Stevie Salas Colorcode - Le Bootleg - Live In Paris

1. Do Your Own Thang
2. Start Again
3. Stand Up
4. Detroit Rock City
5. Make Me Blank
6. Too Many Mountains

Stevie Salas Colorcode - Le Bootleg - Live In Paris

7.   Tell Your Story Walkin'
8.   The Harder They Come
9.   Sex Machine
10. I Once Was There
11. Drain You
12. Fear

Release Date : 1997

[USG USG 1012-2]

Recorded:

Tracks 1-9 were recorded in Paris on 28 November 1996
'Drain You' was recorded in Nagoya, Japan on 20 October 1996
'Fear' was recorded in Tokyo on 19 October 1996

Musicians

Stevie Salas - Vocals, Guitars & Situps
Melvin Brannon Jr - Bass, Vocal & Cartoons
Brian Tichy - Loud Drums & Vocal

Engineered by:

Ingo Rau

Notes:

Melvin toured with Stevie Salas as part of a European Club tour which also took in The Garage in Highbury, London, UK.

Only 3,00 copies of this CD were released in Germany.

Melvin plays on all tracks

I went to see Stevie Salas Colorcode on this tour at the Garage, Highbury, London (where the last ever DRN gig was) and was amazed and delighted to see Melvin up on stage as part of the touring band. It was a fantastic gig

Three cover songs were included as part of the set - James Brown's 'Sex Machine', Nirvana's 'Drain You' and KISS' 'Detroit Rock City' - I was fresh from having seen KISS on their reunion tour, and had the fantastic opportunity to go backstage as my then place of work (Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus) had hosted the KISS museum and a KISS press conference - I was responsible for the operational details for the latter

Stevie Salas on touring with Melvin in the band:

"During the '96 Japan tour I recorded a few shows. I felt that I had a great touring band with Brian, Melvin and Rei, so I wanted to capture some of it live. The recordings were crude using an eight track but the energy of the band was all there. I was so glad that I had a band that could pull of this song (a cover of Nirvana's 'Drain You'). I couldn't have done it with the '94 tour band. This band was raw and powerful. Being on stage with them reminded me of my early days with Winston and CJ (the original Colorcode)."