BLIND MELON - Live in 1993 | NO RAIN, ST. ANDREW'S FALL, PAPER SCRATCHER on 2 Meter Sessions

American band Blind Melon performing 5 songs live on the Dutch TV show 2 Meter Sessions.
The band fronted by Shannon Hoon performs songs from their albums ''Blind Melon'' and ''Soup'' as well as 2 covers.

Songs:
00:00 Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson cover)
00:51 Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover)
04:22 No Rain
10:08 Paper Scratcher
13:19 St. Andrew's Fall

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About 2 Meter Sessions
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Based in the Netherlands, 2 Meter Sessions is an independent, ongoing (new) music platform with a great legacy. Monthly we film 3 to 4 sessions with promising and breakthrough acts from all over the world.

Many well-known acts have visited the show; from James Taylor, Elliott Smith and David Crosby to Damien Jurado, Ben Howard and Josh Ritter, via Radiohead, Nirvana, Coldplay and Foo Fighters. Archive footage can regularly be seen in (theatrical) documentary movies, like “Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (with footage of our session with INXS, filmed in 1997), “Heaven Adores You” (with footage of our session with Elliott Smith, filmed in 1998) and “All I Can Say” (with footage of our session with Blind Melon, filmed in 1993).

The show started back in 1987 by radio presenter Jan Douwe Kroeske. On his popular national radio show he persuaded New-Zealand band Crowded House to play a couple of songs. The response of the public was so great, that 2 Meter Sessions quickly became a household name. In 1993, the show made a successful transition to national television. From there the show became a national phenomenon, for over 10 years, with filmed sessions of new talent, breakthrough acts and arrived career artists. Almost a million of 2 Meter Sessions cd’s were sold in the Netherlands.

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[medinadan]

I will be 61 years young in May, the 90's were a blur and a result of lost memories due to altered states and intoxicated days, the only one imprinted memory is the voice and tunes of Blind Mellon the tones of home and no rain always makes me smile....
RIP Shannon....

[dsk]

St Andrews fall might be my favorite song from Blind Melon, thanks for this live clip!

[rickyhits]

One of the greatest voices of all time

[zorrosubrepticio]

This man's voice makes me want to sing :D

[BoilerBloodline]

A couple cool and one sad tidbit(s) about Shannon. His mother Vernell was from Addison Alabama. My grandfather and grandmother both from just down the road in Moulton, Alabama became friends with Vernell and my grandfathers brother/my great Uncle Tommy and Vernell were a couple and had planned to marry and move to Indiana for work at the same time as my grandparents. Before it came to fruition Uncle Tommy was killed in a car accident at age 18. Vernell as well as my grandparents still moved to Lafayette, Indiana. But obviously Shannon may have never been had my Uncle Tommy not died in the accident. My family and Vernell’s have always been in touch although I cannot recall meeting her I guess I did as a kid. Shannon was 7 years older than me. But having been raised to love music I followed Shannon’s local band Styff Kytten as a youngster. When I was a freshman in high school it was announced Styff Kytten would be playing our high school (William Henry Harrison HS) junior/senior prom. So my best friends sister was (I believe) a Senior and their mom was a chaperone for the prom. Knowing we wanted to watch Styff Kytten, the mom snuck us two into the weight room which overlooked the small gym where that particular prom was held to watch the show. This would have been 1989-90. Not too much later Axl (also a Lafayette Indiana native) had Shannon singing backing vocals on Use Your Illusion and the rest is history. I would actually see Shannon back in town from time to time and he always took the time to say hi. I’d always ask for an autograph (never sold a single one, always gave them to friends and he knew this) and he’d always oblige. The last one that I got from Shannon I gave to my good friends little brother who had been visiting from Lynchburg, VA. It made his trip and that will always make it worth it for me. Like every autograph I’d gotten from Shannon, he would write the year he’d signed it. This particular autograph said “Shannon Hoon - Blind Melon ‘95!!” But there were hearts in place of the exclamation mark dots. It was mid August 1995. I’d never see him again. To this day I can hit play on many of their songs and get goosebumps and tears in my eyes at the same time. None do so more than Mouthful of Cavities.

[michaelcolonello]

Blind Melons version of Candy Says has been my feel good song for 8 years

[DenisEscobar-ly]

es por la eternidad grandioso ojala me lo encuentre despues

[skulleagletartat]

My favorite singer of all time, Shannon Hoon.

[bubble-and-scrape]

Great to finally see the full session online, thanks!

[medival]

My favorite band of all time. All of them, so fucking talented

[minniemarlowe]

Such an underrated band. Thanks for this!

[Shinedig]

Awesome incredible work can’t explain how much we miss you, Hoon

[danielapereira]

My all time favorite band! And Shannon... 🥰💓

[jeffedydooda]

What an amazing band the were, , the world was robbed of so much more great music, but im still so grateful for what we got, , , rip shannon 🙏

[GalileoGalileis]

RIP from Lima, Peru . we miss you Shannon

[audiocue]

Blind melon are one of the biggest bands in my life. Shanon Hoon was amazing. Changed my life in fact.

[AutomaticProductions]

well that was a nice find, miss this guy

[guimeplaying]

Always wanted to see the "Ripped Away" version of "No Rain" live. What a beautiful video!

[susiefairfield]

Such an honor to have been able to see Blind Melon Live in 1994 in a lil bar in Del Rey Beach FL 🤘🏼

[GDiesil]

probably one of the most underrated bands of the 90s