Tonight's (Solo) Setlist: 9/20/13 Twisted Thistle, Leechburg, Pa.

Tonight's set had a bit of a Southern gothic feel to it...

Lots of voodoo, alligator swamps and strange moons...

After nearly a year of pretty much just playing full-band gigs with Charlie Hustle & the Grifters, it was fun and maybe just a little nerve-wracking to jump back in the solo seat for a night at the Twisted Thistle. It's always a blast to dig back into the songbook, but I also end up picking stuff I haven't practiced for months.

On top of that, my regular acoustic guitar is in the shop — apparently it needs a replacement jack that can only be procured from a rare metal found in the center of the earth, or some other ridiculous sh*t that's causing a simple one-day repair to enter its third week. So I borrowed a beautiful old Gibson from one of my fellow Hustlers. Rarely-practiced tunes. Unfamiliar guitar. All things considered, it was a pretty good night.

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

Early set:

Lou-Easy-Ann (J.J. Cale)

Mother's Meth Head Blues*

Garbage Man (M. McKinley)

Dauphine* >

Whiskey River (W. Nelson)

Midnight Special (Leadbelly)

Dark as a Dungeon (M. Travis)

New Mexican Shuffle*

Rain Song No. 3*

Lodi (CCR)

Mystery Train (J. Parker) >

Statesboro Blues v1 > Mystery Train

Late set:

Me and My Uncle (Dead) >

Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya (M. Rebennack)

She Wore a Wreath of Roses (T. Bayly)

Third Street Woman (J. Willie Reynolds)

Strange Moon*

It Hurts Me Too (E. James)

I Like It*

Factory*

Magnolia (J.J. Cale) >

Alligator (Dead) > Jam >

Berta Berta (Trad.) >

Slow Train (T. Bruno) > Jam >

Dark Star (Dead) >

Slow Train >

Junco Partner (H. Byrd, var.) >

Deep Elem Blues (Trad.)

*Original