Sunday, October 23, 2011

Tonight's Setlist: 10/22/11, Table 22, Murrysville, Pa.

"Wish I was a headlight,
on a northbound train..."

Aside from completely destroying the lead-in to the chorus of "Down in the Flood," tonight's set went well.

Early set:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Dylan)
I Know You Rider (Dead)
Rain Song No. 3*
Sugar Mountain (N. Young) >
Peggy-O (Dead) >
Whiskey Bill (Trad., original arr.)
Althea (Dead)
You Can Keep It*
Glendale Train (New Riders of the Purple Sage)
New Coat of Paint (T. Waits)
New Mexican Shuffle*
The Captain*>
Spanish Ladies (Trad. Eng. sea chantey) >
The Captain* >
Push Those Clouds Away (Trad., original arr.)
Boys in the Barroom (R. Hunter) >
Lie In Our Graves (D. Matthews) >
Southwest Sky* >
Eyes of the World (Dead)

Late set:
Amie (Pure Prairie League)
I Like It*
Crazy Fingers (Dead) >
Uncle John's Band (Dead) >
Like a Rolling Stone Jam > Uncle John's Band >
China Doll (Dead) >
Black Peter (Dead) >
Blues for Allah (Dead) tease >
Pride of Cucamonga (Dead)
Quite a Night*
I Can't Be Satisfied (M. McKinley)
Mother's Meth-Head Blues* >
Dire Wolf (Dead)
Down in the Flood (Dylan)
Rosin the Bow (Trad., original arr.) >
Dark Star (Dead) >
The Other One (Dead) >
Dark Star >
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo (Dead)
Jimmy Olson's Blues (Spin Doctors)

Click here to listen/download, courtesy of Archive.org.

*Original

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Tonight's Setlist: 10/12/11, Frankie & Georgie's 4Wood Grille, Pittsburgh, Pa.

'Many is the night we spent pickin' and singin'...'

Good gig. Small crowd, but that will happen when it's a Wednesday night. And it's raining. And you don't start 'til 9'o'clock. Regardless, good crowd, and that's what's important. Click here to listen/download, courtesy of Archive.org.

Even more importantly, I finally got a chance to work in one of my favorite little jams, the English sea chantey "Spanish Ladies," otherwise known as the song Quint sings in Jaws. I actually have the full version with all the verses, but last night was just the chorus:

Althea (Dead)
Rain Song No. 2* >
Whiskey Bill (Trad., original arr.)
Black Peter (Dead)
Mother's Meth-Head Blues*
Dire Wolf (Dead)
You Can Keep It*
Big River (J. Cash) >
New Mexican Shuffle*
Southwest Sky* >
Eyes of the World (Dead)
Row Jimmy (Dead)
Pride of Cucamonga (Dead) >
Valerie (J. Garcia) >
Pride of Cucamonga (Dead) >
The Captain* >
Spanish Ladies (chorus only) (Trad. English sea chanty) >
The Captain* >
Sign on the Window (Dylan)
Midnight Moonlight (P. Rowan)
Early Morning Rain (G. Lightfoot) >
I Don't Know You (New Riders of the Purple Sage) >
You're a Big Girl Now (Dylan) >
Crazy Fingers (Dead) >
'Like a Rolling Stone' Jam >
New Speedway Boogie (Dead) >
Jam* >
The Other One (Dead) >
Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf) >
New Speedway Boogie
I Can't Be Satisfied (M. McKinley)

*Original

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Tonight's Setlist: 10/5/11, William E. Anderson Library, Penn Hills, Pa.

'Don't murder me...'

Tonight's set went well. Even got to add a couple extra tunes when one of the performers called in sick with the flu:

Rain Song No. 3*
Sign on the Window (Dylan)
Quite a Night (in Spain)*
I Can't Be Satisfied (M. McKinley)
Althea (Dead)
Dire Wolf (Dead)

*Original