Potter's Field - Live at the Outhouse

by Dan Israel

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1.	Pockets of Hope/Hasn't Been Abandoned Yet/Fixture 08:37	buy track
2.	They Were Not Together/Somebody's Gonna Lose 08:09	buy track
3.	Nobody Lies/The Freak (by Earthpig, aka Adam Bork) 07:09	buy track
4.	You 03:26	buy track
5.	A New Start/Tortured Souls/Home 09:29	buy track
6.	When Did It All Come Down?/Take This Trouble Away 08:09	buy track
7.	Gotta Get Away/Mr. Comfort/Winter Quarter 09:12	buy track
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released January 1, 1995

Potter's Field
Live at the Outhouse
(transferred digitally from the original cassette-only release)

Dan Israel - Guitar, Vocals
John Knodel - Bass, Vocals
George Duron - Drums

Potter's Field's final show was recorded live at the Austin Outhouse on December 17, 1994

Sound by RCHE (pronounced "Archie")

Engineered by Jim Andrews and Marty Lester, Bit-by-Bit Recordings
Mixed by Jim Andrews and Dan Israel

Digital Editing and Mastering by Jerry Tubb, Terra Nova Digital Audio

Photos by Lee Bickerstaff

Cover design by Michelle M. Ryan

All songs copyright 1994 by Dan Israel, except "The Freak," copyright 1994 Pigland Music

Much thanks goest ou to the Sleestacks, Meredith Miller, Russ Somers, Seela and the Laughing Dogs for playing at the final show. Thanks also to Colin Leyden, Shelly Ryan, Ned Henry, Mike Jasper and Kevin Gant, who would have played if they could have. Thanks to Earthpig for writing "The Freak" and for being one. Thanks to Bryan McAuley and to Juli. Lastly, a big thanks to Ed and Chuck at the Outhouse and all of our friends and fans for supporting us. My friend Brad Bouten from Chicago wrote the following review of a show we did there in September of '94. I thought it captured something of what the band was about - Dan

Potter's Field Electrifies at 2nd Chicago Indie Fest

Austin-based trio Potter's Field wrapped up its second tour of the Midwest with a set at Chicago's Beat Kitchen. The show was part of the city's multi-venue 2nd annual Independent Label Festival.

Relying on newcomer George Duron's bruising kit work, the group blew the doors off of the joint before a somewhat stunned audience. As Potter's Field mouthpiece Dan Israel stated in "Gotta Get Away":

"Bye-bye should come as no surprise, though it hurts just the same/No sense covering your eyes to a thing that once brought pleasure, but now brings only pain"

If the passage seems like Dylan-meets-Sugar, the sound Thursday suited the comparison. There's plenty of restlessness and bad stomach in this band. Guitarist and songwriter Israel and bassist John Knodel met while working at a corporate training center in 1991, where they poured drinks for some of the country's most contemptible autocrats while honing a decidedly independent outlook,

The band shrugs off frustration, explaining that even indie labels have clear cut definitions of marketability - not unlike the corporate, cookie-cutter mentality the indie labels so ceaselessly rail against. "Songwriting is something I have to do," said Israel, "with time, the recognition will come."

Potter's Field wasn't so diplomatic Thursday night. The band played like a cornered animal. Witness the scalding Israel laid on the crowd with "Silver Lining,":

"Maybe you don't know your limits/Maybe too much freedom is to blame"

Potter's Field isn't addressing Iacocca or Geffen. The challenge rests squarely on the shoulders of the listener. From a recent composition called "Somebody's Gonna Lose":

"I asked you once before/But these chances don't come in twos/If we both don't get our feet wet/Somebody's gonna lose"

Potter's Field's message is clear: If we don't get more serious about our collective future, we're all gonna lose.

As the song crescendoed into a gasping plea for decency, I found myself marveling that this band was in an indie festival at all. Ignore Potter's Field at your own peril. This band is a rare find.

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Dan Israel Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dan Israel is a longtime fixture on the Minneapolis music scene. He was the first guest on 89.3 The Current’s “Local Show” & has been called “the hardest working singer-songwriter in Minnesota.” He won Song of the Year (for “Come to Me”) in the 2005 Minnesota Music Awards & Songwriter of the Year in the 2006 MMA’s. He received a 4-star review from the UK’s “Uncut” mag for his 2007 album "Turning." ... more

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Hook & Ladder Theater

Minneapolis, MN
May 19

Sacred Heart Music Center

Duluth, MN

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