1993 might not (definitely was not) the best year to see the Grateful Dead.  Health issues plagued the band, and Bobby’s songwriting skills were not peaking, either.  What makes this show so cool, though, is the widely varied setlist.  There’s the last Casey Jones ever played, and in set one no less, a rare recording of Broken Arrow, and then old favorites like Eyes, Corinna, and Cassidy.

So, without further ado, The Dead, March 27, 1993, 3/27/93, Albany, N.Y.  Enjoy.
SET 1:
01.  Hell In A Bucket
02.  Bertha
03.  Same Thing
04.  Peggy-O
05.  Queen Jane Approximately
06.  Broken Arrow
07.  Loose Lucy
08.  Cassidy
09.  Casey Jones (last time played . . . Ever!)

SET 2:
01.  Eyes Of The World
02.  Estimated Prophet
03.  Comes A Time
04.  Corinna
05/6.  Drumspace
07.  The Wheel
08.  All Along The Watchtower
09.  Days Between
10.  One More Saturday Night

ENCORE:
I Fought The Law

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A bootleg post, ’cause it’s been a long time since I did one.  Betcha all thought I’d gone soft, eh?

Ryan Adams and the Killers, from 2003 in London.  11/26/03 to be exact.

Set 1
1. Shadowlands
2. This House Is Not For Sale
3. She’s Lost Total Control
4. Note To Self: Don’t Die
5. Boys
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Shallow
8. Firecracker
9. Luminol
10. Love Is Hell
11. Do Miss America (barbershop style)
12. Shallow (barbershop style)
13. This Is It
14. 1974
Set 2
15. Call Me On Your Way Back Home
16. Jacksonville Skyline
17. Oh My Sweet Carolina
18. My Winding Wheel
19. New York, New York
20. Lovesick Blues (Hank Williams)
21. Last Nite (The Strokes)
22. To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
23. Does Anybody Wanna Give Me Cookie
24. Anybody Wanna Take Me Home
25. Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears)
26. Burning Photographs
27. So Alive

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His original albums are all solid, at least the ones I’ve heard are, and he’s great live. Here’s my dream set for a CP show, all direct links and copious cover songs because it’s easier to get to know an artist that way. I hope that those of you who aren’t fans will become fans, as a result of this post.

Drop a comment and tell me what you think!

I’m Not Talking (The Yardbirds)

22 Filmore

I Bow Down and Pray to Every Woman I See

New Years Day

We Had It All (Chuck and Stephanie duet)[Waylon Jennings cover]

For You (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Always a Friend (co-written with Al Escovedo)

West Memphis Moon

Encore:

I’m Not Talking

I’m Eighteen (Alice Cooper cover)

And bonus, here’s a video! Chuck Prophet plays an acoustic version of “You And Me Baby (Holding On)” backstage at the Chelsea venue in Vienna in October 2009.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, live 12/10/08

(all direct links)

Christmas Medley
Christmas Time is Here
Linus & Lucy
The Hanukkah Waltz
Silent Night
Sleigh Ride
O Come All Ye Faithful
Jingle Bells
Twelve Days intro
The Twelve Days of Christmas
E: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

And so begins Christmas at Berkeley Place . . .

12/25/2001

Santa Claus is Back in Town
X-mas Curtain (jazzy version)
O Holy Night (shoes interruption)
Christmas Time Is Here Again (Bring Out the Joy!)
Silent Night

1/30/02

One Big Holiday

Alice In Chains-”Dirty Rhythm,” a bootleg from Sweden, 2/7/93.

01: Dam That River 3:38
02: We Die Young 2:23
03: Them Bones 2:45
04: Would 3:42
05: Love Hate Love 6:42
06: Junkhead 5:23
07: Godsmack 4:11
08: Bleed The Freak 3:56
09: Put You Down 3:34
10: Sick Man 5:31
11: It Ain’t Like That 4:41
12: Rooster 6:16
13: Dirt 8:04
14: Hate To Feel 5:51
15: Angry Chair 4:14
16: Man In A Box 4:49

UNCHAIN ALICE!

Alternate link

For Halloween this year, this great band covered The Rolling Stones’ “Some Girls” album–which is regarded by many as the band’s most offensive record. Wish I’d been there. But at least, through the wonders of the music archive, we can all hear it!

Miss You

When the Whip Comes Down

Just My Imagination

Some Girls

Lies

The Girl With The Faraway Eyes

Respectable

Before They Make Me Run

Beast of Burden

Shattered

BONUS (from another show):

Sympathy for the Devil

How does Pearl Jam do it? Here they are, a group of individuals approaching middle age in a band that, in rock-and-roll terms, is older than dirt. How many partnerships survive 15 years together? Where I’m from, that’s enough time to have been married and divorced already. If you’re Larry King, it’s enough time to have done that twice. You can go the Rolling Stones route, and become a novelty act, or the Elton John route, and make a home in Las Vegas. Or you can dump the band and go solo (I’m talking to you, Axl!), or dump the singer and hire a new one (Velvet Revolver!). But if you stay together, can you keep coming up with fresh licks and hooks? Can your lead singer still bring range and power, and can he still write with passion? Again, most marriages can’t keep it hot for this long. Can your rhythm section continue to bring surprise and bounce, even if they must know where the song is going—because they’ve been a part of a
hundred ones in the same style?

The answer to all these questions, if you’re Pearl Jam, is a resounding, “Yes!” The band has never gone dramatically off the reservation—they’re a rock and grunge tour band who sometimes get together in a studio and bang out 9-12 new songs but who mostly stay on the road. Backspacer is not their best album, but it’s also not their worst. Musically, it’s probably closest to Vitalogy or Yield—punky, aggressive, fast and hard, with a few slow numbers to let you catch your breath. Think The Who circa It’s Hard meets The Rolling Stones circa Tattoo You. Then throw in some Iggy Pop. It’s nice to see these guys haven’t slowed down a bit. And with this album, they’re indie! It’s been released on their own Monkeywrench Records.

Keep going, guys. Never slow down, never surrender.

Johnny Guitar (YSI)

Oldies but goodies!

Throw Your Hatred Down (w/ Neil Young) (YSI)

I Can’t Explain (Who cover) (YSI)

Once upon a time I went to see Bob Dylan.  And some band opening up for him had a hit song about wearing shades in the future, but I didn’t really know the song from Cory Hart, who wore them at night.  Well, Bob wasn’t all that good.  But his opening band was tremendous.  I became a big T3 fan for a few years after that.  They were a band that was vastly underrated, judged on the merit of one hit song and a couple minor hits rather than on the wit of their lyrics and the quality of their music.  If you don’t have Greetings from Timbuk 3 and Eden Alley, I suggest you go buy ‘em.  Would I steer you wrong?

This boot isn’t stellar quality, but it’s good enough for your listening pleasure.  Hope you dig it.

1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
2. Don’t Stop Now
3. Just Another Movie
4. Cheap Black And White
5. Friction
6. Facts About Cats
7. Shame On You
8. Looking For Work
9. Assholes On Parade
10. Dirty Jokes
11. You Can’t Drive
12. Life Is Hard
13. The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
14. On My Jambox
15. I Need You

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From the “Rock Against the Rich” tour, this August 11, 1988, show is pure brilliance.  But you’d expect no less from the Greatest Rock Performer Who Ever Lived.  Terrific quality, great set list.  A must have.

Joe Strummer and the Latino Rockabilly War
Joe Strummer: Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Zander Schloss – guitar
Roberto Pla – Percussion
Jim Donica – Bass
Willie McNeill : Drums

A Wee Poem
Shouting Street
Keys to Your Heart
Somebody Got Murdered
Oye Coma Va!
Spanish Bombs
Armagideon Time
The 15th Brigade
This is Scotland
Love of the Common People
Unknown Immortal
Sightsee MC
Nothin About Nothin
Police and Thieves
Ride Your Donkey
Straight to Hell
If I Should Fall from Grace
I Fought the Law
Trash City
Brand New Cadilac
Tropic of No Return
Dum Dum Club
Police on My Back
Love Kills
London Calling
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