club] in their line-up. |
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28-Mar-98 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 22-Mar-98. |
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09-Apr-98 Listing: Scan of listing from The Morning Call 03-Apr-98. |
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10-Apr-98 Listing: Scan of listing from The York Dispatch 09-Apr-98. |
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24-Apr-98 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 19-Apr-98. |
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29-May-98 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 29-May-98. |
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30-May-98 Setlist: Brother Jack/ Husbands/ Body And Soul/ Dark Eyes/ The Girl Who Would Be King. |
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08-Sep-98 Listing: Scan of listing from The Reporter Dispatch 27-Aug-98. |
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09-Sep-98 Photo: Credit Ryan Skeleton Boy [Woman, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet]. Used with kind permission. |
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1998
Note: "[After moving to New York] We got a record label right away and recorded an album – that was "Abnormals Anonymous". And that had a big good success. Somehow we weren’t able to tour. And this had to do with some personal restrictions. Sally had to work and Sally had a kid. She wasn’t able to leave as easily as in the past. She had gone through a divorce. She didn’t have a husband. She was a single mother. So we only played locally some and east coast. And that kind of led to some disillusionment and putting things on hold for a while. And we just said, “Obviously we can’t do this right now – physically do it. So let’s see what happens.” We haven’t got back together just yet. But there’s often talk about it. We’ve done many reunion shows and many collaborations together. But we haven’t gone the whole hog. And I think that’s because I went on to do other bands that were kind of demanding." |
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1999 & 2001
A slight return for Congo Norvell. In 1999 Kid had started a new band -Knoxville Girls- with Jack Martin and Bob Bert, which lasted until late 2001. Then he forms a new band -The Pink Monkey Birds- in 2000. Sally recorded with The Vanity Set in 1999 and her own album -Choking Victim- in 2001. |
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08-Apr-99 Note: DJ Otefsu is Jim -Foetus- Thirlwell, doing a spontaneous appearance in honor of Kid Congo Powers' and Sally Norvell's birthdays, including performances by Annie Anxiety, Gogol Bordello (w/ Sally Norvell joining for a couple of songs), and a mini-reunion of Congo Norvell (sans Jim Sclavunos, who was replaced by a drum machine for their short set). |
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26-Apr-99 Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 26-Apr-99. |
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13-Sep-00 Listing: Scan of listing from The Record 08-Sep-00. |
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13-Dec-00 Listing: Scan of listing from The Record 08-Dec-00. |
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13-Apr-01 Setlist: A.o. '69 Erotic Year. |
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09-May-01 Listing: Scan of listing from The Record 04-May-01. |
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07-Aug-01 Setlist: Yesterday When I Was Young [Charles Aznavour]/ Blake in The Cake/ November [Congo Norvell]/ Please Call Me, Baby [Tom Waits]/ Big Louise [Scott Walker]/ One Gentle Thing/ Forgotten And Abandoned [traditional]/ Goodbye Song [Congo Norvell]/ Song [Congo Norvell]/ Murder [Congo Norvell]/ Choking Victim. |
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2006 & 2016
Two final returns. |
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03-Mar-06 Setlist: Husbands/ Body and Soul/ You Can Lay With Dogs/ The Girl Who Would Be King/ Golden Gate/ Murder/ Brother Jack/ Johnny In The Boudoir/ Lullabye. |
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31-Mar-16 Note: "Small Beast" concert series, organized by Paul Wallfisch. Line-up: Sally, Kid and Paul. |
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Congo Norvell discography FromTheArchives frontpage Mail me (don't forget to remove the anti spam section). |
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