Originally posted by EDDMB:They just played a Jack Irons demo called Small Mosquito...just a drum track,with steel drums on it as well...a bit of a Jamaican feel to it...first time this has been aired....I'm sure this will be included on the Yeild box set...
Jack Irons was interviewed...he talked about his heath issues,as to why he left the band,etc
Ah, "Red Mosquito"....
I really disliked the album version of it - so much that I wouldn't even give it a chance on the Live on Two Legs compilation. I always thought to myself, "Why did they include this instead of a classic like 'Alive' or "Jeremy' or 'Animal' or 'RVM' or 'Spin the Black Circle' or 'Not For You' or 'Immortality" or..." You get the point.
Anyway, I think it's a pretty decent song nowadays. I just listened to what I consider to be the best version of it on my iPod while shopping in the grocery store - it's from the SLC '95 bootleg...wild guitars...EV's really into it. I suppose this performance was before it was even released! I must listen for any fan of the song.