It’s necessary here on Ickmusic to periodically post about the late great Joe Strummer. Today, my friends, a treat. This is an afternoon in-store appearance in Portland, Oregon back in November of 1999. Joe’s first Mescaleros album, Rock Art & the X Ray Style, had just been released weeks earlier.

From Black Market Clash, a cool site covering all of the Clash / Joe Strummer bootlegs….

The acoustic session is awesome as Joe plays ad lib with funny and made up lyrics ad lib. The sound is excellent also. A direct to DAT mono recording, Joe played in front of around 100 people with a punk circle singing behind Joe and a drummer named Matthew from the local band “Roe” seated with his hands on his legs and stamping on the stage. 4.30pm.

Not sure which store this short set takes place in (maybe someone out there wants to fill me in?), but the vibe sure is loose and relaxed, and like the blurb above says, the sound is pristine. Take a listen to the late, the great, the incomparable Joe Strummer.

Joe Strummer (1952-2002) Rest in Peace
November 2, 1999
Portland, Oregon USA

Junco Partner
Talk
X-Ray Style
Island Hopping
The Road to Rock and Roll
Trash City

Buy Rock Art & the X-Ray Style :
rock art

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September 11: And it goes without saying, my heart goes out to all of the innocent people cowardly murdered on 09/11/2001, and to their families and friends, who every day wake up without their loved ones. God Bless You.

And the worst kind of Hell for those responsible and those who support them.

For a very powerful Sept. 11th comment by Keith Olbermann, see the video here in this Crooks & Liars article. We may not all agree with him, but I do.