Tonight's Setlist: 4/7/12, Table 22, Murrysville, Pa.

"No, dumb drunk girl, I'm not going to play you some Kenny Rogers. Matter of fact, just to spite you, I'm going to take this other guy's request and open the late set with 'Run for the Roses.'"

Aside from that little bit of unspoken-but-executed business above, tonight went pretty well. Tried out the Stones' "Torn and Frayed" for the first time. Also covered an old Irish tune I rediscovered recently, the Clancy Bros. "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?"

The latest original, "Dauphine," is taking better shape. It's still a little too plain-old-G-F-C, but if we end up trying it out in Charlie Hustle, we can gild it up a bit:

Early set:

The Captain* > Jam >

Southwest Sky* >

Eyes of the World (Dead)

Rain Song No. 3*

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

Black Peter (Dead)

Big River (J. Cash)

Went to See the Gypsy (Dylan) >

Garden of Eden (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go? (Clancy Bros.) >

Galway Bay (F. Fahy)

Feelin' Alright (S. Winwood)

Strange Moon*

Torn and Frayed (Stones)

Late set:

Run for the Roses (J. Garcia)#

Magnolia (J.J. Cale) >

Alligator (Dead) >

Smokestack Lightning (C. Burnett) >

Me & My Uncle (Dead)

Floating Bridge (J. Estes)

New Mexican Shuffle*

Fast Train (S. Burke)

Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Spin Doctors)

I Like It*

April Come She Will (P. Simon) >

Peggy-O (Dead) >

Friend of the Devil (Dead) >

Atlantic City (Springsteen) >

Standing on the Moon (Dead) > Jam >

Good Morning Lil' Schoolgirl (J. Williamson) >

The Other One (Dead) >

New Speedway Boogie (Dead) >

Breathe (Pink Floyd) >

Mystery Train (J. Parker)

I Ain't Superstitious (C. Burnett)

*Original

#By request

Tonight's Setlist: 12/17/11, Table 22, Murrysville, Pa.

So the mysterious de-tuning low E string on my guitar was not a one-time phenomenon. It was a downright plague at moments during the first set tonight. Haven't listened to the recording yet, but I'm hoping that tuning was not much of an issue this evening. I certainly didn't take as many tuning breaks as usual, but that could be a bad sign instead of a good one.

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

Early set:

Friend of the Devil (Dead) >

Take the Money and Run (S. Miller)

You Can Keep It*

Amie (Pure Prairie League)

Superman (D. Nelson) >

Ramble On Rose (Dead)

Black Water (Doobie Bros.)

Magnolia (J.J. Cale) >

Mother's Meth-Head Blues* >

Midnight Special (H. Ledbetter) >

Dire Wolf (Dead)

Southwest Sky*

Blackbird# (P. McCartney)

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

The Other One (Dead) >

Deal (Dead) >

Run Rudolph Run (C. Berry)

Late set:

And It Stoned Me (V. Morrison)

Pig in a Pen (R. Skaggs) >

Big River (J. Cash) >

New Mexican Shuffle*

Astral Weeks (V. Morrison) >

Crazy Fingers (Dead) >

Rain Song No. 2*

Drag the Lake, Charlie (Drive-By Truckers)

Bird Song (Dead)

Feelin' Alright (S. Winwood) >

Alligator (R. McKernan) >

Me & My Uncle (Dead) >

Althea (Dead)

Throwing Stones (Dead)

Loser (Dead) >

Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming^ (Trad.) >

All Along the Watchtower (Dylan) >

A Minor Samba* >

Christmastime is Here^ (V. Guaraldi) >

I'll Take a Melody (A. Toussaint) >

Mighty High (J. Ligon)

Auld Lang Syne (R. Burns)

*Original

#Request

^Instrumental

Tonight's Setlist: 10/22/11, Table 22, Murrysville, Pa.

"Wish I was a headlight,

on a northbound train..."

Aside from completely destroying the lead-in to the chorus of "Down in the Flood," tonight's set went well.

Early set:

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

I Know You Rider (Dead)

Rain Song No. 3*

Sugar Mountain (N. Young) >

Peggy-O (Dead) >

Whiskey Bill (Trad., original arr.)

Althea (Dead)

You Can Keep It*

Glendale Train (New Riders of the Purple Sage)

New Coat of Paint (T. Waits)

New Mexican Shuffle*

The Captain*>

Spanish Ladies (Trad. Eng. sea chantey) >

The Captain* >

Push Those Clouds Away (Trad., original arr.)

Boys in the Barroom (R. Hunter) >

Lie In Our Graves (D. Matthews) >

Southwest Sky* >

Eyes of the World (Dead)

Late set:

Amie (Pure Prairie League)

I Like It*

Crazy Fingers (Dead) >

Uncle John's Band (Dead) >

Like a Rolling Stone Jam > Uncle John's Band >

China Doll (Dead) >

Black Peter (Dead) >

Blues for Allah (Dead) tease >

Pride of Cucamonga (Dead)

Quite a Night*

I Can't Be Satisfied (M. McKinley)

Mother's Meth-Head Blues* >

Dire Wolf (Dead)

Down in the Flood (Dylan)

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

Dark Star (Dead) >

The Other One (Dead) >

Dark Star >

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo (Dead)

Jimmy Olson's Blues (Spin Doctors)

Click here to listen/download, courtesy of Archive.org.

*Original

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.