Honey Don't

This one always got the crowd up .... Strange variation on 12 bar structure... loved it...

Fine, Fine, Fine

the crowd was gettin' high.... and apparently, so were we...!

Runaway

This version of the song was recorded in Great Bend, KS... at The Hatchery. MAybe not as well played, but more energy :-)

Midnight Hour II - Hatchery

Not Fade Away/Willie and the Hand Jive

I Don't Like Reggae

This track is from a board tape (thanks, Ray...) recorded October 19th, 1983. This version of the band included Mitch playing bass. Pre Bob and Rod... As you can tell we were revved up and ready to go! 

The Woman in You

Another track from Oct. 19th at The Boardwalk in Emporia...

Wake Up and Live

Another one from Starvin Marvin Live at the Boardwalk in Emporia, KS. Oct 29, 1983

Are You Ready

This is from Marvin's next-to-last gig at The Hatchery in Hutchinson, KS

Shake Finger Pop

These tunes were recorded in the spring of 1984, at the end of The Starvation tour at The Hatchery in Hutchinson, KS.

Keep On Movin'

The Starvin' Marvin band appeared in 1981, rising from the ashes of Swift Kick, which rose from the ashes of Mohamed's Radio, which rose from the ashes of a thousand other semi-nameless bands who called I-70 home.

Final line-up: Norman Vavricek (guitar, vocals), Arnie Christensen(drums, vocals), Larry Costlow (vocals), Rod Mikinski (bass), Bob Dannic (percussion and harmonica), Ray Nelson (sound).

All of the tunes posted here (unless otherwise noted are from the 1984 Starvation tour. They were recorded directly from the front of house mixer. It's a great testament to the ears and talent of our ever-cheerful sound man Ray Nelson that these tracks stand the test of time (27 years later!)

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