Blog: Dancing In The Lesbian Bar

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As my fellow listeners to the This Are Johnny Domino podcast will be aware, there is a thing called the PRF Monthly Tribute Series where every month a bunch of musical types do cover versions of a specific artiste's songs. At the end of the month they vote for the best one and then the winner chooses who they'll cover the next month.

This has been going on for AGES, and in recent times has become of interest to People I Know Who Used To Be In Bands In Derby In The 1990s, a bunch of whom have started taking part on a regular basis. This is a beautiful things as the People I Know Who Used To Be In Bands In Derby In The 1990s are a high quality group of people both in terms of personhood AND musicianship, so there's always something GRATE to listen to.

July's topic was Jonathan Richman, and so Mr FA Machine (one of the all-time TOP People I Know Who Used To Be In Bands In Derby In The 1990s) suggested that we submit the version of I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar that he and I recorded many many years ago. The RULES of the game are that the cover version has to have been recorded during the month of the competition, so we wouldn't be eligible for winning or anything, but he suggested it would be a nice way to get it out into the world, and I CONCURRED. We originally recorded it for an indie tribute compilation album which - almost inevitably for indie tribute compilation albuns - never came out, so the only place it's ever been heard is the compilation Like A Braunstone Cowboy which was given out free to newsletter subscribers to celebrate our 100th issue. Crumbs, that was 12 years ago!

Anyway, the upshot of all of this is that you can now finally listen to our version of Mr J Richman's immortal classic anytime you'd like to - I think it's Quite Good, especially Frankie's GTR SOLO, but you can judge for yourself BELOW!



posted 1/8/2025 by MJ Hibbett

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