Setlists for 6/11 & 6/12
6/11/11 Occoquan Farmers' Market
This was my first time here, and that's always a big unkown, especially for
a "busking" gig. Farmers' markets can be really great or real busts and
anywhere in between. I like taking them on as gigs tho, because it's great
practice, I get to play outside, I often get tipped with produce (yum), it's
often exposure to a whole new group of people, (among which are inevitably
new friends waiting to be made) and well, you never know what can happen.
Farmers' market gigs are built for adventure!
So this one was alright. As for tips, I've done both better and worse.
The weather was a bit of a challenge, as a small summer shower came thru.
But I've played in the rain before, so no biggie. I had the guitar safe
in a big trash bag, and the banjo doesn't care what the weather is!
It passed quickly and everything dried up real fast.
I didn't get a chance to keep a real setlist for this. I played the
banjo the whole time. Here's what songs I do remember, in a sparse
resemblance to the order I in which I played them:
(Banjo)
Old Man
Rambling Rover
El Paso
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Colours
Mary Ellen Carter
The Mermaid
Rainbow Connection
Boots Of Spanish Leather
I've Just Seen A Face
Rocky Raccoon
Sunshine
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (during the rain, of course!)
And It Stoned Me
Aimee
Proud Mary
I Know You, Rider
Friend Of The Devil
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Ripple
Please Don't Bury Me
I Fought The Law
New Morning
Daydream
Jamaica Farewell
6/11/11 Cock & Bowl
(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Into The Mystic
02) Teach Your Children
03) Wasted On The Way
04) For My Lady
05) Butterfly
06) Guinnevere
07) Back Home Again
08) Jamaica Farewell
09) Summertime
10) Vincent
11) In The Early Morning Rain
12) Sunshine On My Shoulders
13) City Of New Orleans
14) If You Could Read My Mind
15) Homeward Bound
16) Solsbury Hill
17) Southern Cross
18) A Pirate Looks At Forty
19) Mister Bojangles
20) Catch The Wind
21) The Galway Shawl
22) Gentle On My Mind
23) Boots Of Spanish Leather
24) Maggie Mae (Rod Stewart)
25) I've Got A Name
26) Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
27) It's Only A Paper Moon
28) Sloop John B
29) Brown Eyed Girl
30) Uncle John's Band
31) Time In A Bottle
32) Blue Sky
33) Ruby Tuesday
34) Big Yellow Taxi
35) Woodstock
36) The Wind
37) Mister Tambourine Man
38) Wondrous Stories
This was a slightly out of the ordinary appearance here on two counts: it
was on a Saturday and it was a lunch set. That didn't stop it from being
an excellent set and an excellent time. The patio was packed the entire
time and my efforts were well recieved. Lots of compliments!
And as always, my hosts fed me, and I now have a new addition to my list
of "best sandwiches EVER": a "Croque Madame"!
6/12/11 Constellation Books
(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) The Ghost In You (request) (for some 80's pop)
02) Romeo & Juliet (request)
03) Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
04) McIntyre (request)
05) The Black Fox
06) Heather On The Moor
07) Lily Of The West
08) Guinnevere
09) Needle And The Damage Done (request)
10) Music, Sex & Cookies (request)
11) Maggie May (traditional)
12) If I Had A Boat (pre-show request)
(Electric 12 String Guitar
13) Creep (request)
14) 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
15) Have You Ever Seen The Rain (request) (for a 'rain' song)
16) Hey, Mister Spaceman (request)
17) Life On Mars?
18) Folsom Prison Blues
19) Ruby Tuesday
(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
20) Three Jovial Huntsmen (debut!)
21) Solsbury Hill
22) The Galway Shawl
23) The Rattlin' Bog (request)
24) A Trick Of The Tail
(Electric 12 String Guitar)
25) Benson Arizona (request)
26) When I Paint My Masterpiece (request)
This turned out to be a very wide-ranging set in terms of style. No doubt
part of that is due to the fact that it was very well attended, especially
by a handful of folks who I don't usually see: some coming for the first
time in (decades?) and some coming for the very first time ever.
Turnout, actually was really excellent.
Thank you all!
A couple of other personal highlights:
-LOTS of excellent requests
-Playing a couple of songs that I've been highlighting at VARF that are kind
of new here
-"The Three Jovial Huntsmen"- I learned this song at VARF from my friends
in Threepenny Bit. It has room for self-generated verses, which I set to
with great gusto. I thought, initially that I wouldn't get to do it, as I
discovered that it somehow got mis-filed in my repertoire files and I
couldn't find it. But then I remembered that I'd written it (and my new
verses) in my "Everything Notebook", which was with me. So I got to do it.
One of the additional charms of this song is that it also has room for a
blast from a horn. Enter Lauretta, giving us mighty (funny) blasts on the
vuvuzela at these key moments. Hilarity ensued. This was a great debut!
The one lowlight was an apparently grumpy mic cable holding up the launch
for a couple of minutes.
This was my first time here, and that's always a big unkown, especially for
a "busking" gig. Farmers' markets can be really great or real busts and
anywhere in between. I like taking them on as gigs tho, because it's great
practice, I get to play outside, I often get tipped with produce (yum), it's
often exposure to a whole new group of people, (among which are inevitably
new friends waiting to be made) and well, you never know what can happen.
Farmers' market gigs are built for adventure!
So this one was alright. As for tips, I've done both better and worse.
The weather was a bit of a challenge, as a small summer shower came thru.
But I've played in the rain before, so no biggie. I had the guitar safe
in a big trash bag, and the banjo doesn't care what the weather is!
It passed quickly and everything dried up real fast.
I didn't get a chance to keep a real setlist for this. I played the
banjo the whole time. Here's what songs I do remember, in a sparse
resemblance to the order I in which I played them:
(Banjo)
Old Man
Rambling Rover
El Paso
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Colours
Mary Ellen Carter
The Mermaid
Rainbow Connection
Boots Of Spanish Leather
I've Just Seen A Face
Rocky Raccoon
Sunshine
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (during the rain, of course!)
And It Stoned Me
Aimee
Proud Mary
I Know You, Rider
Friend Of The Devil
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Ripple
Please Don't Bury Me
I Fought The Law
New Morning
Daydream
Jamaica Farewell
6/11/11 Cock & Bowl
(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) Into The Mystic
02) Teach Your Children
03) Wasted On The Way
04) For My Lady
05) Butterfly
06) Guinnevere
07) Back Home Again
08) Jamaica Farewell
09) Summertime
10) Vincent
11) In The Early Morning Rain
12) Sunshine On My Shoulders
13) City Of New Orleans
14) If You Could Read My Mind
15) Homeward Bound
16) Solsbury Hill
17) Southern Cross
18) A Pirate Looks At Forty
19) Mister Bojangles
20) Catch The Wind
21) The Galway Shawl
22) Gentle On My Mind
23) Boots Of Spanish Leather
24) Maggie Mae (Rod Stewart)
25) I've Got A Name
26) Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
27) It's Only A Paper Moon
28) Sloop John B
29) Brown Eyed Girl
30) Uncle John's Band
31) Time In A Bottle
32) Blue Sky
33) Ruby Tuesday
34) Big Yellow Taxi
35) Woodstock
36) The Wind
37) Mister Tambourine Man
38) Wondrous Stories
This was a slightly out of the ordinary appearance here on two counts: it
was on a Saturday and it was a lunch set. That didn't stop it from being
an excellent set and an excellent time. The patio was packed the entire
time and my efforts were well recieved. Lots of compliments!
And as always, my hosts fed me, and I now have a new addition to my list
of "best sandwiches EVER": a "Croque Madame"!
6/12/11 Constellation Books
(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) The Ghost In You (request) (for some 80's pop)
02) Romeo & Juliet (request)
03) Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
04) McIntyre (request)
05) The Black Fox
06) Heather On The Moor
07) Lily Of The West
08) Guinnevere
09) Needle And The Damage Done (request)
10) Music, Sex & Cookies (request)
11) Maggie May (traditional)
12) If I Had A Boat (pre-show request)
(Electric 12 String Guitar
13) Creep (request)
14) 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
15) Have You Ever Seen The Rain (request) (for a 'rain' song)
16) Hey, Mister Spaceman (request)
17) Life On Mars?
18) Folsom Prison Blues
19) Ruby Tuesday
(Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
20) Three Jovial Huntsmen (debut!)
21) Solsbury Hill
22) The Galway Shawl
23) The Rattlin' Bog (request)
24) A Trick Of The Tail
(Electric 12 String Guitar)
25) Benson Arizona (request)
26) When I Paint My Masterpiece (request)
This turned out to be a very wide-ranging set in terms of style. No doubt
part of that is due to the fact that it was very well attended, especially
by a handful of folks who I don't usually see: some coming for the first
time in (decades?) and some coming for the very first time ever.
Turnout, actually was really excellent.
Thank you all!
A couple of other personal highlights:
-LOTS of excellent requests
-Playing a couple of songs that I've been highlighting at VARF that are kind
of new here
-"The Three Jovial Huntsmen"- I learned this song at VARF from my friends
in Threepenny Bit. It has room for self-generated verses, which I set to
with great gusto. I thought, initially that I wouldn't get to do it, as I
discovered that it somehow got mis-filed in my repertoire files and I
couldn't find it. But then I remembered that I'd written it (and my new
verses) in my "Everything Notebook", which was with me. So I got to do it.
One of the additional charms of this song is that it also has room for a
blast from a horn. Enter Lauretta, giving us mighty (funny) blasts on the
vuvuzela at these key moments. Hilarity ensued. This was a great debut!
The one lowlight was an apparently grumpy mic cable holding up the launch
for a couple of minutes.