Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored are at it again with yet another relic of Central Illinois music scenes of the past. This time they are unleashing a live recording from old Springfield band Back of Dave. The recording is from 1995 at The Red Herring in Urbana, Illinois. Here’s what Anthony of STCBI had to say:

You certainly don’t see live Back of Dave recordings pop up too often, so naturally I was extremely excited to get my hands on this one!  Even though the recording lasts a good 45-50 minutes, there are only 8 complete songs on here.  The reason why is because after they played “Digger”, a guitar amp pooped out on them.  Good ‘ol Friday the 13th luck, eh?  They tried to troubleshoot the problem, but eventually just ended up borrowing an amp from one of the other bands that performed that night, Spontane (which featured ex-Ostrich Syndrome members), and continued the set.  During this lull, the tape continued to run, but was only dedicated to one side of a 90 minute tape, so this is all that exists.

Very cool! Check out the full post and stream the live recordings right here.