The La's The Mean Fiddler, London, 1991 Full Concert

[@SimonC7777777]

Is it me or does that Drummer seem to be the most original and dynamic drummer ever. His beats are just brilliant.

[@3_DAYWKENDOFFICIAL]

What is his name?

[@privatecocky8971]

@@3_DAYWKENDOFFICIAL Neil Mavers

[@MIKE-TYTHON]

@@privatecocky8971 no way he’s brothers with lee, I can’t believe I never knew this

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

@@MIKE-TYTHON yeah true

[@leonardjohnny67]

he's superb

[@zoobee]

What could have been. They should have been the biggest band in the world. Almost a quarter of a century latter this is still amazing and fresh. Their music is timeless. As a live band who was better? Thank you Lee for what you did give us.

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

very well-said, mate.

[@jimbosaul3996]

its just always bewildered me. now 30 yrs later im getting back into them. i had the album in 1990 when i was in England! and i loved but no one had ever heard of them. first listen i was hooked and knew how brilliant it was, and how underrated and non popular they were, amazed me/ Lee a brilliant talent !

[@Johnconno]

4Scousers in a room, what did you expect to happen? 💐

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

@@Johnconno you HAVE been fiddled with , TA DA U IS A MANC OR A MANC FLORIST

[@Johnconno]

@@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087 I've been the owner of a Florist's in Prestwich for 40 years. People like my flowers. You should pop in. No obligation. We do a lot of funerals. Best.

[@yesterphobia]

I am the big fella stood in front left of Cammy on this video. John had left the band a couple of weeks before and in the pre internet days this was the first we knew. My memory is it was a bit edgy atmosphere wise, Lee doing his "bash out the set" thing and the band trying to keep with it, Neil getting a death stare if the drumming ever went off line. The La's tunes always had organic rootsy rhythms / feel at their heart. New bass player was James Joyce as we later discovered. Real music, no bull.

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

Interesting insider info, mate, thanks

[@ToneLa]

Ace memory, thanks for sharing! Really seems like Lee just wanted it done with around this time, but.. the music doesn't suffer much. I like the edge, though to be fair it was better with Cammy/Neil/John and being half a step down. Changed the songs to be harder, rootsier Think Joyce did well all things considered. But nobody can fill a John Power shaped sonic hole in the La's. :/

[@johnharvey4448]

Joyce any relation to Joyce of The Smiths ?

[@pen2199]

why did j leave

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

@@pen2199 Y DID JOHN n YOKO leave cos he thought that it wasn't enough robbing one of my bands(Cammy,joyca'and n. Mavers) Nar he went for the brace SOUL MANTRA.... So if really wanna n know???

[@JoeyLevenson]

How incredible that in 2014 we can see this. BLESS YOU MAN FOR FILMING THIS. Man, this record still is great now!

[@JoeyLevenson]

Finished now, SO FUCKIN GOOD. Now I need to go play my guitar.

[@theessay2530]

@@JoeyLevenson NERRRRRRRRRRRD

[@humanperson3911]

Boss gig, typically Mavers like, not saying a word to the audience, just knocking out classic after classic. Brilliant.

[@mick4839]

Corona virus lockdown I'm killing time on KZbin and just watched this in full. First time I've seen a full La's gig. Thanks for the upload. I would have been 14 at the time of this gig and didn't get into them until the late 90s. Feel like the world missed out on not getting another album out of this guy. Thanks for uploading this

[@linenmccartney2374]

Atlanta, Georgia was graced by an appearance of the much too short lived La's. The performance was well rehearsed but lively as evidenced by these videos. They played some new songs which never made it to a recording, sadly. Remains one of the best performances I have ever heard. Glad to read Mavers is a happy man raising his four children. Maybe when they are older he might see if he likes making music again?

[@nigeldixon5315]

I was at this gig. I adored the La's. Didn't know that John had left and loved the harmonies when I saw them before at Town & C. Small venue and I kept shouting 'where's John?'. Lee Mavers gave me the worst death stare imaginable!

[@johnharvey4448]

Think noticed someone shouting John when listening to this performance for the first time now, was that you ?

[@marksimons4108]

John who??

[@kddo14]

@@marksimons4108 the right honourable john waters, the 5th beatle of ealing

[@marksimons4108]

@@kddo14 HOO?

[@dreamdrumsdeep]

John Major ​@@marksimons4108

[@andyhannon4963]

I was at this gig too! Loved the La's and loved the mean fiddler, i can remember grabbing the set list off the stage at the end of the gig.

[@johnharvey4448]

Good item. Still got it ? You don't have to answer that.

[@mrsiftercovers5097]

This is an amazing 😉 video of one of the greatest bands of our times they were so tight live the beats the rythum just a class act

[@lovelystuff1562]

Amazing really how Lee was absolutely obsessive about getting the sound 100% to his liking, in the studio but didn't seem remotely bothered about playing the songs in a revolving door line up, from 1987-91.

[@brianj4201]

There's a difference between in the studio and live though. Plenty of perfectionists use different band members in their live shows.

[@ToneLa]

LOVE when that fella gets pushed offstage during Doledrum simply cause the band don't miss a beat (Except for Cammy who is otherwise busy :D )

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

here comes camy with the kick!

[@ToneLa]

@@thebetbetunderground9548 Lee picks up his singing PERFECTLY too. Doesn't even miss a strum. Timing!

[@chrisgoulding4892]

What an absolutely influential band. Was lucky enough to see em on home turf at the Royal Court Theatre. One of...if not THE best gig/live band I've had the good fortune to see EVER. Shame they fizzled out.

[@marksimons4108]

Better to burn than fade away🕯

[@richardfitzgibbon2092]

Lee Mavers voice is superb on this

[@ryansams1268]

I love Lee Mavers - my biggest influence after The Beatles. This tune was inspired by him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYK5nZiensisgdU

[@daf827]

Thx for posting! A whole live set of the La's is a treat!

[@johnharvey4448]

The repeating lead melody line in Way Out sounds like Irish music. An irish jig. Irish music played in pubs by small groups including a fiddle sound jolly. Jolliness is rare in popular music nowadays.

[@marksimons4108]

A Kayleigh band!

[@TwentyTwenty90]

They were so tight! Outrageous talent.

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

yes! outrageous is the word

[@mynamesnotglen]

Thanks so much for the up!

[@nolanlamond2439]

Time will prove the las to be one of the best bands ever to grace our lives

[@jamesmaddock259]

Brilliant . The songs are so short and to the point .

[@biskoss]

Best album ever made. Fact.

[@olivier55s]

Merci pour le partage ! Dommage il n'y avait pas de son HD ni vidéo 4k à l'époque.... mais l'émotion est bien présente !

[@andrewfranzle8243]

Las are to me fucking fanrastic..those songs are timeless..Lee's voice is brilliant..saw this tour in la in 91..amazing vocals..yes John's harmonies not there but still amazing

[@reubencooper2608]

One of the best bands that ever lived should have made so many more great albums lees voice is amazing what a tight band a million times better than cast las live forever

[@PAISLEYTIES1968]

Thank you for posting this.

[@TheModbro]

Thanks for posting this jewel.

[@babidaboopy]

My dream is to be in a band that are as tight as The La's were

[@coryserratore5951]

Play the same set for 5 years and your on your way. I guess that's backhanded compliment to their outrageous talents. I'm still bitter I didn't see them on the one occasion they toured Canada... and there's that thing about never recording a follow up album.

[@marksimons4108]

@@coryserratore5951 actually this incarnation of the band where no more than 6-12 months old especially Joycer on the bass even less than the other two!

[@ContentHat-vs8zw]

This incarnation of the band was less than a month old!!!! This was the 3rd or 4th gig.. 4 lads from Huyton kicking arse...God bless them...

[@pablojablo6371]

That rare and dead lucky footage of him on 14 seconds is boss . It's when he's tuning up ( in ) and the flash gets him. It's a great insight to him ( soul ) I'd say.

[@jcalz216]

I think the drummer is Neil Mavers, Lee's brother. He did drum for the band around this period.

[@gwynnielsen5081]

I didn't know that the La's continued to tour into the 1990s. Cool.

[@MADROCKS221]

yes it Neil, wish he'd stayed longer, never saw him play in any other bands though shame great talent.

[@GediSpock]

MADROCKS212 he played drums in Cammy's band, Cammy, for a while. My band supported them in the picket about 98.

[@martincotty]

Cammy and the reverbs 👌

[@TB71294]

the La,s were fucking brilliant.

[@db0800]

They were so good they should have just hit record when they were playing live. Quick clean; 1 x album.

[@cabaretampere]

Wow, I'd feel intimidated singing my own lyrics in front of James Joyce. Lee's completely unfazed by him.

[@kddo14]

this was shortly after he was fired from kate bush's touring band due to allegations of statutory rape

[@marksimons4108]

@@kddo14 I think you have got the wrong James Joyce?

[@kddo14]

@@marksimons4108 the writer of ulysses and finnegans wake?

[@marksimons4108]

@@kddo14 No the writer of 'Im a joiner not a chippy!'

[@ClaydenLee]

what an amazing gig!

[@mjwchapman]

beginning of the end once john had left. his drive and energy with lee's talent was a potent mix.

[@brianj4201]

I hate to break it to you but Lee wrote every song for The La's save for the Badger stuff which was terrible imo. He sounds great with or without John despite me liking John a lot.

[@jcalz216]

SimonC7777777 - Neil also played drums on Cami's 1998 performance of "Make A Chain," which merseymariner posted a few months back.

[@progforcefield5779]

+Jeffrey Calzaloia very good tune , would not be out of place if they played it here

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

Cammy make a chain honest did he not get launched out of last i mean cast 4 writing that..... Yes ya i believe he did 🤔👀🤔👀🤔👀

[@michaelsnow7252]

thats a fuckin tune....

[@f1tof2]

18:56 very cool drumming_ i like it

[@emxgreen1465]

John Power had left for the herion reason i think!!! ..such a shame that Lee was so involved with it, they deserved the same if not more, but sometimes the light is not as bright with a drug.. just a talent without the Light, CAST WERE AWESOME AND STILL ARE!!!

[@theculturedthug6609]

Lee wasn't a big drug user, weed yeah. I think he got into heroin after the La's.

[@mectron63]

i used to go in this delightfull pub / nightclub when i was a young man and it was canny like

[@19911995]

despite John's absence, a solid performance. Does miss the backing vocals though

[@pablojablo6371]

The end part of the Looking Glass is pure yogic knowledge and belongs in the Bhagavad Gita .

[@olympian3]

The minds of good Krishna and Arjuna would be blown away by the las certainly

[@mattowen3343]

Do you own this video? Working on a La's documentary and would love to use some footage.

[@theculturedthug6609]

Lmao... I can guarantee nothing will come of This documentary just like Lee Mavers and the La's 😂

[@dreamdrumsdeep]

My mom owns it

[@mattowen3343]

@@dreamdrumsdeepcan I licence it for the documentary? Are you on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter?

[@alexskerten7059]

Mavers family appreciation thread!

[@ryansams1268]

What on Earth is Lee doing now? He should be doing this! Crazy bastard.

[@John10lfc]

Doing nothing but sitting around every day earning about £18,000 a year from royalties off There She Goes alone

[@ryansams1268]

@@John10lfc he can't be happy with his legacy. It's just mad - to record so much material and then just keep it in a box in a cupboard, never to see the light of day! In a way his lack of productiveness has inspired me to do the exact opposite!

[@kddo14]

@@ryansams1268 you'd think at the very very minimum he would at least get his original batch of songs onto an LP that sounds the way he actually wanted them to sound, ie the mavers' cut of the self-titled 1990 LP

[@zootsoot2006]

In the doledrums

[@69birdboy]

Lees rythm playing on jack in a box is ace!

[@TheBarnster75]

Was this the gig The Stairs warmed up for them..in which case I was there!

[@geoffw1209]

Yes, The Stairs were the support and very good they were, too.

[@awoodenfishonwheels]

Me and Popup Steve are in there somewhere The beers were SO expensive, like £5 a bottle of Sol - I did a months wages

[@bhp8711]

very cool drummer

[@johnmorgan5495]

They knock Woasis into oblivion

[@PeAr_ShApE_Records]

I was there!

[@josephgooding9863]

Weller & Mavers,both geniuses

[@BassByTheBay]

I wonder why Lee chose to play several songs in a lower key. I think those songs suffered for it, especially Doledrum and I Can't Sleep (the extreme tempo increase in Sleep didn't help). I absolutely love the La's, but Lee sounds kinda checked out here.

[@Johnconno]

Christ, I've always known the Gallaghers ripped everything from Liverpool. I didn't realise it even included the wardrobe.

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

hahahaha

[@michaelgraham9774]

The Gallaghers aren't fit to string Lee's guitar.

[@Johnconno]

@@michaelgraham9774 Mavers guitar is kryptonite to the pair of them. 🏌🌑🤒

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

@@Johnconno You still wear clobber like that by yours

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

@@Johnconno and this affects me how

[@PodOfHeat]

James Skelly's early role model

[@stevemasonofficial]

Thats a great drummer right there. Who is he?

[@progforcefield5779]

neil mavers, lee's brother

[@StripeyMatt1980]

i like the way Steve Mason is watching a La's gig, and is onto one of Liverpool's best drummers ;)

[@michaelsnow7252]

THE Steve mason?

[@ToneLa]

@DDTricks Both Mavers brothers didn't miss a beat!

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

fella on the 2005 gig missed every beat! wished it was neil behind the kit there :(

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

it's in the blood la'

[@shipyard6276]

Caverman that’s Jimmy the pig aka jasper

[@SG-ui6mu]

ほんと、いいバンドだな。

[@lennon1482]

skin up

[@JamesmcQuillan-ji2nl]

Love's a joint Lee brother cool guy

[@SM-ri2df]

Lee was a genius who went mad due to drugs. There she goes is about Heroin.

[@fooman65]

i like that "who are yer" feedback at the end. Who's that bassist?

[@andrewstubbs822]

The guitarist messed his chords up a number of times on 'There She Goes'.

[@michaelsnow7252]

Dident know john power left that early

[@gordontaggart9239]

Does anyone know what make of acoustic Lee is playing at the start?

[@petercammell4647]

Gordon Taggart its a martin Gordon dreadnought shape.worth a great deal

[@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087]

@@petercammell4647 hello p! Timetravelling ain't there no end of your skills, bill and Ted? Who give him it? And another starter for 1 how many geets did corrible sell? Clue, he did not tell the plod on Red nose day!!

[@ContentHat-vs8zw]

Horrible Smith, what a horror!! How do you know him? 35:52

[@gordontaggart9239]

@@petercammell4647 Thanks Cammy, thought so, appreciate you confirming!

[@rtraktsdn1197]

Is there a soundboard of this??

[@alanrainey3778]

Miss JP's vocals but still brilliant

[@cabaretampere]

@dannycooke91 No, I've only had the pleasure of reading his work.

[@ContentHat-vs8zw]

He isn't called the strange one for nothing ... 39:05

[@roddy2body]

John should be there! Lee seems to just want to bang through the songs.. Michael Head gives you beautiful songs and his charm.. I don't understand Lee.. great band, great songs but just gave up. I'm fuckin glad Mick didn't!

[@marksimons4108]

Music bizz is a rat race he plays for God now!

[@brianj4201]

He wasn't interested in fame though or even money. He wanted to make music to make music. I don't understand why just making something that you enjoy just so you can enjoy it is a foreign concept to others. Our ancestors used to do things for leisure and fun without the usage of a money system at all.

[@danielcooke91]

@cabaretampere you know James Joyce ?

[@davesmatedave]

Can anyone confirm that The Stairs were the support band this night?

[@yesterphobia]

That is correct. Support was The Stairs who were also on Go! I remember them standing near the back door as the punters left the main room. I recall the drummer gave us a nod as we had been to a few of their gigs previously. Amazing venue. Saw Boothill Foottappers reform there "for one night only" the next year for the 10th anniversary celebrations. Go! Discs overdose.

[@bedburner]

New band knocking about Liverpool at the moment called The Sonder,Check their two Ep's out on YT.

[@user-be8en7sm1o]

9:25

[@georgeslater2095]

any bootlegs of this knocking about?

[@shipyard6276]

George Slater I think I have it. I’ll have a nose around for you mate

[@samuelbetts2447]

Value For Money

[@drummerman7478]

Who's the drummer?

[@TheJohnnyLivewire]

Lee's brother Neil

[@cristinaperugorria3461]

14:55

[@jumpfortyfour9965]

just fab but lost it

[@alancooper3982]

awful drumming