Recording: Jon Langford & His Sadies

Artist: Jon Langford & His Sadies

Songs: Nashville Radio + Big Zombie [Mekons cover] + Are You an Entertainer? + Big River [Johnny Cash cover]

Recorded at The Horseshoe Tavern, May 23, 2019.

Jon Langford & His Sadies - Nashville Radio

Jon Langford & His Sadies - Big Zombie

Jon Langford & His Sadies - Are You an Entertainer?

Jon Langford & His Sadies - Big River

It's almost disconcerting to think that Mayors of The Moon, Langford's collaborative album with The Sadies, is almost twenty years old. ("We recorded it just after the Korean War," Langford commented when musing on that fact.) Reunions of band and singer are rare enough that the material from it always sparks with fresh energy, plus there's a lot of other shared material close at hand for the group to consider, including a handful of songs from The Mekons, Langford's "other" band. An hour-long set brought quiet reflections and several all-out rockers, as well as a return of the remnants of the opening set's choir.