We met Gary when my friends’ band (The Boon) went to Louder Than You Think studios in Stockton to record their “A Swell Revenge” demo. I think that they chose LTYT at the recommendation of Scott K (Spiral Stairs)- Scott worked with Mike Yoas for a stretch in the late 80s. It wasn’t the first time that I had been in a studio, but it was definitely the first time I met an engineer like Gary. I remember knocking on the door to his home studio and knocking with no answer… then after about 15 minutes, he answered the door. “Sorry, I was sleeping”. Drink in hand during the session, talking about Scott and his new band called Pavement (who at the time had just been a studio project and we had not even heard them) and talking about classic rock. He was unforgettable, if my brain can remember these small details, 30+ years later.
Anyway, on to the video. My DAT audio recording of the Cattle Club from 5/19/92 has been well circulated for 30 years.. but this one has never been shared. In fact, I had no idea that this much footage survived! I took my video camera to the Kennel Club show the night after Cattle, and we were blown away. The place was packed for Pavement! It was unreal- Slanted and Enchanted was released 1 month before and they were relatively unknown. A favorable cover story in SF Weekly packed the place- it was stunning to see all these people- where did they come from? It was an indication of things to come I guess.
Since I was up until 2-3am the night before (cattle shows ran late) and woke up at 7ish for work, I was deliriously tired… and that is the excuse I am using for plugging in my mic and not turning it on.. so this footage is slient. Audio from this show never turned up either. To add further insult to injury, I ended up recording my sister’s softball game over part of the show. They played about 90min!
R.I.P. Gary. What a character.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camera and Sony ECM-909 (powered off)
Transfer equipment: Sony EV-S2000 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (brightness/degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video