Bay Area institution Zero announced the upcoming release of Naught Again, a live album recorded during a historic run at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall in 1992. The band co-founded by Steve Kimock and Greg Anton previewed the set with lead single “End Of The World Blues.”
Naught Again arrives via Omnivore Recordings on May 20 in digital and CD formats with double-vinyl out on October 14. Kimock and Anton were joined by Martin Fierro on tenor saxophone, Judge Murphy on vocals, Pete Sears on keys, Nicky Hopkins on piano, Vince Welnick on piano and bassists John Kahn, Bobby Vega and Liam Hanrahan for the previously unreleased show featured on the upcoming live album. Grateful Dead lyricist and longtime Zero collaborator Robert Hunter also appeared on stage to deliver the evening’s prologue and epilogue.
The 13-song collection includes such beloved Zero originals as “Cole’s Law,” “Tangled Hangers” and “Gregg’s Egg’s.” Additionally, the band covered Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” and “Baba O’Riley” by The Who. Dan Healy and Don Pearson recorded the 1992 concert which has been newly mixed by Brian Reiser from the original multi-track tapes for Naught Again.
Zero previously issued audio of different material from the 1992 run at Great American Music Hall in 1994 as Chance In A Millon. Kimock and Anton will bring the latest Zero iteration on the road later this year for shows in May, July and October.
Stream “End Of The World Blues” below:
Naught Again Tracklist
Disc One
- Prologue by Robert Hunter
- Cole’s Law
- Interlude
- Tangled Hangers
- End Of The World Blues
- Golden Road
Disc Two
- Gregg’s Egg’s
- Baba O’Riley
- Little Wing
- Epilogue by Robert Hunter
- Tear Tags Off Mattresses
- Roll Me Over
- Roll Me After
