Blind Melon – Good Foot Demos [1990]

Blind Melon – The Good Foot Demos

I guess I’m on a streak today. You see, once Blind Melon gets into my bloodstream, there’s no stopping the posting. These tracks here are some of the better demo recordings that I’ve heard, ever. I’m imagining that these are the tapes that got them signed to Capitol Records…

taken from the text file…

Blind Melon
Good Foot Workshop
Studio Demos
1990
Los Angeles, CA

Source:
Cassette Master>DAT>>WAV>mp3

Tracks:
01 – Drive
02 – What You Lost
03 – Paper Scratcher
04 – Tones of Home
05 – Leave Me Alone (I Wonder)
06 – Dear Ol Dad
07 – Soul One
08 – Seed To A Tree

This Is The Real Deal Folks. No Slow Speeds, No Distorted Bass.
The Recording Itself Came From A Battered Cassette (Sony). There
Has Been No Digital Editing Or Eq’ing Done To This What So Ever. What
You Are Hearing Is What Was On The Tape…And It Sounds A Hell
Of Alot Better Than The Actual Silver Cd Bootleg.

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Shannon Hoon’s mom shares rare acoustic tracks

As a generous gift to the Blind Melon community, Nel Hoon, mother of lead singer Shannon Hoon, has donated several tracks for our listening pleasure.

From the note included with the tracks:

About five years ago someone from California sent me about 20 CDs
with Blind Melon music. I had not listened to any of those until
recently. When I ran across this CD I felt that I had found a
treasure to be shared with all the people who love Shannon.
After thinking about it for days, I have concluded that Shannon
would have wanted me to give this as a Christmas present to you
and you and you and you and you … so Merry Christmas! nel hoon

To these ears, it appears that Shannon, playing here unaccompanied by his band, is recording a rough demo, ocassionally dictating a “Yeah that’s good enough” or “There’s like mandolins that are supposed to go at the end of this” and so on. There’s no recording date included with this material but I’m gonna assume (again) that these were demos from around the time that Blind Melon’s album Soup was recorded. Of course, sadly, Shannon Hoon would suffer from a fatal drug overdose on Oct 21st, 1995, at the age of 28.

As with all of the odds-and-ends Blind Melon music out there, this music is just so comforting to hear. For me, it’s all about remembering Shannon as the vibrant and promising singer that he was, and imagining what he could have been.

FROM SHANNON TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU

01 – Flea Market Pete
02 – Cavities
03 – Walk
04 – St. Andrew’s Fall
05 – All That I Need
06 – Everyday (The Way You Looked Before)
07 – Letters From a Porcupine
08 – Weeping Like the Willow

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Blind Melon – MuchMusic Intimate & Interactive, Sept 12th, 1995

Blind Melon were on a literal and figurative high during the late summer of 1995. The band had just released it’s new album Soup, the follow-up to the hugely-successful self titled album that thrust them into the limelight with the kitschy, catchy hit “No Rain”. Shannon Hoon and the band were embarking on an American tour that would have them on the road for the majority of the next year, and despite Shannon’s drug counselor’s best advice, that tour began in early September and tragically ended on October 21st, 1995. On September 12th, Blind Melon stopped in Vancouver BC to play a show at the Commodore Ballroom, a show that was broadcast on Canada’s MuchMusic : Intimate & Interactive.

Blind Melon – MuchMusic Intimate & Interactive Sept 12th, 1995 [Whole Show]

Samples

Blind Melon 1995-09-12-15 Galaxie.mp3
Blind Melon 1995-09-12-13 Soup.mp3
Blind Melon 1995-09-12-10 St.Andrew’s Fall.mp3