New Steve Wynn CD December // The Dream Syndicate - "That's What You Always Say" (Rare live 1986)

Found a great clip of The Dream Syndicate from the old days, rockin' it out in 1986 (or 1987, per the author below) doing a hot live version of "That's What You Always Say". More details below the Super 8 clip.



Danny Plotnick, who shot this clip, tells its story at his blog:

"I was big fan and went down the path for the long haul, and while The Days of Wine and Roses is still my fave, there was clearly gold later in the career. I saw the band in their Precoda incarnation, as well as with Paul Cutler, who took over on Out of the Grey. I saw the band on the Out of The Grey tour in 1986 or 1987 and, by far, that was the most explosive I’d ever seen the Syndicate.

And hey, I got the tape to prove it. My girlfriend and I decided to bring a couple of super 8 cameras to the show, interview the band and shoot one song on film. It was all we could afford since film cost a lot. We interviewed Cutler before the show and filmed 'That’s What You Always Say' on black and white super 8 (4X film stock me thinks). The film had to be shot silently and we recorded the audio separately on a little hand held piece of crap tape recorder (definitely not a walkman!). We then transferred the film to ¾” umatic video and tried to sync the audio to the picture. We tried for about an hour and then gave up. What a frickin’ disaster. It was impossible. The footage has been sitting in my garage for about 20 years and I decided to give the syncing another chance given the advent of non-linear editing. And wouldn’t you know it, success! "

Dream Syndicate singer-guitarist Steve Wynn and his band Miracle 3, which tours in the more comfy (ie paying!) confines of Euro rock clubs, is releasing its new CD Northern Aggression (that's it below) next week. You can download a track with your email at his website.