John Cale & Friends - Ocean Club, New York City, July 27/28, 1976

John Cale & Friends - Ocean Club, New York City, July 27/28, 1976A couple weeks ago, we checked in on what Lou Reed was up to in 1976. Now, what was his pal John Cale doing that year? Plenty! He toured all over the place with the Patti Smith Group, whose epochal debut Horses he had helped bring into the world; the original Modern Lovers LP he produced some of was finally released; and he eagerly explored the NYC underground, where he found countless disciples of his and Lou’s old band. Cale was 34 years old — an elder statesman of the New Wave! In the summer of ‘76, John helped open Ocean Club, a SoHo venue helmed by former Max’s Kansas City guy Mickey Ruskin. The tapes of the first weekend are well-known, with Patti, Lou, David Byrne and others all lending a helping hand. The lesser-known recording of the following weekend (freshly uploaded by the hard-working Don’t Worry About Talking Heads channel) also features Byrne, but in place of Smith and Reed, we get erstwhile Bowie…

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