12-10-2007, 11:30 PM
Coincidence?
I happened to be in line buying tickets at the HOB in New Orleans back in October as the band was leaving the venue after their sound check. Johnny was the first one out the door and as he was getting on the bus I asked if they could play Put it Off again (I realize Johnny doesn't write the set lists and he is the last one to request a song from, but he was the only one there at the moment).
Anyhow, he stopped on the steps of the bus and looked at me kind of strangely and said, "Where did we play that, San Francisco? We only played it because we recorded that show". I said something like, "But don't you guys record every show? Are you telling me you're going to release it as a live album?". He mumbled something and said Sinclair would be out shortly and I should request it from him.
I can think of a million excuses why they couldn't play a certain song, but to say "We only played it because we recorded that show" seems kind of odd., especially since they hadn't played it in 10 years?
But come to think of it, it was their first appearance at the legendary Warfield…so who knows...
October 10 2007: The Warfield, San Francisco
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: Grace, Too
3: My Music At Work
4: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
5: Family Band
6: Ahead By A Century
7: Gift Shop
8: In View
9: Poets
10: Pretend
11: Fireworks
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
14: Fiddler's Green
15: Yer Not The Ocean
16: Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
17: Fire In The Hole
18: Put It Off
19: Mr. Soul
20: New Orleans Is Sinking
I happened to be in line buying tickets at the HOB in New Orleans back in October as the band was leaving the venue after their sound check. Johnny was the first one out the door and as he was getting on the bus I asked if they could play Put it Off again (I realize Johnny doesn't write the set lists and he is the last one to request a song from, but he was the only one there at the moment).
Anyhow, he stopped on the steps of the bus and looked at me kind of strangely and said, "Where did we play that, San Francisco? We only played it because we recorded that show". I said something like, "But don't you guys record every show? Are you telling me you're going to release it as a live album?". He mumbled something and said Sinclair would be out shortly and I should request it from him.
I can think of a million excuses why they couldn't play a certain song, but to say "We only played it because we recorded that show" seems kind of odd., especially since they hadn't played it in 10 years?
But come to think of it, it was their first appearance at the legendary Warfield…so who knows...
October 10 2007: The Warfield, San Francisco
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: Grace, Too
3: My Music At Work
4: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
5: Family Band
6: Ahead By A Century
7: Gift Shop
8: In View
9: Poets
10: Pretend
11: Fireworks
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
14: Fiddler's Green
15: Yer Not The Ocean
16: Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
17: Fire In The Hole
18: Put It Off
19: Mr. Soul
20: New Orleans Is Sinking
