THE BARRY "THE FISH" MELTON BAND

(aka FISH & CHIP)

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The Fresno Saloon (aka The Saloon), San Francisco, CA, August 6, 1983

Last Day Saloon, SF, 19 January, 1984
"Train Songs" (The Saloon, SF, CA, 15 June,1984), Part 1
"Train Songs" (The Saloon, SF, CA, 15 June,1984), Part 2
"Band In Your Pocket" (The Saloon, SF, CA, 30 June,1984)
"Rotten People" (The Saloon, SF, 7 July, 1984)
The Saloon, SF, 19 July, 1984 (Partial)
The Saloon, SF, 19 July, 1984
The Saloon, SF, 27 July, 1984
The Saloon, SF, 3 August, 1984
The Saloon, SF, CA, 5 October, 1984
"The Great President Series" (The Saloon, SF, CA, 20 October, 1984)
The Saloon Years


Links:

Barry Melton Home Page

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The Fresno Saloon (aka The Saloon), San Francisco, CA, August 6, 1983

Tracks
1.	Barry talk	0:39
2.	I Got Love	6:06
3.	Alabama Bound	5:34
4.	"We all thought Eric Burden was out of his fuckin' tree when he wrote that song..."	2:04
5.	30 Days in the Hole	5:38
6.	LSD Song	3:01
7.	Break it Up	10:30
- set break -
8.	Stagger Lee	5:44
9.	Colorado Town	5:33
10.	Love Machine (cut in middle)	10:47
11.	Betty and Dupree	6:51
12.	Band Intro - "what the hell is that?"	1:34
13.	Blind Man	4:24
14.	Frere Jacque	0:32
15.	Life is a Bucket Full of Shit -> "And now a Song from John's Childhood ... my 4th year consecutively without getting any sun... I want my own mic from now on ... D-C-G-F... these old burn-outs can't take it ..."	8:21
16.	Motel Party Baby	5:40
17.	My Sharona/Juan Corona	1:25
18.	Take a Whiff on Me -> I Can't Dance	9:30
- set break -
19.	It's Up to Us	4:51
20.	unknown 1	7:55
21.	Hold On to the Good Times	5:44
22.	Butcher Boy	11:41
23.	Rawhide!-> Hail to the Bus Driver...	4:46
24.	Mona	11:07
25.	(cut) Closer	25:16
	Total	165:34

Source: Sony ECM-220T Mics -> Sony TC-D5M, TDK MA90 Master Tape, Dolby B

Lineage: Master Tape/Sony TC-D5M -> Tascam DR-1 44.1KHz/16b -> Audacity 1.3.5 -> CD Wave -> FLAC 7

Notes: I kept all the between-song tuning and banter in this upload, and tried to highlight a couple of them. These guys - consummate musicians all - were like the bar band at this place; what a trip it was to go see them there. You can tell, just listening to this particular show - it was always a privilege to see them here with maybe 50 to 75 people squashed into what Nick Gravenites called "the Sweatbox Lounge". Vocals quality is marginal, particularly later in the show.

Apparently (who can remember?) it was one of those rare, warm evenings in San Francisco. Sweatbox indeed! Later, after a change in ownership, this became just "The Saloon".

The second cassette tape has some minor drop-outs here and there, unfortunately.

This recording, together with many others, is legally downloadable in various formats from the Live Music Archive section of The Internet Archive.

Personnel
Barry Melton	Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina	Guitar, Vocals
Peter Albin	Bass, Vocals
Spencer Dryden	Drums
Special guests:
Pete Spalanka(?)	Sax
Ben "King" Perkoff	Sax
Tom Clancy	Harp

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Last Day Saloon, SF, 19 January, 1984

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	San Francisco Shuffle	3:57
2.	Got Love	3:53
3.	Stagger Lee	3:31
4.	Got To Hold On	4:28
5.	Blind Man	4:07
6.	Ships, Mountains, Dreamland	4:09
7.	Thirty Days	5:13
8.	The Dance	10:09
9.	Open My Eyes	3:32
10.	Colorado Town	7:10
11.	Motel Party Baby	7:33
12.	Sloop John B.	3:57
13.	Nobody For President	1:20
14.	Love Machine	11:41
	Disc 1 Total	74:45
Disc 2
1.	Butcher's Boy	7:08
2.	I Can't Dance	5:00
3.	?West LA Fadeaway	4:21
4.	?Betty & Dupree	5:20
5.	Lucille	3:10
6.	?	4:50
7.	Closer	15:28
8.	Mona	8:47
9.	Take A Whiff On Me	5:46
10.	Jessie James	9:29
11.	The Sun Is Shining	7:07
	Disc 2 Total	76:29
	Total	151:14

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAKCR3A > hard Drive > (Slight Bass Boost w/Sound Forge) > Flac6

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Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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"Train Songs" (The Saloon, SF, 15 June, 1984), Part 1

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks
Set 1
1.	Alabama Bound	4:17
2.	Wabash Cannonball	4:14
3.	This Train	4:36
4.	John Henery	3:25
5.	Train crash	1:42
6.	Hobo's Lullaby	3:32
7.	Love	5:49
8.	Love Machine	8:24
Set 2
9.	Thirty Days	4:46
10.	Get The Feeling	8:54
11.	I Can't Dance	7:44
12.	The Dance	14:38
13.	Blind Man	4:36
	Total	76:42

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6

A JAM Production!

Well the best laid and made plans... I have all these great tapes and my tape deck wants ever so badly to eat them, so for now until I get it fixed, enjoy part 1 of this gem. Peace!

Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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"Train Songs" (The Saloon, SF, 15 June, 1984), Part 2

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, May 2006

Tracks
Set 2 continued
1.	Motel Party Baby	7:54
2.	Colorado Town	10:25
Set 3
3.	Dupree's	7:54
4.	S.O.S.	5:29
5.	Hold On	5:13
6.	Whiskey And Women	3:56
7.	Stagger Lee	4:47
8.	Cipo's Tune	5:31
9.	Juan Corrona	0:48
10.	Mona	11:13
11.	Level With Me//	4:22
	Total	67:35

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6

A JAM Production!

Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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The Saloon, SF, 30 June, 1984

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks
Disc 1 - Set 1
1.	Stagger Lee	5:38
2.	Got Love	5:19
3.	New York Town	6:53
4.	Keep On Truckin'	3:50
5.	Wild About My Loving	5:05
6.	San Francisco Bay Blues	6:55
7.	Just a Closer Walk With Thee	3:35
8.	Sloop John B.	5:14
9.	Midnight Special	3:09
10.	San Francisco Shuffle	5:34
	Disc 1 Total	51:17
Disc 2 - Set 2
1.	The Dance	15:24
2.	Something You Got	4:16
3.	Thirty Days	4:43
4.	Love Machine	9:48
5.	Blind Man	4:59
6.	Motel Party Baby	5:50
7.	Third Degree	4:41
8.	S.O.S.	7:09
	Disc 2 Total	56:53
Disc 3 - Set 3
1.	Jesse James	7:00
2.	I Can't Dance	4:48
3.	Little Girl	5:23
4.	Hold On to the Good Times	4:55
5.	Level With Me	11:32
6.	Mona	11:08
7.	Colorado Town	6:39
8.	Closer //	11:12
	Disc 3 Total	62:41
	Total	170:53

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6

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Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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"Rotten People" (The Saloon, SF, 7 July, 1984)

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks
Set 1
Disc 1
1.	Stagger Lee	6:15
2.	Pretty Boy Floyd	5:04
3.	Tricky Dicky	6:04
4.	Super Bird	7:03
5.	Dupree's	6:45
6.	Juan Corona	2:23
7.	Jesse James	5:42
8.	Whisky And Women	3:21
Set 2
9.	Thirty Days	5:41
10.	Love	5:12
11.	New York Town	5:37
12.	Blind Man	4:37
13.	Motel Party Baby	5:38
14.	The Dance	10:18
	Disc 1 Total	79:47
Disc 2
1.	Butchers Boy	8:27
2.	Colorado Town	6:34
3.	S.O.S.	6:23
Set 3
4.	Level With Me	9:46
5.	I've Been In the Darkness	7:48
6.	Take A Whiff On Me	4:50
7.	San Francisco	9:38
	Disc 2 Total	53:28
Disc 3
1.	Got To Hold On	4:39
2.	Mona	14:32
3.	Closer	15:42
	Disc 3 Total	34:54
	Total	168:10

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6

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Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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The Saloon, SF, 19 July, 1984 (Partial)

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, June 2006

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again	4:29
2.	Mean Ol' Stagger Lee	6:27
3.	Life's Railway to Heaven	4:14
4.	Thirty Days	6:11
5.	New York Town Blues	7:55
6.	Tricky Dicky	2:29
7.	Chit Chat	5:06
8.	San Francisco Shuffle	1:55
9.	Third Degree Blues	4:03
10.	Got Love	4:49
11.	In the Pines	6:01
12.	JC Intro >	5:49
13.	Motel Party Baby	1:00
14.	The Dance	21:51
	Total	82:24

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6

A JAM Production!

Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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The Saloon, SF, 19 July, 1984

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, August 2006

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again	4:29
2.	Mean Ol' Stagger Lee	6:27
3.	Life's Railway to Heaven	4:14
4.	Thirty Days	6:11
5.	New York Town Blues	7:55
6.	Tricky Dicky	2:29
7.	Chit Chat	5:06
8.	San Francisco Shuffle	1:55
9.	Third Degree Blues	4:03
10.	Got Love	4:49
11.	In the Pines	6:01
12.	JC Intro >	5:49
13.	Motel Party Baby	1:00
14.	The Dance	21:51
	Total	82:24
Disc 2
1.	Colorado Town	5:42
2.	Got To Hold On	4:34
3.	Blind Man	3:37
4.	Chit Chat	2:10
5.	Love Machine	9:26
6.	Sloop John B.	5:23
7.	Banks Of The Ol' Ohio >	3:16
8.	I Can't Dance	6:03
9.	S.O.S.	8:30
10.	Wabash Cannon Ball	4:00
11.	Duprees	6:43
12.	Mona!	17:57
	Total	77:27

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6

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Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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The Saloon, SF, 27 July, 1984

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks
Set 1
Disc 1
1.	San Francisco Shuffle	4:57
2.	Third Degree Blues	4:33
3.	Stagger Lee	4:36
4.	Butchers Boy	8:06
5.	Codine	7:50
6.	Thirty Days	6:11
7.	New York Town Blues	5:56
8.	S.O.S.	6:26
Set 2
9.	Ships, Mountains, Dreamlands	3:52
10.	Colorado Town	6:07
11.	Blind Man	4:41
12.	Motel Party Baby	5:05
13.	The Dance	11:27
	Disc 1 Total	79:53
(Missing) Sloop John B.
Disc 2
1.	Whisky Wine & Women	7:19
2.	Bourgeois Town > Little Girl	9:38
3.	Closer * > forthcoming shows > Closer * > (set break) > tuning	17:48
Set 3
4.	I Can't Dance	4:06
5.	Babylon	6:10
6.	Mojo Navigator *	11:57
7.	Lucille *	4:33
8.	Mona *	12:16
9.	Good Night Irene * > Band intro's	5:42
	Disc 2 Total	79:32
	Total	159:26

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Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums	"2/3 of the night"
? Dave Dipp	drums
Beans Balanka	sax	*

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The Saloon, SF, 3 August, 1984

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, April 2006

Tracks
Disc 1
1.	San Francisco Shuffle	4:42
2.	Got Love	4:26
3.	Babylon	19:46
4.	Thirty Days	4:51
5.	New York Town Blues	6:23
6.	Blind Man	5:06
7.	Motel Party Baby	7:01
8.	Butchers Boy	7:47
9.	Stagger Lee	6:07
10.	Closer	13:40
	Disc 1 Total	79:53
Disc 2
1.	The Dance	9:45
2.	Colorado Town	6:42
3.	Codine	11:32
4.	Lucille	4:16
5.	Third Degree Blues	6:52
6.	Hound Dog	3:55
7.	I Can't Dance	5:07
8.	Love Machine	7:41
9.	Mona	16:18
	Disc 2 Total	72:12
	Total	152:06

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6

A JAM Production!

Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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The Saloon, SF, CA, 5 October, 1984

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, June 2006

Tracks
1.	Band intro's	1:51
2.	Mean Ol' Stagger Lee	6:00
3.	San Francisco Shuffle	5:33
4.	What A Beautiful City	1:48
5.	Love Machine	9:25
6.	Sloop John B.	4:17
7.	Colorado Town	7:38
8.	Band 4 sale	2:07
9.	Got Love	6:42
10.	Orange Blossom Special	5:23
11.	I've Been In The Darkness	6:52
12.	Good Old Rock & Roll	4:17
13.	The Dance	12:23
14.	Blind Man	3:30
	Total	77:52

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > Hard Drive > Flac6

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Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
Bobby Foyiar	guitar
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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"The Great President Series" (The Saloon, SF, CA, 20 October, 1984)

As seeded on DimeADozen by wh1pnk, May 2006

Tracks
Set 1
Disc 1
1.	Love	4:38
2.	Thirty Days	4:24
3.	Mass Debater	2:36
4.	The Great President Series	3:20
5.	FDR Back Again	5:25
6.	LBJ Super Bird	7:47
7.	The Greatest President Of All	2:06
8.	Tricky Dicky	4:44
9.	San Francisco	5:00
10.	Ill Be Back Some Ol'Day	7:44
11.	Love Machine	13:13
	Disc 1 Total	61:02
Set 2
Disc 2
1.	Intro Melody	10:10
2.	The Dance	10:42
3.	Blind Man	3:46
4.	Motel Party Baby	7:42
5.	Colorado Town	5:55
6.	Sloop John B.	4:59
7.	New York Town	7:09
8.	Chit Chat and Melody	6:54
9.	I Can't Dance	4:16
	Disc 2 Total	61:37
Set 3
Disc 3
1.	Jam	7:27
2.	Closer	18:58
3.	Codine	8:00
4.	Good Ol' Rock n Roll	5:53
5.	Seventh Seal	8:24
6.	Got To Hold On	1:32
	Disc 3 Total	50:17
	Total	172:57

Master Cassette Sony D6 w/Sony Stereo Microphone > NAK CR3A > hard Drive > Flac6

A JAM Production!

Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, fangs, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums

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The Saloon Years

Track		Composer(s)	Date	Personnel	Time
1.	I Can't Dance	(Melton)	4-29-89	BM JC PA SD	4:43
2.	Mojo Navigator	(Denson, Melton, McDonald)	7-27-91	BM BF PA SD	6:32
3.	Colorado Town	(McDonald & Melton)	7-27-91	BM PF PA SD	5:36
4.	3rd Degree	(Boyd)	2-25-89	BM JC BF PA SD	8:37
5.	Love	(Armstrong, Barthol, Cohen, Gunning, Melton)	6-25-94	BM BF BW PA DG	5:25
6.	Hold On To The Good Times	(Melton)	2-25-89	BM JC BF PA SD	4:53
7.	Just A Little Bit	(Thornton, Bass, Washington, Brown)	6-25-94	BM BF PW PA DG	6:35
8.	Harlem Nocturne	(Hagen)	5-17-91	BM BF PA SD	5:10
9.	Mona	(McDaniel)	4-7-89	BM JC PA SD	19:00
10.	SOS	(Melton)	5-17-91	BM BF PA SD	7:07
				Total Time	73:38

Personnel
Barry Melton	guitar, vocals
John Cipollina	guitar, vocals
Peter Albin	bass, vocals
Spencer Dryden	drums
Bob Flurie	guitar, vocals
Peter Walsh	guitar, vocals
David Getz	guest drummer

Since the 50's the North Beach section of San Francisco has been home to those who have sought a Bohemian lifestyle; its great restaurants, bookstores, cafes, and strip joints are known worldwide. And in its heart on Grant Avenue, up from Columbus Avenue, stands The Saloon; it is the oldest remaining saloon in the city, having survived the earthquake of '06. In 1996, The Jack Daniel Distillery recognised The Saloon as one of the best bars in the United States in their Gentleman Jack Classic Bar and Bartender Guide.

A small, funky bar, The Saloon is a place where people come to dance, drink, party, sweat, and listen to loud blues and rock. It was here twice a month from 1982 to 1994 that The Barry "The Fish" Melton Band played (Barry estimates almost 300 gigs!). This CD is a tribute to that era and includes some of the band's finest moments.

The boys in the band include:

Barry Melton was the lead guitar player with Country Joe & The Fish. He recorded six solo albums, and has performed with such greats as Otis Spann, Donny Hathaway, Phil Upchurch, and Dinosaurs. An accomplished attorney and candidate for a San Francisco judgeship, these days Barry is serving as a Public Defender in Mendocino County.

John Cipollina is best remembered for his guitar work with Quicksilver Messenger Service. Among the dozens of bands he performed with are Copperhead, Terry & The Pirates, Thunder & Lightning, Dinosaurs and Zero. Barry and John were referred to as "Fish & Chip". The concept of "The Saloon Recordings" was inspired by efforts to record John's last performance at The Saloon. He passed away too early in 1989.

Peter Albin was a founding member of Big Brother & The Holding Company, and has played bass with Pigpen, David Nelson, Dinosaurs, and Country Joe & The Fish.

Spencer Dryden rose to prominence with Jefferson Airplane in the Sixties and also drummed with New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Dinosaurs.

Bob Flurie played guitar with Roy Buchanan and The Chambers Brothers, as well as stints with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe & The Fish, The Pointer Sisters, and The Hoo Doo Rhythm Devils.

Peter Walsh, who appeared in The Dick Clark Show in 1960, has played guitar on stage and record with Seatrain, Lou Reed, The Rowan Brothers, and Commander Cody.

Last updated: 9-Oct-2008