Audio from a Minnesota Public Radio interview with me and the Dacey brothers. The interview took place in the Mankato affiliate studio for the show “Minnesota Morning” on January 3, 1991. Includes a live in-studio performance of an early version of “Tea of China.”

MPR Radio Interview

THE SWOON live at Cornerstone 1988 on the side stage, competing in the battle of the bands for a record contract with Graceland Records, opened with "One Day the Passion," a performance Charlie Peacock compared to watching the Rolling Stones. Visit www.theswoon.band for more swoony goodness. Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theswoonband

One Day The Passion (Live At Cornerstone)

A song about a love affair where no one's heart was broken. THE SWOON live at Cornerstone 1988 on the side stage, competing in the battle of the bands for a record contract with Graceland Records, kicks out a raw version of Square Dance Candlelight. Visit www.theswoon.band for more swoony goodness. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/theswoonband

Square Dance Candlelight (Live At Cornerstone)

THE SWOON performs "Ben Son Ben Son Beatrice" live at Cornerstone '88. This gritty raw version of the bands epic mystical classic fuses the esoteric loftiness of THE SWOON's romantic idealism with the bare-bones of the post-punk alt rock world of the late 1980s. Or something like that. Visit www.theSwoon.band and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/theswoonband

Ben Son Ben Son Beatrice (Live At Cornerstone)

THE SWOON performs "Go No Stop" live at Cornerstone '88. This little Gospel number is the original garage-band head-banger from inside the original garage in Cottonwood. THE SWOON closed all their live shows by pulling out all the stops with "Go No Stop." Visit www.theSwoon.band and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/theswoonband

Go No Stop (Live At Cornerstone)

"Sister Mary Francis" recorded live to a Tascam 8-Track circa 1988.

Sister Mary Francis

Cassette bootleg of THE SWOON performing "Hole to China" and "Prince of Peace" live at Winona State University four months after Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

Hole To China & Prince Of Peace

Here's a rehearsal recording of a never-before released song from THE SWOON titled "Happy Indeed," lifted from a cassette tape recording made in 1991 in the basement at THE SWOON house on 22nd Ave SE in Minneapolis.

Happy Indeed

Here's what it sounds like when you feed audio from an old SWOON demo into Adobe Podcast Speech Enhancement tool. The new app uses AI to recognize speech and replicate it. But what if there is no speech to recognize?

Gypsy Street Voices

A hypnotic track from THE SWOON's posthumous 1992 album SPECTACULAR ILLUSIONS. Learn more: https://theswoon.band/2023/04/09/sleep-little-stash/

Spectacular Illusions

The Old Woman Willow (Sleep Little Stash)

THE SWOON recorded "Epiphany" during a live rehearsal in January 1989 along with a batch of other material in preparation for the Neverland recordings. The song never made it to studio.
Lyrics: A million angels danced on the head of a pin that was held by Rose as she sewed her wedding dress. Her father was downstairs, in his chair, snoring softly, dreaming just how costly it would be to give her up. Her mother's in the kitchen doing dishes and she wishes she was young again and soon a young man's bride. With an anxious, simple sigh, Rose let go, learned to fly, left her body sitting listless and aloof. Rose came down the stairs, unaware that her stare, devoid of cares, betrayed her empty state of being. Epiphany, speak to me. You're a symphony. Set my soul free.

Epiphany

THE SWOON was a rock band from Cottonwood, MN.

THE SWOON

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