"MOTT THE HOOPLE 74" US TOUR: Road movie #2, Minneapolis, Chicago 2019/4/2~4.

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NO LIVE CONCERT VIDEOS in this new series - it's a road movie shot by me when I'm NOT playing, to give you a taste of our touring life off stage. This was shot by me, Morgan Fisher, on my new Chinese DJI Osmo Pocket camera, and quickly edited on a Mac. Shot in the same spirit with which I shot "Mott in America" back in 1974, only this time with sound!

Contents:

0:19 Stills from the beautiful Hilton hotel, Milwaukee
0:46 Start of drive from Milwaukee to Minneapolis; banter with Bender and with a satisfied customer
2:07 Bleak but beautiful scenery of Wisconsin
2:20 Morgan and Bender on the plane from Minneapolis to Chicago
3:53 Chicago Airport and another chance meeting with a fan
5:11 Taxi from Chicago airport; more cheery Banter between Bender, me and a Moroccan taxi driver
6:25 Bender tells of his adventures in Morocco and how he wrote his first solo album
10:25 Ian talks of how he writes songs, and re Island Records boss Chris Blackwell's handling of Mott
11:34 Chat re Spooky Tooth's name, career, and how they viewed Mott
13:39 Sound check in Chicago Theater
15:56 Ian talks re playing in Tokyo
17:41 Chicago Theater dressing room, Scott McCaughey (REM, Minus 5, and now in Pete Buck's new band Filthy Friends) flew in just for this show
18:02 Ian's sideman and co-producer Andy York arrives
19:38 lively aftershow party with Scott, Andy, and a surprise guest - Jim Reeves - recording engineer for Mott Live (the US side)!!!