It's available at in both mp3 and flac formats. This is a great show and highly recommended for any Calexico (or any MUSIC) fan.įor reviewer Mark1972, who lamented below about the lack of live Calexico (as we all do.), there is an awesome live set from the band's 6-11-04 performance at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. The result is proof that music does indeed help heal the soul.
John and Joey went ahead with their scheduled show as a duo, and then were joined by some special amigos. The memory of this event is fading into history now, but fan deaths at a Pearl Jam show at this festival in Denmark almost brought an end to the music. Please visit our website for tour dates and official releases at Thanks to Calexico for letting this out of the archives and for allowing this to be seeded into the community! It was an amazing set, one we will never forget." From there we slowly built up the dynamics of the set and it was clear that even though the crowd was in a state of mourning, they also wanted to celebrate, and so when the surprise guests of Mariachi Luz de Luna walked onstage, the whole crowd lit up. After experiencing her set, John Convertino and I decided to begin our set as a two piece (drums and guitar) and play an instrumental meditation in honor of those who had passed away. She tapped into the spirit that everyone in the whole festival grounds was feeling with her soulful voice and minimal accompaniment. It was a very difficult decision, but the promoters of the festival decided to go on as scheduled.Ĭhan Marshall of Cat Power played before us early that afternoon all by herself on the same stage as us and delivered a very heartfelt and moving set. For a while we were all on hold not knowing what would happen. Some bands decided to cancel and there was confusion at first whether or not the festival would continue. How could so many people die at one of Europe's most renown festivals? We couldn't believe it and were all in shock. When we all woke the next morning there was an unusual somber tone in the air as we began hearing the news and details of the tragedy that occured the night before during Pearl Jam's set on the main stage.
I am sure we had been up nearly the whole night partying and watching movies on the bus and were fast asleep upon arrival to the festival. "Calexico and members of Mariachi Luz de Luna travelled roughly 1,000 kilometers the night before our performance at Roskilde in Denmark on July 1, 2000. Here is what Joey Burns had to say about it: I requested some comments about this special show.
Probably the safety mix given to the band after the show. This source is a completely different mix than the circulating FM copy (FM is incomplete - missing 2 songs). (note - this replaces any previous versions at ) FLAC and 1st seeding on 10-02-04 by Jim Blackwood