Carrie Newcomer
and
Robert Shannon Meitus

Earth Day in 1991 - the week I acquired my first portable DAT recorder - I plugged into the soundboard to capture some of the all-day concert held at the Armory on the Purdue University campus. Robert Shannon Meitus and his band, The Dorkestra, as well as Carrie Newcomer (whose debut album was due out a few weeks after the concert) and many others played that day. Carrie sings backup on several of these Dorkestra tunes. 12 years later, technology has progressed to the point that I can share with you the performances from that rainy day in 1991. Brand New Plan Paradise The John Prine tune. Tammy (of the Icemakers Of The Revolution) and Carrie Newcomer sing backups. Joanna Something True To Believe In Carrie Newcomer singing her song with Robert dueling on guitar. About the photography I had taken a photograph that was used on the album cover of Robert's previous band East Of Eden and he requested that I take some posed pictures for an upcoming solo release. We went to a decrepit farmhouse shell and he strummed and I took some snaps.

A couple of weeks after the Armory concert, Carrie Newcomer played a solo gig in Lafayette, Indiana. The date was 31 May 1991 and the sound system was very nice. Carrie's first album - Visions and Dreams (since re-issued) - was just out and sported a photograph that I had taken during a photoshoot in the Purdue University Union earlier in the year. Carrie is a very charismatic and capable performer. Something True To Believe In I simply love this song. "Mother's Advice" A guess at the real song title. Carrie's young daughter was in the audience and her voice can be heard in the introduction to this song. "Lay Down Your Money And You Take Your Chance" Another guess at the real song title. A Safe Keeping Place Some tuning issues, but a very sweet tune. Carrie's official website may be found here last modified: Tue May 6 13:37:43 PDT 2003 Visitors' comments for this page [Add your own] very nice recordings... Timothy Stockman - Philadelphia, PA, USofA 4Sep2005 1:54 PM (2 years 304 days ago) Hi, It's really great treat to hear Carrie's music. I have a special fondness for music from the era of these recordings; I spent a few years before this mixing the sound at most Carrie's live shows. Over the years, I had the chance to work with Robert and his Dorketra, The Icemakers and many other area musicians. Wonderful memories, indeed. Timothy Stockman tps[at]-remove-mail.fielddiagnostics.com Thanks for the recordings! jase[at]-remove-dufair.org - Jason Dufair 11Nov2004 2:00 PM (3 years 236 days ago) Thanks for making these recordings available! I was the sound engineer for many Icemakers shows and friends with them and Carrie and Robert. I appreciate you posting these. I'm hopefully going to put some old Icemakers recordings on my website (http://www.dufair.org/) in the next 2 months or so.