Tonight's Setlist: Table 22, Murrysville, Pa., 8/6/11

Table 22 is a pretty nice place. Wish the first-set crowd would have stuck around for the second set; they were starting to feel it a little by the end. Maybe I'm just an optimist... listen and download for free, courtesy of Archive.org:

Early set:

Rain Song No. 3* >

Sugar Mountain (N. Young)

Dock of the Bay (O. Redding)

Pride of Cucamonga (Dead)

Two Angels*

Big River (J. Cash) >

New Mexican Shuffle*

Candyman (Dead)

Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot) >

Jam* >

Early Morning Rain

You Can Keep It*

Boys in the Barroom (R. Hunter) >

Box of Rain (Dead)

Breadbox (N. Buffalo)

Quite a Night*

Row Jimmy (Dead) >

Throwing Stones (Dead)

Late set:

Down in the Flood (Dylan)

Southwest Sky*

Mother's Meth-Head Blues*

The Wheel (Dead) >

Magnolia (J. Cale) >

Lady with a Fan (Dead) >

The Captain* >

New Speedway Boogie (Dead) >

Good Morning Lil' Schoolgirl (J. Lee Williamson) >

The Other One (Dead) >

New Speedway Boogie

Cocaine Blues (G. Davis)

Sign on the Window (Dylan) >

Weather Report Suite, Pt. 1 (Dead) >

On a Foggy Night (T. Waits)

Love Please Come Home (B. Monroe)

She Wore a Wreath of Roses (T. Bayly, original arr.) >

Over the Hills and Far Away (J. Page/R. Plant) >

Brown-Eyed Women (Dead) >

5:55 A.M.* >

Jam* >

China Doll (Dead) >

Eyes of the World (Dead)

*Original

Unfortunately, I ran about 15 minutes overtime and didn't get to do what I was hoping, a super-special Shark Week dedication: the full version of the English sea chanty that Quint sings in 'Jaws.' Oh well. It'll have to wait until next year.

Today's Setlist: Books & Beans, Leechburg, Pa., 7/30/11

Damn you, new strings,

with your stretching out and what not...

So, tuning issues aside, this morning's set went well. Tried out a bunch of songs for the first time, or the first time in a loooong time, in anticipation of using a few at next Saturday's set at Table 22 in Murrysville. Click here to listen and download, courtesy of Archive.org:

Early set:

Dirty Business (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Big River (J. Cash) >

Down in the Flood (Dylan)

You Can Keep It*

Breadbox (N. Buffalo)

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (G. Lightfoot)

Rain Song No. 3

I Like It* >

Jam* >

Southwest Sky*

Drag the Lake, Charlie (Drive-By Truckers) >

Dark Star (Dead) >

Built to Last (Dead)

Late set:

Fast Train (S. Burke)

The Captain*

Feelin' Alright (S. Winwood)

Little Wing (Hendrix)

She Wore a Wreath of Roses (T. Bayly, original arr.)

Quite a Night*

Friend of the Devil (Dead)

Lawyers, Guns & Money (W. Zevon)

Boys in the Barroom (R. Hunter)

Ain't No More Cane (Trad.)

On a Foggy Night (T. Waits)

Sign on the Window (Dylan) >

St. Stephen (Dead)

Wild Billy's Circus Story (Springsteen)

Friends (Led Zeppelin)

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: Zogg's, Rehoboth Beach, Del., 7/15/11

A perfect place for Jay and me to get right

for the Dark Star Orchestra later that evening...

Early Set:

New Mexican Shuffle* >

Down in the Flood (Dylan)

Rain Song No. 2*

Ramble On Rose (Dead)

Quite a Night (in Spain)*

Peggy-O (Dead) >

Leaving Louisiana (Oak Ridge Boys) >

Standing on the Moon (Dead) >

Lady with a Fan (Dead) >

Breathe (Pink Floyd) >

Pride of Cucamonga (Dead)

Candyman (Dead) >

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors) >

Throwing Stones (Dead)

Late Set (Jay on rhythm/vocals, me feebly attempting lead and backup vocals):

The Weight (The Band)

Burn One Down (B. Harper)

Last Dance with Mary Jane (T. Petty)

Friend of the Devil (Dead)

Stir It Up (B. Marley)

Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)

Old No. 7 (Devil Makes Three)

Dead Flowers (Stones)

Barkley vs. The Diesel: Place Your Bets!

The Obscure Music Monthly Sportsbook is open! Now taking all prop bets on Barkley vs. The Diesel if there's ever an NBA again.

Odds on:

• Barkley calling Shaq a 'big dummy' on the first show — 5:1

• Barkley and Shaq getting into a phony fistfight — 2:1

• Barkley and Shaq getting into a real fight — 7:1

• Barkley and Shaq simultaneously wearing womens' clothing and/or wigs — 1:1

The potential dynamic between these two is just about the only thing that could get me interested in the first two-thirds of the NBA's regular season.

The Delaware Years: Setlists from Back in the Day

Del-A-Where-It's-At!

7/30/05, JW Pickles, Georgetown, DE

Rain Song No. 3*

Black Peter

Workingman's Blues >

New Mexican Shuffle*

Hearts and Bones

High Time

Lookin' Out My Backdoor

Magnolia

Might as Well

I Like It*

Amie

Ramble On Rose

Glendale Train

Me & My Uncle

Werewolves of London

Throwing Stones >

Not Fade Away Tease >

The Captain*

So Many Roads >

Knockin' On Heaven's Door >

A Minor Samba* >

All Along the Watchtower >

A Minor Samba* >

Knockin' On Heaven's Door >

Black Muddy River >

Quite a Night* >

Henry >

Wharf Rat >

Henry

Stagger Lee >

Friend of the Devil >

Uncle John's Band >

Brokedown Palace

Deep Elem Blues

8/6/05, Federal Street, Milton, DE

You Can Keep It*

April Come She Will

Deal

Magnolia >

Might as Well

Hearts and Bones

Scarlet Begonias

Big River >

New Mexican Shuffle*

Little Wing

Atlantic City

Bird Song

Rain Song No. 2*

So Many Roads

Big Railroad Blues

Madam, Will You Walk?

Stella Blue >

Man Smart Woman Smarter

Workingman's Blue

Dock of the Bay

Mama Tried

Row Jimmy

Friend of the Devil

Angel from Montgomery

They Love Each Other

Went to See the Gypsy

Throwing Stones >

Deep Elem Blues

8/20/05, JW Pickles, Georgetown, DE

Deep Elem Blues

Sugaree

No Expectation

Glendale Train

Rain Song No. 3*

You Can Keep It*

Mama Tried

Big Railroad Blues

I Don't Know You

Magnolia >

Might as Well

Uncle John's Band

Big River >

New Mexican Shuffle*

And It Stoned Me

Atlantic City >

Peggy-O >

Me & My Uncle

Althea

Lil' Miss Martin's Blues*

Workingman's Blues

Amie

Row Jimmy >

Quite a Night*

Friend of the Devil

Unexpected* >

Weather Report Suite, Pt. I >

Ruben & Cerise >

Easy Wind >

Stella Blue >

The Captain* >

Man Smart Woman Smarter

10/28/05, Jimmy's, Georgetown, DE

Big River

Althea

Run for the Roses

Lookin' Out My Backdoor

I Like It*

New Mexican Shuffle*

You Can Keept It*

Black Peter

Peggy-O > Jam* >

Went to See the Gypsy >

Peggy-O

Easy Wind

Amie

Good Mornin' Lil Schoolgirl

Loser

Stagger Lee

Magnolia

Alligator >

Me & My Uncle

Wild Horses

Friend of the Devil

Big Empty >

Breathe >

The Captain*

Henry >

Quite a Night* >

Wharf Rat >

Henry

Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Mama Tried

Man Smart Woman Smarter

Might as Well

Scarlet Begonias

Ramble On Rose

No Expectation

Throwing Stones >

Deep Elem Blues

11/2/05, Coral Bay Bar, Georgetown, DE

???

New Minglewood Blues

April Come She Will >

Homeward Bound >

Big River >

New Mexican Shuffle*

Quite a Night*

You Can Keep It*

Loose Lucy

No Expectation

The Captain* >

Weather Report Suite, Pt. I >

Scarlet Begonias >

Ruben & Cerise

Candyman

Glendale Train

Ramble On Rose

Workingman's Blues

So Many Roads >

Friend of the Devil

High Time

A Minor Samba* >

All Along the Watchtower >

Graceland

Lawyers, Guns & Money >

Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Throwing Stones >

Man Smart Woman Smarter >

Deep Elem Blues

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: Roff School Tavern, Meadville, Pa., 6/18/11

"Load up, load up, load up

your rubber bullets..."

Tonight was a triple-bill with The Grifters headlining. I led off the evening, followed by Tim 'Soaked to the Bone' Bruno, whose set will also be posted at Archive.org along with mine (I did not have enough space left to record the Grifters set, which is too bad, because it was the shiznit).

You Can Keep It*

Garden of Eden (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Midnight Moonlight (P. Rowan)

Rubber Bullets (1occ)

I Like It*

Mother's Meth-Head Blues*

Row Jimmy (Dead) >

Henry (New Riders)

The Captain* >

New Speedway Boogie (Dead) >

High Time (Dead) >

Jam* >

Brown-Eyed Women (Dead) >

Boys in the Barroom (R. Hunter) >

Eyes of the World (Dead)

*Originals

Tonight's Setlist: Books & Beans, Leechburg, Pa., 6/10/11

Well, I made a bunch of Dead-related promos for tonight's set, but it was really more influenced by the homie Bob...

Tonight went very well, especially for my dad, who finally got his Springsteen song in the form of my Father's Day dedication at the end. Click here to download it from Archive.org!

Early Set:

Granny (D. Matthews)

Althea (Dead)

Jam* >

Southwest Sky* >

Eyes of the World (Dead)

Quite a Night (in Spain)*

Rain Song No. 3*

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Dylan)

Boys in the Barroom (R. Hunter)

Garden of Eden (New Riders of the Purple Sage) >

Gates of Eden (Dylan) >

Garden of Eden >

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors)

Late Set:

The Captain*

Brown-Eyed Women (Dead)

New Mexican Shuffle* >

Down in the Flood (Dylan)

You Can Keep It*

Deep Elem Blues (Dead)

Last Lonely Eagle (New Riders of the Purple Sage) >

Lady with a Fan (Dead) >

Pride of Cucamonga (Dead) >

Not Dark Yet (Dylan) >

Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf) >

The Other One (Dead) >

Me & My Uncle (Dead) >

So Many Roads (Dead) >

Blackbird (P. McCartney)

Mystery Train (J. Walker)

E: Incident on 57th Street (Bruce Springsteen)

*Original