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: 9/13/13, Pittsburgh Abides (Lebowski-Fest), Artist Image Resources, Pittsburgh, Pa.

"I'm the penthouse pauper, baby, I got nothin' to my name..."

What a fantastic night. Scores of folks dressed up as 'Big Lebowski' characters including a very convincing Viking Maude Lebowski, Yinz'N'Out Burgers from the Lomito food truck, maybe the best print I ever bought for $10 of the event logo, and us laying down an all-Creedence set in honor of their prominent place in the film of the evening.

On a side note, that John Fogerty is one high-tenor-yellin'-sumummabitch. There are a couple points where my voice just won't do it anymore, on "Graveyard Train" and "Born on the Bayou." He gets waaaaaaaaay up there.

Best sights of the night:

• The guy who took second place in the costume contest dressed as Jackie Treehorn's notepad with the giant dick drawing.

• Me finding two bottles of Sioux City Sasparilla at, of all places, Stanford Home Center.

• White Russian popsicles!

• The best lightshow we'll ever get as a band, a running loop of naked-women-on-trampolines at Jackie Treehorn's house.

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One set:

Run Through the Jungle

Lodi

Bad Moon Rising

Cotton Fields

Fortunate Son

Penthouse Pauper

Feelin' Blue

Graveyard Train

Travelin' Band

Born on the Bayou

Lookin' Out My Backdoor

Last Night's Setlist: 7/19/13, Rosedale Beach Club, Penn Hills, Pa.

We're now 3-for-3 in chasing away the rain at our shows. 

That's Yasiel Puig sh*t right there. That's All-Star-snub material...

Thanks to the folks at the Rosedale Beach Club for not only having us, but for sticking out the spitty-sh*tty rain that ultimately only delayed us for about half an hour. Great high-energy opening set by Katie Hate and despite the United-Arab-Emirates-style heat during the day, the rain got us down to about 79 degrees by the time we took the stage. The pool was open and we had another great night of tunes. Thanks to everyone who came out.

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

One set:

Whiskey River (W. Nelson)

Floating Bridge (J. Estes)

New Mexican Shuffle*

Kiss and Tell (G. Love)

Me and My Uncle (Dead)

Stealin' (Trad.)

Magnolia (J.J. Cale) >

Jam >

Deep Elem Blues (Trad.)

Mother's Meth Head Blues*

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

Let It Rock (C. Berry)

Gentleman of Leisure (J. Winchester)

Big Bad Blues (Furthur) >

Jam >

Stone Soup* >

Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (D. Van Ronk) >

Don't Let Go (J. Stone) >

Cold Rain and Snow (Trad., Dead arr.)

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: 2/25/12, The Hideout, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Man, is it great to be part of a full-on band.

Tonight was the debut of Charlie Hustle, and it was a blast. It's fun to play solo acoustic shows, and you have some more flexibility in your song selection, but the give-and-take of four musicians onstage, even when it gets a little awkward, is a totally different and tremendous beast.

We had our hiccups, but considering this was only the fourth time we've played including rehearsals — and the first time we'd played with our bassist! — I feel like it went smashingly well. Click here to download/stream the show, courtesy of Archive.org!

Early set:

Feelin' Alright (S. Winwood)

Quite a Night* >

Floating Bridge (J. Estes)

Dock of the Bay (O. Redding)

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

Rosin the Bow (Trad., original arr.) >

Franklin's Tower (Dead)

Late set:

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (G. Schenkman)

New Mexican Shuffle*

All Along the Watchtower (Dylan)

Good Morning Lil' Schoolgirl# (J. Williamson)

Warrior with a Bottle# (Old E Allstars)

Ain't No Sunshine# (B. Withers)

Mystery Train (J. Parker)

I Ain't Supersitious (C. Burnett)

*Original

#Feat. Langston Kelly, saxophone

Charlie Hustle is:

Kyle Lawson, electric guitar/vocals

Patrick Varine, acoustic guitar/vocals

Dave Varasse, drums

Tony Thomas, bass guitar