Trans Am – Love Commander (Live Video)

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Trans Am – Love Commander
Knoxville, TN
11/8/96

Someone who is a Trans Am fan will have to ID this track for me. I remember seeing them as an opening band for someone at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis years ago. My friend was super excited to see them but they’ve never done anything for me.

Update: Thanks to James for not only providing the video, but also IDing the track name.

Download: Trans Am – Love Commander (Live Video)

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James Joyce says:

March 9, 2009 at 9:23 am

This is “Love Commander” off of the Surrender to the Night album. This was my favorite period of theirs, although I thought their albums were a bit of a letdown after seeing the songs performed live. I would love to find a well-recorded live album from around this time.

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