Tonight's Setlist: 8/4/12, The Twisted Thistle, Leechburg, Pa.

YES! I FINALLY GOT TO BREAK OUT THE ENGLISH SEA CHANTEY QUINT SINGS IN 'JAWS'!!

It's true. Ever since I started recording sets on a regular basis, I've been looking for a good opportunity to bust out "Spanish Ladies," better known as "The Sea Chantey That Quint Sings in 'Jaws.'" When I was diving into 1800s music, I thought of it, Googled that sh*t, and lo and behold, it's got like six more verses. It's a pretty good bar singalong, too.

Not to mention that The Twisted Thistle, Leechburg's newest dining and drinking establishment, is a helluva spot. Old-school wooden interior and brickwork, Great Lakes beer on tap and a pork-belly appetizer that is the double-SHIZNIT. I highly recommend it.

Click here to download/stream the set, courtesy of Archive.org.

Early set:

Mystery Train (J. Parker) >

Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell) > Mystery Train

Quite a Night*

Feelin' Alright (S. Winwood)

Althea (Dead)

You Can Keep It*

Row Jimmy (Dead) >

Floating Bridge (J. Estes)

Big River (J. Cash) >

New Mexican Shuffle*

I Like It* >

You Don't Love Me (W. Cobb) > I Like It

Late set:

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors)

Summertime (Gershwin)

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

I Ain't Superstitious (C. Burnett)

In the Pines (Leadbelly)

Dauphine*

Candyman (Dead)

Copperhead Road (S. Earle)

Black Peter (Dead)

The Captain* >

Spanish Ladies (Trad. English sea chantey) > The Captain

Bird Stealing Bread (Iron & Wine) >

Bertha (Dead)

Cat Man Blues (Blind Boy Fuller)

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: 8/2/12, Club Café, Pittsburgh, Pa. with The Grifters

Great time.

Co-headlined a great evening at Club Café with The Grifters. Thanks to everyone who came out. The recording link will be up shortly, including a couple Grifters tunes I caught before running out of memory!

Tonight was only the second time I've covered a Hendrix song — obviously, you have to choose those carefully. "Belly-Button Window" is a good one, mostly because it's not all that Hendrix-y. It's just a straight blues shuffle. A fitting precursor to my son, who will be "coming down into this world, daddy" in October.

Click here to download/stream the set, courtesy of Archive.org.

Setlist:

You Can Keep It*

Dauphine*

Down in the Flood (Dylan)

Rain Song No. 3*

Quite a Night*

Bird Song (Dead) >

5:55 AM* >

Southwest Sky* >

Brown-Eyed Women (Dead)

Strange Moon*

Magnolia (J.J. Cale) >

Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell) >

The Other One (Dead) >

Blackbird (McCartney) > The Other One >

Belly-Button Window (Hendrix) >

Jack Straw (Dead)

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

Pig in a Pen^ (R. Skaggs)

Floating Bridge^ (J. Estes)

Deep Elem Blues^ (Dead) >

Malted Milk^

Angel Band^ (Stanley Bros.)

*Original

^with The Grifters