Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows from the previous week. Thanks to Kevin Browning for this week’s photo.

Artist & Title: Assembly Of Dust – Arc Of The Sun
Date & Venue: 2009-09-25 Port City Music Hall, Portland ME
Taper & Show Download: SmokinJoe

If you haven’t heard Assembly Of Dust’s 2009 release Some Assembly Required, what are you waiting for? It’s a great selection of tunes and the album overflows with collaborations from legendary musicians. Assembly of Dust plays tonight with the Emmitt-Nershi Band at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom.

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READ ON to hear tracks from the likes of Bruce Hornsby and Built To Spill

Artist & Title: Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers – Prairie Dog Town
Date & Venue: 2009-09-26 Town Hall, New York NY
Taper & Show Download: Scott Brown

This month, Bruce Hornsby released Levitate, his first album with backing band The Noisemakers since their 2004 release Halcyon Days. Hornsby plays tomorrow night at The Egg in Albany New York.

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Artist & Title: Built To Spill – Hindsight
Date & Venue: 2009-09-26 The Vic Theater, Chicago IL
Taper & Show Download: John Fairbairn

This track will be released on Built To Spill’s new album coming out October 6th titled There Is No Enemy. A quick look at their tour itinerary shows these guys playing some pretty small rooms on the tour, so don’t miss your chance to see these guys in a relatively intimate environment. Built To Spill plays tomorrow night at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus Ohio. Bring earplugs.

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Artist & Title: Gov’t Mule – Sco-Mule
Date & Venue: 2009-09-23 Club Nokia, Los Angeles CA
Taper & Show Download: Pat Myers

I could have put together an entire Last Week’s Sauce made up solely of the guest appearances that graced the stage of Gov’t Mule on the west coast. Since taper-friend of HT SGordo is set on marrying Australian bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, I have selected this track. Wilkenfeld sat in on Sco-Mule, an instrumental Gov’t Mule tune that is often brought out to highlight guest musicians. Also at the LA show were sit-ins by: Jeff Young, Pete Thorn and Bruce Willis. In San Francisco, a couple of days later, Warren and company welcomed: Jackie Greene, Dave Schools, Eric McFadden, Eric Krasno, Sam Kinninger and Ryan Zoidis on Night 1. Joining the cast on Night 2 was also Jose Neto and Grace Potter. Mule plays tonight at the Brooklyn Bowl.

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Artist & Title: Taylor Hicks – My Sweet Lord
Date & Venue: 2009-09-26 WorkPlay Theater, Birmingham AL
Taper & Show Download: Dennis Tyler

I try and keep things fresh in this column, sometimes it’s tough because there are a limited number of bands out there that allow audience taping of their shows. So when I see an artist like Taylor Hicks show up on my RSS feed to bt.etree.org, I have to take a look. Then, when I see he performed this George Harrison tune, with a gospel choir – and there’s video, how can I not use it? Are you near Durham, North Carolina? If so, you’re in luck – Taylor Hicks is playing the role of “Teen Angel” in a production of Grease for the first part of October. Oh yeah, that’s right.

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