Last Month's Setlist: 8/27/16, Oaks Theater, Oakmont, Pa.

'Bayou moonlight, got me wanderin'

Off Dauphine Street again...'

We found some awesome kindred spirits in Greensburg-based rock/funk band Habatat, who joined us for a double-bill at the beautiful Oaks Theater. Unfortunately, the crowd was kinda small, but we still had a great time. 

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One set:

Big Bad Blues* (Furthur)

Blackjack Molly*

Strange Moon

Casey Jones** (T.L. Seibert)

Ophelia (The Band) >

Dauphine

Gravel Road* (M. Slim)

Cumberland Blues (Dead)

Somebody Changed the Lock*** (C. Weldon/M. Rebennack arr.)

Les Brers in A Minor (D. Betts)

Funky Werewolf >

Drumz > Space >

Stone Soup >

Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (Dead) >

Don't Let Go (J. Stone)

*Not recorded

**Not that one

***feat. Josh Covert of Habatat, trumpet

Thursday's (Solo) Setlist: 8/11/16 CoCo Coffeehouse, Leechburg, Pa.

Counting Crows cover...? Check.

After playing with a full band for the past four years, I'm never really fully satisfied playing solo shows. I have fun, and it's a great opportunity to road-test new material and pull out some of the slower, more-emotional tunes that don't fit very well into the Charlie Hustle repertoire — and I do occasionally find something that makes me go, 'Huh, that was pretty cool' on the tapes — but for the most part, I just find myself wishing there was at least one other person there playing alongside me.

That said, this is probably the most varied solo show I've played in a while, which probably made it a little less coherent for the crowd, but whatchagonnado?

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Early set:

Hearts and Bones (P. Simon)

You Can Keep It

Incident on 57th Street (Springsteen)

Madam Will You Walk (J. Davis)

Midnight Moonlight (P. Rowan)

Western Wind* >

Southwest Sky

Anna Begins (A. Duritz)

Dire Wolf (Dead)

Cyprus Avenue (V. Morrison)

Somebody Changed the Lock (C. Weldon, M. Rebennack arr.)

Late set:

Loose Lucy (Dead)

Row Jimmy (Dead) >

Streetlight Mama

Blackjack Molly

Passing Afternoon (S. Beam)

Casey Jones (T.L. Seibert)

Catfish John (McDill/Reynolds)

Man of Constant Sorrow (D. Burnett)

On a Foggy Night (T. Waits)

Spanish Ladies (Trad. sea shanty, Varine arr.)

I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (T. Waits)

Stack-a-Lee (Trad., M. Rebennack arr.)

*First time played

Last Night's (Solo) Setlist: The Great Hall, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La.

The Great Hall... and probably big enough

for Beowulf and all his rowdy boys... not a stretch.

Last night was easily the biggest venue I've ever played, a massive hall in the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans where the acoustics were so good I was able to fill it with just my Fender Acoustasonic amp. Being in the Big Easy, I put together a set that was heavy on N'awlins tunes, including a few I wrote.

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One set:
Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya (M. Rebennack)
Dauphine*
Dire Wolf (Dead)
Garbage Man (M. McKinley)
Dark as a Dungeon (M. Travis)
New Mexican Shuffle*
Positively 4th Street (Dylan)
Strange Moon*
Alligator (Dead) >
Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight (Oak Ridge Boys)
The One That Got Away (T. Waits)
Jitterbug Boy (T. Waits)
Craney Crow (M. Rebennnack) >
Lou-Easy-Ann (J.J. Cale) >
Junco Partner (J. Waynes)
Shady Grove (Trad.)
Bird Stealing Bread (Iron & Wine)
Smokestack Lightning (C. Burnett)
Long Black Veil (D. Dill/M. Wilkin)
Throwing Stones (Dead)

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: 7/10/14, Railroad Park, Verona, Pa.

'That's it...'

We played a few new covers and two new originals tonight. Railroad Park always seems to bring a good, adventurous show out of us. A nice, breezy evening didn't hurt, either.

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Early set:

Equinox Jam (Coltrane) >

Jam >

Ophelia (The Band)

Good Morning Lil' Schoolgirl (J. Williamson)

Feelin' Blue (CCR)

Garden of Eden (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya (M. Rebennack)

Mother's Meth-Head Blues* >

Midnight Special (Leadbelly)

Althea (Dead) >

Don't Let Go (J. Stone)

Late set:

China Cat Sunflower (Dead) >

Viola Lee Blues (Trad., Dead arr.) >

Whiskey River (W. Nelson) >

Viola Lee Blues

Quite a Night*#

Berta Berta (Trad.) >

Stone Soup* >

Big Bad Blues (Furthur) >

Not Fade Away (B. Holly) >

Deep Elem Blues (Trad.)

That's It*#

*Original

#First time played

Tonight's Setlist: 5/29/14, Howler's, Pittsburgh, Pa.

'Goin' down south, gonna make the mornin' howl...'

Tonight we triple-billed with Jester Jenkins and Miss Freddye's Homecookin' Trio, and it was excellent... aside from some heinously out-of-tune slide guitar on what should have been the centerpiece of the evening, Miss Freddye joining us on "Lil' Red Rooster." Alas...

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One set:

Jam > New Mexican Shuffle*

Stealin' (Trad.)

Third Street Woman (J. Willie Reynolds)

Evil Mind*

Lil' Red Rooster# (C. Burnett)

Slow Train (T. Bruno)

Garbage Man (M. McKinley)

China Cat Sunflower (Dead) >

Feelin' Blue (CCR)

Big Bad Blues (Furthur) >

Smokestack Lightning (C. Burnett) >

Gris Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya (M. Rebennack) >

Stone Soup* >

Don't Let Go (J. Stone) >

Viola Lee Blues (Trad., Dead arr.)

*Original

#with Miss Freddye

Last Night's Setlist (Solo): 11/6/13, Penn Hills Coffeehouse, Penn Hills, Pa.

"When you go down to Deep Elem,

keep your money in your shoes..."

The Penn Hills Coffeehouse is always a good time, a chance to try out original tunes we haven't learned for Charlie Hustle and, of course, do some publicity-whoring for the upcoming show...

GET YOUR HUSTLE ON!! TOMORROW NIGHT! FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 10:30 P.M., CLUB CAFE, 56 S. 12TH ST., PITTSBURGH, PA! TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CLUB CAFE'S WEBSITE! $7/21+

...okay, now we got that out of the way... Archive link will be up soon.

One set:

Cyprus Avenue (V. Morrison)

New Mexican Shuffle*

Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya (M. Rebennack)

Penthouse Pauper (CCR)

Factory*

Deep Elem Blues (Trad.) >

Berta Berta (Trad., Varine arr.) >

Stone Soup*

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: 2/2/13, Graham Jam, Dive Bar & Grille, Wexford, Pa.

"It's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mines..."

Had another blast at this year's Graham Jam. Sat in with the Grifters for their last two tunes, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Dylan) and "Lil' Red Rooster" (C. Burnett) but didn't record 'em. Supposedly the entire Jam is being recorded this year, so if I get a link to that, I'll toss it up here. Plenty of good players were doin' their thang tonight.

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One set:

Dauphine*

Dark as a Dungeon (M. Travis)

Strange Moon*

I Like It*

Alligator (Dead) >

Craney Crow (M. Rebennack) >

The Other One (Dead)

*Original