COSMIC AMERICAN ENSEMBLE 11/10/05
Trilogy, Boulder, CO

Jeff Hamer (guitar and vocals)
Ben Kaufmann (electric bass and vocals)
Jake Coffin (drums)
Todd Livingstone (lap steel)
Erik Deutsch (keys)

with
Sally Van Meter  (lap steel)
Bruce Lish (sax)
Jordan Moretti (five string thing)
KC Groves (backing vocals)

MBHO603 hyp 20' in front of left stack, sort of xy -> UA5 -> D-mod JB3

one set

Disc one

FM Radio (Hamer)
I'm Going to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Richard Thompson)
Sin CIty (Gram Parsons)
Aint Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog No More (Big Joe Turner)
In YOu Dream Home (Hamer)
I Wish I'd Never met You (Hamer)
Lonesome Banjo Blues (trad)
No Direction (Hamer)
You WOnt See Me (Hamer)
Killing this Town (Hamer)

disc two

Magic Fingers (Zappa)
Left Wing Sweetheart (Hamer)
When I Come Back Down  (Hamer)
Tired of Waiting (The Kinks)
I WOnt Be Chasing You (Hamer)
Good News Blues (Billy Joe Shaver)
ANother One Liner (Hamer)
Happy Together (The Turtles)
Matty Groves (Fairport Convention)

this is the band assembled to make Jeff Hamer's excellent solo album Left Wing Sweetheart. they played a handful of gigs, and this is one of the only ones taped.
no lineage, i'm afraid, but this is a nice audience recording of a terrific guest filled show that features all of Left Wing Sweetheart , some other geat Hamer songs, and a bunch of wild covers.  Jeff now displays his bountiful skills with Great American Taxi.