When I'm 64: Live 2/15/20

by Happy Ending

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1.	This Is Our America 04:20	info	buy track
2.	I Sold My Soul (To Tommy James) 03:40	info	buy track
3.	The Shortest Day 06:26	info	buy track
4.	Planet Hell 04:23	info	buy track
5.	They Got 3 I's> Psychedelic Summer 08:59	info	buy track
6.	Our Forgotten Past 03:53	info	buy track
7.	Psychedelic Spring 03:31	info	buy track
8.	Forms And Structures 06:44	info	buy track
9.	Every Day My Ship Comes In 03:14	info	buy track
10.	Surfing On Mars 03:31	info	buy track
11.	A Chance Encounter 04:38	info	buy track
12.	When I'm 64 02:45	info	buy track
13.	Everything Will Be Fine 03:13	info	buy track

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“When I’m 64: Live 2/15/20” was recorded at Best Video Performance Space in Hamden, CT Feb. 15, 2020 by Alex Butterfield on a single Zoom H2 digital recorder.

The show was reviewed by writer Karen Ponzio for the New Haven Independent:

"Interaction was a big part of the evening for Happy Ending as well. The band — which along with [vocalist and guitarist Hank] Hoffman included Richard Brown on guitar and saxophone, Randy Stone on bass, and Tom Smith on drums — exhibited what results when longtime friends with an everlasting love for music perform for a crowd that reciprocates that love.

A 13-song set list included selections from the band’s three albums — 1983’s Have a Nice Day!, 1996’s Smile for the Camera, and 2014’s Electricity for the Youth of Today — and volleyed between 1960s- and 1970s-seasoned electric garage pop and an all-out psychedelic freak-folk shred fest while A Case of Space’s lava lamp-style visuals enhanced every mood.

For all the jokes between the band and audience about getting old, the four musicians showed a vibrancy and vitality that could silence any and all comments about ageism. With Stone and Smith’s rhythm section tight as tight could be, alongside Brown and Hoffman’s deft and delightful string work that also seemed at any point could ignite a fire at their fingertips, this band in just over an hour gave a master class on how to make a rock band and rock music that lasts, searing through songs such as 'Psychedelic Summer,' 'Planet Hell,' and 'Surfing on Mars,' which caused the standing-room-only audience to respond with joy, awe, and gratitude continually throughout the night.

Through all of that sound, the lyrics still were laid bare. They cast a light on a variety of issues important at the time of their writing, and also at times prescient in nature. In 'This is Our America,' Hoffman began, 'cracked concrete and broken glass / widow tossed out on her ass / college grad can’t find a job / big bankers they still thieve and rob,' while in 'They Got Three I’s,' he sang, 'There’s a lot of chairs in the Job Service office / there’s a lot of chairs but there ain’t no jobs.'"

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released March 7, 2020

Hank Hoffman: Guitar, vocals
Richard Brown: Guitar, saxophone
Tom Smith: Drums
Randy Stone: Bass

Recording by Alex Butterfield For Suburban Poser Records

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Happy Ending New Haven, Connecticut

Happy Ending formed in 1983. Inspired by garage rock, psychedelia and folk rock, the songs on debut vinyl LP “Have A Nice Day!” sported lyrics dark with Reagan-era political dread. Thirty years later, the current lineup features original members Hank Hoffman and Richard Brown—now playing guitar and flute as well as sax—along with drummer Tom Smith and bassist Randy Stone. Pop meets psych freakout. ... more

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