re: Song identified: Morphine, The Night.

I saw Morphine at Tip's somewhere around 1995-96 or so. Sandman played a two-string, slide base and the rest of the band was a drummer and an alto sax player. I was amazed at the sound they got out of that sparse lineup with no rhythm section touring with them.

I'm amazed at the disinformation that spread back then (I guess the internet was not the efficient tool it is now). I heard Sandman was a stage name born out of the sleepy low-rock sound he liked (not true, Google tells me now...it's his given name). And I heard he was considerably older than most of his contemporaries because he had spent time in prison and didn't start his career until after he got out (also not true, or at least I can't find any reference to it).

It was sad to hear of his death. They were a good show. I wouldn't put it at the level of Jeff Buckley' death in terms of creative genius lost, but they were doing a lot of interesting stuff when he died.