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The Violent Femmes perform "Gone Daddy Gone" to a sold out crowd at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, MD on Saturday, 9/30/16.

The song is the track 9 (of 12) from the band’s 1983 self-titled debut album released on Slash Records. Featured in this video is lead singer and guitarist Gordon Gano. Bassist Brian Ritchie and drummer Victor DeLorenzo formed the band in 1981 in Wisconsin. The New Yorker called it a “quintessential high school album.”

While cliché, the “revolving door” of many a band is the drummer and John Sparrow is the trio’s fourth. He was introduced right before their appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” His presence with Richie and Gano is not new however. He’s played the cajón – boxed-shaped percussion instrument – in the Femmes’ backing band, the Horns of Dilemma, since 2005.

The song features a couple xylophone solos and borrows an verse from Muddy Waters’ “I Just Want To Make Love To You.”

Gnarles Barkley covered the song on their 2006 debut album “St. Elsewhere.”

(Recorded with a Canon 80D, Stage right location).
Shot for www.ParklifeDC.com

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