Just found this tape. Its a really amped up live version of The Stooges TV Eye done by Godspeed, followed but a big E Jam @ the end of the set. Godspeed always did these big jams at the end of the set and usually had people join them on stage to create even more havoc. One of the many who would join them on stage was Ted Mechanic. Ted was an old Poet. He must have been in his mid/late 60's and he was great. He was always out at shows and supporting the youngins back then. He would jump on stage at the end of Godspeed shows and rant and rave his poetry over the chaos and din of feedbacking guitars and noise. From the scrawl on the tape this looks like a show played with Daisy Cutter & John Butler joins Godspeed on stage at the end as well. Anyway, this goes out to anyone who knew Ted and I'm sure they would all say what a great guy he was. R.I.P. Ted. You were an awesome cat and you are missed...
Godspeed Live @ The Cafe Bar Long Branch NJ - TV Eye
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Cool ! Thanks for the post. Good times. That brought back lots of good memories. peace - John Butler
I remember Ted, he seemed creepy to me when I first seen him at shows till I talked to the guy. Genuine good people
hey John! how goes it? long time. what band were in back then? was this birdfriend? and yeah i guess if you didnt know ted and you just saw thi sold guy out and about you might think he was "creepy" but he was a true gentleman...
Hi Devil Dick. Yep. Long time. I was in Birdfriend at that point. ( I did not think Ted was creppy, the person who posted under me did. Heh heh ).
I really liked Godspeed. You guys were bad-ass. Lots of cool shows in the basement(s) ( and, of course, clubs ).
. . . oh, things are very good. I've been out west for almost 20 years now. Crazy. Still playing music and producing videos. I'd love to talk at some point. It's been years . . . . I hope you and your family are well.
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