Song Review: The Bad Livers - “Little Bitty Town” (Live, June 6, 2024)
Folks walking along Washington state’s Irondale Beach July 6 found more than seashells. There were Bad Livers there, too.
The Livers - banjoist Danny Barnes and bassist Mark Rubin (the Jew of Oklahoma) - were there for a reunion/pop-up concert. And “Little Bitty Town” from the gig suggests it was something special.
The music is low-key, like the humor. And wind occasionally interferes with the lo-fi, amateur recording as Barnes sings of the titular community of dilapidated buildings and cops looking for troublemakers.
It might take a turn for the better/but then again, I’ll be leavin’ anyway, Barnes sings.
“There’s new Bad Livers music in the pipeline,” says the long-defunct band. That’s good news; more gigs, routed through actual venues, would be even better.
Grade card: The Bad Livers - “Little Bitty Town” (Live - 6/6/24) - B+
9/26/24
