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Jeffrey Lee Pierce
-Chronology (III)-

Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet: 1985
Jeff solo: 1986-1987
Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee: 1989-1994
Jeffrey Lee Pierce December 1989 
Jeffrey Lee Pierce in the Netherlands, November 1989.

Gun Club Chronology (I) (Period: 1980-1984)
Gun Club Chronology (II) (Period: 1986-1995)


Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads), 
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups and other trivia related to the American artist Jeffrey Lee Pierce.
Date format is DD-MMM-YY. 

-Information in grey italics is uncertain-
1985
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet. Recording and release of an album, EP and single. Continuous touring of the US and Europe until the end of the year when the group desolves.

By Autumn/Fall 1984 The Gun Club had taken up residency in London, where they broke up. Then it seemed like it was for good. Jeffrey Lee and his girlfriend Romi Mori (from Japan. a.k.a. Hiromi Otani as she was then named) take some holidays in Egypt before returning to London.

January 1985. Jeff recruits session players John McKenzie [The Explorers with Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay from Roxy Music in 1984], Andy (Clifford Leon) Anderson [The Cure 1983-1984, Brilliant 1985] and Murray Mitchell [Siouxsie and Gun Club roadie] to form the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet band.
London 17-Jan-85

17-Jan-85
UK London,Helter Skelter @ The Embassy (in Bond Street)
(Billed as the Astro-Unicorn Experimental Jazz Ensemble)

Ad: Taken from NME 18-Jan-85. Courtesy of Matti.

Review: Original review from NME 18-Mar-85: '..juvenile, tiresome, indulgent, pretentious, oh sod it, it was utter bollocks!'.

Note: 20 minutes set. Helter Skelter @ the Embassy was an event on Thurdays organised by Batcave club originators Ollie and Hamish. Astro-Unicorn Experimental Jazz Ensemble: Jeffery Lee Pierce (electric piano)/ members of Youth's Brilliant and Flesh For Lulu (rhythm section)/ Lemmy Kilmister [Motörhead]/ Kris Needs [journalist/writer] (empty paint tin)/ Andy Anderson [The Cure/JLP Quartet](drums).
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Studio line-up (London: February 1985 - March 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar/piano)/ Murray Mitchell (guitar/sax)/ John McKenzie (bass) and Andy Anderson (drums).

February/March 1985
UK London,Islington,Brittannia Row and Jam Studios,recording sessions for the "Wildweed" album, "Love & Desperation" single and (part of the) "Flamingo" EP. Songs recorded: Love & Desperation/ Sex Killer/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ From Temptation To You/ Sensitivity/ Hey Juana/ Love Circus/ Wildweed/ The Midnight Promise/ Open The Door Osiris (spoken word)/ The Fertility Goddess (spoken word)/ Portrait Of The Artist In Hell (spoken word/soundscapes)/ Chris And Maggie (spoken word/soundscapes)/ Flamingo (part 1 and part 2). Produced by Craig Leon (who produced The Ramones and Suicide's debut albums in 1976/77). Assisted by Cassell Webb. Mixed at Air Studios, London during March 1985.

March 1985
UK London,Jeff recruits the rhythm section of Clock DVA (Dean Dennis and Nick Sanderson) and his girlfriend Romi Mori (a.k.a. Hiromi Otani) for the "Flamingo" EP recordings.

March 1985
UK London,Solid Bond Studios,recording and mixing sessions for (part of the) "Flamingo" EP. Songs recorded: Get Away/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ No More Fire. with Romi Mori (aka Hiromi Otani) (guitar), Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums). Produced by Craig Leon. Assisted by Cassell Webb.

March 1985
UK London,Jeff enlists Derek Thompson [SPK, The Cure in 1983] on guitar for his live band.
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #1 (London: March 1985 - July 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Derek Thompson (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).
Antwerpen 09-May-85

09-May-85
BE Antwerpen,Hof Ter Lo
[with The Party Vultures]

Photo: Credit © Yves Lorson @ Flickr and Yves Lorson @ Zenfolio . Used with kind permission.

Poster: Photo of poster courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Start of their first European tour.
Paris 10-May-85

10-May-85
FR Paris,Théâtre Forum des Halles

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Eternally Is Here/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

12-May-85
DE Frankfurt,Batschkapp
Gronau 13-May-85

13-May-85
DE Gronau,WDR/WWF TV Music Convoy
[with Propaganda, Everything But The Girl, Richard Thompson]
(afternoon)

Setlist: Hey Juana.

Photo: Screenshot from TV broadcast.

Note: The band performs in the afternoon on the Westdeutschen Werbefernsehen "Musik Convoy" program. The "Musik Convoy" existed only during 1984-1985. The progam's truck used to visit small towns in Nordrhein Westphalen on a Monday, set up on the marketplace and present local and international bands. Moderated by Alan Bangs.
Bochum 13-May-85

13-May-85
DE Bochum,Zeche
(evening)

14-May-85
DE Berlin,Metropol/Loft

Ad: Scan of ad from Spex mag May 1985.
Hamburg 15-May-85

15-May-85
DE Hamburg,Markthalle

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Eternally Is Here/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love.

Note: Most likely the "Sensitivity" bootleg LP has been recorded on this date.

Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Martin L.
Groningen 16-May-85

16-May-85
NL Groningen,Vera

Review: Taken from Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 17-May-85.

17-May-85
NL Tilburg,'t Noorderligt
Den Haag 18-May-85

18-May-85
NL Den Haag,Paard Van Troje

Review: Taken from De Volkskrant newspaper 24-May-85.
Apeldoorn 19-May-85

19-May-85
NL Apeldoorn,Gigant

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love.

Ad: Scan of ad from Vinyl mag Vol5 #5, May-85.
Nijmegen 21-May-85

21-May-85
NL Nijmegen,Doornroosje

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Ad: Scan of ad from Vinyl mag Vol5 #5, May-85.

22-May-85
NL Utrecht,Vrije Vloer
Amsterdam 23-May-85

23-May-85
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with Fatal Flowers]

Setlist: a.o. Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Moonlight Motel/ The Midnight Promise/ Texas Serenade/ Sex Killer(+)/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix](+).

Photo: Credit George Bekker @ seizoensgebonden.blogspot.nl . Used with kind permission.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: First 4 tracks broadcast on 24-May-85 by Dutch VPRO FM radio. Last 3 broadcast on 22-Nov-02 by Dutch FM radio on VPRO's "Nighttrain/The VPRO Music Archives". (+)available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).
Kid Congo Powers [then in Fur Bible] attends this concert.

24-May-85
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar
Rotterdam 25-May-85

25-May-85
NL Rotterdam,Arena

Ad: Taken from Het Vrije Volk 15-May-85.
Sittard 26-May-85

26-May-85
NL Sittard,Donkiesjot

Review: Taken from Limburgsch dagblad 29-May-85.

27-May-85
NL Hilversum,Tagrijn

Note: Preceded by a VPRO radio show in the afternoon, broadcast on 18-Sep-85.
London 03-Jun-85

03-Jun-85
UK London,Hammersmith Palais
[support for The Cult, with Balaam and the Angel]

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love And Desperation/ Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from NME 01-Jun-85, courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Allegedly a shambolic affair.

19-Jun-85
SE Stockholm,Moderna Museets Trädgård
[with Wilmer X]
Oslo 22-Jun-85

22-Jun-85
NO Oslo-Ingierstrand,Beach House-Den Hvite Elefant
[with Tom Verlaine]

Photo: The band, backstage with Tom Verlaine. Credit © Morten Andersen. Used with kind permission.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter music magazine #121, 1985.

Note: Tom Verlaine [Television] joins on "Wild Thing", most likely a final encore.
London 03-Jul-85

03-Jul-85
UK London,Marquee Club

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Review: Taken from NME 20-Jul-85.

13-Jul-85
UK Release of the Gun Club "Two Sides Of The Beast" compilation LP album (Dojo Records).

August 1985
UK Romi Mori replaces Derek Thompson on guitar, switching from bass guitar, which she played in the Gun Club.
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #2 (London: August 1985 - November 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Romi Mori (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).

xx-Aug-85
UK Release of the "Love & Desperation" 12"/7" single (Statik).

02-Aug-85
US FL,Fort Lauderdale,Skating Center
[with The Meat Puppets]

Note: Part of a (totally disorganized) 2-month North American tour, with plenty of cancelled shows, at the end of which the tour manager ran off with the money.

03-Aug-85
US FL,North Miami,Cameo Theatre
(cancelled)

06-Aug-85
US NJ,Bloomfield,Jetty
[with Animation]
Toronto 09-Aug-85

08-Aug-85
CA ON,Toronto,Bullwinkle's

Photo: Credit What Wave Zine archives.
Montréal 11-Aug-85

11-Aug-85
CA PQ,Montréal,Club Soda

Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Matti A.
Boston 14-Aug-85

14-Aug-85
US MA Boston,The Channel Club
[with The Gluons, The Turbines]

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Ger P.

16-Aug-85
US CT,Hartford,Grotto

17-Aug-85
US NY,New York City,Irving Plaza
[with The Dirty Strangers]
Boston 20-Aug-85

20-Aug-85
US PA,Pittsburgh,The Decade

Ad: Scan taken from The Pittsburg Press 20-Aug-85.

Note: Jeffrey solo.

21-Aug-85
US PA,Philadelphia,The Kennel Club
[with Pay Attention]
Richmond 23-Aug-85

23-Aug-85
US VA,Richmond,Rockitz
[with The Turbines]

Flyer: Scan of flyer, courtesy of Marty Cassady.
Blacksburg 24-Aug-85

24-Aug-85
US VA,Blacksburg,After Sundown
[with Peasants]

Setlist: (partial) Eternally Is Here/ [...]/ Texas Serenade/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Flyer 1: Scan of band flyer, courtesy of Mark Krob [Peasants].

Flyer 2: Scan of band flyer, courtesy of Mark Krob [Peasants].

Note: Jeffrey was interviewed on-air by WUVT-FM college radio station before the show. The encore "Fire" ended with Romi storming off the stage.

2x-Aug-85
US GA,Atlanta,40 Watt Club

30-Aug-85
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Hey Juana/ Texas Serenade/ Moonlight Motel/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

31-Aug-85
US TN,Nashville,Cantrell's
[with Screamin Sirens]
Dallas 03-Sep-85

03-Sep-85
US LA,New Orleans,Jimmy's club
[with Final Academy]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.
Dallas 06-Sep-85

06-Sep-85
US TX,Dallas,Deep Ellum,Theatre Gallery
[with Three On A Hill]

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti A.

07-Sep-85
US TX,Austin,Continental Club
[with Screaming Sirens and Poison 13]

08-Sep-85
US TX,Austin,Continental Club
[with Screaming Sirens and Poison 13]
Tucson 11-Sep-85

11-Sep-85
US AZ,Tucson,Terry and Zeke's
[with Split Decision]
(8PM show)

11-Sep-85
US AZ,Tucson,Terry and Zeke's
[with Split Decision]
(10:45PM show)

Ad: Scan of ad from the Arizona Daily Star 08-Sep-85.
Phoenix 12-Sep-85

12-Sep-85
US AZ,Phoenix,Mason Jar
[with Harvest]
(6PM show)

12-Sep-85
US AZ,Phoenix,Mason Jar
[with Harvest]
(9PM show)

Interview: Scan taken from the Arizona Republic 12-Sep-85.
Los Angeles 14-Sep-85

14-Sep-85
US CA,Los Angeles,Club Lingerie
[with Chris D. and the Divine Horsemen]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad , taken from the Los Angeles Times 14-Sep-85.
San Francisco 16-Sep-85

16-Sep-85
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with Yo]

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 15-Sep-85.

Poster: Photo of poster.
Vancouver 19-Sep-85

19-Sep-85
CA BC,Vancouver,Luv-A-Fair

Ad: Photo of ad.
Milwaukee 21-Sep-85

21-Sep-85
US WI,Milwaukee,University of Wisconsin,Sandburg Towers-The Cabaret

22-Sep-85
US WI,Madison,O'Cayz Corral

Article: Taken from The Milwaukee Journal 20-Sep-85.

xx-Sep-85
US CA,Sacramento,-

Note: At some guy's 19th birthday party, alledgedly for a fee of $50. End of tour.

xx-Oct-85
UK Release of the "Wildweed" LP album (Statik).
London-Croydon 09-Oct-85

09-Oct-85
UK London-Croydon,Underground
[with The Moon Bats]

Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag.
Villa Tempo Oct-85

11-Oct-85
BE BRT 2 TV,Villa Tempo TV show

Photo: Love & Desperation (playback).

Photo: Screen capture.

Note: Filmed on the afternoon of the "Pandora's Box festival". Broadcast on 14-Nov-85 (re-broadcast on BRT 1 on 18-Nov-85). Filmed outside in Rotterdam-Euromast (NL) @ Fenomena (amusement park), followed by an interview with Jeffrey. Other bands on this show: Jesus and Mary Chain, Woodentops, Minimal Compact and a feature on Pandora's Box.
Rotterdam 11-Oct-85

11-Oct-85
NL Rotterdam,De Doelen,Pandora's Box festival
[with Fur Bible, Neubauten, Tex & The Horseheads, Legendary Stardust Cowboy & The Gun Club,..]

Setlist: a.o. Hey Juana(**)/ The Midnight Promise(*)/ Wildweed(**).

Photo: Credit George Bekker @ seizoensgebonden.blogspot.nl . Used with kind permission.

Note: (**) available as extra tracks on the "9 Lives #1: Wildweed" album (Flow records 2005) and (*) broadcast Dutch VPRO FM radio.

12-Oct-85
NL Goes,'t Beest
[with Rose Of Avalanche]
Deinze 13-Oct-85

13-Oct-85
BE Deinze,De Brielpoort,Futurama festival
[with Sonic Youth, Executive Slacks, The Triffids, The Rain Parade, The Nomads, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cult, Green On Red, Chris Isaak]
(afternoon show)

Photo: Photo credit Gie Knaeps. Sourced from Getty Images archive.
Köln 13-Oct-85

13-Oct-85
DE Köln,Luxor
(evening show)

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985.
Einbeck 14-Oct-85

14-Oct-85
DE Einbeck-Vogelbeck,Outpost

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Matti A.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

15-Oct-85
DE Stuttgart,Maxim

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Bad America/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].
München 16-Oct-85

16-Oct-85
DE München,Theaterfabrik

Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985.
Saarbrücken 17-Oct-85

17-Oct-85
DE Saarbrücken,Aula Campus

Photo: Credit unknown.
Köln 18-Oct-85

18-Oct-85
DE Moers,Arata

Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985.

19-Oct-85
DE Wilhemshaven,Kulturzentrum Pumpwerk

20-Oct-85
DE Osnabrück,Hydepark

23-Oct-85
SE Stockholm,Ritz

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Bad America/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Moonlight Motel.
Oslo 24-Oct-85

24-Oct-85
NO Oslo,Vikateateret

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter music magazine #139, 1985.

25-Oct-85
SE Göteborg,Errols

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away(+)/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity(+)/ Texas Serenade(+)/ Wildweed(+)/ Sex Killer(+)/ Goodbye Johnny(+).

Note: (+) broadcast by Swedish SR P3 radio.
København 27-Oct-85

27-Oct-85
DK København,Saltlageret

Ticket: Scan courtesy of Peter G.F.

xx-Nov-85
UK Release of the "Flamingo" 12" EP (Statik).
Sheffield 02-Nov-85

02-Nov-85
UK Sheffield,The Leadmill

Poster: Photo of poster courtesy of Ray Russell.
Edinburgh 03-Nov-85

03-Nov-85
UK Edinburgh,Hoochie Coochie Club

Flyer: Scan of flyer.
Leeds 05-Nov-85

05-Nov-85
UK Leeds,The Warehouse

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny.

Ad: Scan of ad from NME 26-Oct-85.
London 11-Nov-85

11-Nov-85
UK London,Hammersmith Palais
[support for The Fall and Wolfgang Press]

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Review: Scan of review from The Guardian 13-Nov-85.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from the NME 11-Nov-85.
Amsterdam 12-Nov-85

12-Nov-85
NL Amsterdam,Melkweg,Grote Zaal
8th "One World Poetry" festival
[with Joolz, William S.Burroughs & ..]

Program: Scan of program. Scan from Het Parool newspaper 06-Nov-85.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (second? ever) reading on day 1 of the festival (12/17-Nov-85). William S.Burroughs performs on the same day as Jeff. Jeffrey's first ever reading was on 08-May-84 @ Be Bop Records Reseda (US), reading from his Gun Club Italian tour '83 diary.

December 1985
UK Martin Hutt replaces Nick Sanderson on drums. Martin Hutt was in Bristol's The Review (1980), and later Teahouse Camp (1985-86), Dubh Chapter (1987-88) and The Driscolls (1988).

Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet Live line-up #3 (London: December 1985):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Romi Mori (guitar)/ Dean Dennis (bass) and Martin Hutt (drums).
Barcelona 03-Dec-85

03-Dec-85
ES Barcelona,Studio 54,TV3
"Àngel Casas Show"

Setlist: The Midnight Promise/ Love & Desperation.

Photo: Screen captures from TV3 online video archive.

Note: Variety talk show that ran from 1984 till 1988. Broadcast live-to-air, which meant it must have been in the afternoon and they flew to Zürich for the evening live gig.

03-Dec-85
CH Zürich,Rote Fabrik

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Mother Of Earth(+)/ Secret Fires(+).

Note: (+) Jeffrey solo.
Barcelona 04-Dec-85

04-Dec-85
ES Barcelona,Otto Zutz Club

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny.

Photo: Taken from Ruta 66 magazine, February 1988.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Postcard: Scan of postcard courtesy of Matti A.

xx-Dec-85
FR Paris,Forum des Halles

07-Dec-85
CH Basel,Totentanz

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny.
Rennes 17-Dec-85

17-Dec-85
FR Rennes,Salle de la Cité,Grand Magasin
Les Transmusicales festival #7
[with The Jazz Butcher,The Screaming Blue Messiahs,..]

Photo: Credit Ian Craddock. (l-r): Martin Hutt, Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Romi Mori, backstage.

Ad: Scan of ad .

xx-Dec-85
NL Release of the Gun Club's "Danse Kalinda Boom" live album (Solid).

19-Dec-85
NL Groningen,Vera
Amsterdam 20-Dec-85

20-Dec-85
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with The Moodists]

Review: Taken from NRC Handelsblad 21-Dec-85.

Ad: Scan of ad from De Volkskrant 19-Dec-85.

21-Dec-85
BE Brielpoort,Deinze
X-Mas show festival
[with Neon Judgement, TC Matic]

22-Dec-85
NL Utrecht,Tivoli
London-Clarendon 27-Dec-85

27-Dec-85
UK London-Clarendon,Klub Foot @ The Clarendon Hotel Ballroom
[with The Scientists]

Ad: Scan of ad from NME 14-Dec-85.

Review: Review from the NME courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Last ever Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet show.




1986-1987
Jeff's readings and radio/recording sessions.

March 1986
Jeff and Romi move to Tokyo, Japan. By August 1986 they move back to London,Kensington.
In September Kid Congo joins the Bad Seeds and moves from London to Berlin for 3 years.

Sep/Oct-86
UK Barford St.Michael,Woodworm studio,Jeffrey Lee Pierce contributes slide guitar to "All My Secrets" a track for Jeremy Gluck's [ex-Barracudas] "I Knew Buffalo Bill" album. Also guesting on these recordings are Nikki Sudden, Rowland S. Howard and Epic Soundtracks. It's possible that Jeff's contribution was recorded @ Scarf Studio,Mile End during December 1986/January 1987 when some overdubs where done and Tony Cohen [Bad Seeds] was mixing.

October 1986
UK Jeff reforms The Gun Club.

28-Apr-87
NL VPRO FM Radio,session

Setlist: I'm Lonesome/ My Man's Gone Now.

Note: First radio session. Jeff and Kid Congo Powers. Also includes an interview with Kid Congo Powers. Date is broadcast date.
London 19-Nov-87

19-Nov-87
UK London,University of London,ULU
Big Ugly Mouth
[with Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins]

Setlist: Blue Boy/ Tribute To Miles Davis.

Ad: Scan of ad from NME 14-Nov-87.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Review: Taken from NME 28-Nov-87.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (third?) reading. Released on the "Lock 'n' Load" bootleg cassette, available from the ULU (Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins on one side, Jeffrey Lee Pierce on the other).




Jeffrey Lee Pierce with Tony Chmelik and Simon Fish 
Jeffrey Lee Pierce with Tony Chmelik and Simon Fish. Photo credit: Kayoko Hosaka.
1989-1994
Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee.
Stompin' session November 1989

03-Dec-89
NL VPRO FM radio,"Stompin'" show,session

Setlist: I Asked For Water, She Gave Me Gasoline [Howling Wolf](+)(*)/ Mother Of Earth/ House On The Water(*)/ Moaning In The Moonlight [Chester Burnett/Howling Wolf].

Photo: Screen capture from TV show.

Note: Second radio session. Jeff with Dutch harmonica player Kim Snelten [Jack Of Hearts]. Recorded in November. Date is broadcast date. (+)available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008). (*) excerpt shown on VPRO's "Onrust TV show. Kim Snelten would in January 1992 join the "Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee' album recording sessions.
Amsterdam November 1989

03-Dec-89
NL VPRO TV,"Onrust" show,"Jeffreys' Blues"

Photo: Screen capture from TV show.

Note: "Jeffreys' Blues", a 20 mins documentary about Jeffrey, made by Bram Van Splunteren. Filmed in the Netherlands, at the "Stompin'" radio session, at the Blondie concert on 21-Nov-89 @ the Paradiso in Amsterdam etc.. Date is broadcast date. Re-broadcast on VPRO TV by "Lola Looks Back" on 15-Jul-96.
Amsterdam November 1989

15-Aug-90
US CA,Los Angeles,Cable access TV,Art Fein's Poker Party

Photo: Screen capture from TV show.

Note: Jeffrey was in town with The Gun Club to perform at Rob Ritter's memorial show @ the Roxy on the 12th. The TV talk show is hosted by Art Fein. Bob Forrest (Thelonious Monster), Phast Phreddie and Jeffrey are interviewed.

Summer 1990/1991
UK London,Tony Chmelik (a.k.a Cypress Grove) works at the Dobell's Jazz record shop 77 Charing Cross Road in Soho where Jeff passes by to listen to pre war country recordings and blues & roots records. Records which they would take home to tape and then put back. Later they listened to pre-war blues songs in Tony's West Kensington's bedroom flat, close to Jeff's place. They recorded country tunes like: "Ramblin' Mind", "Constant Waiting" and "Free To Walk", as well as "Like a Rolling Stone" [Bob Dylan]. These sessions will lay the foundation of Jeff's "Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee" album recorded during January 1992 in the Netherlands, although none of these 4 tracks ended up on the album. The first 3 were covered on the "We Are Only Riders" album (The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, 2009).

03-Oct-90
NL VPRO FM radio,"Nozems a go go" show,session

Setlist: Mother Of Earth/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson].

Note: Third radio session. Jeff solo. Includes an interview with Jeffrey.
Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove line-up (Summer 1991 - November 1994):
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (guitar).

Summer/Autumn 1991
UK London,West Kensington,Mike Sugatte's home studio,Jeffrey and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a Cypress Grove) record (with Mike Suggate and Roger Fahbey) some of the blues songs they had been rehearsing, like "Old Reuben" and also songs from a G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter 1927-1929 recordings: "Ommie Wise" and "Handsome Molly". "Ommie Wise" is available as one of the extra tracks on the "9 Lives #5: Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee'" album (Flow records 2006).
Rotterdam 31-Aug-91

31-Aug-91
NL Rotterdam,De Doelen,Manege
'Ein Abend in Wien' festival
[with Lee Ranaldo, Mark Eitzel, Blur,..]

Setlist: a.o. Pony Blues [Charley Patton]/ Future Blues [Willie Brown]/ Moaning In The Moonlight [Chester Burnett/Howlin' Wolf]/ Good Times [Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins]/ Long,Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson](*)/ Mother Of Earth (+).

Photo: Credit unknown, likely Gene T.

Program: Program, taken from Dutch Oor magazine special.

Ad: Scan of ad from newspaper.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (guitar/vocals) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a Cypress Grove) (guitar). (*) with Tres Manos [René van Barneveld from Urban Dance Squad] on lap steel guitar. (+)Romi Mori joins on bass and Tony switches to drums (a snare and high-hat).

Part of a 2 day festival. Day 2 had Nick Cave, Sonic Youth etc.. Later that night Jeffrey Lee Pierce gave Nick Cave a cassette of the country stuff that he and Tony had been listening to. Perhaps this was the inspiration for Nick's "Murder Ballads" album, which he would record in 1994/1995.
Hilversum 01-Sep-91

01-Sep-91
NL Hilversum,VARA FM Radio,NOB radiostudio,2 Meter sessie,session

Setlist: Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]/ Mother Of Earth(*)

Photo: Credit Gene T.

Note: Fourth radio session. Engineered by Huub Hogeweg. Broadcast on 05-Sep-91.

Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tres Manos [René van Barneveld from Urban Dance Squad] on lap steel guitar. (*)Romi Mori joins on bass and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a Cypress Grove) on snare drum.

Available as extra tracks on the "9 Lives #6: Divinity" album (Flow records 2006).

January 1992
US NY,New York City,Brooklyn,BC Studios,Jeffrey contributes vocals and guitar to "Breaking In You Daydream" a track on Die Haut's "Head On" album. Engineered by Martin Bisi.
Spaarnwoude January 1992

January 1992
NL Spaarnwoude,Studio Zeezicht,recording sessions for the "Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee" album, engineered by Peter Rave. Songs recorded: Goin' Down [Don Nix]/ Pony Blues [Charlie Patton]/ Future Blues [Willie Brown]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Bad Luck & Trouble [O. Hicks/J. West]/ Alabama Blues [Robert Wilkins]/ Good Times [Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins]/ Stranger In My Heart [JL Pierce]/ Go Tell The Mountain [JL Pierce]/ Moanin' In The Moonlight [Chester Burnett/Howlin' Wolf]/ Hardtime Killin' Floor Blues [Skip James].

Other songs recorded are Mississippi Bottom Blues [Kid Bailey]/ L.A. County Jail Blues [JL Pierce]/ In My Room [JL Pierce] and From Death To Texas [JL Pierce]. The latter 3 tracks ended up on "The Journey Is Long" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project) album (2012), covered by Cypress Grove, Tex Perkins & Lydia Lunch and Steve Wynn respectively.

One can hear a cat mewling during the intro and outro of "Future Blues".
"Blue Monsoons" for the Gun Club's "Lucky Jim" album is also recorded during these sessions, as well as an early version of "Lucky Jim" and a song which would later be called "The Snow Country", covered by Mick Harvey for "We Are Only Riders" album (The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, 2009).

Line-up: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (guitar/vocals) and Tony Chmelik [a.k.a. Cypress Grove] guitar), with Simon Fish [a.k.a. Willie Love], Lincoln Fong [a.k.a. Carl La Fong/Karl Le Fong, and who engineered the "Mother Juno" album] (bass) and Kimberley S. [a.k.a. Kim Snelten of Jack Of Hearts] (blues harp).

04-Mar-92
NL VPRO FM Radio,Nozems A Go Go,session

Setlist: I'm Going Upstairs [trad./John Lee Hooker]/ Be My Kid Blues [Elizabeth Johnson]/ L.A. County Jail Blues [Jeffrey Lee Pierce].

Note: Fifth radio session. Date is broadcast date. Re-broadcast on 22-Nov-02 on the "Nighttrain/The VPRO Music Archives" show.

Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tres Manos [René van Barneveld from Urban Dance Squad] on lap steel guitar.

xx-Mar-92
NL/FR Release of the "Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee" album (Solid/New Rose).

xx-May-92
NL -,a festival
(afternoon)

xx-May-92
NL -,-
[support for Golden Earring]
(evening)

Note: Doing blues songs and songs from the "Wildweed" album. Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar) with Simon Fish (a.k.a. Willy Love) on drums and one of Jeffrey's ex roadies on bass.

20-Jun-92
DE Hamburg,Grosse Freiheit 36
[with Steve Forbet]

Note: Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar).
Den Haag 11-Jul-93

11-Jul-92
NL Den Haag,Congresgebouw,North Sea Jazz festival
[with Willy Deville,Dr John]

Note: Jeff's participation is cancelled, due to 'illness'.
Meer 26-Jul-92

26-Jul-92
BE Meer,Het Klooster,Akkerpop festival
[with Fischer Z, The Godfathers]

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from De Volkskrant 24-07-92.

Note: Jeff's participation is cancelled, due to 'illness'. At Akkerpop he is replaced by Björn Again (an Australian ABBA parody band).

xx-Aug-92
US Release of the "Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee" album (Triple X).

04-Nov-92
NL Den Haag,Paard van Troje

Note: Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar).

06-Apr-93
NL VPRO FM Radio,Villa 65,session

Setlist: Lucky Jim/ Laughing [David Crosby].

Note: Sixth radio session. Date is broadcast date. Session was preceded by an interview with Jeff. Available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/ acoustic guitar) and Romi Mori (acoustic guitar) on "Lucky Jim".
Lokeren 02-Aug-93

02-Aug-93
BE Lokeren,Lokerse Feesten
[with Calvin Russell, Loudon Wainwright III, Townes Van Zandt]

Poster: Scan of poster.

Note: Jeff solo or with Calvin Russell. It's uncertain whether Jeff and Calvin actually played.

1x-Oct-93
US OR,Portland,KBOO-FM Radio,Drinking From Puddles,session

Setlist: Lucky Jim/ Laughing [David Crosby].

Note: Seventh radio session. Date is broadcast date. Recorded during the Gun Club's last North American tour. Available on the V/A: "Drinking From Puddles" album (Kill Rock Stars 1999).

Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/ acoustic guitar).

May-94
The Netherlands. Jeffrey is informed that he's not able to return to London due to the fact that his work visa had expired after 10 years of living in the UK. He's then stuck in the Netherlands for some time until this situation is cleared out. In the meantime he does a solo gig in Groningen (07-May-94) and guests (on vocals) at a Nick Cave concert in Utrecht (13-May-94).
Groningen 07-May-94

07-May-94
NL Groningen,De Oosterpoort
4th Rhythm & Blues festival
[with Walter Trout, Ann Peebles, Bwana 3, …]

Review: Scan of review from Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 09-May-94.

Note 1: Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) solo. Gradually the hall empties during Jeffrey's set, leaving about 40 spectators.

Note 2: "Just before half time of 2nd set,the trio Bwana 3 will suddenly see themselves being accompanied by the great Jeffrey Lee Pierce. He'll play 2 songs, during which Bas Mulder (keyboards) and Martien Stienstra (sax) attempt to take additional part in it and Rudy Lentze won't be able, simply because Mr. Pierce has lend his Strat". Recording available on Soundcloud. Starts around the 22mins mark.
Kensington xx-Oct-94

xx-Oct-94
UK London,Kensington

Photo: Screen captures from DVD set next to Google.Maps 'Street View' stills.

Note: Early October 1994. Jeffrey Lee Pierce is filmed for Henri-Jean Debon's "Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues" film. The filming is divided between Jeff's place at 34 Elsham Road, Kensington (where he's seen rehearsing with Tony Chmelik [Cypress Grove], who's living half a mile away) and Jeff's watering hole The Kensington at 11B Russell Gardens (where he's seen with his drinking buddies). Nick Cave, then living nearby, visits on 03-Oct-94. Nick Cave: "You have to take hold of your life Jeffrey and organise things". Jeffrey: "That's what people keep telling me". Nick Cave: "Fucking pigsty over here".
Bochum 18-Oct-94

18-Oct-94
DE Bochum,Bahnhof Langendreer

Ad: Scan of ad from Spex Oct-90, courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Start of a 25-date tour. With Edwin Heath (sound guy of the Vera club,Groningen) as driver, tour manager and sound engineer, who recorded all shows. Line-up: Jeffrey (vocals/guitar) and Tony Chmelik (a.k.a. Cypress Grove) (guitar).

20-Oct-94
DE Berlin,Knaack

Setlist: St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims].

Note: The 4th song in the set is often listed as "Sto' Gallery Blues" [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford], but it's obviously mainly "Farmin' Man Blues" [also by Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford].

22-Oct-94
DK Köbenhavn,Jazzhus Montmatre

Setlist: St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Future Blues [Willie Brown].

Note: The 4th song in the set is often listed as "Sto' Gallery Blues" [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford], but it's obviously mainly "Farmin' Man Blues" [also by Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford].

23-Oct-94
DK Aalborg,Tusenfryd

xx-Oct-94
SE -,-

26-Oct-94
DE Nürnberg,LGB

Setlist: (most likely) St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ (certainly) Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]/ Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [Bob Dylan].

Note: The 4th song in the set is often listed as "Sto' Gallery Blues" [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford], but it's obviously mainly "Farmin' Man Blues" [also by Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford].

30-Oct-94
AT Wien,Szene

31-Oct-94
DE Frankfurt,Cooky's

Setlist: St. Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]// Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [Bob Dylan]/ I Am A Rock [Paul Simon]/ The Breaking Hands [J.L. Pierce]/ My Cousin Kim [J.L. Pierce].

Note: The 4th song in the set is often listed as "Sto' Gallery Blues" [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford], but it's obviously mainly "Farmin' Man Blues" [also by Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford].

02-Nov-94
DE München,Muffathalle

05-Nov-94
IT Mezzago,Bloom
[with Hugo Race]

06-Nov-94
SI Ljubljana,Slovensko Mladinskega Gledalisca
[with Hugo Race]

Setlist: St.Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [Mel Tillis]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims]/ I Am A Rock [Paul Simon]/ The Breaking Hands [J.L. Pierce].

Note: Broadcast by Radio Slovenija on the Jane Weber and Mrs. Jasna Vidakovic Show. Recorded by Janus Luznar. Released on the "Anarchic Blues" live album (Music Melon 2011/Bang! 2018). The 4th song in the set is often listed as "Sto' Gallery Blues" [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford], but it's obviously mainly "Farmin' Man Blues" [also by Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford].

xx-Nov-94
CH Zürich,-
[with Herbert Huncke]

09-Nov-94
DE Ravensburg,Jugendhaus

Note: In Zürich Jeff also does a spoken word piece titled "Young Kyoko".
Holland Nov-94

10-Nov-94
NL Zoetemeer,Boerderij

11-Nov-94
NL Amsterdam,Arena
[with Chicago Shakedown]

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from De Volkskrant newspaper, 10-Nov-94.
Brugge 12-Nov-94

12-Nov-94
BE Brugge,Cactus Club

Setlist: St.Louis Blues [Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley]/ Pony Blues [Son House/Charlie Patton]/ Titanic Blues [trad.]/ Farmin' Man Blues [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford]/ My Black Mamma [Son House]/ John Henry [trad.]/ Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [Willie '61' Blackwell and William Brown]/ Spanish Flang Dang [Elizabeth Cotten]/ Alabama Blues - From Temptation To You [J.L. Pierce]/ Crawl Out Your Window [Bob Dylan]/ John Hardy [Leadbelly/J.L. Pierce]/ Mother Of Earth [J.L. Pierce]/ Lucky Jim [J.L. Pierce]/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ The Breaking Hands [J.L. Pierce]/ Long Long Gone [Frankie Lee Sims].

Poster: Xerox of poster.

Note: After attempting to start "Junior's A Jap Girl's", one of Jeffrey's guitar strings broke. He switched guitar with Tony Chmelik, who left the stage to replace the string, leaving Jeffrey performing two songs on his own, "Spanish Flang Dang" and "From Temptation To You" (from the "Wildweed" album). The 4th song in the set is often listed as "Sto' Gallery Blues" [Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford], but it's obviously mainly "Farmin' Man Blues" [also by Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford].

14-Nov-94
NL Rotterdam,Rotown

15-Nov-94
NL Nijmegen,O42

17-Nov-94
NL Goes,'t Beest
Breda 18-Nov-94

18-Nov-94
NL Breda,Para
[with Jan de Bruijn en Walter Lavent]

Photo: Credit Mark Rietveld.

19-Nov-94
NL Groningen,Simplon
Leeuwarden 20-Nov-94

20-Nov-94
NL Leeuwarden,De Brouwershoeck
[with Avondturier en Veeboer]

Note: End of the tour, and final Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee live show.

Review: Scan of review from Leeuwarder Courant 21-Nov-94.

xx-Nov-94
UK London,Kensington

Note: Jeffrey is arrested in the UK for trying to settle a bar fight in Kensington,London by using his samorai sword(!). He is put in custody by London police at Heathrow airport (on his way to Greece for a show with The Gun Club) and in the end he is requested to leave the country (which he eventually does in the spring of 1995).
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