Trail Dance
Trail Dance is an instrumental track by The Residents. It is the 3rd part of their Buckaroo Blues suite. It is best known for being featured in their live show Cube-E, which toured internationally between 1989 and 1990.
The song was written between 1987 and 1988, it is intended as a sort of outro to 'Stampede', with its dramatic and melancholy arrangement adding to the intense story of Stampede and perfectly segueing to "Bury Me Not".
An early studio version of the song, likely recorded in 1988, was released in January 1989 as a part of the UWEB exclusive album "Buckaroo Blues". Its first live debut was at The Residents The Boudisque 20th Anniversary Party where it was played as the shows 3rd song. It was also filmed as part of the tele-5 performance. It has not been performed live since the late 1990s when Cube-E ended. A instrumental version of the song does appear on the Cube-E pREServed box set as well as two live recordings noticeably not re releasing the "Live In Holland" performance.
Releases
- Buckaroo Blues (1989) [Version 1]
- Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry (1989) [Version 2]
- Cube-E - Live In Holland (1990) [Version 3]
- In Memoriam Torso (1994) [Version 3]
- Cube-E (2006) [Version 4] [Version 5]
- CUBE E Dynasone 3EZ (2011) [Version 3]
- Cube-E Box (2020) [Version 4] [Version 6] [Version 2]