Re: (TV) Unreleased Verlaine

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

i remember him doing "the man in the backyard" as part of
his acoustic set opening for the church in rochester,ny in
1987....it's a very cool song.

secretX@webtv.net wrote:
> 
> The last time I spoke to Tom I asked him about one of my favorite songs,
> a song about a woman who seldom calls him anymore. One line is, "No
> ringy dingy. I'm here in Sing Singy." (Sing-Sing is a famous prison in
> upstate NY). He told me the title was "Bells". I think he played the
> song live only once, at Tramps in 1996. I hope the song eventually sees
> the light of day, along with my other unreleased favorite, "The Man in
> the Back Yard". Tom will be amused if you request "The Man In the Back
> Yard" in Boston in February. He might even bark like a dog, like he did
> at the Bowery Ballroom in October 1998. I think he could find a way to
> work it into the avant garde soundtrack music.
> 
> "There's a man in the back yard. Why aren't the dogs barking?"
> 
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