Miller-Baker – Delft (Netherlands), Café Vlaanderen – 10 November 1995
This is a great recording of the duo from the time they were building up a new repertoire for a second album which, as we now know, was finished but remained unreleased during Phil’s lifetime, and only came out in 2022 thanks to Herm’s effort of getting the recordings transferred from the now obsolete ADAT format and mixed for release. The setlist included a number of pieces that would appear on “Double Up 2”, like Fred’s tribute to his father (also named Fred), “Song for Big Fred”, and Phil’s “Adagio”, but also two that would not, Phil’s Untitled Ballad and Fred’s “Waltz for Morgan”, inspired by his older daughter, of which Fred recorded a very different version (featuring another Softs alumni, Ric Sanders on violin) on Tom Leary’s 1997 album “Calm Waters”. I believe this is the first time the Miller-Baker version has been heard.
Phil Miller – guitar & MIDI guitar
Fred Baker – guitar & bass
The 13:43 track here, listed as “No Holds Barred” is with a full band.
Howard, the wrong performance of No Holds Barred was put into this post because it turns out that there are 2 identically named files in our WordPress media library and the wrong one was used. We have now replaced this with the correct one.Thank you very much for pointing this out. Herm
Who played on No Holds Barred?
This concert in Delft, Netherland was played by Phil Miller and Fred baker. No Holds Barred, played at this concert was played by Phil and Fred. Phil sometimes plays on his midi guitar which has other sounds than guitar, but nobody else was playing on No Holds Barred