Tonight's Setlist: 1/5/13, The Twisted Thistle, Leechburg, Pa.

'She don't fix my breakfast, 

she won't even wash my clothes...'

Got a surprise call from The Twisted Thistle for a Saturday-night set — why not? It's been a minute since I played solo. I've mostly been concentrating on rhythm guitar, slide and the occasional solo for Charlie Hustle & the Grifters gigs (SHAMELESS PIMPING: We're playing Jan. 12, St. James Place, 153 S. 18th St., Pittsburgh, only $5!). 

But true to form — and despite being a little rusty on a few numbers — I tried out a few new tunes, a few that we're gonna play next Saturday in the band and another song I learned from Crawford County bluesman Rodger Montgomery, my main man Magic Slim (the photo above) and the Teardrops' "Gravel Road."

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Early set:

Cumberland Blues (Dead)

Rubber Bullets (10cc)

Garbage Man (M. McKinley)

I Like It*

Dirty Business (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Rain Song No. 3*

It Hurts Me Too (E. James)

Two Angels*

New Minglewood Blues (Trad., Weir arr.)

Scarlet Begonias (Dead) >

Who Do You Love tease > Scarlet Begonias

Dark as a Dungeon (M. Travis)

Late set:

Cold Rain and Snow (Dead)

Meet Me in the Morning (Dylan)

New Mexican Shuffle*

Third Street Woman (J. Reynolds)

Might as Well (Dead)

Quite a Night*

I Know What I Know (P. Simon)

Strange Moon*

Loser (Dead)

Lawyers, Guns & Money (W. Zevon)

Breathe (Pink Floyd) >

The Other One (Dead) > Breathe Reprise

Box of Rain (Dead)

Gravel Road (Magic Slim)

Junco Partner (Professor Longhair)

*Original

Tonight's Setlist: 9/7/12, The Twisted Thistle, Leechburg, Pa.

I was definitely in a country-blues mood last night...

Perhaps inspired by the blues stylings of Roger Montgomery at last weekend's Pears Garlic Fest, I was feelin' some country blues at the Twisted Thistle last night. Good crowd, saw a few old friends from back in the day. Good time. The setlist was a little bit all over the map — more than usual for me — and I think it's a little disjointed. I tried out a bunch of new tunes: "God Rest His Soul," an old Gregg Allman song from the Allmans' pre-fame days, "Third Street Woman," a down-and-dirty blues from the '20s by Blind Joe Reynolds... I even tried out an old field holler, "Rosie," that's got kind of a creepy edge to it.

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Early set:

Smokestack Lightning (C. Burnett) >

The Captain* >

Spanish Ladies tease > The Captain*

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight (Oak Ridge Boys) >

Glendale Train (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Strange Moon*

God Rest His Soul (G. Allman)

Rain Song No. 3* >

Darkness on the Edge of Town (Springsteen)

I Like It*

It Hurts Me Too (E. James)

Friend of the Devil (Dead)

Midnight Moonlight (P. Rowan) >

Love Please Come Home (B. Monroe) >

Cat Man Blues (Blind Boy Fuller)

Late set:

Mystery Train (J. Parker)

Cocaine Blues (G. Davis) >

Dire Wolf (Dead)

New Coat of Paint (T. Waits)

New Mexican Shuffle*

Dauphine*

Southwest Sky*

Have Someone Play Dixie For Me (Dry Branch Fire Squad)

Third Street Woman (J. Willie Reynolds)

Factory*# >

Jam >

All Along the Watchtower (Dylan) >

Harbor Lights (S. Miller) >

Jam >

The Other One (Dead) >

Rosie (Trad., Varine arr.) >

Dark Star (Dead) >

The Other One >

Good Morning Lil' Schoolgirl (J. Lee Williamson)

*Original

#First time played