D. Boon and Friends

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D. Boon and Friends

Studio album by D. Boon And Friends
Released	2003
Recorded	April 1984—May 1985
Genre	Alternative/Punk
Length	61:25
Label	Box-O-Plenty
Producer(s)	Richard Derrick, Crane
[	D. Boon and Friends (2003)	]

D. Boon And Friends is a CD compiling various jam session and live recordings featuring the late Minutemen guitarist and frontman D. Boon. The album is the inaugural release of the Hermosa Beach, California-based label Box-O-Plenty Records, started by Boon's one-time roommate Richard Derrick. Most of the tracks are living-room jam sessions (on guitars, bass and cheap keyboards) done by Boon, Derrick, and Crane, who had previously contributed backing vocals and trumpet parts to the Minutemen's Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat and Project: Mersh 12-inch EP's.

Also heard on the album are live recordings of a one-time project band featuring Boon and three percussionists under the band name Hammerdown, a rare D. Boon acoustic solo show, a tape of a noontime Minutemen gig with Derrick substituting for drummer George Hurley (who couldn't get time off of work to participate in the show), and an experimental demo recording featuring D. Boon overdubbing three different lead guitar parts over a rhythm guitar track.

The cover art of D. Boon And Friends is derived from a Christmas card Boon had given Derrick in 1984.

Mike Watt, as curator of the Minutemen legacy, gave the project his blessing, as did D. Boon's late father. Watt, former Meat Puppets drummer Derrick Bostrom, Crane, and Richard Derrick all contributed liner notes.

In keeping with a Minutemen crediting tradition, Boon and many of the other participants are credited with "singing" instead of "vocals".

The first pressing of the CD had a purple cover. Current pressings have the front cover printed with an off-yellow background. Customers who order the CD directly from the label also receive a bonus CD-R of other Boon/Crane/Derrick jam sessions and solo live tracks that didn't fit into the original track sequence.

1 Track listing
2 Musical personnel
3 Recording details
4 Other album credits
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Everyone Was There" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Fifth Gear" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Deadline" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"The Waiting Stage" (Derrick)
"Indecision" (Boon/Derrick)
"Theme From Empty Box" (Brian Wells)
"The Long Road Home" (Boon/Derrick)
"Take You There" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Freedom Forever" (Boon)
"Jam #6" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Binky's Round"-Up (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Too Much Fun" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"All Over The Place" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"The Viking Song" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Just Around The Corner" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"As Long As" (Parts 1 & 2) (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"Hammerdown I" (Boon/Holzman/Tambourvich/Vandenburg)
"This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie)
"Hammerdown II" (Boon/Holzman/Tambourvich/Vandenburg)
"Our New Industrial Direction" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"That's All There Is" (Boon/Crane/Derrick)
"My Part" (Boon)
"Don't Look Now" (John Fogerty)
"Plight" (Boon/Watt)
"Corona" (Boon)
"But First..." (Boon/Watt/Derrick)
"I Felt Like A Gringo" (Watt)
"God Bows To Math" (Watt)
"Themselves" (Watt)
"Self"-Referenced (Watt)
"#1 Hit Song" (Boon/Hurley)
"History Lesson" - Part II (Watt)
"Many As One" (Boon)

[edit] Musical personnel

On Tracks 1-3, 8, 10-16, 20-21:
- D. Boon - guitar, keyboard, vocals
- Crane - bass, vocals, keyboard
- Richard Derrick - drums, keyboard, bass, acoustic guitar
On Tracks 4-7:
- D. Boon - bass
- Richard Derrick - acoustic guitar
On Track 9:
- D. Boon - solo guitar
On Tracks 17-19:
- D. Boon - guitar, vocals
- Rob Holzman - percussion
- Martin Tamburovich - percussion
- Dirk Vandenburg - percussion
On Tracks 22-25:
- D. Boon - acoustic guitar, vocals
On Tracks 26-32:
- The Minutemen with guest substitute drummer Richard Derrick
On Track 33:
- D. Boon: four multi-tracked guitar parts

[edit] Recording details

Tracks 1-16, 20-21 recorded at various living room and party jams between November 1984 and June 1985.
Tracks 17-19 recorded live at The Music Machine, Los Angeles, California, April 5, 1984
Tracks 22-25 recorded live at The Lhasa Club, West Hollywood, California, June 27, 1984
Tracks 26-32 recorded live at University Of California, Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1985
Track 33 recorded at D. Boon and Richard Derrick's home, May 1985, edited and mixed October 2002.

All of the songs were recorded on cassette using a boombox's condensor microphones, except for Tracks 3, 8, and 15 which were recorded on stereo open reel and Track 33 which was recorded on four-track open reel.

[edit] Other album credits

Richard Derrick - editing and mixing
Mike Watt - invaluable assistance, liner notes
Crane - invaluable assistance, liner notes
Derrick Bostrom - liner notes
David Guererro - additional post-production
Kevin Keller - additional post-production
Paul Sanolan - additional post-production
Joe Steiner - mastering
D. Boon - artwork (from a 1984 Christmas card given to Richard Derrick)
Nanette Roeland - design and layout
Dirk Vandenburg - photography
Special thanks: Dennes & Patricia Boon, the Derrick and Sanchez family, Mike Watt, George Hurley, Harvey Kubernik, Derrick Bostrom, Leland Jessop, Chris Benson, Tom Pachal, Stew, Juliana Roeland, Bruce Siart, Tod Van Valkenburgh, Jim Mills, and Cleo.

[edit] External links

The Minutemen
D. Boon \| Mike Watt \| George Hurley
Discography
Albums: The Punch Line \| What Makes a Man Start Fires? \| Double Nickels on the Dime \| 3-Way Tie (For Last) \| Ballot Result
Extended plays: Paranoid Time \| Joy \| Bean-Spill \| Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat \| Tour-Spiel \| Project: Mersh \| Georgeless E.P.
Compilations: The Politics of Time \| My First Bells \| Post-Mersh Vol. 1 \| Post-Mersh Vol. 2 \| Post-Mersh Vol. 3 \| Introducing the Minutemen
Other releases: Minuteflag \| D. Boon and Friends
Bootlegs: ...Just A Minute, Men \| Live In 1985: Acoustic Blowout \| Live At Flynn's Ocean 71
Related articles
The Reactionaries \| New Alliance Records \| Martin Tamburovich \| George Hurley and Mike Watt